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The Obama administration’s repeated lie about the attacks on U.S. targets across the Middle East–i.e. that the motive is anger about a film, not anger at the U.S.–reveals a deeper truth: the Obama camp really does believe he is loved

(AP) BEJIINGChina is returning to normalcy after angry protests over Japan’s wartime occupation and Tokyo’s recent purchase of islands also claimed by Beijing. Beijing sanitation workers were using high-pressure hoses Wednesday to erase the stains of paint bombs hurled at the

In her daily press briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland admitted that she provided false information Friday about the State Department’s hiring of private security firms for the American mission in Benghazi attacked on September 11th: QUESTION: You also

Libya’s highest politician says the United States government was warned about a pending attack on its diplomatic staff three days before it took place. Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif says his government received word of the pending attack and passed that

EDITORS’ NOTE: According to a source close to Breitbart News and high up in the intelligence community, the Obama administration’s policy following Muammar Gaddafi’s death has been to keep a “low profile” during a chaotic time.   For this reason, according to the source,

The US State Department is actively negotiating with Egyptian President Morsi’s government about transferring Omar Abdel-Rahman from US custody to Egyptian custody. Rahman, also known as “the Blind Sheikh,” is currently serving a life sentence in the US for his

Mitt Romney said Palestinians have “no interest whatsoever” in achieving peace in the Middle East, questioning the feasibility of the proposed two-state solution in Israel at a May fundraiser in Florida.  In a video of the fundraiser, Romney is heard

The U.S. State Dept. issued a travel warning telling Americans to avoid Libya two weeks before the deadly attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others. In addition, a recently updated threat assessment for Libya demonstrates the State Department

(AP) MEDAN, IndonesiaIndonesians are calling for the producer of an anti-Islam film to be punished by the United States. About 200 protesters torched an American flag and tires Tuesday outside the U.S. Consulate in the country’s third largest city of Medan.

By CARLO PIOVANOAssociated PressLONDONGlobal markets mostly fell Tuesday as investors worried about the global growth outlook and Spain’s apparent delay in accepting a financial aid package. Spain’s markets have improved in recent weeks on expectations that the government will get

By KEN THOMASAssociated PressCOSTA MESA, Calif.Republican Mitt Romney faced a new challenge Tuesday for saying Palestinians “have no interest” in peace with Israel, comments captured on newly released videotape of his private remarks to wealthy donors. The clip is the

By MAAMOUN YOUSSEFAssociated PressCAIROAl-Qaida’s branch in North Africa on Tuesday called for attacks on U.S. diplomats and an escalation of protests against an anti-Islam video that was produced in the United States and triggered a wave of demonstrations and riots

By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROEgypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that has sparked riots across the Muslim

ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterTOKYOScores of Japanese-owned factories and stores in China were shuttered Tuesday as anti-Japan demonstrations erupted in dozens of cities. At stake are billions of dollars in investments and far more in sales and trade between Japan and

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONForeign demand for U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record level in July and China increased its holdings after two months of declines. The Treasury Department says total foreign holdings rose 0.7 percent in July to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Japan bolsters defenses as 1,000 Chinese fishing boats approach China declares economic war on Japan Chinese Communist Party urges punitive sanctions against Japan Quote: ‘There won’t be a war because it’s bad for business!’

The violent Islamist-led protests currently seen around the world cannot long endure, for they do not represent a beginning but a destructive end marking “the last gasp of Islamic hate.” So writes Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim and member of the

BY OSCAR VILLALBAAssociated PressPIEDRAS NEGRAS, MexicoMore than 130 inmates escaped from a prison in northern Mexico through a tunnel on Monday, setting off a search by police and soldiers in an area close to the U.S. border. Authorities in Coahuila

(AP) KABUL, AfghanistanAfghan police say a suicide bomber driving a small sedan rammed into a mini-bus believed to be carrying foreign aviation workers near Kabul airport, killing at least nine people. Kabul police chief Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi says the large

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to try to bend the rules to stay in office once his term ends in 2014, former US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, said Monday. And the former envoy who left his post in

By DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanNATO said Monday that it has scaled back operations with Afghan soldiers and policemen to lower the risk of insider attacks and reduce local tensions over an anti-Islam video that prompted protests in Afghanistan. It’s the

Fifty years ago, the Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba. History may be repeating itself in the Caribbean. Russian military officials have confirmed they are “considering” basing nuclear bombers in Cuba or Venezuela. They have been offered basing and

Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan considers Israel “our best ally” in the Middle East and asserts that the Obama administration’s treatment of the nation has signaled the opposite. Speaking at the Values Voter Summit on Friday, Ryan said the Obama admin

An Afghan police officer turned his weapon on US troops Sunday morning, killing four and bringing the total number of “green on blue” deaths to eight in three days. The officer was at a remote checkpoint in southern Afghanistan. The

Iranian oil minister Rostam Qasemi said that crude oil should be $150 a barrel on Sunday.  “During the winter, oil prices always climb,”Qasemi said. “So it’s natural that this year as well we will have a risein oil prices in