KEOKUK – On April 15, 1912, a British passenger liner, the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 people.
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Failures in Mexico's economic model have pushed millions ofunemployed workers toward the U.S., creating a crisis on both sidesof the border. President Felipe Calderón must reformMexico's economy to create new private-sector jobs, and PresidentBush and Congress should support Mexican efforts to help solve theimmigration crisis, open Mexico to more U.S. exports andinvestment, and secure our border.