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China's presumed next leader reappears in public

China's presumed next leader reappears in public
By DIDI TANGAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping reappeared in public Saturday after a two-week absence that sparked rumors about his health and questions about the stability of the country's succession process. State media said Xi toured exhibits at China

LIVE VIDEO: Obama To Honor Return Of Libya Attack Victims

LIVE VIDEO: Obama To Honor Return Of Libya Attack Victims
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are attending the return of the remains of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans killed in an attack of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, this week.    Obama and Biden were to go to Joint

THE RACE: Fed move lifts its political profile

THE RACE: Fed move lifts its political profile
By TOM RAUMAssociated Press The Federal Reserve under Chairman Ben Bernanke is trying to help the economy by doing something President Barack Obama and Congress can't and which Mitt Romney opposes: electronically creating money, mostly out of thin air. The Fed says it will "buy" $40 billion

THE RACE: Fed move lifts its political profile

THE RACE: Fed move lifts its political profile
By TOM RAUMAssociated Press The Federal Reserve under Chairman Ben Bernanke is trying to help the economy by doing something President Barack Obama and Congress can't and which Mitt Romney opposes: electronically creating money, mostly out of thin air. The Fed says it will "buy" $40 billion

DEVELOPING STORY: Rage Against Anti-Islam Film Spreads

DEVELOPING STORY: Rage Against Anti-Islam Film Spreads
CNN.COM - Several protests stemming at least in part from an anti-Islam film produced in the United States are unfolding outside U.S. embassies around the world. Friday's protests follow ones Tuesday at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, where attacks killed the U.S

Obama honors memory of Libya attack victims

Obama honors memory of Libya attack victims
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) - Four Americans killed in an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya returned home Friday, their remains each carried in a slow procession by six Marines as a military band filled a vast air base hangar with the mournful hymn "Nearer

Obama honors memory of Libya attack victims

Obama honors memory of Libya attack victims
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) - Four Americans killed in an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya returned home Friday, their remains each carried in a slow procession by six Marines as a military band filled a vast air base hangar with the mournful hymn "Nearer

Violence erupts at protests of anti-Muslim film

Violence erupts at protests of anti-Muslim film
By AYA BATRAWY and LEE KEATHAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Fury over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the

Obama leads mourning for Americans killed in Libya

Obama leads mourning for Americans killed in Libya
By DAVID ESPO and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On a day mixing somber ceremony with campaign clamor, President Barack Obama on Friday eulogized four Americans killed in a suspected terrorist attack on a diplomatic post overseas while Republicans pledged a tougher foreign

Latest developments on anti-Islam film protests

Latest developments on anti-Islam film protests
By The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) - Here's a look at protests across the Middle East and elsewhere on Friday, four days after crowds angry over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad began assaulting a string of U.S. embassies in the region. ____ TUNISIA Violent protests