 Clementina Arellano grew up with her six brothers in a shack in this dusty Mexican hamlet. Now 42, she's raising her sons in a spacious, 10-room mansion with Roman-style pillars at the doorway and a garden full of flowers and singing birds.How did she transform her fortunes so dramatically? By waiting tables and sweating in a furniture factory for about 10 years in Hickory, N.C., and sending home up to $500 a month.Her neighbor, Berta Olgin, lives under a leaky roof, with skinny sheep gnawing at sparse patches of grass in her yard. Her sons all decided to stay in Mexico to work as farmers or laborers, earning about $10 a day.The two women are a vivid illustration of why so many Mexicans head north from this arid valley in central Mexico. Those who make it to the U.S. send dollars to carve out a Mexican dream between gnarled cacti and jagged rocks. Those who stay behind condemn another generation to a life deprived of material privileges....
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 Iraq Pullout Would Be `Disaster' for U.S., Bush Aide Snow Says |
Most Americans would regard an immediate pullout of US troops from Iraq as an ``unmitigated disaster,'' White House spokesman Tony Snow said, rejecting calls from some Democrats for the Bush admin to set a timetable for withdrawal. Snow, appearing on 3 Sun talk shows, said Bush understands that war ``can wear on a nation.'' More than 130,000 US troops remain in Iraq, more than 3 years after the US removed Saddam from power. ``Most people realize that simply pulling out would be an absolute, unmitigated disaster, not merely for the people of Iraq but the larger war on terror'' No matter what we do its going to be a disaster. The only question remaining is how many more must die or be maimed for life continuing this Disaster. If it’s such a good war, why not send every one of those Politicians and Media assholes to Iraq that lied us into this disaster, send them and bring our soldiers back. The assholes talked so tough so they should be able to win the war all by themselves ...
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| German Minister Calls For Smoking Ban in Public Places. |
A German minister has advocated far-reaching restrictions on smoking in public places, pointing in an interview published Sunday to similar bans in other countries. Germany traditionally has been a haven for smokers. At the soccer World Cup, organizers have limited themselves to appealing to fans not to light up, a plea they hope will "reduce smoking to the minimum." Still, with other European countries such as Ireland and Italy having clamped down on smoking in workplaces and bars, calls recently have been heard for action in Germany. "As minister for consumers, I would like healthier air to breathe," Horst Seehofer, the agriculture and consumer protection minister, was quoted as telling the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Just a side note: LewisNews is not only a free press, but is also a smoking news site. So be careful you don’t inhale any of the smoke coming from LewisNews, we would have to charge you for it....
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Editor - 12:51:00 06-18-06
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| Episcopal Church Starts Casting Votes for Bishop and Gay Ban; Ties to Anglicans Hang in Balance |
Episcopal bishops are choosing a new national leader as the denomination fights for a continued role in the global Anglican fellowship. Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold is ending his nine-year term while Anglican archbishops are demanding that the church stop electing gay bishops at least for now. Three years ago, the denomination outraged many Anglicans by confirming the first openly gay Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. The Episcopal Church is the U.S. arm of the Anglican Communion. The election for Griswold's successor is taking place Sunday during the Episcopal General Convention, where delegates will decide whether to enact the moratorium. If the assembly fails to adopt a ban, the communion could break apart. ...
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Editor - 12:08:00 06-18-06
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| From the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a stark compendium of its local employees' daily hardships and pressing fears |
Hours before President Bush left on a surprise trip last Monday to the Green Zone in Baghdad for an upbeat assessment of the situation there, the U.S. Embassy in Iraq painted a starkly different portrait of increasing danger and hardship faced by its Iraqi employees. This cable, marked "sensitive" and obtained by The Washington Post, outlines in spare prose the daily-worsening conditions for those who live outside the heavily guarded international zone: harassment, threats and the employees' constant fears that their neighbors will discover they work for the U.S. government. ...This will take you to the story but the Cable Document that it will link to is in PDF.. ...
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Editor - 12:05:00 06-18-06
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| Woman Arrested for Allegedly Hiding Drugs in a Coffee Cup She Carried Into Court |
She came to the courthouse to have a domestic violence petition issued against her boyfriend. But Amanda E. Thompson was the one who was arrested for allegedly being in possession of a controlled substance. According to law enforcement reports, Thompson, 32, of Lake, was arrested at the Logan County Courthouse earlier this week after county officials were notified that she had hidden illegal substances in a coffee cup she was carrying. Court Marshall Bo Ryan reportedly told sheriff's deputies that upon searching Thompson, he found two crack pipes and a rock of crack. The Logan Banner reported that the woman's boyfriend was the one who told on her....
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