Christian Science Monitor Tough Arizona immigration law rattles state's Latinos

It's late morning in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, and the Rev. José González sits behind his church with a handful of day laborers eager for any job offers. Monitor staff writer Sara Miller Llana and staff photographer Melanie Stetson Freeman talk with a group of Mexican farmers about why they've decided to stay home.

Before Arizona adopted its tough immigration law in April 2010, the day labor center attracted a lot more workers, the pastor says. Fewer come now, and although he says lack of work is a factor, he cites as a major reason the chilling effect the law has had on many local Latinos.

Peru Considers Extraditing Joran Van der Sloot

Peru is evaluating a U.S. extradition request for jailed Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, according to his attorney.

Romney amassing endorsements, but none yet from Santorum, Gingrich or Paul

The Republican primary race is effectively over but Mitt Romney keeps piling up delegates and endorsements.

He was expected to tighten his lock on the GOP nomination by sweeping Pennsylvania, New York and three other northeastern states holding primaries Tuesday. They offer a combined trove of 209 delegates.

Nationalism looks set to remain on trend in France

The first round of the French elections has provided a salutary lesson in the effects of the economic crisis in a Western democracy.

There has been polarisation to the extremes, a refusal by many to engage with the country's basic economic dilemmas, taking refuge instead in fundamentalist ideas about the country's ills, and the search for scapegoats.