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Iraq's oil exports increase 1.1 percent in October

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's Oil Ministry says crude exports have averaged 2.622 million barrels a day in October, a nearly 1.1 percent increase from the previous month. Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said Thursday that last month's revenues stood at $8.578 billion, based on an average price of $

Hamas cries victory; truce with Israel holds

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas leaders and thousands of flag-waving supporters declared victory over Israel on Gaza's first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce Thursday, as Israeli officials flew to Cairo for talks on easing a

FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three California men excited at the prospect of training in Afghanistan to become terrorists prepared, authorities say, by simulating combat with paintball rifles, wiping their Facebook profiles of any Islamic references and concocting cover

Israel, Hamas trade fire and tough truce proposals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers traded fire and tough cease-fire proposals Monday, and threatened to escalate their border conflict if diplomacy fails. No deal appeared near. An Israeli airstrike targeting a Gaza

Israel bombing kills militant in Gaza Strip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 100, as Israel broadened its targets in the

US, Britain warn of risks of Israeli ground war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By ANNE FLAHERTY and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) - The U.S. and Britain on Sunday warned about the risks of Israel expanding its air assault on the Gaza Strip into a ground war, while vigorously defending the Jewish state's right to protect itself against rocket attacks. The

Medics: Israel strike kills 11 civilians in Gaza

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUB GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli missile flattened a two-story house in a residential neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 civilians, mostly women and children, Palestinian medical officials said, as Israel expanded a military

Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down rocket

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By IAN DEITCH and IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hamas' prime minister and blasted a sprawling network of smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, broadening a blistering four-day-old offensive against the

Israel moves troops toward Gaza

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian militants barraged Israel with more than 200 rockets on Thursday, killing three people as Israel pressed a punishing campaign of airstrikes on militant targets across the Gaza Strip. Three rockets

Saudi man gets life in prison in US bomb plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 13th

By BETSY BLANEYAssociated Press AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - A former Texas college student from Saudi Arabia was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for trying to make a bomb for use in a religious attack, possibly targeting a former U.S. president. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari was sentenced in Amarillo,