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Protesters delay vote on new Libyan Cabinet

Libya's new prime minister on Tuesday put forward a Cabinet for parliamentary approval, but protesters stormed the building during the session, forcing a postponement of the vote on the new government.

October 31, 2012

Libyans disillusioned with government amid chaos

The protesters converged on the conference center housing Libya's newly elected congress, trying to force their way in past startled guards. Mostly young and half of them women in headscarves, they demanded an end to the siege of the town of Bani Walid, where the government was in the midst of an attack to uproot holdouts from Moammar Gadhafi's former regime.

October 29, 2012

Libyan leader says at least 10 militias disbanded

Libya's leader says his government has disbanded about 10 militia groups and will continue to take action against Muslim extremists.

September 27, 2012

Flags fly at half-staff to honor victims

BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has directed all state government agencies to fly the U.S. and state flags at half-staff in honor of the victims of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

By Associated Press , September 14, 2012

Official: Attacks used protest as cover

BENGHAZI, Libya — Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover and may have had help from inside Libyan security in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, a senior Libyan official said Thursday.

By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press , September 14, 2012

Obama, Romney trade tough words over attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading tough words over the handling of foreign attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in the Middle East, injecting foreign policy into a presidential campaign that has focused on a sour economy.

By Charles Babington and Ken Thomas, Associated Press , September 13, 2012

Anti-Islam filmmaker's identity, claims in doubt

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video excerpts from an anti-Muslim movie provoked assaults by mobs on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya. But the man who says he directed and wrote it has little or no record of existing, has made other claims that appear false and says he has gone into hiding.

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Associated Press , September 12, 2012

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US ambassador killed in consulate attack in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The American ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed when a mob of protesters and gunmen overwhelmed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, setting fire to it in outrage over a film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Libya's new president apologized Wednesday for the attack, which underlined the lawlessness plaguing a region trying to recover from months of upheaval.

By Associated Press , September 12, 2012

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Obama condemns attack that killed US ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned attacks on a U.S. consulate in eastern Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three American members of his staff. He ordered increased security at U.S. diplomatic posts around the world.

By Jim Kuhnenn, Associated Press , September 12, 2012

Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding after his movie attacking Islam's prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, where the U.S. ambassador was killed, along with three American members of his staff.

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Associated Press , September 12, 2012

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Romney criticizes Obama in wake of embassy attacks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney slammed the Obama administration's handling of foreign affairs in the wake of attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya, as the presidential campaign lurched back to negative mode after a one-day pause for reflection over the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

By Ben Feller, AP White House Correspondent , September 12, 2012

Obama condemns attack that killed US ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned attacks on a U.S. consulate in eastern Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three American members of his staff. He ordered increased security at U.S. diplomatic posts around the world.

By Jim Kuhnenn, Associated Press , September 12, 2012

US warns of crime, political violence in Libya

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has resumed consular services at its embassy in Libya but continues to warn against all but essential travel to the country.

By Associated Press , August 27, 2012

War crimes court: 4 staffers held in Libya

The International Criminal Court says that four of its staffers have been detained in Libya and is demanding their immediate release.

June 09, 2012

Eastern Libya pulls away from central government

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Tribal leaders and militia commanders declared oil-rich eastern Libya a semiautonomous state on Tuesday, a unilateral move that the interim head of state called a “dangerous” conspiracy by Arab nations to tear the country apart six months after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi.

March 06, 2012