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Chinese, Indian leaders call for cooperation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By RAVI NESSMANAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world's two most populous nations. Friction has been building

Jindal faces troubles in his home state

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 25th

By BILL BARROW and MELINDA DESLATTEAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal faces deepening troubles in his home state even as he dishes out advice on how the divided GOP can regroup and looks to position himself as a national party front man. The new head of the Republican

Jindal faces troubles in his home state

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 25th

Somalia property boom forces refugees onto street

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By ABDI GULEDAssociated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - In parts of Somalia's capital, rubble-strewn lots that once served as sniper positions have been rebuilt into well-maintained homes, hotels and shopping plazas. Housing prices have doubled, or even gone up ten-fold. More than a year

Japan tunnel disaster shows aging of public works

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By ELAINE KURTENBACHAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - The deadly collapse last weekend of hundreds of concrete ceiling slabs in a tunnel outside Tokyo is raising calls for more spending on Japan's aging infrastructure, but the country might simply not have the money. Nine people were killed

Police raid Japan tunnel operator after collapse

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 2nd

By By MALCOLM FOSTERAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Police were searching the offices Tuesday of the company operating an expressway tunnel where hundreds of concrete ceiling slabs collapsed onto moving vehicles below, killing nine people. Those killed in Sunday's accident were traveling in

Cold weather and new storm add to victims' misery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region - and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week - added to

Crisis plans lag even as Japan's reactors restart

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 21st

By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - If the Ohi nuclear reactors plunged into a Fukushima-style meltdown, the only route for escaping or for sending help would be a winding, cliff-hugging road often closed by snow in winter or clogged by beachgoers in summer