International Business News - Border http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif As violence in Afghanistan escalates, the U.S. is responding by scrambling to get in more troops. But it's far from clear how the strategy will work in a vast, rugged land where hiding places are many and suspicion of foreign forces is deep. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96467-afghanistan-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/suspicion-terrain-are-foes-for-us-in-afghan-surge.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/suspicion-terrain-are-foes-for-us-in-afghan-surge.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:53:23 EDT A Mexican citizen accused of driving a sport utility vehicle into a canal, killing six illegal immigrants, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to smuggling charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/accused-driver-in-migrant-crash-pleads-not-guilty.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:36:38 EDT A Mexican citizen accused of driving more than 20 illegal immigrants in a vehicle that plunged into a canal, killing six of them, has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling, federal authorities said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/official-calif-traffic-crash-kills-6-migrants.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:07:40 EDT Summer is usually a busy time for both the Border Patrol and smugglers who try to enter the U.S. illegally via Lake Champlain, but authorities say organized smuggling in the area is way down this season. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94817-summer-on-the-border.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/on-u-s-canadian-border-smuggling-seen-down.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/on-u-s-canadian-border-smuggling-seen-down.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:21:34 EDT China and Russia signed an agreement Monday to end a long-running dispute over the demarcation of their eastern border, the scene of military clashes between the once-bitter Communist rivals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/china-says-russia-to-return-disputed-border-land.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:26:53 EDT With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/crackdown-focuses-on-arms-smuggling-from-iran.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:14:16 EDT The U.S.-Mexico border fence will make life harder on some South Texas farmers, damage valuable wildlife habitat, impair views and generally become an obstacle to border life, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged in an environmental study of the fence's impact. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/feds-acknowledge-fence-will-hamper-border-life.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:17:10 EDT The U.S.-Mexico border fence will make life harder on some South Texas farmers, damage valuable wildlife habitat, impair views and generally become an obstacle to border life, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged in an environmental study of the fence's impact. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/feds-acknowledge-fence-will-hamper-border-life.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:49:50 EDT The border along Hungary these days is lined with police sporting night-vision goggles, heat sensors and all-terrain vehicles. That's because since Hungary became part of the European Union's passport-free zone at the end of 2007, the number of illegal migrants caught trying to enter the country from the Balkan region has risen sharply. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/hungary-battles-illegal-migration.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:04:35 EDT A recent border clash that wounded several Pakistani and Afghan security personnel was sparked by insurgents in Afghanistan who fired at targets in both countries, apparently to stoke cross-border tensions, NATO said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/90079-pakistan-radical-mosque.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/nato-militants-sparked-border-clash.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/nato-militants-sparked-border-clash.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:50:10 EDT Dozens of Mexicans--including police officers, businessmen, at least one prosecutor and a journalist--are asking for political asylum in the U.S. in a desperate and probably hopeless bid to escape an unprecedented wave of drug-related killings and kidnappings south of the border. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/more-seeking-asylum-on-u-s-mexico-border.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:48:33 EDT Mortar shells fired from Afghanistan wounded six Pakistani security forces along the border, and Pakistan has lodged a "strong protest" with NATO, the army's top spokesman said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/pakistan-says-mortar-fire-wounds-6-security-forces.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:36:33 EDT The United States did not ask Mexico to arrange for a suspect's extradition in the death of a Border Patrol agent until the man had been freed, a Mexican government spokesman said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/mexico-us-extradition-request-came-too-late.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:14:56 EDT Four people were charged following an assault on a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Vermont-Quebec border, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Alexsandre Da Silva, 32, of Brazil, was arrested in nearby Stanstead, Quebec, after fleeing the scene, authorities said. He was charged with assaulting an agent, conspiracy to smuggle aliens and illegally entering the U.S. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/border-patrol-assault-suspect-in-canadian-custody.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:22:47 EDT A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot at three suspects early Monday after being assaulted on a residential street near the Vermont-Quebec border, the agency said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/agent-shoots-at-suspects-near-canadian-line-in-vt.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:17:39 EDT The steel fence that the U.S. government wants to build along the Mexican border would do more than slice through the University of Texas' Brownsville campus and cut off the golf course from the rest of the school. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/81074-border-fence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/border-fence-would-cut-through-texas-university.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/border-fence-would-cut-through-texas-university.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:46:29 EDT Possible coal mining and coal-bed methane extraction in southeastern British Columbia warrant investigation by an international board, a coalition of 11 U.S. and Canadian environmental groups said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/groups-seek-probe-into-proposed-coal-mining.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:29:28 EDT A suspect in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent would not have been released from a Mexican prison had U.S. authorities sought his extradition or even said he was wanted on charges there, a spokesman for the Mexican government said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/mexico-us-hadnt-asked-for-border-death-suspect.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:35:23 EDT U.S. officials were shocked that a Mexican judge had freed a man imprisoned in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/man-accused-in-agents-death-released-in-mexico.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:37:46 EDT A U.S. Supreme Court decision paving the way for a 670-mile federal fence along the U.S.-Mexico border drew swift criticism from environmentalists, who promised to make another legal stand in Texas. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/77982-scotus-border-fence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/next-battle-over-border-fence-may-be-texas.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/next-battle-over-border-fence-may-be-texas.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:44:51 EDT