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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The classroom falls silent as the teacher explains that victims of violence go through specific psychological stages in the aftermath of an attack. Most of these students, though, don’t need a lecture to understand the lesson. It’s part of their everyday lives. - PAGE A2
November 29, 2011
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Euro in danger, Europe races for solution PARIS (AP) — European leaders rushed Monday to stop a rampaging debt crisis that threatened to shatter their 12-year-old experiment in a common currency and devastate the world economy as a result.
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THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
One proposal gaining prominence would have countries cede some control over their budgets to a central European authority. In a measure of how rapidly the peril has grown, that idea would
have been unthinkable even three months ago. World stock markets, glimpsing hope that Europe might finally be shocked into stronger action, staged a big rally. The Dow Jones industrial average in New York rose almost 300 points. In France, stocks rose 5 percent, the most in a month. More relevant to the crisis, borrowing costs for European nations stabilized. They had risen
‘Hurry Santa, pack it up!!!’
alarmingly in recent weeks — in Greece, then in Italy and Spain, then across the continent, including in Ger many, the strongest economy in Europe. The yields on benchmark bonds issued by Italy and Germany rose, but only by hundredths of a percentage point. The yield fell 0.1 percentage point on bonds of France, 0.14 points for those of Spain and 0.22 points for Belgium. Allowing a central Euro-
pean authority to have some control over the budgets of sovereign nations would create a fiscal union in Europe in addition to the monetary union of the 17 countries that share the euro currency. Some analysts have said that would be a leap toward creating a United States of Europe. More delicately, it would force the nations of Europe to swallow their national pride,
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Santa straps presents on the back of his motorcycle at the third annual Guerreros Toy Drive at the Roswell Mall, Sunday. All the toys collected went to benefit the children of CASA.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Tim Tebow might want to update his autobiography, and not just because it’s a best-seller. In “Through My Eyes,” Denver’s unconventional quarterback writes about how those who finish strong in football or life will achieve success and even greatness. - PAGE B1
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cede some sovereignty and agree to strengthen ties with their neighbors rather than fleeing the euro union during the crisis. “The common currency has the problem that the monetary policy is joint, but the fiscal policy is not,” Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, said in a meeting with foreign reporters in Berlin. The monetary union has
LAS CRUCES (AP) — A federal judge ruled that one lawyer cannot represent an entire family accused of selling guns to Mexican cartel members. U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Brack ruled the proposed joint representation raises serious potential conflicts of interest, The Las Cruces Sun News reported Monday. New Deal Shooting Sports owner Rick Reese, 55, his wife Terri Reese, 48, and their sons R yin Reese, 24, and Remington Reese, 19, are accused of selling 34 weapons and ammunition to undercover agents and a Mexican cartel member -tur ned-government informant from 2010 to July. Authorities said the Reeses fudged firear ms purchasing forms during the transactions — many captured on hidden audio and video feeds — and
laundered the proceeds. The Reeses were arrested during Aug. 30 raids of their properties in Deming and Las Cruces. All have pleaded not guilty to the charges and remain in federal custody at separate facilities. The family wanted former prosecutor Sam Bregman to represent them. Federal prosecutors argued that one attorney representing all four could be perilous, possibly ending up with the entire case being re-tried after years of legal wrangling. In his ruling last week, Brack noted several possible conflicts. He said Bregman wouldn’t be able to advise an individual member of the family to cooperate with the government, plead guilty, or continue onward to trial. If convicted, Rick Reese,
CAIRO (AP) — They waited in long lines for hours to vote, despite a new wave of unrest, fears about a sharply divided society and uncertainty over the nation’s future. For the millions of Egyptians who cast ballots Monday, the first parliamentary elections since they ousted Hosni Mubarak were a turning point in history — if for no other reason than they were finally getting a chance to be heard after decades of rigged voting. The outcome will indicate whether one of America’s most important Middle East
allies will remain secular or move down a more Islamic path, as have other countries swept up in the Arab Spring. “I have hope this time,” said Amal Fathy, a 50-yearold government employee who wears the Islamic veil, as she patiently waited to vote. “I may not live long enough to see change, but my grandchildren will.” Since the uprising that forced out Mubarak nearly 10 months ago, Egyptians had looked forward to this day as a celebration of freedom after years of stifling dictatorship. Instead, there
Roswell city councilors left Monday night’s second redistricting workshop with remaining inquiries and desiring further mapping concepts concerning the redistricting of their respective wards. Redistricting is a process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, that occurs every 10 years in response to population changes determined by the results of the most recent Census data. In a request for proposal bid, the city selected Southwest Political Services to draw up redistricting maps for its wards. Sterling Fluharty, owner and project manager at SPS, outlined several essential redistricting principles, specifically those that pertained to the city. Fluharty said balancing population was the highest priority for redistricting. Balancing the population
Administration unveils new rules for tribal lands Washington (AP) — Ahead of a meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and hundreds of Native American leaders, the administration unveiled new rules for tribal lands that officials say will expedite home building and energy development. The proposed changes — the first of its kind in 50 years — would open the door to badly-needed housing development on reservations, and for wind and solar energy projects that tribes have been eager to launch. The plan gives Obama another boasting point for this week’s meeting with leaders of the 565 federally-recognized tribes at the White House. “We have for three
years worked very hard to change the relationship between the administration and the nation’s first Americans,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday. He said Obama tasked him with changing the federal government’s relationship with tribes “in a very complete way.”
Obama has been winning high praise among Native Americans. The president has appointed Native Americans to high level positions in his administration, signed laws to improve health care and law enforcement for Native Americans and resolved a long running lawsuit over royalties for minerals on tribal lands. In February, Obama nominated Arvo Mikkanen to serve as a federal
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judge. If confirmed, he would be the only Native American actively serving on the federal bench. “We’ve had more access to federal of ficials to speak about these important issues in Indian Country,” said Mellor Willie, a Navajo tribe member and executive director of the National American Indian Housing Council. That was the case on the land leasing rules. Willie said the council asked the administration to consider reforming the rules during the transition between the Bush and Obama administrations. He said the Obama administration has held a number of meetings with tribes on the subject and
Egyptians wait in long lines to elect a parliament See CASE, Page A3
has been deep disappointment with the military rulers who replaced the old regime and a new wave of protests and clashes that began 10 days before the vote. Adding to the disarray, the multiple stage election process, which will stretch over months, is extremely complicated. Some of the key political players complained they did not have enough time or the right conditions to organize for the vote. If there was little jubilaSee EGYPTIANS, Page A3
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A veiled Egyptian woman casts her ballot in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Monday. Voting began on Monday in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising nine months ago.