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Two suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike

SANAA (Reuters) - Two suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Monday in a drone strike on their vehicle south of the capital Sanaa, tribal and government sources said. Full story

At least four suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike

ADEN (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al Qaeda members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday. Full story

Armed Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Fighting has broken out in northern Mali between Tuareg separatists and local Arab-led gunmen, only days after the African country won a $4.2 billion aid pledge to help it recover from a conflict with Islamists affiliated to al Qaeda. Full story

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Suspected Islamist gunmen assassinate Yemeni colonel

Column: Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration

Insight: Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda

Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian soldiers

Britain, France counter Syria call for UN to sanction militants

Egypt thwarts suicide attack on foreign embassy

Algerian army kills seven militants in al Qaeda stronghold

Three military pilots killed in Yemen ambush: officials

Two generals, pro-Deby MP arrested for Chad coup plot: prosecutor

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  Exposure of double agent at heart of AP investigation

Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about why the U.S. government is so keen to find the source of the leak to the AP about the al Qaeda bomb plot, and the rare and valuable al Qaeda double agent whose life was put at risk by their reporting.

  Suicide attack in Afghanistan threatens peace

Former Defense Secretary William Cohen discusses the attack and the cell which claimed responsibility for it. Cohen also shares his thoughts on the recently released Benghazi emails.

  White House attempts to end Benghazi dispute with new documents

One hundred pages of emails were passed out by the White House Wednesday as the Obama administration tried to put an end to the long simmering dispute over what took place when the American compound in Benghazi was attacked. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.

  Obtaining AP phone records a ‘last resort’

Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who approved getting the AP’s phone records to track down the person that leaked classified information, said it was a last-resort effort after having conducted hundreds of interviews. NBC’s Pete Williams reports

  Holder addresses AP phone record seizure

Attorney General Eric Holder addresses questions from the press about the Justice Department seizure of the phone records of many AP reporters in pursuit of the source of a leak about an al-Qaida plot.

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