Evacuation

US shuts embassy in Central African Republic

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department has closed its embassy in the Central African Republic and ordered the ambassador and his diplomatic team to leave the country as rebels there continue to advance and violence escalates, U.S. officials said Thursday. A

C. African Republic neighbors to send help

By HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA and YVES LAURENT GOMAAssociated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - Central African Republic's neighbors agreed on Friday to dispatch a contingent of soldiers to intervene in the troubled country, where a coalition of rebel groups is seeking to overthrow the

State Dept security chief resigns after Benghazi

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Four State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, where militants killed the U.S. ambassador

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An independent panel charged with investigating the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has concluded that systematic management and leadership failures at the State Department led to "grossly"