http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/02182008.xml
“Pasadena Murder Suspect Apprehended at San Ysidro Port of Entry”
(Monday, February 18, 2008)
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“Pair Nabbed Trying to Smuggle Birds into the U.”
02/18/08
Posted on 02/18/2008 8:00:41 PM PST by Sammy67
LEWISTON, N.Y
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“Pigeon smugglers foiled at border”
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/290046 ^ | 02/18/08
Posted on 02/18/2008 8:25:31 PM PST by Sammy67
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https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=79911
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Warden Message: Guyana Violence Spike
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U.S. Embassy Georgetown issued the following Warden Message on February 18:
Due to recent actions by armed criminal elements, including the murder of three Guyanese policemen and the random killing of nine civilians in Bartica on February 17, U.S. citizens are encouraged to maintain a high state of vigilance, consider security issues when planning activities throughout Guyana, and to minimize movement when possible while avoiding large crowds. Guyanese authorities are conducting an investigation in response to the recent incident and may institute further actions or precautions.
For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet website at http://travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution and country specific information can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the U.S. and Canada or, for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown can be reached at 592-225-4900 through 225-4909; the after hours emergency number is 592-623-1992; the fax number is 592-225-8497. The Embassy’s web site, which includes country specific information for Guyana is at
http://georgetown.usembassy.gov/.
LA PAZ, Bolivia: Iran plans to open a television station "for all of Latin America" to be based in the coca-growing Andean foothills of Bolivia, President Evo Morales said Monday. Morales made the announcement at a gathering of coca farmers from the Chapare who re-elected him Monday as president of Bolivia's largest coca growers' union. He did not provide any details on the channel's possible programming.
The station would be "for all of Bolivia, for all of Latin America, recognizing the great struggle of this peasant movement," Morales told the gathering in Cochabamba. Presidential spokesman Alex Contreras later confirmed that Morales and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed the idea during the Iranian leader's visit last September and that the channel was still in its planning stages. Long an ally to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Ahmadinejad has recently reached out to fellow leftist Morales.
During last year's visit, Ahmadinejad promised Bolivia US$1 billion (€680 million) in investment aimed at developing its oil and gas industry and improving infrastructure.
Morales' description of a left-leaning channel reaching all of Latin American echoes the role now played by Telesur, a region-wide network backed by Chavez. An outspoken critic of the U.S. government, Chavez sees Telesur an alternative to what he calls the Washington-friendly coverage of other large media outlets.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/19/america/LA-GEN-Bolivia-Iran-TV-Station.php