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How America Has Fueled Illegal Immigration (hispanicallyspeakingnews)
Today's contributor is Hector Luis Alamo, Jr. Hector is a freelance writer and community activist of Honduran-Puerto Rican descent living in Chicago.

TV Channel Has Been Operating for 12 Years Without Broadcasting (hispanicallyspeakingnews)
State owned Melo's Channel 8 has studios, antennas, cameras, 7 workers and its own building, but hasn't broadcast a single image in over a decade.

Mexicans Protest Via Twitter with #FailedState Hashtag (hispanicallyspeakingnews)
In response to the violence ravaging the Mexican nation on a daily basis, citizens from south of the border have started to tweet their commentaries, protests, and news, followed by the #estadofallido hashtag, sending a direct message to the government of president Felipe Calderon: Is Our Mexican State Failing? Recently, an anonymous Mexican ...

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Morocco cafe explosion called 'criminal act,' 14 dead (The Globe and Mail)
An explosion hit a cafe popular among foreign tourists in the Moroccan city of Marrakech on Thursday, killing 14 people and injuring 20.

Bahrain court sentences protesters to death (South Maryland County Extra-Washingto...)
A military court in Bahrain on Thursday convicted four Shiite protesters and sentenced them to death for the killing of two policemen during anti-government demonstrations last month in the Gulf kingdom, state media said.

Five killed in Pakistan bus attack (The Sligo Champion)
A roadside bomb has hit a bus taking Pakistani navy employees to work in Karachi, killing five people in the third such attack this week and just days after the army chief claimed to have "broken the backbone" of militants.

Renegade warlord killed in Ivory Coast (The Modesto Bee)
State television said renegade warlord Ibrahim "IB" Coulibaly, a two-time coup plotter who began the pro-democracy battle for Abidjan, was killed in fighting Wednesday night with one-time allies turned enemy.

Syrian ambassador on guest list (Andover Advertiser)
Syria's ambassador to London, who was summoned to the Foreign Office over the regime's bloody crackdown on protesters, is due to attend the royal wedding.

Muslim Group Cancels Royal Wedding Protests Due to 'Imminent Terror Attack' Threat (huliq)
Muslim Against Crusades, a radical Muslim group, which had threatened to turn the Royal Wedding into a "nightmare" by protesting outside Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29 says it has canceled the demonstration, but not out of respect for the Royals, but instead because the threat of an "imminent terror attack" on the ceremony is "too great." ...

William and Kate at abbey rehearsal (Campaignseries.co.uk)
Prince William and Kate Middleton made a rare pre-wedding appearance as they attended a rehearsal for their nuptials at Westminster Abbey.