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4 hrs ago | The Daily Beast

Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty ImagesWho Outed the CIA in Benghazi? In a ...

In a classified hearing, a House panel is trying to figure out how the attack transpired.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa

6 hrs ago | Washington Times

Benghazi victims could be alive today

We keep hearing from the president and some congressmen that Benghazi, Libya, is a sideshow.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Department of Defense, US News

Thu May 23, 2013

CBC News

SNC-Lavalin letter says Gadhafi son offered VP post: RCMP

Saadi Gaddafi, seen here speaking at his office in Tripoli in January 2010, was offered a three-year contract at a $150,000 annual salary, according to a letter seized by the RCMP from SNC-Lavalin headquarters in 2012.

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Related Topix: Muammar Gaddafi (Gadhafi), Africa, World News

The Washington Post

Anthony Bourdain feels free to move away from food with CNN

Though he has built a career on his steely, iconoclastic worldview, Anthony Bourdain always follows one rule wherever he travels: Never reject a host's hospitality.

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Related Topix: Kitchen Confidential, Books, Anthony Bourdain, Life, Food, Chefs, World News, Africa, Travel

IRIN

Syrians seeking refuge in Libya

MISRATA, 23 May 2013 - Two years ago Syrians in the relative security of their own country watched the unfolding crisis in Libya descend into a devastating civil war.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Travel, Libya Travel, Africa Travel, Syria Travel, Middle East Travel

Free Republic

The mystery night

On 'Fox News Sunday' last weekend, White House aide Dan Pfeiffer was asked about President Barack Obama's whereabouts the night of the Sept.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Africa, World News

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: Gunmen Target Local Oil Installation

An armed group on Monday struck the Mellitah oil and gas complex west of Tripoli, wounding at least two guards.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

ABS-CBN News

It's 9-3 for Team PNoy as canvass enters homestretch

The final tally for the senatorial elections may result in a 9-3 win for administration-backed Team PNoy as only 16 certificates of canvass are needed to be received before the National Board of Canvassers wraps up its count.

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American Thinker

Art Imitating Life: Benghazi, Obama, and Kirk Douglas

I landed upon a classic movie while surfing TV channels. Kirk Douglas played a down-on-his-luck news reporter.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, World News, Africa, Terrorism

Wed May 22, 2013

The Gazette

Homeless need to work; Benghazi

A man, who said his name was Tom, sleeps in a flower bed as pedestrians walk along Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs Friday, May 3, 2013, at the corner of Tejon Street and Pikes Peak Avenue.

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Related Topix: Colorado Springs, CO, Life, Self Defense, World News, George Bush

Jerusalem Post

23:59EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya

European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country's frontier.

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AllAfrica.com

Libya: Vast Borders Still a No-Man's Land for Most

Loose-knit ethnic militias form the backbone of border control in the southern regions of Libya that the government has declared under emergency law.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Travel, Libya Travel, Africa Travel

Washington Times

Cabinet shake-up begins in Libya under new law

Libya 's prime minister has nominated a new interior minister to fill the first spot vacated in his Cabinet, a consequence of a new law that bars officials who had served under late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from holding public office.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Muammar Gaddafi (Gadhafi)

CFR.org

Is Algeria The Next Crisis?

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi talks to Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Gaddafi coming to power, at the Green Square in Tripoli September 1, 2009.

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Related Topix: Algeria, Africa, World News, Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Reuters

UPDATE 2-Protesters halt oil flows on Libya Zueitina pipeline -sources

Protesters have turned off a valve on a pipeline carrying oil to the eastern Libyan terminal of Zueitina, industry sources said, as politicians called for tougher action against those who attack oil facilities following a spate of disruptions.

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Daily Mail

Benghazi attack: FBI identifies five suspects - but no arrests have been made

Each of the suspects identified by the FBI were seen on the grounds of the consulate during the deadly attack on September 11, 2012 Four Americans were killed in the attack, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glenn Doherty and Tyrone Woods The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, US News, Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Prison, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics

AlertNet

France beefs up Africa, Middle East embassy security

France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Catholic World News

Closure of convents preceded Benghazi parish bombing

The forced closure of several convents in eastern Libya preceded the recent bombing a parish there, according to Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, the apostolic vicar of Tripoli.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Newsday

UK considers rendition damages offer

Lawyers defending UK government departments from charges of assisting in the rendition of a Libyan man say they will consider paying him damages.

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AllAfrica.com

Libya: Security Crisis Intensifies

Libyan security services defused several car bombs and other explosives in the past two days, Prime Minister Ali Zidan said on Sunday .

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