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Intel chair challenges account of embassy attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading House Republican is challenging the White House's initial account that the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a spontaneous assault tied to protests over an anti-Islam video. President Barack Obama has said extremists used the video as an excuse to launch the

Cop's sentencing shifts China scandal to his boss

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

By GILLIAN WONGAssociated Press CHENGDU, China (AP) - China has nearly mopped up a murder scandal that has roiled the country for months, but the last step - dealing with a fallen political star who was once among the Communist Party's most popular figures - will be the most delicate of all

US State Dept. blasts CNN report on Stevens' diary

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

By LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - CNN reported on the personal journal of slain American ambassador Christopher Stevens over objections from his family, a State Department spokesman said Saturday. The news channel, in a story posted online Saturday, said that it found a

Anti-militia protests show frailty of Libyan state

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd

By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Residents of Libya's second-largest city warned on Saturday of a "revolution" to get rid of armed militias and Islamic extremists after protests spurred in part by the killing of the U.S. ambassador left four dead in an unprecedented

Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and MATT APUZZOAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The heavily armed extremists who laid siege to the U.S. Consulate in Libya used military-style tactics that may have steered Americans toward a waiting ambush, U.S. officials said Friday as they pieced together details about

Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

Obama's record in Muslim world: strides, setbacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By BEN FELLER and ROBERT BURNSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Images of angry mobs in Arab cities burning American flags and attacking U.S. diplomatic posts suggest the Muslim world is no less enraged at the United States than when President George W. Bush had to duck shoes hurled at him in

10 Things to Know for Friday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. THE LAST 33,000 U.S. SURGE TROOPS LEAVE AFGHANISTAN The withdrawal leaves 68,000 American forces in the warzone. 2. OBAMA SAYS ANTI-ISLAM VIDEO USED AS AN '

Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By KEN THOMASAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. The president

Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th