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News: At UN, Rwanda defiantly rejects claims of Congo rebel support Libya's new leader apologizes at UN for Gaddafi crimes Kenyan military says captured Somali rebel bastion of Kismayu Deadline latest weapon in EADS-BAE merger talks U.S. call for "cool heads" in China-Japan island dispute goes unheeded One certain forecast in U.S. poll dispute: more acrimony ahead Factbox: Major cases in new U.S. Supreme Court term Affirmative action, rights cases await U.S. Supreme Court California man behind anti-Muslim film jailed over probation Gunman opens fire in Minneapolis, "several" killed Obama-Romney debate challenge: handling the off-script moment Arizona to appeal judge's ruling against part of immigration law China says Iran nuclear talks at "crucial stage" Netanyahu draws "red line" on Iran's nuclear program Poor HIV patients improve with care beyond drugs: study U.N. chief duped by prank call from fake Canadian PM Iran says it reserves right to retaliate if attacked Russian metals moguls settle RUSAL stake spat Transocean served with Brazil drilling injunction Chevron pays $17.3 million Brazil fine for November spill Germany, France may seek combined 27 percent stake in EADS-BAE: report Chinese FM Yang tells U.N. Japan stole disputed islands from China Mormon website editor's church discipline hearing suspended Argentina, Iran say to talk until 1990s bombings resolved China says Iran nuclear issue at "new, crucial stage" U.S. cyber warrior accuses China of targeting Pentagon Japan ruling party lags badly in poll as election nears Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi tells Harvard students: I'm no icon Factbox: Obama, Romney to square off in presidential debates Fred Alger fails to end whistleblower case over firing South Korean pilots visit Boeing, Lockheed jet fighter plants Reformist leader urges world to take fresh look at Myanmar Obama, Romney woo military in battleground state Virginia Libya's new leader apologizes at U.N. for Gaddafi crimes Ex-IRS examiner charged with naming whistleblower: prosecutor US Treasury's Geithner urges action on money market funds Clinton urges "cool heads" in China-Japan island dispute China's dorm room discontent emerges as new labor flashpoint Billionaire Soros pledges $1.5 million to Democratic "Super PACs" NATO worried by Libya armed groups, offers security help At UN, Rwanda defiantly rejects claims of Congo rebel support Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:50 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwanda defiantly denied claims at the United Nations on Thursday that it was aiding rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo and rejected U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's summary of a meeting on the crisis, diplomats said. According to Ban, most states attending a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Joseph Kigali "condemned all forms of external support" to the rebels. ... Full Story Top Libya's new leader apologizes at UN for Gaddafi crimes Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:49 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Libya's newly appointed leader apologized at the United Nations on Thursday for the crimes of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi and told critics that supporting the Arab Spring was worth it. During his address to the U.N. General Assembly, Mohammed Magarief, leader of Libya's ruling national congress, said the Libyan people were moderate and the country would never be home to extremist groups. ... Full Story Top Kenyan military says captured Somali rebel bastion of Kismayu Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:47 PM PDT Reuters - NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan and Somali government troops have captured Somalia's southern port city of Kismayu, the last rebel bastion of al Shabaab militants, Kenya's military spokesman said on Friday. "(Report that) Kismayu fell today to KDF (Kenyan Defence Forces) and TFG (Somali government troops) forces is indeed very true," military spokesman Cyrus Oguna told Kenya's Citizen television. Full Story Top Deadline latest weapon in EADS-BAE merger talks Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:30 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's EADS rejected calls on Thursday to allow extra time for negotiations over a $45 billion merger with BAE Systems , as brinkmanship looked set to play a key role in politically complex plans to create a new defense giant. Fabrice Bregier, head of the Airbus planemaker unit and part of the inner circle running Franco-German-Spanish EADS, was quoted as saying it was crucial to stick to the date set by UK regulators under rules designed to protect investors. "The importance is that opinions converge. ... Full Story Top U.S. call for "cool heads" in China-Japan island dispute goes unheeded Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:22 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China and Japan on Thursday to let "cool heads" prevail in a festering dispute over a cluster of East China Sea islands, but hours later Chinese and Japanese diplomats traded barbs at the United Nations. Clinton met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of this week's U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York and said it was important to ratchet down the quarrel over the islands that has soured ties between Asia's two largest economies, a senior State Department official said. ... Full Story Top One certain forecast in U.S. poll dispute: more acrimony ahead Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:16 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has become the new battle cry for Republicans: All the polls showing Mitt Romney trailing by big margins are just wrong because pollsters are interviewing too many Democrats. Surveys showing President Barack Obama leading nationally by 5 to 7 points, and even more in swing states, have come under fire from the Romney campaign and conservatives who accuse polling companies of misjudging their data at best, and deliberately skewing it against Romney at worst. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Major cases in new U.S. Supreme Court term Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:13 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review close to 40 cases in its new term that begins on Monday, roughly half the number the court is expected to hear this year. Below are some of the more prominent cases that the court has accepted for review, and brief summaries of the issues. The court is expected this year to decide also whether to review cases related to the rights of same-sex couples, and the constitutionality of a provision of the Voting Rights Act requiring some states to get federal approval before changing voting procedures. KIOBEL v. ... Full Story Top Affirmative action, rights cases await U.S. Supreme Court Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:12 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Affirmative action for minorities, human rights abuses and the constitutional authority for dogs to sniff out crime will top the U.S. Supreme Court's agenda when it returns to the bench on Monday. An even bigger issue, same-sex marriage, lurks on the horizon. The new term marks the full court's first return to the public eye since June when Chief Justice John Roberts surprised many by joining four more liberal justices in a 5-4 decision that upheld nearly all of President Barack Obama's healthcare law. The court will start with one of its most anticipated cases, Kiobel v. ... Full Story Top California man behind anti-Muslim film jailed over probation Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:44 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Egyptian-American man behind an anti-Islam film that has stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was arrested on Thursday in California for allegedly violating his probation, and a federal judge ordered him jailed without bond. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was taken into custody at an undisclosed location by U.S. marshals and brought to court in Los Angeles still wearing his street clothes but handcuffed and shackled at the waist. ... Full Story Top Gunman opens fire in Minneapolis, "several" killed Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:28 PM PDT Reuters - MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company on Thursday, killing several people including himself and wounding four others, police and hospital officials said. Minneapolis Police spokesman Steve McCarty said "several" people were dead at Accent Signage Systems, including the gunman. He did not give the number of people killed. He declined to identify those killed or wounded, and said he did not know what connection the shooter may have had with the business, if any. ... Full Story Top Obama-Romney debate challenge: handling the off-script moment Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:14 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If history is a guide, Democrat Barack Obama will have a tough time in the first presidential debate on Wednesday, Republican Mitt Romney will be particularly aggressive, and both will risk committing a damaging gaffe if they wander off their talking points. The 90-minute showdown in Denver - the first of three televised Obama-Romney encounters in October that will set the tone for the final month of the presidential campaign - will feature two experienced and competent debaters who are at their best in scripted settings. ... Full Story Top Arizona to appeal judge's ruling against part of immigration law Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:03 PM PDT Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer plans to fight a federal judge's ruling against a part of Arizona's tough immigration law that would have made it a crime to harbor illegal immigrants, court papers showed on Thursday. Lawyers for the Republican governor said the state planned to lodge an appeal with the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco to remove a block placed on the measure by a lower court judge on September 5. A formal appeal has not yet been filed. ... Full Story Top China says Iran nuclear talks at "crucial stage" Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:31 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that the disagreement over Iran's nuclear program had reached "a new, crucial stage," calling for Tehran to begin a new round of talks with world powers, something a U.S. official said could happen at some point. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the comment after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a speech drawing a "red line" for Iran's nuclear program on Thursday, despite a U.S. refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of a nuclear weapon in less than a year. ... Full Story Top Netanyahu draws "red line" on Iran's nuclear program Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:31 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew a "red line" for Iran's nuclear program on Thursday despite a U.S. refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon in less than a year. By citing a time frame in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu - who has clashed with President Barack Obama over the urgency of military action against Iran - appeared to suggest no Israeli attack was imminent before the November 6 U.S. presidential election. ... Full Story Top Poor HIV patients improve with care beyond drugs: study Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:16 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients stepping into Johns Hopkins University's HIV clinic in east Baltimore do not just see a doctor or get prescriptions for their antiretroviral drugs. Many also get help finding a place to live or bus fare to make it to their next appointment. Such care that goes beyond the examination table and into patients' often challenging lives has been key to helping poorer HIV patients - particularly blacks and women - live long, healthier lives, according to a 15-year study published on Thursday in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. ... Full Story Top U.N. chief duped by prank call from fake Canadian PM Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:56 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A pair of Canadian radio comedians said on Thursday it took them less than an hour to get U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the phone during international diplomacy's busiest week - by pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Ban was between meetings at the U.N. General Assembly of world leaders on Wednesday when he took a phone call from Quebec comedy duo "The Masked Avengers," famous for tricking celebrities and politicians. ... Full Story Top Iran says it reserves right to retaliate if attacked Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran responded to Israel's "red line" for Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday by declaring it was strong enough to defend itself and that it reserved the right to retaliate with full force against any attack. In a response to a speech at the U.N. General Assembly by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran's U.N. mission said Israel had made "baseless and absurd allegations against (its) exclusively peaceful nuclear program. ... Full Story Top Russian metals moguls settle RUSAL stake spat Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:31 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Michael Cherney reached an 11th-hour settlement in a dispute over a billion dollar slice of aluminium giant RUSAL, shortly before they were due to give evidence in a drawn-out London court case. The case, which had been expected to run well into 2013, was due to dwell on allegations of broken promises, criminality and mob rule while shining a light on the murky carve-up of lucrative smelters in the 'wild east' of post-Soviet Siberia. "Mr. Deripaska announces that Mr. ... Full Story Top Transocean served with Brazil drilling injunction Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:29 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd said on Thursday it was served with a preliminary injunction by a federal court in Brazil that would require the drilling contractor's nine rigs operating in waters off the country to cease operations in 30 days. The ban stems from an oil spill last November in an offshore field operated by Chevron Corp at a well drilled with a Transocean rig. The eight other Transocean rigs in Brazil work for Petrobras , including seven contracted to the state-led oil company and another subcontracted from BP . ... Full Story Top Chevron pays $17.3 million Brazil fine for November spill Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:28 PM PDT Reuters - RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, paid a 35.1 million real ($17.3 million) fine levied by Brazil's petroleum regulator for irregularities related to a November oil spill, the regulator said in a statement on Thursday. Chevron received a 30 percent discount on the 35.1 million real charge because it paid promptly and did not challenge the 24 violations found by the regulator, the ANP, in its operations in the Frade Field northeast of Rio de Janeiro, the ANP said. The discount, allowed under Brazilian law, would reduce Chevron's bill to about 24. ... Full Story Top Germany, France may seek combined 27 percent stake in EADS-BAE: report Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:25 PM PDT Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and France may seek a combined 27 percent stake in a company to be formed from a planned merger of European aerospace group EADS and British defense contractor BAE Systems Plc , but Britain would be opposed, the Financial Times Deutschland said. The stake would create a shareholder counterweight with the power to block decisions by the management of the new company, the newspaper said, citing sources familiar with the matter, in an article due to appear in its Friday edition. ... Full Story Top Chinese FM Yang tells U.N. Japan stole disputed islands from China Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The islands at the center of a territorial dispute between Japan and China were seized from the Chinese in 1895 and the Japanese government's recent purchase of them is "illegal and invalid," Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Thursday. "The moves taken by Japan are totally illegal and invalid. They can in no way change the historical fact that Japan stole the Diaoyudao and affiliated islands and that China has sovereignty over them," Yang told the United Nations General Assembly, using the Chinese name for what Japan calls the Senkakus. ... Full Story Top Mormon website editor's church discipline hearing suspended Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:14 PM PDT Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The Florida-based editor of a Mormon-themed website facing disciplinary action and possible excommunication over his writings said on Thursday his Orlando-area church leaders had suspended a hearing to decide his fate. David Twede's posts on MormonThink.com offer his account of the history of the church's political involvement, criticism of fellow Mormon and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and the author's take on Mormon beliefs about the nature of God and temple ceremonies. Twede, a 47-year-old, fifth-generation Mormon and MormonThink. ... Full Story Top Argentina, Iran say to talk until 1990s bombings resolved Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:08 PM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina and Iran will keep talking until they resolve diplomatically sensitive issues stemming from two 1990s attacks on Jewish targets in Buenos Aires that were allegedly sponsored by Tehran, both countries said on Thursday. Dialogue with Tehran is risky for Argentina, even if the focus is on Tehran's possible culpability in a pair of bombings. The opening of a diplomatic channel with Tehran could anger the United States and Israel, which are seeking to isolate Iran as it appears to pursue nuclear weapons. ... Full Story Top China says Iran nuclear issue at "new, crucial stage" Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:04 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Thursday that the disagreement over Iran's nuclear program has reached "a new, crucial stage," and urged a diplomatic solution. "The Iranian nuclear issue has reached a new, crucial stage," Yang said in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly. "The relevant parties should remain committed to a diplomatic solution and begin a new round of dialogue as soon as possible." (Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Stacey Joyce) Full Story Top U.S. cyber warrior accuses China of targeting Pentagon Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:23 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Cyber Command's top intelligence officer accused China on Thursday of persistent efforts to pierce Pentagon computer networks and said a proposal was moving forward to boost the cyber command in the U.S. military hierarchy. "Their level of effort against the Department of Defense is constant" while alleged Chinese attempts to steal corporate trade secrets has been growing, Rear Admiral Samuel Cox, the command's director of intelligence, told Reuters after remarks to a forum on the history of cyber threats. ... Full Story Top Japan ruling party lags badly in poll as election nears Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:14 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Two and a half times more Japanese will vote for the opposition Liberal Democratic Party than for the ruling party in an upcoming election, a newspaper poll suggested on Friday, raising the prospect of Shinzo Abe again becoming prime minister. The Nikkei business daily survey said 35 percent of those polled would vote for the LDP, compared with 14 percent for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and 12 percent for the new Japan Restoration Party. ... Full Story Top Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi tells Harvard students: I'm no icon Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi got celebrity treatment from students at Harvard University on Thursday, but insisted she was not an "icon." "I don't like to be referred to as an icon, because from my point of view, icons just sit there," Suu Kyi said during a lecture before an enthusiastic, overflow crowd at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "I would like you to think of me as a worker. I put a lot of faith in hard work. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Obama, Romney to square off in presidential debates Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney will spar over whose vision is best for boosting the U.S. economy and navigating thorny foreign issues among other topics during three debates before the November 6 election. Vice President Joe Biden will also face Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman known for his conservative budget proposals. Below are key facts about the widely anticipated debates, the first of which is next Wednesday. The encounters will each be moderated by a journalist and will air from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ... Full Story Top Fred Alger fails to end whistleblower case over firing Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:41 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Fred Alger Management Inc failed on Thursday to win dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit by a former portfolio manager who said she was fired in retaliation for protesting that the money manager's trading policy benefited colleagues at her expense. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan said that Rosanne Ott, who ran the New York-based firm's Alger Health Sciences fund from 2005 until her January 2011 firing, could pursue her wrongful termination claim. Several other claims were dismissed. ... Full Story Top South Korean pilots visit Boeing, Lockheed jet fighter plants Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:37 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean test pilots are visiting Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 plant in Fort Worth, Texas, this week after a similar trip this month to Boeing Co's F-15 plant in St. Louis amid signs that Seoul will delay a decision in its $7 billion-plus fighter competition until early 2013. Lockheed spokesman Mike Rein said South Korean officials were evaluating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter proposal submitted by Lockheed in South Korea's 8.3 trillion won competition for 60 new fighter planes. He gave no further details. ... Full Story Top Reformist leader urges world to take fresh look at Myanmar Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:18 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Myanmar's president on Thursday said achieving stability and rule of law would prevent "any reversal" in reforms that are helping his Southeast Asian nation emerge from decades of authoritarianism, poverty and isolation. In speeches in New York, President Thein Sein appealed for international support for sweeping political and economic changes in Myanmar and praised opposition leader and pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi as a "good colleague" who would help complete the country's democratic transition. ... Full Story Top Obama, Romney woo military in battleground state Virginia Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:16 PM PDT Reuters - VIRGINIA BEACH/SPRINGFIELD, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney battled to capture the military vote in Virginia on Thursday as they tried to squeeze out an advantage in one of the most tightly contested swing states ahead of the November 6 election. Speaking in the military town of Virginia Beach, Obama called for a new "economic patriotism" to help middle-income voters whose support his campaign is targeting. Romney spoke at an American Legion hall a few miles from the Pentagon and blamed Obama for $1. ... Full Story Top Libya's new leader apologizes at U.N. for Gaddafi crimes Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Libya's newly appointed leader apologized at the United Nations on Thursday for the crimes of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi and told critics that supporting the Arab Spring was worth it. During his address to the U.N. General Assembly, Mohammed Magarief, leader of Libya's ruling national congress, said the Libyan people were moderate and the country would never be home to extremist groups. ... Full Story Top Ex-IRS examiner charged with naming whistleblower: prosecutor Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:04 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Internal Revenue Service examiner was arrested on Thursday and charged with exposing an IRS whistleblower and interfering with the audit of an international bank, said the Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Dennis Lerner, 59, was arrested at his home in Edgewater, New Jersey and appeared before a judge in Manhattan, according to a statement from Attorney Preet Bharara. Lerner was charged with violating federal conflict of interest laws and improperly disclosing confidential IRS information. He could face up to 20 years in prison. ... Full Story Top US Treasury's Geithner urges action on money market funds Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:02 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called on Thursday for the new U.S. financial risk council to consider reforms for money market funds, despite stiff opposition from the $2.6 trillion industry and from some securities regulators. In a letter released by the Treasury Department, Geithner said the Financial Stability Oversight Council should formally ask the Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with new rules in a bid to get the divided SEC to act. ... Full Story Top Clinton urges "cool heads" in China-Japan island dispute Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:57 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China and Japan on Thursday to let "cool heads" prevail in a festering dispute over a cluster of islands in the East China Sea that has soured ties between Asia's two largest economies. Clinton met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of this week's U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York and said it was important to ratchet down tensions over the islands, known as the Diaoyu islands in China and the Senkakus in Japan, a senior State Department official said. "The secretary ... ... Full Story Top China's dorm room discontent emerges as new labor flashpoint Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - TAIYUAN, China (Reuters) - Twenty-three-year old factory worker Wang spends up to 12 hours a day making iPhone components in China, but his major complaint is not about the monotony of the production line - it is about his degrading worker-bee life inside the dormitory. Wang, who did not want his full name published, is among thousands of workers housed in a vast complex where tensions aggravated by regimented and cramped living conditions boiled over on Sunday into a violent mass riot. ... Full Story Top Billionaire Soros pledges $1.5 million to Democratic "Super PACs" Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros has committed $1.5 million to "Super PACs" backing President Barack Obama and Democrats running for Congress in the November 6 election, officials with those groups said on Thursday. Soros - a prominent donor to liberal political causes - has pledged $1 million to Priorities USA Action, which is running ads to help the Democratic president's re-election bid, and $500,000 to Majority PAC and House Majority PAC, which help Democratic congressional candidates, the officials said. ... Full Story Top NATO worried by Libya armed groups, offers security help Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:22 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of NATO expressed concern on Thursday about armed groups operating outside government control in Libya and said he was encouraging Tripoli to accept an offer of help to reform its security sector. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made the offer to Libyan leader Mohammed Magarief after this month's attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, which killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. ... Full Story Top

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