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The Libyan army goes on a state of alert in the eastern city of Benghazi after nine people including soldiers are killed in clashes between security forces and Salafi militants. The fighting erupted following an army operation against the militants from Ansar al-Sharia group that lasted for several hours. Nearly 50 soldiers and civilians were also injured. The unrest comes after weeks of deadly clashes in the city and in the capital Tripoli. Local militias which were empowered during the NATO war on Libya have now turned against the state. Their refusal to put down arms has sparked public protests and the subsequent killings.

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A new report says al-Qaeda did not carry out last year\\\'s attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi that killed the US ambassador. A bomb blast targeting the mission on September 11 left four Americans including US envoy Chris Stevens dead. The US later blamed al-Qaeda-linked groups for the explosion. The report by New York Times, however, says there\\\'s been no evidence of the involvement of any international group in the attack. The investigation added that local citizens might have been behind the bombing. It added that an anti-Muslim video and rumors that guards inside the American compound had shot Libyan protesters, could have been the trigger.

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An unnamed rebel fighter tells Al Jazeera the "better fighters" in the anti-Gaddafi movement are receiving specialist help from abroad in eastern Libya. Laurence Lee reports from the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

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The NATO strike that hit a pro-democracy convoy outside of the eastern town of Brega killing at least 10 people may have been a mistake. Although the population in the country's east is prepared to forgive the mistake, there is less sympathy is other parts of Libya. Such incidents may have just given Muammar Gaddafi's spokespeople propaganda ammunition. Al Jazeera's Laurance Lee reports from Benghazi. (02 April 2011)

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Egypt\'s new President Mohammed Morsi is condemning the U.S.-made video denigrating Islam\'s Prophet Muhammad as an obscenity. He insists that freedom of expression does not allow for attacks on any religion. Morsi also condemned the violence that swept Muslim countries in reaction to the video, including an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed the American ambassador and three other U.S. citizens. Morsi\'s remarks Wednesday, as he made his debut on the global stage at the United Nations, were in direct opposition to President Barack Obama\'s insistence on all countries protecting freedom of speech at the General Assembly a day earlier. Morsi opened his remarks by celebrating himself as Egypt\'s first democratically elected leader.

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Scandal after scandal in the US: the seizure of AP reporters\' phone records by the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service\'s targeting of conservative groups. The third scandal: the Benghazi leak is what mainstream media have reported. In this edition of the show we will be covering different US government actions that go against the US constitution as the third in a series of scandals, and ask our guests whether these scandals are so threatening that it has political dangers, a point acknowledged even by the White House.

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The government surveillance programs targeting American citizens, the Internal Revenue Service\'s crack down on tea party and other conservative groups, the Justice Department\'s secret collection of journalists\' phone records, and the handling of an attack in Benghazi that left the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans dead, are just some of the controversies the White House has been battling in recent weeks.

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A new report says al-Qaeda did not carry out last year\\\'s attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi that killed the US ambassador. A bomb blast targeting the mission on September 11 left four Americans including US envoy Chris Stevens dead. The US later blamed al-Qaeda-linked groups for the explosion. The report by New York Times, however, says there\\\'s been no evidence of the involvement of any international group in the attack. The investigation added that local citizens might have been behind the bombing. It added that an anti-Muslim video and rumors that guards inside the American compound had shot Libyan protesters, could have been the trigger.