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Guatemala’s Attorney General is investigating ongoing criminal claims that a number of American tax payer funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating both inside and outside the United States are complicit in the ongoing trafficking, abuse and disappearance of children from its nation, according to an official Guatemalan letter obtained by this investigative columnist. The Guatemalan government is seeking full cooperation from the State of Texas, where the accusations of abuse have been reported, government officials told SaraACarter.com. A letter from Guatemalan Attorney General María Consuelo Porras was sent to Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday. Porras asked Paxton for immediate assistance...

Speaks about election theft, as well as, other topics.

This "unpaid activist" has just happened to show up in Maine and has paraded around this state, trashing Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights and making dire predictions for Maine if we pass our version of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. We are thinking she isn't the innocent mother of four that she claims she is. Anyone out in Colorado have any information on her as far as her activism in your state?

The American Civil Liberties Union has been shredding some documents over the repeated objections of its records manager and in conflict with its longstanding policies on the preservation and disposal of records. The matter has fueled a dispute at the organization over internal operations, one of several such debates over the last couple of years, and has reignited questions over whether the A.C.L.U.'s own practices are consistent with its public positions. The organization has generally advocated for strong policies on record retention and benefited from them, most recently obtaining and publicizing documents from the government about prisoners at Guantánamo Bay,...

California taxpayers may be able to preserve wildlife and the scenic views across Hearst Ranch without spending the $95 million called for in a proposed state deal, according to a new report from the California Coastal Commission. The report, issued by the commission's district office in Santa Cruz, raises new questions about the landmark Hearst Ranch deal even as a vote to release state funding is scheduled for today by the state Wildlife Conservation Board in Sacramento. Details of deal Under a deal negotiated by the Schwarzenegger administration, Hearst -- a New York City media giant that owns the San...

Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome Code: ZE04051706 Date: 2004-05-17 Pope's New Book a Call to Optimism Father Claudio Rossini Evaluates "Arise! Let Us Go!" VATICAN CITY, MAY 17, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II's new book, which goes on sale Tuesday, his 84th birthday, is an invitation to optimism, says the director of the Vatican Publishing House. The volume entitled "Arise! Let Us Go!" was written in Polish between March and August 2003. In it, Karol Wojtyla recalls the 20 years of his episcopal ministry in Krakow. In this interview...