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Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters, largely ultra conservative Islamists, climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, went into the courtyard and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic inscription, in protest of a film deemed offensive of Islam. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

Mobs storm U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya; 1 American killed

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, who was ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, speaks during a press conference at his office in Cairo on Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Briefing Page: Mubarak premier to face trial for corruption

Libyans search for documents inside Abu Salim Prison, Libya's most notorious prison during Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners, in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Rights group: Evidence of wider U.S. waterboarding

By Lee Keath and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

** FILE ** Abdullah Senussi, head of Libyan intelligence, speaks to the press during a government-sponsored media tour as gunfire erupts all around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya, on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Former Gadhafi spy chief extradited to Libya

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Venice: ‘Witness Libya’ follows war photographer

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

TYRRELL: Who speaks for reform in Islam?

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

Briefly: Morsi appoints Christian, woman as assistants

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Mustafa Abdul Jalil (Associated Press)

Libya’s interim rulers cede power to elected leaders

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Libyans hold up their ink-marked fingers showing that they have voted as they celebrate in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday. Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last year's overthrow and killing of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. But the joy was tempered by boycott calls, the burning of ballots and other violence in the country's restive east. (Associated Press)

Liberals see lead in Libyan elections

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Libyans celebrate July 7, 2012, in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya, by holding up ink-marked fingers, showing they have voted in the first parliamentary election after last year's overthrow and killing of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. (Associated Press)

Liberal party says it is in lead in Libya election

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Libyan men hold their elections ID cards while celebrating election day in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Libyans hold 1st nationwide vote in decades

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

A Libyan man walks near National Assembly election campaign posters at Martyr's Square in Tripoli, Libya, on July 5, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections — the first free elections since 1969 — will take place on July 7. (Associated Press)

Libya: Helicopter downed, killing election worker

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A Libyan woman holds a banner June 5, 2012, in support of the Muslim Brotherhood party in Martyr's Square in Tripoli, Libya. The Libyan National Assembly elections will take place on July 7, 2012, the first free elections since 1969. (Associated Press)

Tensions in Libya ahead of first post-Gadhafi vote

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Abdul Hakim of Arlington blows on his ink-covered finger — a sign that he has voted — at the poll for Libyan expats at the Holiday Inn in Arlington to elect a 200-member General National Congress. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

From bullets to ballot box: Libyans freely cast votes

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

The flags of NATO member countries fly outside the alliance's headquarters in Brussels in June 2007. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Turkey jet crisis unlikely to pull NATO into Syria

By Slobodan Lekic and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi (Associated Press)

Extradition of Gadhafi crony reveals divide in Tunisian government

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi (Associated Press)

Official: Tunisia extradites ex-Libyan Prime Minister Al-Mahmoudi

Associated Press

Syria joins 16 others as human-trafficking worst

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya, on Feb. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

Ease of militia takeover of Tripoli airport raises questions

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Libyan militia takes control of Tripoli airport

By Rami Al-Shaheibi - Associated Press