President calls for OIC members to Myanmar convince for Rohingya problem solving

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DHAKA: President Zillur Rahman asked the OIC to convince Member States that pay tribute to Myanmar Government with political and economic support and prosperous life their Muslim minorities (Rohingyas).

"We an active role in the direction of a lasting solution to this longstanding (Rohingya) issue both bilaterally and multilaterally have to take," he said Al during the addressing at the closing ceremony of the 4th extra-ordinary session of Islamic Summit in Makkah label last night, according to a report here from Saudi Arabia today.

In the wake of the recent violence in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, President Rahman said that the United Nations High Commissioner for human rights has expressed concern about oppression of Muslim minorities there.

The condition of Muslim minorities in various parts of the world is great concern, he said, adding, that it is not only a question of protection of the Muslims and their faith; but a question of universal human rights.

"We need to revive the morale of the world and necessary steps to form international public opinion in favour of these minority people", he said.

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud hosted the two-day 4th special session of Islamic Summit Conference joined by the heads of State and Governments of the Member States of the OIC (organisation of Islamic cooperation).

President Zillur Rahman said that the Palestine question remains a symbol of oppression and injustice to Muslims.

Zillur Rahman said that Bangladesh has led, that his consistent and firmly support the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people.

"Together with the traditional diplomatic efforts to influence their Governments we must make some innovative effort for mass awareness especially in non-Muslim countries," said Bangladesh President.

He said that world opinion in favour of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians for a just and fair solution to the Palestinian crisis must be formed.

The Muslim countries include almost one-third of the world's countries and one fifth of the world's population, he said adding for centuries Muslims at the top of the building were friendship and harmony in the world with noble Islamic ideal.

President Rahman claimed however large values of the Islamic brotherhood provided by the direction of international policy in question.

"We are now numerous conflicts and discords confronted." They are not only between Muslims and non-Muslims, but unfortunately they are also between Muslims and Muslims, "he said."

"The oppression on Muslims, which we now witness are a wake up call for our commitment to preserve the Islamic ideal of peace and justice." We can no life insular in the age of globalization, "Continued President Rahman."

"We have necessary wisdom, resources, values, culture and heritage, to influence international policy on our behalf," he said adding, "That the unity and solidarity of the Muslim Ummah and implementation of the Islamic values of Justice, equality and involvement of the population of our countries will require."

The President expressed to see his consternation for the loss of human lives and destruction of property during the recent political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. "The endless killing in Syria, also in this month of Ramadan, contrary to the large Islamic values of compassion and kindness," he said.

He said it they can see debate on the dynamics of these conflicts, some, as the necessary hurts achieve democracy, some can write them to the effects of globalization, some can mention it as the conspiracy of the external forces.

Whatever be the reason, those do not suffer from any situation be justified, he said.

"I firmly believe that such human tragedies should be avoided, to ensure the basic civil and political rights of citizens." Guarantee of freedom from hunger, fear and humiliation can be a viable solution for such a political crisis in the future, "he said."

"A non-violent solution based should be achieved on the Islamic tradition of moderation and discussion." Bangladesh, Member of the UN Human Rights Council, a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis since its membership has supported, "he added."

In 1974 for the unity and solidarity of the Islamic Ummah while the second Summit of the OIC that should not limited at the intergovernmental level, but should be based on all areas of our social lives, he said "The father of our nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman".

Zillur Rahman left the country for Saudi Arabia on Sunday evening on a five day official visit the Summit at the invitation of the Saudi King.

Rahman, President is expected to return here on August 17.

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Rajhsahi rail links restored

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RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi of the rail links with Dhaka, Khulna and Chilahaati have been restored and on Thursday afternoon, 20, after an inter-city train station had gone from turn the tracks near the town of Sardah.

Trains resumed to normal operation at 13 after that derailed removed car and the damaged tracks were repaired, Rajshahi said stationmaster Jahidul Islam.

Until then, the link between Dhaka and Rajshahi through alternative ways, but nationwide railway had managed the railway authorities timetable in disarray.

"Trains on the Dhaka-Rajshahi Lalmonirhat, Dhaka-Khulna and Dhaka Dinajpur Nilphamari routes of two to three hours are delayed," Majharul Haque, Assistant had reservations officer of Kamalapur station, earlier on Thursday September said.

"Trains on the Dhaka-Chittagong noakhali district, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka Mombasa Kishoreganj routes are delayed by a half to one hour."

The Dhaka-bound Padma express derailed to throw 17: 15 on Wednesday, targeted links and travel plans of tens of thousands of Eid holiday-makers in the chaos. A four-Member Committee headed by the Divisional Officer transport Sajib Kumar Pakshi investigated the incident and three days to produce a report.

Salvage trains from Rajshahi and Ishwardi reached the scene and rescued the car, railway (West zone) chief operating Superintendent Saiful Islam said.

The train had left Rajshahi railway station for the capital at 16: 30 and 50 metres from the Sardah station derailed, said Senior sub-Assistant Engineer (West zone) Jalil Uddin Ahmed.

Two air-conditioned coaches and a dining car on their pages diagonally before tipping over and he told uprooting of the sleepers, September.

At least 15 people were injured in the accident and continue the Padma express travel for Dhaka left the crumpled car.

Stationmaster Jahidul Islam remained all trains to and from Rajshahi and Dhaka, Khulna and Chilahaati after the accident, Rajshahi said from early September.

However operated trains with Dhaka in any other way.

The passengers Dhaka bound were, picked up by the Rajshahi station and station with a second train to the Sardah. You then the Dhaka trains from there boarded, Islam added.

Also the passengers from Dhaka landed at the Sardah station and Rajshahi were promoted by an another train.

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Luftschlag tötet mehr als 30 wie OIC Syrien unterbricht

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AAZAZ: The Organisation for Islamic cooperation Syria exposed, the Muslim world "can no longer accept a regime that his people massacre" to say, as 31 people reported killed in an air raid.

Regime forces were also the main battlefield city of Aleppo in the North, bomb activists said, while Damascus was rocked by a bomb attack on a military command and a firefight near the Prime Minister's.

As the world's 57-Member OIC, main Muslim grouping said liquidation at a summit meeting in the Saudi holy city of Mecca early Thursday, UN investigators the Syrian regime crimes against humanity, including the Houla massacre in May had committed.

A statement that emergency OIC said at the end of the Summit that contestants on "the need to end the violence in Syria immediately and to suspend the country from the OIC" had come to an agreement.

Final statement which said that "Deep concern about the massacres and inhumane acts suffered by the Syrian people" was made.

OIC head Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told a press conference that sent the decision "a strong message from the Muslim world of the Syrian regime".

"This world no longer a regime that can take his people with aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery massacre," he added.

The move was welcomed by the United States as a "strong" President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

"The today's Action underscores the Assad regime increasing international isolation and the broad support for the Syrian people and their struggle for a democratic State, which represents their aspirations and their human rights respected," said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

Government forces said a report by the UN Commission of inquiry into crimes against humanity including murder committed their militia allies and, while the rebels but to a lesser extent performed by torture and war crimes, had.

The UN report said "the Commission found reason to believe, that the armed forces of the Government and the Shabiha had committed the crimes against humanity of murder and torture, war crimes and gross violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law,".

He said that they charge were for the massacre in the central city of Houla in may as 108 civilians, including 49 children, were killed in a gruesome attack, the Assad had said was the work of the "Monster".

Rebels you fighters but were not in the probe, which saves them war crimes, including murder, extrajudicial execution and torture guilty.

In Syria a rebel reported bastion near the second city of Aleppo activists and residents of an another cruelty by the regime with at least 31 people, including children, killed in an air strike in Aazaz.

-"These animals are all of us kill".

"Bashar did this." "God help us, all these animals will kill us," said a man, pull up a bloody arm from a pile of parts of the body on the sidewalk in front of the local hospital.

The Syrian Observatory for human rights, said 31 people were killed, including women and children, and a further 200 wounded, warning that the toll could rise.

"There are many people, still under the wreckage caught", Observatory said Director Rami Abdel Rahman. "The situation is appalling."

Dozens of residents were fleeing to nearby Turkey, many of them entire families carry boxes of food and clothing on their heads.

In all at least 156 people killed Wednesday in Syria, where more than 23,000 people died in March 2011, since the uprising against the regime were broken out, said the Observatory.

In Damascus claimed the free Syria army a bomb attack on a military headquarters was close to a hotel used by UN observers, say it was a warning that the it could strike any time at the heart of the regime.

In July killed another attack also claimed by the FSA four top security chiefs in a major body blow to the regime.

A Gunbattle broke the new Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi, also in the vicinity of the offices just a day after his predecessor Riad hijab, the highest profile figure carry out Government, said that the regime had collapsed and only controlled 30 percent of the country.

And in a worrying development in the neighbouring Lebanon, rioters blocked roads and dozens of Syrians were kidnapped and their businesses destroyed in violence, the orders leave immediately by Gulf Nations for citizens raised.

Rioters lit tires on the road to Beirut airport and the highway to Syria closed, according to unconfirmed television reports that several Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped were killed in Syria in the Aazaz attack in May.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates all warnings for their citizens issued to leave due to what the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates said was a "dangerous" situation.

UN humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos, who Thursday after a visit to Damascus in Beirut is due, warned that the situation in Syria was possibly as high as 2.50 million always worse, with the number of those in need.

The UN Security Council meets on Thursday, the UN Observer Mission in Syria in the midst of deep-rooted divisions between the major powers on the conflict-ridden country officially to end.

Russia and China hit out at the Western nations of Syria prior to the meeting, as UN leader struggles to convince Ban Ki-moon, Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, the new international Envoy to the conflict to be.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Stoke Western States of violence through the open support of the armed rebellion, comments, by the United States rejected.

China, which has blocked three UN resolutions on Syria along with Russia, accused and Western powers disabled as visited a senior Envoy of Damascus for talks Beijing's efforts to end the conflict.

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Bangladesh in the U-19 WC Super 8

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DHAKA: Bangladesh stormed beatings in the quarter-finals of the U-19 World Cup for Namibia with 7 wickets in Brisbane on Thursday.

A fine unbeaten 70 from the opener Voges that helped Bangladesh, 155 for three and hunting to save the target with a good 13 acquisitions. The man-of-the match hit five fours in his 115-ball knock.

Choice to bat first, Namibia had under - 19 s 151 all out in 49,4 took over the top score of 40 from Gerhard Erasmus made.

Abu Jayed took 3 for 29 in eight took over during Taskin Ahmad and Naeem Islam junior jointly running two apiece for 29 and 19 or.

Bangladesh lost Soumya Sarkar for 31 in the fifth over before the and Amanul Haque (32) their side of 88 before Anamul back into the stable in the 19th over was.

Al-Amin (17 not to the outside) and this ensured that in the overhaul as a whole there were no more hiccups, after Asif Ahmed (13) in the 30 over t with the score at 121 for three.

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3 in Comilla road accident killed

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Author / source: Independent online/UNB

COMILLA: Three dead and 20 others injured as a bus collision head-on with a covered van in a roadside plunged trench at Chándana Krishnapur Comilla-Noakhali on the road in Laksam Upazila today (Thursday) morning.

The identity of the deceased could be not immediately known.

Dhaka reported eye witnesses, bound bus early in the morning into the ditch fell, like covered collided with the speeding van from opposite directions, so that three people dead on the ground.

The injured were admitted in various hospitals and local clinics.

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Fearing attacks, 5000 people from northeast flee Bangalore

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BANGALORE: People from the northeast are leaving Bangalore in hordes following wild rumours that they would be targeted even as Karnataka's top cop has sought to allay their fears by promising them full protection.

Hundreds of people from the region are headed home if one goes by the number of tickets sold by the railways.Railway authorities confirm they have sold nearly 5,000 tickets to people bound for Guwahati and beyond.

We are overbooked.We have arranged a 20-compartment special train to Guwahati, N Ramesh,senior deputy commercial manager (railways ),Bangalore division,said.Given the rush for tick ets,we may have to arrange more trains, Ramesh said.

IGP Lalrokhuma Pachau attributed the apprehensions to rumours and said no incident of intimidation of northeastern people has come to the notice of police.

Commissioner BG Jyothi Prakash Mirji said the cops are ready to go to the door steps of northeastern stu dents if there is any instance of them being threatened.

The panic reaction comes in the wake of rumours being spread through SMSs,chain mails and social networking sites that people from the northeast would be attacked in Bangalore.Intelligence sou rces said at least 4,000 people flocked to the Bangalore City railway station on Wednes day evening to board the two trains to Guwahati.

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Shoibal Kanungo dies at 44

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DHAKA: September, the former head of operations Shoibal Kumar Kanungo died early Thursday of a heart attack.

His family said Kanunga hospital in Shahbagh was BIRDEM to 02: 30 after he became ill. Doctors there declared him dead, when he it on around 05: 45 was found.

The 44 worked most recently as head of operations of the ALO Prothom jobs. He was survived by his wife, a son, father, mother and a sister.

Kanunga, who his master of business administration from the University of Dhaka indeed Institute of the master of business administration (IBA), worked for September 2007.

In addition to his role as head of operations, he manages the human resources and General Administration.

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Chocolate lowers ' blood pressure '

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There may be good news for people looking for an apology, munch on a few squares after a review found chocolate that the treatment could reduce blood pressure.

An analysis of the 20 studies showed that dark chocolate every day eat a slight drop of in blood pressure led.

Report of the Cochrane Group said chemicals in cocoa, chocolate key ingredient, relaxing blood vessels.

However, there are healthier ways to lower blood pressure.

The theory is that cocoa contains Flavanols, which produce a chemical in the body called nitric oxide. This relaxed ' ' blood vessels pass through blood, facilitates lowering blood pressure.

However, studies have raised mixed results. The Cochrane analysis combines previous studies to see if it really was an effect.

There was a huge selection in the amount of cocoa consumed, from 3 g to 105 g per day by each participant. However, the overall picture was a small decrease in blood pressure.

A Systolischer blood pressure under 120mmHg (millimeters of mercury) is regarded as normal. Cocoa led to a reduction of blood pressure 2-3mmHg. Length of the trials was only two weeks, so that the longer term effects are not known.

Run Karin Ried, researchers from the National Institute for integrative medicine in Melbourne, Australia, said: "Although we blood pressure still do not have evidence of a continuing decline, reducing small we at short notice saw could complement other treatment options and may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease."

High blood pressure is both General and deadly. It became a worldwide to 54% of strokes and 47% of cases of coronary heart disease.

But not the ideal way to lowering blood pressure packs chocolate lots of fat and sugar, and cocoa is so.
Dark or milk?

There was also a warning in the medical journal Lancet, that dark chocolate contains less Flavanols than you might think. Dark chocolate counter as milk chocolate contains a higher cocoa so more Flavanols should contain, but they can also be removed since they have a bitter taste.

Victoria Taylor, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "it is hard to tell exactly would need what quantities of a rich cocoa, a positive effect and consider the best way for people to get."

"Most studies conducted within a short time it is to know whether the benefits could be maintained in the long term also not possible." The 100 g of chocolate, which had consumed are daily in a number of studies would also with 500 calories - that's a quarter of the recommended daily allowance of a woman come.

"Beans, apricots, blackberries and apples contain also Flavanols and, while lower volumes than in cocoa contains, it doesn't come with the unhealthy extras in the chocolate found."

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Hard drive started to save kidnapped Fischer; 36 14 rescued

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BAGERHAT: Six days after their abduction, a shootout saved members of RAB-8 early Thursday 14 of 36 kidnapped fishermen after the pirates at the Narkelbaria in Sharankhola Upazila in the Sundarbans East zone. Lt Col Faridul Islam, Commander of RAB-8 (Barisal), UNB told that they launched on secret information, they drive to a cave of the pirates on the Narkelbaria at 07.

The shooting broke out, as the pirates, the presence of members of the RAB, sensing brand open in the elite. At some point the pirates retreated and flee.

The RAB forces then the 14 fishermen together saved with two trawlers and seized five firearms, including three pistols and two shotguns by the body. However, there was no arrest.

Lt Col Shariful Haque, Commander of the Mongla Coast Guard, meanwhile, confirmed that the members of the coast guard, Navy and air force and RAB drives in different caves of the pirates also operate.

He said that a common drive kidnapped in life was founded by Coast Guard, Navy and air force on Thursday to rescue the 36 fishermen from pirates
in the Sundarbans East zone under Sharankhola Upazila early Friday.

The members of the coast guard Mongla West zone, Bangladesh Navy Mongla and air force launched the rescue operation at noon.

Shariful Haque said the Navy and Coast Guard of 300 members, led by Coast Guard zonal Commander M Saidur Rahman, along with four ships and six speedboats and were the implementation of three mechanized boats
Drive.

Intelligence sources said that the air force joined the drive with a helicopter.

According to sources, caves of the Pirates of the Dublar char, Shelar char, Ha'kalir char, Pushpakathi, and Jwakhali identifies the common forces coastal Sundarban East and West areas Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira districts.

Earlier, joint forces the kidnappers locked caves in various coastal areas, including the Sundarbans.

A gang of armed pirates abducted the 36 fishermen along with three trawlers and looted valuables worth about TK fairway close to 12 lakh Buoya of Bay in Sharankhola Upazila. Five fishermen were also
injured by the kidnappers.

A gang of 15-20 robbers of 'Mortoza Bahini' about 100 fishermen while they begin Hilsa in 10 trawlers were attacked.

Before leaving on the ground, the robbers abducted the 36 fishermen along with three trawlers and demanding a ransom of TK 50,000 for the release of each of the Fisher. You threatened to kill Fischer, if their call goes unnoticed within a week.

The kidnapped fishermen came from different areas of the districts of Bagerhat, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Barguna and Bhola.

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Thousands line up for right to work legally in US

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SANTA ANA: Nathaly Uribe has all the papers she needs to get a work permit — something the 17-year-old daughter of a construction worker only dreamed of growing up as an illegal immigrant in the United States.

The high school senior said she hopes a federal program beginning Wednesday and defers deportation for illegal immigrants will make it easier to get a decent job and help pay for college.

"This is my country. It's where my roots are," said Uribe, who moved from Chile when she was a toddler and lives in Glen Burnie, Md. "It feels great to know that the country that I call home finally accepted me."

Thousands of young illegal immigrants lined up Wednesday hoping for the right to work legally in America without being deported. The Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals could expand the rights of more than 1 million young illegal immigrants by giving them work permits, though they would not obtain legal residency here or a path to citizenship.

At least 13,000 people stood in line in Chicago, clutching reams of paperwork, for a workshop led by immigrant rights advocates at the city's Navy Pier. Hundreds of potential applicants waited outside nonprofit offices in Los Angeles for help filing paperwork to open the door to the staples of success in America — a work permit, and then later a Social Security number and driver's license.

"It's something I have been waiting for since I was two years old," said Bupendra Ram, a 25-year-old communications graduate student in Fullerton, Calif., who still needs supporting documents from his Fiji Islands home before he can apply. "This offers us an opportunity to fulfill the dreams I've had since I was a child."

Less than three months before an expected tight presidential election, the new immigration program is mired in controversy. Republican critics accuse President Barack Obama of drafting the plan to boost his political standing with Latinos ahead of November's vote and say the program favors illegal immigrants over unemployed American citizens during dismal economic times.

In Arizona, which passed one of the nation's toughest anti-immigration laws, Gov Jan Brewer signed an executive order Wednesday directing state agencies to deny driver's licenses and other public benefits to illegal immigrants who obtain work authorizations under the program. Brewer said she's following the intent of the current state law denying public benefits to illegal immigrants.

To be eligible, immigrants must prove they arrived in the United States before they turned 16, are 30 or younger, have been living in the country at least five years and are in school or graduated or served in the military. They cannot have been convicted of certain crimes or otherwise pose a safety threat.

Initial concerns that federal authorities might take a tough approach on applications or that a Republican presidential victory could unravel applicants' gains have largely been pushed aside by massive interest from thousands of young people eager to work.

In Los Angeles, one immigrant rights' group started hosting hourly information sessions over the last month to keep up with the frenzy. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles has handed out 12,000 information packets about the program and is encouraging all eligible immigrants to apply as long as they have stayed out of legal trouble, said Angelica Salas, the organization's director.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney does not support so-called Dream Act legislation for illegal immigrants who attend college — a key group that Obama aims to reach with this program. The former Massachusetts governor has also criticized the deferred action program but has not said it he would reverse it, pledging instead an unspecified "civil but resolute" long-term fix to illegal immigration.

So far, the measure has won favor for Obama along Latinos — many who view immigration as a litmus test when choosing a political candidate, said Manuel Pastor, director of the University of Southern California's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration.

"What this has done is to signal that the president, who was unable to get comprehensive immigration reform, does at least care about the situation of these immigrants," Pastor said. "This is something that has been overwhelmingly popular in the immigrant population and in the Latino population in general."

Some Republican lawmakers have accused Obama of sidestepping Congress and creating a backdoor amnesty program.

"It's a betrayal of American young people," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican. "We're supposed to be representing the interests of the American people — not people who come here illegally from other countries."

In an internal document outlining the program's implementation, Department of Homeland Security officials estimated more than 1 million people would apply in the first year and about 890,000 would be eligible.

On Wednesday, immigrants lined up for help filing applications at workshops around the country. Others sought identity documents from consulates to be able to apply.

Jaqueline Cinto said she's still working on gathering the documents she needs, knowing it's her only shot at putting her master's degree in education to good use. But she's nervous that filing the papers might put her relatives at risk for deportation — even though Homeland Security officials have said they will generally not use applicants' information to track down other family.

"I am even more afraid that I might be denied," said Cinto, 26, who came to New York more than a decade ago from Mexico.

In central California, one group has been warning farmworkers and their children not to sign up for the program at all.

"Immigration agents could haul them off that same day," said Manuel Cunha, president of the Nisei Farmers League. "Even if they don't, if this policy is disbanded, now ICE has the addresses of all the families. Why would you want to squeal on your parents?"

The documents to prove identity could include passports, birth certificates, school transcripts, medical, financial and military records. Multiple sworn affidavits, signed under penalty of perjury, can also be used, Homeland Security officials said. Anyone found to have committed fraud will be referred to federal immigration agents, the department said.

Laura Lichter, a Denver attorney who heads the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said everyone takes a risk by applying.

"I would say that people are between a rock and a hard place. In most cases, people can take (the government) at their word that their intent is to administer this policy in a fair and appropriate manner but there are going to be people that are going to find themselves having problems," she said

A decision on each application could take several months, and immigrants have been warned not to leave the country while their application is pending. If they are allowed to stay in the United States and want to travel internationally, they will need to apply for permission to come back into the country, a request that would cost another $360.

The lines on Wednesday grew throughout the day; the crowd in Chicago was so large that workshop organizers told them to come back another day.

"Navy Pier is today's Ellis Island, and while they saw New York City, today they see Chicago," said Illinois congressman Luis Gutierrez. "But the most important thing is they see America."

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