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Ukraine's ruling party leads in vote called biased

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By MARIA DANILOVA and YURAS KARMANAUAssociated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - The Ukrainian president's party will retain its strong grip on power, according to returns Monday from a parliamentary election that was criticized by Western observers as unfair and biased against the opposition. 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

Tips on preparing for East Coast superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By The Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers tips on how to prepare for Hurricane Sandy and other tropical storms. Sandy is expected to be especially disastrous when it merges with a winter storm system, bringing powerful winds, rain, snow and storm surge along the

Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never

HI tsunami smaller than feared; ports reopened

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By OSKAR GARCIAAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) - Officials in Hawaii reopened the state's ports on Sunday and canceled a tsunami advisory as fears receded that there would be damaging waves from a powerful earthquake off the coast of Canada. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted its tsunami

Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off Canadian coast

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By JEREMY HAINSWORTHAssociated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated, but the province appeared to escape the biggest quake in

Tsunami warning for Hawaii, canceled in Alaska

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By MARK THIESSEN and OSKAR GARCIAAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Emergency sirens sounded around Hawaii late Saturday warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. Even as many people along Hawaii's coast rushed to higher ground,

Palestinians to seek UN recognition next month

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian president is moving forward with his plan to seek upgraded observer status at the United Nations next month, despite American and Israeli threats of financial or diplomatic retaliation, officials said Sunday. The

Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By ADAM SCHRECKAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, leaving at least 40 dead in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing

Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants, sealing off the streets leading to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. They set up