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Sep 13

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What Makes Embassies Secure?

For a third day, demonstrators enraged by an anti-Islamic film tried to break into U.S. embassies -- this time in Yemen and Egypt -- but the results weren't nearly as catastrophic as what unfolded at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Sep 12

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Where Is Al-Qaida Now?

The central terrorist organization al-Qaida is in the border area of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But its affiliates of all sorts -- from loosely organized fighters acting on local grievances, to militant groups who adhere to al-Qaida's mission -- have spread…