Argentina culpa a extranjeros ilegales por ola de delitos

Argentina Culpa a Extranjeros ilegales por ola de Delitos

Por Pablo Garibian

BUENOSAIRES. -- Argentina, sumida en una cruzada contra la inmigracion ilegal, aseguro que mas de la mitad de los delitos en Buenos Aires son cometidos por extranjeros.

"En la Capital Federal, si se me permite la palabra, se extranjerizo el delito", dijo el director de Migraciones, Hugo Franco a una radio local, tras precisar que el 60 por ciento de los ilicitos menores son protagonizados por inmigrantes.

La policia detuvo a unos 130 peruanos indocumentados y realizo allanamientos con un millar de efectivos en barrios marginales de Buenos Aires, en los que arresto a alrededor de …

Sweden beats Norway 2-0 in women's Olympic tuneup

Lotta Schelin and Jessica Landstrom scored in each half to give Sweden a 2-0 victory over Norway on Sunday in a tuneup for the women's Olympic soccer tournament.

Schelin made it 1-0 in the 26th minute, first outrunning Norway captain Ane Hangeland Horpestad and then beating goalkeeper Christine Colombo Nilsen with a shot.

Landstrom scored in the 90th after a counterattack.

Both teams …

New year brings layoffs for state miners, Union official says employees weren't given notice of cuts

The new year has translated into job layoffs for more than 150Southern West Virginia coal miners.

Employees at three West Virginia operations owned by AddingtonEnterprises Inc. of Ashland, Ky., were notified of layoffs lastWednesday, United Mine Workers District 17 President Bob Phalen saidMonday.

Addington purchased the operations during 1998, Phalen said.Members of the union mine committee at Addington's Marrowbone minein Mingo County were summoned to a meeting with the company at 10:30p.m. Wednesday, Phalen said.At the meeting, the company told the union it was cuttingproduction from about 4 million tons a year to about 2.5 milliontons. The plans included the …

Blasts Kill 35 at Iraq Police Recruit HQ

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pair of suicide bombs ripped through a crowd of would-be police recruits in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 35. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rebuked lawmakers for putting party and sectarian loyalty ahead of Iraq's stability, and said he was planning a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle.

The spiraling sectarian violence has put al-Maliki under intense pressure. Responding to questions from lawmakers during a more-than one-hour closed session, he ordered them to stop criticizing his government and declare their loyalty to a unified Iraq - not their religious sects or political parties, two members of parliament told The Associated Press.

Al-Maliki's …

Panetta takes back remarks on detainee rendition

The United States will continue to hand foreign detainees over to other countries for questioning, but only with assurances they will not be tortured, Leon Panetta told a Senate committee considering his confirmation as CIA director.

That has long been U.S. policy, but some former prisoners subjected to the process _ known as extraordinary rendition_ during the Bush administration's anti-terror war say they were tortured.

"I will seek the same kind of assurances that they will not be treated inhumanely," Panetta said Friday in his second day before the Senate Intelligence Committee. "I intend to use the State Department to be sure those …

Gasol, Randolph have double-doubles in Memphis win

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marc Gasol scored 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and Zach Randolph set a franchise record with his 10th straight double-double in the Memphis Grizzlies' 94-81 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.

Randolph finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds as the Grizzlies continued their erratic ways after also beating Houston on Friday night. Memphis has eight winning streaks and seven losing streaks of at least two games this year.

Reserve Earl Boykins scored 23 points for Milwaukee, but the Bucks failed to extend their winning streak after beating Washington and Cleveland.

The Grizzlies seem their best when they keep attacking the paint. After a season-high 72 points in the paint against the Rockets, they had 56 against the short-handed Bucks.

Andrew Bogut scored 14 points and Corey Maggette and rookie Larry Sanders had 12 apiece, but the lowest-scoring, worst-shooting team in the NBA failed to reach its already ugly benchmarks of 42.3 percent shooting or 91.5 points per game.

Milwaukee used a 9-0 run to cut the Grizzlies' 18-point lead in half, and Maggette and Boykins hit consecutive jumpers to make it 76-71 with 7:53 left. After Maggette's layup cut it to 81-77 with 3:10 remaining, the Bucks never got closer.

Mike Conley hit a 3-pointer, Boykins missed a jumper and O.J. Mayo added another 3 from the corner that gave Memphis an 87-77 lead with 1:23 left. Memphis finished shooting 51 percent compared to Milwaukee's 37.8 percent.

Darrell Arthur scored all of his 14 points in the second half, and Rudy Gay and Mayo each added 11 as the Grizzlies took control at the start of third quarter with an 11-2 run.

Gasol, Sam Young and Conley all got easy layups and Gasol made a nice bounce pass to Randolph for another easy bucket that put the Grizzlies ahead 54-42, while Milwaukee had just one field goal over a 4-minute stretch.

Arthur's putback and Mayo's breakaway dunk made it 72-54 late in the third quarter.

The Bucks were already missing much of their scoring punch without starters Brandon Jennings (left foot), John Salmons (right hip) and Drew Gooden (left foot). Jennings hopes he can return in the coming days.

Still, it appeared it would be a tough night for the Grizzlies early.

Gasol whacked Randolph across the face with his right elbow late in the first quarter that left Randolph sprawled out in pain. But he returned a few minutes later to continue his record run, topping Shareef Abdur-Rahim's streak of nine double-doubles set in Vancouver in 1999.

Notes: Bogut's 'NBA Dream Package' ended up fetching $38,200 for the Premier's Disaster Relief Fund in Australia following the recent floods. The package includes round trip airfare, sightseeing and game tickets in both Los Angeles and Milwaukee over a week. ... Gay was loudly booed when shooting free throws in the third quarter because the big screen was showing a Chicago Bears' logo before Sunday's NFC Championship game with the Packers.

FBI dismisses Internet tip about intern's body

WASHINGTON--The FBI on Thursday discounted an anonymous tip to anInternet site alleging that Chandra Levy's body was buried under aparking lot near a Virginia military base 130 miles south ofWashington.

The FBI investigated the tip that alleged the missing intern wasburied near Fort Lee, an Army training base south of Richmond, saidMary Johlie, an FBI spokeswoman in Richmond.

"The FBI, in concert with Fort Lee officials, have determined thatthere is no site on or around the Fort Lee military base thatcorresponds with information provided in the anonymous tip," Johliesaid in a statement.

Police who have investigated Levy's disappearance in Washingtonhad asked authorities at Fort Lee to search the site, but the FBIannounced late Wednesday there no search would be conducted until thetip was investigated.

Police said the tip, which came from a California crime tip Website, was just one of hundreds of leads being pursued since Levydisappeared three months ago.

Terry Gainer, Washington's No. 2 police official, said policerequested the search after some information in the tip about thepurported location of Levy's body--a parking lot--and a descriptionof construction in the area checked out.

"We called down there and confirmed obviously that there's a FortLee, Va., that there's construction and there's a parking lot,"Gainer said.

"This is a little better than a tip like, 'I had vision last nightshe is in dark water,"' he said. "There is more specificity. And itis geographically accurate. But that is not necessarily unusual."

Fort Lee is a 5,000-acre Army training base about 30 miles southof Richmond.

Levy, 24, of Modesto, Calif., came to Washington last year for aninternship at the federal Bureau of Prisons and was last seen April30.

Police have interviewed Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.) four times.Condit, who is married, acknowledged in his third police interviewthat he had an affair with Levy, according to a police source. Policesay he is not a suspect in her disappearance.

Washington police Sgt. Joe Gentile said WeTip, a Californiaorganization that accepts crime tips and passes them on toauthorities, faxed the anonymous tip Tuesday night.