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Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By ARSEN MOLLAYEV and LYNN BERRYAssociated Press MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) - Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to find him when he suddenly disappeared after police killed a Canadian

Boston bombing could prompt US, Russia cooperation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and DESMOND BUTLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Boston Marathon bombings could provide an opportunity for the U.S. and Russia to find some common ground for cooperation as authorities investigate the two ethnic Chechens accused of carrying out the attack. Ties between

Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By BRIDGET MURPHY and KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday - apparently in no shape to be interrogated - as investigators tried to establish the motive for the deadly attack and

Boston bombing suspect captured, brother killed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

By JAY LINDSAY and EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied in a backyard boat Friday night less than 24 hours after a wild car chase and gun battle

Beaches, bombs and gangsters _ Corsica's dilemma

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 13th

By LORI HINNANTAssociated Press AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) - The bombs exploded across hundreds of miles of Corsican coastline, gutting two dozen villas nearly simultaneously on some of Europe's most beautiful - and valuable - land. Elsewhere on the same French island off the Mediterranean coast, a

Car bombing targeting Shiites in Pakistan kills 19

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By ABDUL SATTARAssociated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan, officials and eyewitnesses said. Earlier Sunday, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in

Spain's Catalonia punishes pro-referendum leader

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 25th

By HAROLD HECKLE and JOSEPH WILSONAssociated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Voters in the economically powerful region of Catalonia on Sunday punished the leader who made a referendum over breaking away from Spain a central plank of his campaign, seeing his party's majority reduced by a

Big separatist gains in local Belgian elections

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By RAF CASERTAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - The leader of a separatist party won the race to become mayor of Antwerp, Europe's second biggest port city, and vowed Sunday to use the power base to seek wider autonomy for Belgium's wealthy Dutch-speaking region of Flanders. Bart De Wever

As EU basks in peace prize, separatists on rise

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By RAF CASERTAssociated Press ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) - Historic world port and fashionista capital, Antwerp has always lived on the crest of the wave. Now, a separatist party heading into municipal elections Sunday wants to use the city as a base for breaking away from Belgium - putting it at

Austerity cutbacks hit Spain's national day parade

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Spain observed its National Day festivities in somber mood on Friday as the traditional military pageant was scaled back to cut costs. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia presided over a much reduced parade that featured none of the usual fighter jets