The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government Tuesday over the way Mexicans accused of living in the country illegally agree to be sent home, claiming the so-called voluntary departures are actually coerced.
With the country’s combative prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, out of the country, Turkey’s acting prime minister apologized to the country Tuesday for what he cited as a heavy-handed use of force against youthful protesters in Istanbul, which led to four days of clashes across the country.
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Mexico hopes to forge a “comprehensive strategic association” with China, President Enrique Peña Nieto said on Tuesday during a ceremony to welcome Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
DC Comics’ Fables is headed to the big screen, for real this time.
Way back in the olden days of 2004 Warner Bros tried to get something going with Jim Henson’s company, but it didn’t even get to the writing stage.
Now it looks to be moving forward with Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) directing and Jeremy Slater on scripting duty. Harry Potter guys David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford are producing,
Here’s a quick synopsis of the comic, which was created by Bill Willingham in 2002:
“The series deals with various characters from fairy tales and folklore – referring to themselves as ‘Fables’ – who have been forced out of their Homelands by ‘The Adversary’ who has conquered the realm. The Fables have traveled to our world and formed a clandestine community in New York City known as Fabletown. Fables who are unable to blend in with human society (such as monsters and anthropomorphic animals) live at ‘the Farm’ in upstate New York.” (Wikipedia)
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President Barack Obama hailed Tuesday the “extraordinarily strong” relationship between the United States and Chile. Thanks to its “embrace of democracy and human rights and a market economy… Chile has become not only a leader in the hemisphere but also a leader in the world,” Obama said after meeting in the Oval Office with Chilean President Sebastian Piñera. The U.S. chief executive also praised Piñera’s efforts within the Alliance of the Pacific, which comprises Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia. “We have confirmed once again that the United States and Chile, we share the same values - our commitment with democracy, human rights, rule of law, our market-oriented economy, our commitment with world peace,” Piñera said. As for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a prospective trade pact involving Chile, the United States and nine other countries, Piñera said that Santiago is “fully committed” to achieving that accord and that he has faith in the necessary progress being achieved to make it possible “in the near future.” Obama and Piñera discussed bilateral cooperation in education, science and technology. Together with the TPP, the other noteworthy topic of the meeting between the two was the new process by which Chile will enter the U.S. visa-exemption program known as Visa Waiver. Obama also said he hopes to make a return visit to Chile, a country where he traveled in 2011 on a tour of Latin America that also included Brazil and El Salvador.
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The UJC, the youth wing of Cuba’s ruling Communist Party, called for increasing the number of women in military service, the official daily Juventud Rebelde reported Tuesday. “Eighteen percent of Cubans today are over 60 and the forecasts for an aging of the population by 2030 demand that we reconsider more forcefully the incorporation of women into the Women’s Volunteer Military Service,” UJC First Secretary Yuniasky Crespo said. She commented during a plenary meeting of the UJC national committee at which the issue was debated in the presence of deputy armed forces minister Gen. Alvaro Lopez Miera. The general supported the UJC’s plan and said that Cuba cannot give itself “the luxury of only men being those who are (militarily) prepared.” During the debate, several UJC leaders discussed the need to involve families in the task to a greater extent, showing them the conditions in the military units to reassure parents who might be averse to having their daughters sign up. More than 3,900 women have entered the women’s branch of military service since 2008 in Cuba. All Cuban men must perform at least 14 months of military service.
A team of fishermen reeled in a 1,300 shark off the coast of Huntington Beach.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Puerto Rican police detained 58 undocumented Haitians on Tuesday as they tried to enter U.S. territory illegally on the west coast of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Police Department said in a communique that the Haitians were caught on the small island of Desecheo, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Rincon, a municipality on the west coast of the Caribbean island. The communique said that among the undocumented were women and children, and that no remains exist of the boat in which they sailed to Puerto Rico. Coast Guard personnel took charge of the Haitian group, who are all in good health.
New Poster for ‘The Butler’ by Philip Sticco
There’s a new poster for The Butler, which you can see below.
The Butler tells the story of a White House butler (Forest Whitaker) who served eight American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society during this time, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man’s life and family.
The Butler hits theatres October 18th.
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Nine suspected members of a gang involved in kidnappings, contract hits and extortion rackets were arrested by the Federal Police in La Laguna, a region in the northern Mexican state of Durango, officials said. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week in Gomez Palacio, a city in Durango. The men, who are between the ages of 20 and 62, were allegedly involved in attacks on officials and media outlets in La Laguna. The suspects allegedly staged the kidnapping in early February of employees of the El Siglo de Torreon newspaper and an attack on the Federal Police officers guarding the daily’s offices. The newspaper employees were later released by the kidnappers. The La Laguna region, which includes parts of Durango and neighboring Coahuila state, is at the center of a turf war between the Los Zetas and Sinaloa drug cartels, with the Zetas controlling Coahuila’s largest cities, including Saltillo, the state capital, Torreon and Piedras Negras. Read more Narco News Here
