Touting “significant progress” in a “critical investigation,” federal authorities on Monday announced charges against eight people in a long-running probe into how dozens of young Americans were recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia. Although several indictments in the case were previously unsealed, the question of who helped persuade – and pay for – more than 20 young men from ... read more
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November 22, 2009 11:49 AM
Exclusive – Fox News has learned that the prisoner exchange deal to release the kidnapped Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, has taken another important step toward finalizing. However, a ... read more
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November 20, 2009 7:03 AM
KABUL AFGHANISTAN Afghan President Hamid Karzai is, perhaps, basking in the warm Friday Kabul sunshine…and certainly the warm “afterglow” of his inauguration to a second term. He has reason to be pleased Foreign dignitaries present at Thursday’s ceremony seemed happy with an Inaugural address “made to order.” The speech certainly read like it had been ... read more
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November 18, 2009 7:00 AM
The White House today said "We are Dismayed" after Israel again defied the United States with the approval of 900 new housing units on land beyond the 1967 border. That brings the total of housing units under construction on West Bank land to roughly 3900. All of the construction plans were announced after US President Barack Obama called for a freeze in settlement ... read more
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November 16, 2009 2:42 PM
Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qaddafi gave a lecture on Islam to more than 100 young Italian women on Sunday night, encouraging them to convert and telling them it was false that Islam discriminated against women. Qaddafi, in Rome for the United Nations World Summit on Food Security, told the women that Christ came for the Jews, but that Mohammed came for everyone, according ... read more
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November 16, 2009 2:21 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinians that any effort to seek a UN resolution that would unilaterally declare a Palestinian state would unravel existing agreements between Israelis and Palestinians. Netanyahu made those comments at the Saban Forum, a gathering of senior U.S. and Israeli government officials, intelliegence officers, and foreign ... read more
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November 16, 2009 12:01 PM
KABUL AFGHANISTAN Under extreme pressure from the US and others, the Afghanistan government of President Hamid Karzai unveiled today an anti-corruption unit and a major crime-fighting unit. “Corruption is the cancer that is destroying lives, said Afghan Justice Minister Sarwar Danish. Afghanistan expert Gareth Price told Fox News that it was “important the ... read more
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November 14, 2009 12:47 PM
A senior Palestinian official tells Fox News in the next few weeks the Palestinian Authority is planning to call for Palestinian statehood through a UN resolution-- a similar maneuver to that by which Israel was created. Both Palestinians and some Israelis believe that there is growing support in the international community for such a measure. Asked to ... read more
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November 10, 2009 1:15 PM
KABUL - At the corner of two unpaved muddy roads in downtown Kabul, Abdul Rahim bakes traditional Afghan bread and complains that life in Afghanistan is becoming more difficult. "The government is no help. It is corrupt." Rahim’s view of the Afghan government is not unique. Most Afghans view the government, led by President Hamid Karzai since 2001, as corrupt and ... read more
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November 10, 2009 12:06 PM
There was another face-off Tuesday between North and South Korea in the China Sea off the west coast of the peninsula. Ships from both countries exchanging fire in long-disputed territory. The North Korean ship was damaged, set on fire, and returned to port. With President Obama set to visit South Korea next week, some saw the move as provocation. “There are a ... read more
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November 23, 2009 2:15 PM
Feds to Announce Major Step in MN Case
Federal authorities are expected to announce charges against eight more people today in a long-running investigation into how perhaps dozens of young men from the Minneapolis area were recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia. It will be the most significant and public move to date in the case. Although indictments against six people had already been ... read more