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ATLANTA (AP):Georgia's five most competitive state colleges and universities are checking students' immigration status before enrolling them in fall-semester classes.The checks are part of a new policy adopted by the Board of Regents last fall to ensure...

SHEBEDINO, Ethiopia (AP):Malnourished children are flocking into feeding centres in this forested corner of southern Ethiopia, after a drought in East Africa extended into this normally fertile region.While the famine in southern Somalia has grabbed...

BRUSSELS (AP): A storm swept through an open-air music festival in eastern Belgium yesterday, killing at least three people and injuring over 70 others, an official said.Video from the site showed stage equipment dangling in high winds near the town of...

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lanier has entered what he calls the "vast unknown." A combat veteran and father to four daughters, he can't remain in the military because of a serious back injury earned in Iraq. But he can't yet accept a civilian job because he does

The Obama administration said Thursday it will indefinitely delay deporting many illegal immigrants who don't have criminal records and will offer them a chance to apply for a work permit.

A programme that is key to United States President Barack Obama’s immigration enforcement strategy known as Secure Communities has drawn protests by many immigrant organisations and individuals.

Seeking a jolt for the economy, President Barack Obama will lay out new ideas for speeding up job growth and helping the struggling poor and middle class in a major speech in early September, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.

A young chemistry student working as a volunteer to prepare a visit by the Pope to Madrid has been arrested on suspicion of planning a gas attack targeting protesters opposed to the pontiff's stay, officials said Wednesday.

NEW DELHI (AP): An anti-corruption activist arrested yesterday for planning a public hunger strike began his fast behind bars, as his supporters held protests across the country, with thousands detained by police.Anna Hazare's demand for tougher...

PORT HURON, Michigan (AP): A jury deliberated about 45 minutes yesterday before finding an 18-year-old woman guilty of murdering her father and trying to murder her mother in a knife attack at their Port Huron-area home.The St Clair County Circuit Court...

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (AP):The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) yesterday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Kansas law that restricts insurance coverage for abortions, arguing that the measure discriminates against women....

KANDAHAR (AP):A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a vegetable market in southern Afghanistan yesterday evening, killing eight people at dusk as residents broke their daily fast for the holy month of Ramadan, authorities said.The motorcycle was...