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Topic: Libya

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January 26, 2013
10:56 pm

Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya in February 2012. (photo credit: AP/ Abdel Magid Al Fergany)

Fears grow that Libya is incubator of turmoil

Islamist groups on the rise in North Africa since the fall of Gaddafi, and Malian conflict is the latest example

January 20, 2013
10:37 pm

Algerian special police unit officers guard the entrance of an hospital located near the gas plant where hostages were kidnapped by Islamic militants, in Ain Amenas, Saturday, January 19, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Anis Belghoul)

25 more bodies found at Algerian plant, officials say

At least 81 killed in hostage crisis; still unclear whether anyone was rescued in special forces operation

January 20, 2013
12:43 pm

Bloody siege over, de-miners scour Algeria complex

British premier says 3 Britons confirmed killed, 3 others feared dead in confrontation with extremist Islamist hostage-takers

January 15, 2013
6:12 am

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a press conference in November 2012 (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clinton to testify before House committee on Libya

US secretary of state to answer queries about the September 11 attack in which the US ambassador and three others were killed

January 12, 2013
10:45 pm

Libyan National Army soldiers in Benghazi prepare to enter Rafallah al-Sahati Islamic Militia Brigades compound, seen behind the wall. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Italian consul in Libya shot at in car but unhurt

From the web Reuters: Benghazi-based diplomat comes under fire months after attack on US embassy

January 10, 2013
7:07 pm

Egypt arrests four for smuggling arms to Sinai

Men caught with thousands of rounds of ammunition and RPGs near Libyan border

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 3, 2013
10:24 pm

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (photo credit: Michel Euler/AP)

Gaddafi financed former French president to the tune of €50m, arms dealer alleges

Lebanese-born businessman says he has proof Libyan dictator bankrolled Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential run

By Adiv Sterman

January 3, 2013
4:20 am

Journalist James Foley in Aleppo, Syria, in November, 2012. The family of the American reporter says he went missing more than one month ago while covering the civil war. (photo credit: AP/Nicole Tung, freejamesfoley.org)

American journalist kidnapped by gunmen in Syria

James Foley’s abduction over a month ago highlights growing risk to reporters seeking to cover war-ravaged country

January 1, 2013
2:05 am

Senators Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins presenting the Benghazi report in Washington on Monday. (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)

Intelligence community behind fuzzy Benghazi reports, Senate finds

Committee report also concludes State Department was wrong to keep consulate open despite terror warnings

By Larry Margasak

December 30, 2012
10:21 pm

Bomb explodes in Libyan church, kills two

Coptic Egyptian victims were preparing for New Year’s celebrations

December 25, 2012
8:05 pm

Arms seized from a Hezbollah military vessel in 2009 (photo credit: IDF/Flash90)

Cairo cracking down on arms smuggling, Israeli minister says

Series of weapons busts since Pillar of Defense are proof of Egypt’s new stance, according to Moshe Ya’alon

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 22, 2012
6:36 am

President Barack Obama and John Kerry (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and former Democratic presidential candidate, a familiar face on the world stage

As Obama’s emissary, lawmaker put out diplomatic fires in Afghanistan and Pakistan and was an early proponent of US policies in Libya and Egypt during the Arab Spring

By Donna Cassata

December 20, 2012
5:54 am

Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pauses as he speaks to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the investigation of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Four State Department officials resign over Benghazi report

Senior diplomatic security officials step down amid outcry over mismanagement at Libyan mission

December 19, 2012
4:38 am

US envoy Chris Stevens speaking to local media in Benghazi last year. (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)

Review of deadly Benghazi attack finds systematic security faults

Panel cites State Department failures, says there was no protest outside US Consulate before terrorist ambush

By Matthew Lee

December 11, 2012
10:11 pm

US alleges British bank contravened sanctions on Iran, Libya and others

HSBC also laundered money from Mexican drug traffickers, Justice Department claims

By Pete Yost

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