'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

When U.S. officials were trying to broker a deal to end the bloody 20-year civil war between Sudan and South Sudan in 2005, they had an in with the elusive guerrilla fighter leading the south's shadowy rebel forces.
Galo Guarderas is starting off on five years of study in Spain to make himself an expert in photovoltaics, a vital field for a world tapping into solar energy.
A judge says Charlie Sheen's $100 million lawsuit over his firing from "Two and a Half Men" should be handled through private arbitration rather than in a public courtroom.
Charlie Sheen won't get quite the audience he wanted for his $100 million lawsuit over his firing from "Two and a Half Men" _ a judge on Wednesday ruled his case should be handled through private arbitration rather than in a public courtroom.
Charlie Sheen may not get quite the audience he wanted for his $100 million lawsuit over his firing from "Two and a Half Men" _ a judge on Wednesday ruled that an arbitrator should determine whether the case is handled privately or in a public courtroom.
A judge will not immediately rule on Charlie Sheen's contention that his $100 million lawsuit over his firing from "Two and a Half Men" should be handled in a public court rather than in private arbitration.
"We have been the most open to students from other countries. That's why we continue to be the leading destination country, and it's been a long, long period that we've been that," said Allan Goodman, president of the nonprofit Institute of International Education. "It's our tradition of academic open doors and a very consistent record of having international students here. The best American universities have been open to international students for the longest period of time. The credentials [obtained from those schools] matter, and the byproduct is that they gain a better understanding of the United States."
Allan Goodman, president of the New York-based nonprofit Institute of International Education, said that such programs often fall short because neither the government nor the local economy can provide satisfying jobs for the returning scholars.