Tag Archives: Libya

• News

  Newsweek cover controversial, sparks ridicule

  The latest Newsweek magazine is getting attention for its provocative cover.
• News

  VIDEO: Women, children pay tribute to US envoy in Libya

  Check out this video of women and children who gathered in front of the US consulate in Benghazi on Monday.
• News

  Libyan President tells CBS that attacks were planned

  Libyan President tells CBS that attacks were planned, and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said the U.S. has no evidence proving that the attacks in Benghazi were premeditated.
• News

  FBI wants safer terrain before heading to Libya

  FBI investigators probing the U.S. Consulate killings in Libya put off a visit there until conditions in the volatile region are safer.
• News

  Filmmaker linked to anti-Islam video meets with probation officer

  Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was convicted of bank fraud in 2009 and placed on supervised probation for five years.
• News

  Bodies of 4 Americans killed in Libya returned to U.S.

  The remains of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans landed on U.S. soil Friday afternoon.
• News

  Anti-American protests rage across Middle East

  Anti-American rage sparked by an online film that insulted Islam’s prophet boiled over Friday among Muslims in at least half a dozen countries.
• News

  Richmond-area Imam ashamed attackers cloaked themselves in Islam

  “You have to understand, there are people out there intentionally provoking ignorant folk on different sides,” said Imam Ammar Amonette.
• News / Politics

  VCU Associate Professor weighs in on outrage in Mideast

  Today, hundreds of protestors stormed U.S. embassies this time in Yemen and Iran
• News

  Arrests made in deadly U.S. consulate attack in Libya

  Arrests have been made in the killing Tuesday of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
• News

  Arab Spring turmoil evokes political response

  President Barack Obama and political leaders from both parties stressed resolve and unity Wednesday.
• News

  Obama condemns killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya

  Libya’s deputy PM scolds attack “on America, Libya and free people everywhere”