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Mideast violence offers reminder of 'Arab Spring' dangers

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:23 PM PDT

The U.S. has welcomed the Arab world uprisings, but attacks on U.S. missions in the region roil American efforts to ease tensions and recalibrate interests.

WASHINGTON — The cascade of anti-American protests in the Middle East this week is a jolting reminder to the White House of a dangerous dimension of the "Arab Spring" revolutions: Freedom for long-suppressed Islamist groups that weak elected governments can't manage and that America can't control.

YouTube's role at issue over video that incited Mideast violence

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:56 PM PDT

The uproar over the video trailer for 'Innocence of Muslims' raises questions about YouTube's responsibilities as the Internet's preeminent distributor of video.

Internet video giant YouTube has found itself drawn into a global drama being played out in violent Mideast protests over a 14-minute video trailer for "Innocence of Muslims," raising questions about the website's responsibilities as the Internet's preeminent distributor of video.

Anti-American protesters, government forces clash in Egypt, Yemen

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Four protesters are killed in Sana, Yemen, during an attack on the U.S. Embassy. In Cairo, police push back young men approaching the embassy there.

CAIRO — Scenes of violence played out in Cairo and Sana, Yemen, on Thursday as young demonstrators battled government security forces in anti-American protests over an online video made in the United States that mocks the Muslim prophet Muhammad.

Latest Mexico drug arrest may cripple Gulf cartel

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:55 PM PDT

The capture of Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez is the second arrest of a Gulf cartel capo in 10 days. A violent power struggle may ensue, posing a challenge to Mexico's incoming president.

MEXICO CITY — Authorities have captured the top leader of the Gulf cartel, a potentially fatal blow to one of Mexico's major drug-trafficking networks that could also unleash a violent power struggle that would pose an immediate and explosive challenge to the incoming government of President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto.

33,000 flee volcano in Guatemala

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:55 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY — A long-simmering volcano outside one of the Guatemala's most famous tourist attractions exploded into a series of powerful eruptions Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and forcing the evacuation of more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities.

Protesters try to storm U.S. Embassy in Yemen

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:36 AM PDT

Protesters attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital two days after four people were killed in an attack on an American diplomatic mission in Libya.