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  • Obama takes arms against a sea of scandal

    Obama takes arms against a sea of scandal

    WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 (AFP) - President Barack Obama launched a multipronged counterattack Wednesday at Republicans who had painted a trio of alleged scandals as flagrant evidence of abuses of power and cover-ups.

    May 16, 2013
  • Libya gunmen lift ministries siege: minister

    Libya gunmen lift ministries siege: minister

    TRIPOLI, May 12, 2013 (AFP) - Libyan militiamen besieging the foreign and justice ministries in Tripoli have now withdrawn and handed control of the compounds back to the authorities, Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani said on Saturday.

    May 12, 2013
  • Libya gunmen demand govt quits

    Libya gunmen demand govt quits

    TRIPOLI, May 7, 2013 (AFP) - Gunmen in Libya's Tripoli kept up their siege of ministries on Tuesday despite the adoption of a law to purge Kadhafi-era officials from their posts, with some demanding the government's resignation.

    May 07, 2013
  • Libya law bars Kadhafi-era officials

    Libya law bars Kadhafi-era officials

    TRIPOLI, May 6, 2013 (AFP) - Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from public posts in a move that could see the premier removed from office.

    May 06, 2013
  • France vows Libya embassy attackers will pay

    France vows Libya embassy attackers will pay

    TRIPOLI, April 24, 2013 (AFP) - France promised that those behind Tuesday's devastating car bomb attack on its embassy in Libya -- which wounded a girl living nearby and two guards -- would pay for the attack.

    April 24, 2013
  • Libya marks revolt anniversary

    Libya marks revolt anniversary

    BENGHAZI, Libya, Feb 17, 2013 (AFP) - Security forces were on high alert across Libya on Sunday as the north African nation marks two years since the start of the revolt that toppled Moamer Kadhafi after four decades of iron-fisted rule.

    February 17, 2013
  • Turkey attack casts pall, as Kerry sworn in

    Turkey attack casts pall, as Kerry sworn in

    WASHINGTON, Feb 2, 2013 (AFP) - John Kerry was sworn in Friday as America's secretary of state, less than two hours after Hillary Clinton swept out of office on a day marred by yet another attack on a US diplomatic post.

    February 02, 2013
  • Hillary Clinton to be back at work Monday

    Hillary Clinton to be back at work Monday

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7, 2013 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will return to work on Monday after a month-long absence caused by a series of health scares, including a blood clot in her head, the State Department said.

    January 07, 2013
  • Clinton in hospital with blood clot

    Clinton in hospital with blood clot

    NEW YORK, Dec 31, 2012 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized Sunday when doctors discovered a blood clot caused after she fainted and suffered concussion earlier this month, her top aide said.

    December 31, 2012
  • US inquiry slams inadequate Benghazi security

    US inquiry slams inadequate Benghazi security

    WASHINGTON, Dec 19, 2012 (AFP) - A long-awaited inquiry into a deadly militant attack on the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi late Tuesday slammed State Department security arrangements there as "grossly inadequate."

    December 19, 2012
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