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APNewsBreak: Ore. Muslim sues FBI, claims torture

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 30th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An American Muslim who says he was beaten with batons by prison interrogators while held in solitary confinement overseas for more than three months has sued the FBI and State Department, claiming the torture was done at their behest. The lawsuit

Lawyer in Mexico argues for American's release

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 30th

By CRISTINA SILVA and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona mother locked up in a Mexico prison on a drug-smuggling charge is depressed and upset about the situation, but hopeful a judge will throw out the case after realizing there is no basis to the charges, her lawyer

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By LOUISE WATTAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies. Boat owner Yu Xuejun,

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

Officials: US forces on alert in response to Libya

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Marines and other U.S. forces in Europe are on a heightened state of alert in response to a deteriorating security situation in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, two U.S. officials said Friday. The alert order applies to a U.S. special

Anti-militias protesters attacked in Libya

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

By ESAM MOHAMED and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday as part of a call for mass demonstrations against the country's unruly

Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th

By TERESA CEROJANOAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Chinese boat that ran into a coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than 10,000 kilograms (22,000 pounds) of meat from a protected species, the pangolin or scaly

Libyan official: 3 activists raped by militiamen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Three female British activists of Pakistani origin were raped by Libyan pro-government militiamen in the eastern city of Benghazi, after joining an aid convoy bound for Gaza to break an Israeli blockade, officials from several countries

Canadian who sheltered Americans in Iran dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

By CHARMAINE NORONHAAssociated Press Writer TORONTO (AP) - John Sheardown, a former Canadian diplomat who sheltered fugitive American Embassy staffers at his Tehran home at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, has died. He was 88. His wife Zena said Saturday that Sheardown

US shuts embassy in Central African Republic

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department has closed its embassy in the Central African Republic and ordered the ambassador and his diplomatic team to leave the country as rebels there continue to advance and violence escalates, U.S. officials said Thursday. A