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article 24 January 2013 World, Algeria
burnt out US embassy building in Benghazi after September 2012 attack (Getty)
Libya terror fears: westerners urged to leave Benghazi

The Foreign Office advises Britons to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately because of a "specific and imminent terrorist threat".

article 23 January 2013 World, United States
Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton: goodbye or just see you later?

Hillary Clinton faces tough questions over Benghazi today. But with a new poll showing she is more popular with the public than ever, will she use this momentum for a 2016 presidential bid?

article 01 January 2013 World, United States
A member of the hospital staff walks in front of the Milstein Hospital Building at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Clinton set for hospital release after treatment for clot

Doctors expect US secretary of state Hillary Clinton to make a full recovery from a blood clot in a vein between her brain and skull with her release from hospital planned after further treatment.

article 14 December 2012 World, United States
John Kerry (reuters)
by Felicity Spector Susan Rice out: where now for Obama's foreign policy?

Massachusetts senator John Kerry is almost certain to be nominated as America's next secretary of state: a post he has wanted for years. Is he the right man for the job?

article 22 September 2012 World, Libya
Protesters have 'had enough of extremists' (pic: Reuters)
Libyan protesters force Islamist militia out of Benghazi

At least four people are killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi as military police and protesters take over militia bases.

article 12 September 2012 World, United States
attack on benghazi consulate (reuters)
by Felicity Spector Fury as Republicans accuse Obama over embassy attacks

There's fear, there's loathing, and there's electoral politics. Top Republicans say President Obama's foreign policy triggered the attacks on US diplomatic staff - calling it "disgraceful".

post 12 September 2012
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Read more from Lindsey Hilsum on her blog Will Libyans heed the warning of the ambassador's murder?

How will Libya respond to hardline Islamic militancy? Last month the government failed to intervene when Sufi shrines were attacked. Now the US ambassador has been murdered.

article 07 July 2012 World, Libya
Libyans vote in the first free national elections in 60 years, some joyful and others storming police stations and burning ballot boxes and voting slips.
Libyans excited, angry and emotional over election

Libyans vote in the first free national elections in 60 years. While some are joyful, others storm police stations and burn ballot boxes.

post 02 April 2012
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Read more from Lindsey Hilsum on her blog Why write a book?

The story of Libya's revolution demanded to be told, says Lindsey Hilsum, who has written Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution.

post 16 November 2011
Jonathan Rugman's beat includes foreign policy, terrorism and international development. Read more from Jonathan Rugman his blog British spies thwarted plot by former Libyan allies

MI6 had struck up such a budding relationship with Libyan Intelligence in the preceding years that when they wanted to kill our people earlier this year, we seem to have known about it. Which illustra