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Attack on consulate in Libya the work of terrorists, U.S. says

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:21 PM PDT

The White House says Al Qaeda-linked militants may have been involved but that the attack that killed four Americans does not seem preplanned.

WASHINGTON — The White House for the first time Thursday described the Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya as a terrorist attack that may have involved militants linked to Al Qaeda, but it added that no intelligence yet shows it was planned in advance.

In Jerusalem's Old City, Muslim Quarter faces overcrowding woes

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 03:51 PM PDT

A population boom is turning Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter into what residents say is a big slum. Israel counters that it is working to improve services there.

JERUSALEM — Beyond the Old City's Jewish Quarter, with its picturesque flower boxes and blue-and-white Israeli flags, past the devout Christian tourist groups laboring up the Via Dolorosa, the 13 members of the Sidawi family share a dank 250-square-foot room with just one tiny window.

China government's hand seen in anti-Japan protests

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Police guided marchers, and farmers' trip to Beijing appeared to have been organized. But then some protests went out of control.

BEIJING — The last week's anti-Japan demonstrations in China have been a spectacular display of just how easily the ruling Communist Party can harness the power of protest.

Russia says USAID ousted for meddling in elections

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Expelling USAID fits into the Kremlin's goals of fortifying Russia against outside influences and searching for enemies within, says one researcher.

MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that the U.S. Agency for International Development was being barred from operating in the country beginning Oct. 1 because it had meddled in elections.