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01Oct/17

Benghazi port reopens after three-year closure

October 1, 2017TransportAbdullah al-Thani, Abdullah al-Thinni, Africa, Baladiyat of Libya, Battle of Benghazi, Benghazi, City: Tobruk, Continents, Factional violence in Libya, Geography of Africa, Khalifa Haftar, Libya, Libyan civil war, Libyan Crisis, Nasser Al-Maghrabi, Tobruk, Tobruk Airport, World historysmbale

BENGHAZI, LIBYA (Reuters) – Benghazi’s commercial port officially reopened on Sunday (October 1) after a three-year closure due to fighting between rival factions in the east Libyan city. Continue reading →

17Jan/16

Ride Along 2

“The Force” weakens under pressure from “Ride Along 2”

January 17, 2016Films13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, 20th Century Fox films, 69th British Academy Film Awards, American films, Benghazi, Disney, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Epic films, Films, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, Fox, J. Christopher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, Libya, Mark Walberg, Martin Luther King, Miami, Revenants in fiction, Ride Along, Ride Along 2, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant, Tom Hardy, United States, Will Ferrellsmbale

Space opera “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is no match for the star power of Kevin Hart in “Ride Along 2” and Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant.”

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15Dec/15

A pushcart vendor’s desperate act galvanizes the Arab world

Five years since spark that started ‘Arab Spring’

December 15, 2015Worldal-Abidine Ben Ali, al-Khalifa, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab Spring, Bahrain, Bashar al-Assad, Benghazi, Cairo, Colour revolutions, Deraa, Egypt, Egyptian revolution, Government, Hosni Mubarak, Intifadas, Libya, Manama, Mohamed Bouazizi, Muammar Gaddafi, Mutassim, Nonviolent resistance, Nonviolent revolutions, Politics, president, Protests, Russia, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Sidi Bouzid, Tripoli, Tunisia, Tunisian Revolution, United States, Women in the Arab Spring, Yemen, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine Ben Alismbale

It was five years ago that a vegetable-seller in Tunisia set himself alight, igniting weeks of demonstrations that led to the unseating of long-time ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali – and setting off a chain of uprisings across the region.

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24Oct/15

Hillary Clinton says she had “long day” at Benghazi hearing

October 24, 2015PoliticsArkansas Democrats, Benghazi, Benghazi attack, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Federal government of the United States, Government, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, In Libya, Joe Biden, Joe Biden presidential campaign, Libya, Libya–United States relations, Politicians, rampant media, Rodham family, United States, United States House Select Committee on Benghazi, Washington, Washington D.C.smbale

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks about her “long day” testifying before the congressional committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya that left four Americans dead.
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20Oct/15

Benghazi panel to grill Clinton, amid claims of partisanship

October 20, 2015PoliticsAlana Goodman, Arkansas Democrats, Benghazi, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Bradley Podliska, Christopher Stevens, Federal government of the United States, Germany, Government, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign, John Hudak, Kevin McCarthy, Las Vegas, Libya, Politicians, Rodham family, Southern Baptists, Trey Gowdy, United States, United States House Select Committee on Benghazismbale

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton heads to Capitol Hill where she will testify on Benghazi amid claims that the Republican-controlled House Benghazi Committee was more interested in damaging Clinton’s reputation than uncovering the truth that deadly night.

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09Mar/15

Hillary Clinton wants women to face “no ceilings”

March 9, 2015PoliticsAmerican women in politics, Arkansas Democrats, Benghazi, Bibliography of Hillary Clinton, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Chelsea Clinton Foundation, Chlesea, Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton, International relations, Libya, Melinda, Melinda Gates, New York, Politicians, Politics, Presidents of the United States, Rodham family, United Statessmbale

Hillary Clinton calls for women to face “no ceilings” at an event focused on gender equality and women’s rights.

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