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Key facts after fallout from prophet film

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

By The Associated Press Anti-American protests have erupted in the Middle East over a crudely made film mocking the prophet Muhammad, resulting in violent embassy protests around the Middle East, fallout in the U.S. presidential campaign and heightened security at U.S. facilities abroad.

Mass. man among 4 killed in Libya, family says

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WOBURN, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman says her brother was among the Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. Kate Quigley said in a statement Thursday that Glen Doherty "lived his life to the fullest." Quigley spoke outside her mother's home in Woburn, north of Boston

Biden plays to younger crowd in Wisconsin stop

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By BRIAN BAKSTAssociated Press EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - Playing to a younger audience, Vice President Joe Biden stressed differences Thursday between the presidential campaigns on education, college debt and entitlement programs more in doubt for future generations. The education emphasis during

Romney: 'The world needs American leadership'

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By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says "the world needs American leadership" and he would lead a nation better able to shape events rather than being at the mercy of them. Campaigning outdoors in battleground Virginia,

AG cuts Mideast trip short to manage Libya probe

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By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder is cutting short an overseas trip and will return to Washington immediately to manage a criminal investigation into the deaths of the four people who died in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The

US diplomats wounded in Libya treated in Germany

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By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The three diplomats injured in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya are being treated at an American military hospital in Germany and one of the two most seriously wounded is expected to leave the intensive care unit on Thursday. A

California man confirms role in anti-Islam film

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By GILLIAN FLACCUS and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film implicated in violent protests in Egypt and Libya led Wednesday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who acknowledged his role in

McCain: Obama pursues a 'feckless foreign policy'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain is accusing President Barack Obama of pursuing "a feckless foreign policy" that has compromised American influence around the world. The Arizona Republican, who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential election, tells NBC's "Today" show that "I'd like to see

US consulate attack in Libya said twin operation

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By HAMZA HENDAWI and OSAMA ALFITORYAssociated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - 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. As Libya

Timeline of attack on US Consulate in Libya

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By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Well-armed Libyan extremists launched a sustained attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, killing four State Department employees, including the American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and foreign service officer Sean