European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 162007 stars and stripes Page 7 in the world president wraps up visit to latin America by Deb Riechmann the associated press v Merida Mexico president Bush ending his five nation trip to latin America sought to Over come rising ant american senti ment by pledging Goodwill and a fairer immigration policy one of the Best things Ameri Ca can do is help people realize their dreams Bush said wednes Day morning As he met with participants Ina us Mexico educational Exchange program Bush is directing his messages to the mexican people and their newly elected president Felipe Calderon but Hes hoping his words also would be heard 1400 Miles away on Capitol Hill where his immigration proposal has been blocked Bush returns to Washington on wednesday after his second Day of meetings in Mexico where ten Sion has been High s hundreds of demonstrators marched to the us embassy in Mexico City on tuesday attack ing riot police with Concrete blocks Metal bars and firecrackers and tearing Down barricades to protest Bush visit in Merida about 100 protesters marched to Bush hotel for the second night in a Row carrying mexican flags and calling Bush a murderer the president could not prom ise Mexico that con Gress will pass his guest worker program he could Only Promise to work hard to make it Law presi Dent Cal Bush Deron holds deep convictions on the matter of migration and so do i Bush said tuesday night our nations share a 2000mile Border and that should be a source of Unity not division Bush said so were working together to keep both sides of the Border open to tour ism and Trade and closed to Crimi nals and drug dealers and smugglers and terrorists and gun run with those words Bush closed a warm sunny Day of meetings Hacienda hopping and sightseeing at mayan ruins with Cal Deron who heralded the meeting As a new stage in bilateral relations just before the sept 11 2001 attacks Bush stressed the importance of the us relationship with Mexico the War in Iraq which Mexico did not support and in of Calderon transcripts Mastermind confesses in hearing at Gizmo by Lolita c Baldor the associated press Washington Khalid sheikh Mohammed the suspected Mastermind of the sept 11 at tacks confessed to that attack and a string of others during a Mil itary hearing at Guantanamo Bay Cuba according to a Tran script released wednesday by the Pentagon Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning financing and training others for bombings rang ing from the 1993 attack at the world Trade Center to the at tempt by would be shoe bomber Richard Reid to blow up a transatlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes in All Mohammed said he was responsible for planning 29 individual attacks including Many that were never executed the comments were included in a 26page transcript released by the Pentagon which also blacked out some of his remarks the Pentagon also released transcripts of the hearings of Abu Faraj Alibi and Ramzi by Walsh ibo finals High is suspected of help ing Mohammed with the sept 11 2001 attack plan and is also linked to a foiled plot to crash air Craft into London Heathrow air port Alibi is a libyan who reportedly masterminded two bombings 11 Days apart in Paki Stan in december 2003 that targeted president Pervez Musharraf for his support of the used War on terror us takes Steps to release North korean assets Washington the United states announced Steps wednes Day that could enable the release of North korean assets Frozen in a Macau Bank an action sought by Pyongyang As part of a nuclear arms Deal in a two step decision the trea sury department also said it is Sev ering ties Between Banco Delta Asia and the us financial system because of its alleged Money Laun Dering for North Korea at the same time however the department is expected to pro vide guidance to help overseas regulators identify highest risk and Lowe risk account holders from the associated press Ghanishan shifted Bush focus to the mid dle East and mexicans Felt neglected the anti Ameri can senti ment Rose when Bush signed a Bill to install hundreds of Miles of new fencing vehicle barriers and infrared cameras along the Bor Der a critic of us immigration policy Calderon denounced the Fence with gentle but firm Rheto Ric mexicans View the Fence As an insult that has aggravated Al ready strained relations with their powerful Northern neigh Bor Bush worked to allay their concerns saying the Barrier and stepped up enforcement along the Border were Only the first Steps in a comprehensive Immi Gration Law overhaul that he hoped would include a guest worker program Bush trip to Brazil Uruguay Colombia Guatemala and mexi co served As a counterweight to Venezuela Hugo Chavez who is leading the leftward political shift in latin America Bush goes on feeding frenzy by Traci Carl the associated press Merida Mexico at every Stop on his seven Day latin Amer ican trip president Bush has been fixated on food it began with Bush first event in his first country when he and brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula a Silva celebrated a new ethanol Alliance i appreciate the fact that youre about to buy me lunch Bush told Silva in kind of Hun Gry looking Forward to eating some of that Good brazilian food in Uruguay at a news Confer ence with president Tabare Vazquez Bush said he  wait to dig into some uruguayan beef something the tiny nation wants to sell More of to the United states youve told me All along How Good it is and after we answer a few questions were about to find out Bush told his Host later praising the country abundant blueberries too in Colombia part of Bush Agenda included time with locals growing crops As alternatives to the illegal coca from which co Caine is made the vendors stalls were filled with Honey chocolate and Coffee next came Guatemala where Bush hauled some lettuce onto a truck something he later called one of the great experiences of my presidency in looking Forward to the Din Ner that youre hosting for Laura and me Bush told guatemalan president Oscar Berger in another news conference later Bush stomach was either really growling or it was a ruse to end the questioning he signalled an end to the joint appearance by asking Berger what was on tap for dinner we have tortillas with guacamole and Beans Berger assured him in Mexico on tuesday Bush was Down to business with presi Dent Felipe Calderon among the items on the Agenda a working lunch scheduled for earlier in the Day than locals usually Dine Bush speaking Spanish to mex ican reporters As he started tour ing the Uxmal ruins said his lunch was Good in full he declared swat members of the philippine National police prepare to storm the Taguim City courthouse South of Manila Philippines on wednesday to end a today hostage crisis Bulut police free hostages in Philippines the associated press Manila Philippines philippine police stormed a courtroom to end a 24hour hostage standoff wednesday freeing All four captives who were held by a movie stuntman and his common Law wife the gunman was killed when he dropped a grenade during the confrontation gunshots and a blast rang out inside the Taguim City court building in suburban Manila As Blac Clad swat teams carried out the assault shown on nation wide to moments later mayor Sigfrido Tinga con firmed the gunman Al Bautista was dead and the hos tages rescued Bautista wife was in custody two hostages were Hurt from being beaten by the gunman the crisis is Over said metropolitan police chief superintendent Reynaldo Varilla one of the negotiators the Good thing is All hostages Are Safe and Only the hostage taker is dead As the crisis dragged into its second Day Barilla said he and other negotiators persuaded Bautista to surrender but As the captives piled out of the court room Bautista apparently changed his mind and tried to jump out a second floor window before backing off he fired at a policeman missing him the officer fired Back and in the confusion Bautista dropped a grenade which exploded and killed him instantly Varilla said to footage showed Bautista bloody re Mains sprawled on the floor his right hand badly burned the drama began tuesday afternoon when Bautista pulled a pistol after a disagreement during a prelim Inary hearing Over a land dispute Between his partner and another woman Tinga said id you know tars and stripes offers its unique collection of images online in photo of the Day featuring 50 years f us notary use Oversea available for Purchase at Stripe com