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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a news conference regarding issues on undocumented immigrants in Beverly Hills, California

Republicans, Obama Immigration Chief Clash Over Criminal Immigrants

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 28, 2016 | World

WASHINGTON – During a congressional hearing on the crimes that are recorded to be committed by illegal immigrants, a fiery exchange took place, where Republicans grilled top Obama administration immigration official Sarah Saldana. The main problem is that Republicans...

Capture of Zetas leader unlikely to quell violence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 16, 2013 | World

Mexico City, AP—The capture of the notoriously brutal Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales is a serious blow to Mexico’s most feared drug cartel but experts cautioned that taking down the group’s command structure is unlikely to diminish violence in...

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Syrian protesters chant anti-President Bashar Assad slogans and wave a revolutionary flag in front of their embassy in Amman, Jordan, Friday, May 17, 2013 to condemn a May 10 massacre in Banias, Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Opinion: The Heart of the Syrian Revolution

by Diana Moukalled | May 20, 2013 | Opinion

After showing the dead body to his audience, a Syrian rebel known as Abu Saqqar held up an internal organ he had ripped out of a Syrian regime soldier, looked at the camera and brutally bit into it. Abu Saqqar did not settle for this lone act, but instead vowed to...

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File picture showing former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla waving after Argentine U-20 soccer team won the 1979 World Cup in Japan. (AFP PHOTO/TELAM)

Argentine ex-dictator Videla dies in prison

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 17, 2013 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)—Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow Argentines in a war to eliminate “subversives,” died Friday while serving life sentences in prison...