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U.S. probe of Benghazi attack focused on more than five suspects
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - An investigation of the attacks on the American diplomatic mission and nearby annex in Benghazi, Libya, last year is looking at more than five potential suspects, a U.S. national security source said on Wednesday. The...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Benghazi, U.S. Department of Justice
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ANALYSIS-Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
Reuters* Moderate Islamist-led government cracks down on Salafists * Rupture raises risk of fuelling armed radicals in N.Africa * Main Salafist group rejects state, shuns elections * Secular Tunisians fear for freedom, stability By Tarek Amara TUNIS, May 23...Tags: Tunisia, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Government, Feminism, Revolutions
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Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities. The...Tags: Tunisia, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Feminism, Revolutions, Tunisian Revolution (2010-2011)
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EU to send border security advisers to Libya
Reuters* EU team will advise and train Libyan officials * Worries that militants, guns cross borders freely BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - European Union governments agreed on Wednesday to send advisers to Libya to help improve border security in response to...Tags: Niger, Mali, Muammar Gaddafi, Africa, France
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EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya
Reuters* EU team will advise and train Libyan officials * Worries that militants, guns cross borders freely BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to...Tags: Tripoli (Libya), Niger, Mali, Africa, Libyan Civil War (2011)
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Swiss seek to facilitate restitution of dictator loot
Reuters* Draft law first of its kind - Swiss Foreign Ministry * Swiss blocked $1 billion of Arab Spring loot ZURICH, May 22 (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Wednesday a new law to make it easier to freeze assets stolen and salted away by foreign leaders and...Tags: Theft, Tunisia, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Egypt, Swiss Confederation
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Officials say more evidence being gathered as Benghazi suspects remain under surveillance
AP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to...Tags: Tunisia, John Kerry, Terrorism, Eric Holder, Washington, DC
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Libyan interior minister submits resignation: official sources
ReutersTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's interior minister has submitted his resignation, two official sources said on Tuesday, after months of efforts to curb armed groups who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi but have since stalled the transition to democracy. Two...Tags: Tripoli (Libya), Muammar Gaddafi, Interior Policy, Government, Benghazi
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Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants -UN
Reuters* Elephant poaching concern in Cameroon, Chad, CAR, Gabon * Some countries using army troops to hunt down poachers By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (Reuters) - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be...Tags: Weaponry, International Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), International Criminal Court
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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Taxation, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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How Obama can rescue his candidacy
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...Tags: Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Justice, Lawyers, Richard Nixon, U.S. Senate
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...
Tags: David Axelrod, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Taxation, Budgets and Budgeting
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