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WHY IT MATTERS: Israel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press The issue: As concern intensifies over Iran's nuclear program and the rise of Islamist governments in the Middle East, America's top ally in the region, Israel, has become increasingly wary. Israel's security has been a U.S. foreign policy priority of

UN resolution seeks recovery of Mali's north

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a plan to back an African-led military force to help the Malian army oust Islamic militants who seized the northern half of the country and are turning it into an al-Qaida

Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By BEN HUBBARD and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaida joined Syrian rebels in seizing a government missile defense base in northern Syria on Friday, according to activists and amateur video. It was unclear if the

US pastor Terry Jones denied entry into Canada

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By CHARMAINE NORONHAAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) - A spokeswoman for U.S. pastor Terry Jones said Thursday that Canada has denied entry to the preacher, whose congregation held a Quran burning in March 2011 that triggered deadly protests in Afghanistan. Stephanie Sapp said fellow pastor and

UN official: Islamists in Mali are targeting women

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A senior U.N. official who just returned from Mali says radical Islamists who now control about two-thirds of the country are targeting women - demanding that they cover their heads, restricting their ability to work, and compiling a

UN resolution seeks recovery of Mali's north

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - France has circulated a draft resolution that would give U.N. backing to an international military force to assist the Malian army in ousting Islamic militants who seized the northern half of the country and are turning it into a

Decade after Bali, Indonesian terror aims at gov't

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

By NINIEK KARMINIAssociated Press BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Ten years after terrorist attacks at two Bali nightclubs killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, Indonesia has won international praise for its counterterrorism efforts. Militant organizations have been fractured and many of

Romney: US should be more assertive on world stage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

By KASIE HUNTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is proposing the U.S. take a more assertive role in Syria, put conditions on aid to Egypt and tighten sanctions on Iran as he looks to use a planned foreign policy address to paint President Barack Obama

Preserving Egypt's revolutionary graffiti

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Graffiti has been among the most powerful art forms and tools of Egypt's revolution and the turbulent months since, but it also has proven to be its most vulnerable and ephemeral. For nearly two years, the slogans, portraits and artwork that

1 dead, 11 arrested in anti-terror sweep in France

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - Police carried out raids across France on Saturday after DNA on a grenade that exploded last month at a kosher grocery store led them to a suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam. The man whose DNA was identified, named