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• Libyan Islamist militia swept out of bases
• Militants or no, Islamist fighters praised at Benghazi hospital
• Iraq Suddenly Curious to See What Iran's Delivering to Syria
• 5 Iraqi soldiers killed in roadside bomb explosion
• Libyan Islamist militia swept out of Benghazi bases
• Arab League revitalized by Arab Spring revolts
• Chavez's record: an oil bonanza squandered?
• Senate confirms ambassadors for Iraq, Pakistan
• Iraq to conduct random searches of Syria-bound Iranian planes on suspicion of carrying weapons
• Iraq to search Syria-bound Iranian aircraft
• Army Deserter Arrested at Border; Opposed Iraq War
• 10 things you need to know today: September 22, 2012
• Today in History, Sept. 22
• Libyans storm Islamist militia base in Benghazi
• AP Interview: Qatari first lady promotes education

Libyan Islamist militia swept out of bases Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:36 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The two main Islamist militias in Derna, a city in eastern Libya known as an Islamist stronghold, withdrew from their five bases on Saturday and announced they were disbanding, residents said, a day after a militia was driven out of Benghazi. The Abu Slim and Ansar al-Sharia militias' announcements were apparently motivated by events in Benghazi, where Ansar al-Sharia, a group linked with last week's deadly attack on the U.S. consulate, withdrew from all its bases in the city late on Friday amid mass demonstrations in support of the government. ...

Militants or no, Islamist fighters praised at Benghazi hospital Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Before the Ansar al-Sharia fighters came and took over security, al-Jalaa hospital was a terrifying place to work. Now that the militia has been swept out of Benghazi on a wave of public anger after the killing of the U.S. ambassador, Dr Abdulmonin Salim is one person who will miss them. "Really honestly? They were very nice guys," he told Reuters inside a ward in what is one of the biggest trauma hospitals in eastern Libya, now guarded by a military police unit that arrived after the militia fighters left the previous night. U.S. ...

Iraq Suddenly Curious to See What Iran's Delivering to Syria Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:41 AM PDT Iraq was originally so trusting when a accused Iran of to aid Bashar al-Assad's government forces, but now it looks like .

5 Iraqi soldiers killed in roadside bomb explosion Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:25 AM PDT Five Iraqi soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said, as suspected Sunni militants, seeking to undermine the Shiite-led government continue to target the country's security forces.

Libyan Islamist militia swept out of Benghazi bases Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:13 AM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - An Islamist militia was driven out of the city of Benghazi early on Saturday in a surge of anger against the armed groups that control large parts of Libya more than a year after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. A spokesman for Ansar al-Sharia, which some U.S. and Libya officials blame for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, said it had evacuated its bases "to preserve security in the city". ...

Arab League revitalized by Arab Spring revolts Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:03 AM PDT Long thought of as a useless talk shop or stage for political theater, the Arab League is seeking to transform itself with the seismic changes from the Middle East's revolts. It has shaken off decades of near total submission to the will of the region's leaders, and reformers inside the league want to turn it into a voice for the Arab public.

Chavez's record: an oil bonanza squandered? Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:18 AM PDT On the streets of Caracas, vast slums blanket the hillsides while squatters hang laundry in the windows of abandoned buildings. Trash-strewn alleys are riddled with potholes and lined with broken streetlamps. The city's main waterway, the polluted Guaire River, is known more for sewage than swimming.

Senate confirms ambassadors for Iraq, Pakistan Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:24 AM PDT The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's nominees to serve as ambassadors to Iraq and Pakistan.

Iraq to conduct random searches of Syria-bound Iranian planes on suspicion of carrying weapons Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:28 AM PDT BAGHDAD - An Iraqi government official says authorities will conduct random searches of Syria-bound Iranian aircraft on suspicion that they might be carrying weapons to the war-torn nation.

Iraq to search Syria-bound Iranian aircraft Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:17 AM PDT An Iraqi government official says authorities will conduct random searches of Syria-bound Iranian aircraft on suspicion that they might be carrying weapons to the war-torn nation.

Army Deserter Arrested at Border; Opposed Iraq War Posted: 22 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT A female U.S. Army deserter who in 2007 moved to Canada to avoid being sent back to Iraq was arrested Thursday. Authorities took her into custody at a border crossing in New York after the Canadian government ordered her deported. Thirty-year-old Kimberly Rivera, an Army...

10 things you need to know today: September 22, 2012 Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:30 AM PDT Mitt Romney releases his 2011 taxes, Paul Ryan is booed by retirees, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Today in History, Sept. 22 Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT Today is Saturday, Sept. 22, the 266th day of 2012. There are 100 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 10:49 a.m. Eastern time.

Libyans storm Islamist militia base in Benghazi Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:09 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Pro-government demonstrators stormed the headquarters of the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group in Benghazi on Friday and evicted fighters from the site in a sweep of militia bases in the Libyan city, Reuters witnesses said. Militia fighters made a stand at another heavily fortified compound across the eastern city, firing on demonstrators with heavy machine guns and wounding several people, protesters said. Ansar al-Sharia has been linked to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans died. ...

AP Interview: Qatari first lady promotes education Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:32 PM PDT The first lady of Qatar will play a leading role in a new campaign to bring education to 61 million children around the world who are not in school, especially the nearly half living in conflict areas.

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