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Obama: Benghazi attack more than a 'mob' action US President Barack Obama said Monday that the attack on the US consulate in Libya's Benghazi was clearly more than a "mob action," amid lingering dispute about the nature of the assault.
26 September 2012
Victoria Nuland. Photo coutesy of bamdadkhabar.com US 'deeply troubled' by fate of Vietnamese bloggers The US voiced concern Monday at the jailing of three Vietnamese bloggers for "anti-state propaganda" and urged that they be freed.
26 September 2012
iPhone 5 sales top five million, but shy of forecasts The new iPhone 5 broke records in its launch weekend with sales above five million, Apple said Monday, but the figures were below some forecasts and pressured the company's share price.
26 September 2012
World must stand together against extremists: Clinton In a round of intense diplomacy in the wake of violent anti-US protests, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met a series of Muslim leaders Monday and urged people to work together against extremists.
26 September 2012
Obama to lead international assault on Syria at UN US President Barack Obama will lead Western demands for action on the Syrian civil war at the start of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
25 September 2012
Pakistan-US gingerly seek to repair ties US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday as the two nations inch towards repairing vital ties severely damaged by a series of crises.
25 September 2012
A large Oscar statue. ©REUTERS/Fred Prouser Iran pulls movie from Oscars race over US anti-Islam film Iran announced on Monday it was yanking its entry in the Oscars race because of the "intolerable insult" of the US-made anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims in several countries.
25 September 2012
Journalist Anderson Cooper. ©REUTERS/Danny Moloshok CNN hits back in row over using slain US envoy's diary CNN on Monday hit back at accusations by a top US State Department official that it had engaged in "distasteful" reporting by using the contents of a diary belonging to slain US ambassador to Libya.
25 September 2012
Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran's nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore.
25 September 2012
Thriller 'Homeland' dethrones 'Mad Men' at Emmys Spy thriller "Homeland" won best TV drama at the Emmy awards Sunday, ending retro cult show "Mad Men" four-year unbroken run, while "Modern Family" was named best comedy for the third straight year.
24 September 2012
Attack on US mission in Libya big intelligence loss: report The attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya dealt a huge blow to US intelligence operations because CIA agents and contractors were among the Americans evacuated afterward.
24 September 2012
Members of an Amish community. ©REUTERS/Frank Polich Amish sect found guilty of hate crimes in beard cutting The leader of a breakaway Amish group and 15 followers were convicted of hate crimes in the US state of Ohio Thursday for a series of beard-cutting attacks against rivals in the community.
23 September 2012
©REUTERS YouTube seeking education video 'gurus' YouTube on Friday was searching for education "gurus" with knowledge to impart to fast-growing ranks of students turning to online videos for lessons.
23 September 2012
Anti-Muslim group to run ads in New York subway Starting Monday, ads describing Muslim militants as "savages" will appear in New York's subway system, courtesy of a right-wing US anti-Islamic group.
22 September 2012
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Photo courtesy mittromneycentral.com Afghan war forgotten again in White House race America's "forgotten war" in Afghanistan, is missing in action again, squeezed out of the campaign narrative as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duel for the White House.
22 September 2012
©REUTERS/Daniel Munoz Maps fiasco mars Apple's big iPhone launch Melting bridges, misplaced landmarks, and major cities disappearing: Apple's glitch-ridden maps program released in its new mobile software has customers fuming and analysts puzzled.
22 September 2012
White House brands Benghazi attack terrorism The White House for the first time Thursday described the assault on the US consulate in Benghazi, which killed four Americans, as a "terrorist attack" that could have links to Al-Qaeda.
22 September 2012
US space shuttle lands in LA after final flight The US space shuttle Endeavour took its final flight Friday, making a spectacular series of flypasts over California before landing in Los Angeles where it will retire near its birthplace.
22 September 2012
Victoria Nuland. Photo courtesy of m24digital.com US wants more time to close USAID in Russia The United States has asked Russia for more time to shutter the activities of USAID, after Moscow gave it less than three weeks to close down two-decade old programs.
22 September 2012
©REUTERS Man mauled by tiger at New York zoo A man jumped off the Bronx Zoo monorail Friday and into the tiger enclosure, where he was savagely attacked and left in critical condition.
22 September 2012

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