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India: 2 policemen suspended for Facebook arrests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

NEW DELHI (AP) - Two senior policemen in the western Indian state of Maharashtra were suspended Tuesday for arresting two women over a Facebook post criticizing the shutdown of Mumbai for the funeral of a powerful politician last week. The policemen were suspended indefinitely and the magistrate

Egypt mass protests challenge Islamist president

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB CAIRO (AP) - More than 200,000 people thronged Cairo's central Tahrir Square, protesting against Egypt's Islamist president Tuesday in an opposition show of strength, as the standoff over Mohammed Morsi's assertion of near-absolute powers

UN committee calls for ban on female circumcision

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Campaigners against female circumcision scored a major victory Monday with the approval by a key U.N. committee of a resolution calling for a global ban on female genital mutilation. The resolution, adopted by consensus by the U.N.

Israel, militants begin talks on truce details

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel and Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip began indirect talks Monday in Egypt aimed at forging a new era of relations between the bitter enemies following a cease-fire that ended the heaviest fighting in nearly four years. The talks

Egypt's president stands by his decrees

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's president told the country's top judges Monday that he did not infringe on their authority when he seized near absolute powers, setting up a prolonged showdown on the eve of a mass protest planned by opponents of the Islamist leader

UPDATE: SWAT Standoff Near Minnehaha Park OVER

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as 51-year-old Steven Zimmerman. UPDATE: The standoff is over and the suspect is in custody. The last round of tear gas was fired into the garage, turns out that's where the suspect was at. He's expected to make his first court appearance on Tuesday

GOP opposition to diplomat Rice begins to crack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 25th

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican opposition to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as the next secretary of state began to crack Sunday as Sen. John McCain said she was "not the problem" in the White House's handling of the Sept. 11 attack in Libya and suggested he could

Civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot dies at 73

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 25th

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73. Guyot had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died at

Egypt reformist warns of turmoil from Morsi decree

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By AYA BATRAWY and HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei warned Saturday of increasing turmoil that could potentially lead to the military stepping in unless the Islamist president rescinds his new, near absolute powers, as the

Abbas determined to seek UN nod for Palestine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By DALIA NAMMARI and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - After bitter rival Hamas held its own in a fierce battle with Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but to override U.S. objections and seek U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine next week, his