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Canada to take more time on CNOOC takeover

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 3rd

By ROB GILLIESAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) - Canada is taking more time to review Chinese state-owned CNOOC's takeover bid for Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen. It would be China's biggest overseas energy acquisition. Industry Minister Christian Paradis said in a statement Friday

Secret Service agent who hid affair kills himself

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For nearly six years, a senior Secret Service agent kept his extramarital affair with a Mexican woman a secret from the agency responsible for protecting the president. But in the wake of an embarrassing prostitution scandal involving 13

US officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon provided more details Friday of the military response to the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as questions continue to swirl ahead of the presidential election about the government's response to the attack,

US officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday, as they laid

Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, people familiar with the matter told The

Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

Romney's Fla. ads tie Obama to Chavez, Castro

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By KASIE HUNTAssociated Press ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Mitt Romney's campaign is running a Spanish-language ad in Florida that claims Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro's niece would support President Barack Obama. The spot shows a clip of Chavez saying that if he were

Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By ARON HELLERAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel acknowledged Thursday it killed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's deputy in a 1988 raid in Tunisia, lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy and allowing a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of its secret operations. One of the

Libyans disillusioned with government amid chaos

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The protesters converged on the conference center housing Libya's newly elected congress, trying to force their way in past startled guards. Mostly young and half of them women in headscarves, they demanded an end to the siege of the town

Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Navy said Saturday it is replacing the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into undisclosed allegations of inappropriate judgment. Rear