 Mexico will complain to the U.S. government about plans to build security fences and deploy National Guard troops along the border to curb illegal immigration, the foreign minister said on Thursday. Mexico's government has pushed for sweeping immigration reforms to help millions of Mexicans work legally in the United States but officials fear Washington is now moving in the other direction....
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 Early humans and chimps may have interbred to create hybrid man |
The close relationship between man and chimp has just got cosier, according to a study which suggests that ancestors of the two species interbred at some point in the distant past to form fertile hybrids. It is well established that chimpanzees are the closest living relative of humans but this is the first time that scientists have found evidence for hybridisation through interbreeding.The astonishing conclusion comes from an exhaustive analysis of the genomes of humans, chimps, gorillas and monkeys published in the journal Nature. The researchers were particularly interested in the point at which the last common ancestor of man and chimp split into two separate species - the process of speciation that gave rise to the chimp and human lineages....
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| Powerful Typhoon Chanchu Pounds Southern China Coast With Heavy Winds and Rain |
A powerful tropical storm pounded China's southern coast with heavy winds and rain Thursday, killing at least two people and flooding scores of homes. More than a half million people had been evacuated from their homes. Tropical Storm Chanchu, which was downgraded earlier from a typhoon, slammed the city of Shantou in Guangdong province overnight before moving north into Fujian province before dawn, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Two children were killed when their homes collapsed on top of them near Shantou, Xinhua said. The storm also flooded nearly 200 homes and cut electricity in the area. ...
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| US Bush threatens to veto supersized Iraq spending bill |
Bush threatened again to veto an emergency spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan after lawmakers slipped in numerous unrelated pet projects. "We must be strong on controlling the federal appetite for spending," the US president said during a speech at a signing ceremony for a recently passed tax-cut bill."Congress is now considering an emergency supplemental bill that can show the American people we're determined to be fiscally sound with their money. I've set a clear limit on spending that I'll accept for this legislation," Bush said."And if this bill goes over the limit, or includes non-emergency or wasteful spending, I'll veto it," the president vowed.Bush said it was important to put the brakes on the "growth of discretionary spending that's not related to the military or homeland security"....
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| Ethics Panel Probes GOP, Dem Reps House Committee Investigates Bribe Charges Against Congressmen Ney, Jefferson |
In a burst of activity that ended 16 months of inaction, the House ethics committee on Wednesday opened investigations of a Republican and a Democrat who are subjects of federal bribery inquiries. One lawmaker is connected to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, who had strong ties to Abramoff and accepted favors from him, will be investigated along with Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. A former aide to Ney pleaded guilty last week, admitting he tried to corrupt the congressman. Two businessmen have pleaded guilty to bribing Jefferson. The committee also will conduct a preliminary inquiry into whether other lawmakers were involved in a bribery scandal that led to the conviction of former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif. He is now serving an eight-year sentence in federal prison. ...
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| Rumsfeld Seeks Extra Funds for War Bills |
With war bills to pay, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is calling on Congress to pass President Bush's request for an extra $65 billion to cover costs in Iraq and Afghanistan this year.His scheduled appearance Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee was his first public testimony on Capitol Hill since retired generals issued a series of calls for Rumsfeld to resign earlier this spring. Rumsfeld, with strong public backing by Bush, appears to have weathered that storm.It also was Rumsfeld's first opportunity to comment on Bush's announcement Monday that he is sending 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border to support the federal Border Patrol. The administration has not said how much it expects that to cost, nor has it set a hard time limit on the assistance.Although the Guard troops will be operating under state governors' control, the cost will be paid by the federal government....
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