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Libya c.bank sees 18 pct economic growth in 2013 despite unrest
ReutersTRIPOLI, May 9 (Reuters) - Libya's central bank governor said on Thursday he expects the economy to grow 18 percent this year despite a deepening crisis threatening the government's ability to press ahead with its agenda. Armed groups surrounded...Tags: International Monetary Fund, Politics, Arab Spring, Executive Branch, Central Bank
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Washington, DC, Jimmy Carter, John Boehner, Jay Carney
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ANALYSIS-Despite Israeli strikes, US still wary of Syria air defenses
ReutersBy Phil Stewart and Peter Apps WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Israeli missiles breached Syria's vaunted air defense system over the weekend, but that offered little comfort to U.S. military planners weighing the risks of any intervention against President...Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Politics, Washington, DC, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Defense
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House committee hearing on Benghazi attack opens on partisan note
WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Benghazi, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Department of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Partisan politics, little new information at House Benghazi hearing
WASHINGTON — Partisan politics loomed over a House hearing Wednesday on the deadly September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over the meaning of testimony from three witnesses...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Politics, Washington, DC, Benghazi, Central Intelligence Agency
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Libya crisis deepens as rebel groups expand demands
ReutersTRIPOLI, May 8 (Reuters) - Libya's political crisis deepened on Wednesday as armed groups surrounding two ministries in the capital said they had formed an alliance to present an expanded list of six demands that included the resignation of Prime Minister...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Government, Politics, Government, Parliament
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Nobody died at Watergate, but it was a bigger scandal than Benghazi
Before Wednesday's hearing into last September’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Politics, Benghazi, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama
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Obama has leverage to get his way on Guantanamo
President Barack Obama's renewed request to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, confirms what the detainees have already shown with their hunger strike: Permanent detention at the U.S. naval station isn't viable as a matter of practicality or...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush
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U.S. diplomatic security back in focus at Benghazi hearing
ReutersBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A former U.S. diplomat in Libya who says more could have been done to protect Americans at the U.S. mission in Benghazi when it was attacked last September will be a featured witness on Wednesday...Tags: Politics, Benghazi, Washington, DC, CNN (tv network), Central Intelligence Agency
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Libyan PM convinces defence minister not to quit - spokeswoman
ReutersTRIPOLI, May 7 (Reuters) - Libya's prime minister convinced the defence minister not to resign on Tuesday, hours after Mohammed al-Bargathi said he was quitting in protest against the siege of two government ministries by armed groups, the premier's...Tags: Politics, Government
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Obama's Libya nominee says security is ambassador's job
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice as the next U.S. ambassador to Libya promised on Tuesday to ensure the security of staff in the country, eight months after an attack in Benghazi killed four Americans, including the last...Tags: Politics, Benghazi, Washington, DC, Elections, Central Intelligence Agency
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Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to appear in court
ReutersZINTAN, Libya, May 2 (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam, the son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will appear in court on Thursday in the town of Zintan, where a militia has held him since his capture in November 2011, a local council official said. Saif...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, International Court or Tribunal, War Crimes, International Law, Religious Conflicts
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