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Up to 500 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck last week

April 20, 2016 12:00 AM
Migrants ask for help from a dinghy boat as they are approached by the SOS Mediterranee's ship Aquarius, background, off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Some 41 refugees were rescued on April 16, 2016 after watching a boat, carrying up to 500 people, capsize. (Associated Press)
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1 American dead in Libyan hotel attack

January 28, 2015 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official is confirming the death of one U.S. citizen in Tuesday's attack on a Libyan hotel.
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BYU grads serve as U.S. ambassadors to Middle Eastern countries

February 18, 2014 12:00 AM
Matthew Tueller presents his credentials to the Amir in Kuwait, Sept. 2011. (Photo courtesy Matthew Tueller)
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BYU graduate is U.S. Ambassador to Libya following Benghazi attack

February 18, 2014 12:00 AM
BYU graduate Deborah Jones currently serves as U.S. Ambassador to Libya. (Photo courtesy Ambassador Deborah Jones)
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Clinton: 'very promising leads' on Benghazi attack

January 23, 2013 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the FBI is 'following some very promising leads and putting together cases' as they investigate the Sept. 11 attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.
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Petraeus biographer said to regret affair

November 19, 2012 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Paula Broadwell is telling friends she is devastated by the fallout from her extramarital affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus, which led to his resignation as head of the CIA.
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Presidential candidates duke it out in round two

October 17, 2012 12:00 AM
Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama took questions from undecided voters during the second presidential debate on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
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The Arab autumn

September 24, 2012 12:00 AM
With her daughter and her friend in the backseat of her car, she felt the uneasiness that came in the wake of last week’s protests in the Middle East as she drove home on the usually peaceful streets of Bahrain. Their generally lighthearted drive home from joy school took on a heavier tone during the peak of the unrest.
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BYU reacts to protests in Middle East

September 18, 2012 12:00 AM
BYU students and faculty responded with sadness at the lives lost and speculated on future conflict in the Middle East after a tumultuous week of violent protests.
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Secretary of State Clinton condemns video that sparked attacks on American interests

September 13, 2012 12:00 AM
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday condemned the YouTube video sparking violence against American interests in the Middle East as both 'disgusting and reprehensible,' and clarified that the United States government does not support the content of the video.
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American killed in Libya protest over film

September 12, 2012 12:00 AM
CAIRO (AP) — Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing one American diplomat, witnesses and the State Department said. In Egypt, protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo and replaced an American flag with an Islamic banner.
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