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Hijacker known to CIA
The CIA possessed disturbing information about one of the Sept. 11 hijackers months earlier than previously disclosed and could have used that knowledge to prevent him from renewing his visa to enter the United States before the terrorist attacks, government officials said Sunday.
Mercury News Wire Services
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Chances of safe harbor vary widely
There were good reasons to think U.S. immigration officials would rule that 18-year-old Rugie Jallow should be given asylum when she arrived here in 1995 from her native Gambia.
By FREDRIC N. TULSKY / Mercury News
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The Giveaway of the West
By many measures, the American West at the end of the 20th century is more environmentally healthy than a generation ago. But on millions of acres of public land, one practice still perpetuates environmental damage that began in the Wild West 150 years ago -- cattle grazing.
By Paul Rogers / Mercury News
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Three Strikes law appears to have met goal
It hasn't overwhelmed California's prisons with vast numbers of petty criminals doing life sentences, as critics predicted. Instead, California's 7-year-old three strikes, you're out'' law appears to have accomplished the goal its supporters touted: It has targeted the state's worst repeat offenders and taken them off the streets.
By CONNIE SKIPITARES / Mercury News
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