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By Balitang America Staff Mar 18, 2013 Despite strong opposition from a number of conservative Republican leaders, the Republican National Committee (RNC) formally endorsed immigration reform today. In a speech before the National Press Club in Washington D.C., RNC Chairman Reince Priebus released recommendations that could impact the future of the Republican party. Priebus said, [...]

US CAPITOL IN FLAMES? NORTH KOREA DREAMS OF NUCLEAR STRIKE Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News March 18, 2013 An image of the U.S. Capitol being hit by an explosion has been posted on a North Korean propaganda website. The video, published by the semi-official Uriminzokkiri agency and posted on its YouTube account on Monday, at [...]

-Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval. Clinton made the announcement in an online video released Monday morning by the gay rights advocacy group [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Mar 18, 2013 MILL VALLEY, Calif. – Life has not been easy for 33-year old Rico Marquez, who grew up in Leyte, Philippines. He was six years old when he was stricken with polio. He said, “I remember one time, I had to crawl all the way to [...]

By Gary Langer | ABC OTUS News Support for gay marriage reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, marking a dramatic change in public attitudes on the subject across the past decade. Fifty-eight percent of Americans now say it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed. That number [...]

And we asked you: SHOULD FAMILY BASED IMMIGRATION PETITIONS BE LIMITED ONLY TO SPOUSES AND UNMARRIED MINOR CHILDREN? You answered: 63% – YES 37% – NO Here’s what some you had to say:

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau March 15, 2013 New York – Hundreds of fans and media from all over the world witnessed the un-packing of the Samsung’s latest flagship wireless gadget, the Galaxy S4 The much awaited smart phone that could possibly be the fastest and smartest of its kind, was unveiled, Broadway-style [...]

By Balitang America Staff March 15, 2013 Before flying to Rome a few weeks ago for the conclave, then Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina brushed aside the idea that he might be picked as the new pontiff due to his age. “I have no chance of being pope,” he told a columnist for the [...]

Associated Press March 15, 2013 VATICAN CITY — The Vatican lashed out at what it called a “defamatory” and “anti-clerical left-wing” campaign to discredit Pope Francis over his actions during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military junta, saying no credible accusation had ever stuck against the new pope. While the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio, like most other Argentines, [...]

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill may dramatically limit green cards for extended families of U.S. citizens, reserving them for immediate family members instead, a key lawmaker said Thursday. It would be a significant change to U.S. immigration policy that has long favored family ties over economic or job criteria. And [...]