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The island's royal family requested the force from Saudi Arabia and neighboring Gulf states to help bring order after a monthlong protest, government officials said. Demonstrators at Manama's Pearl traffic circle were bracing for attack, building makeshift barricades to block city streets.

A staff report delivered to the bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks finds "no credible evidence" that Saddam Hussein cooperated with al Qaeda in those attacks. The staff report said Osama bin Laden contacted the Iraqi government about gaining support from that country but had been rebuffed. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

An attempt to chip away at free trash pickup in San Diego will be debated in San Diego City Council today.

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the United States is "undoubtedly safer and more secure," but gaps in coordination among the government agencies responsible for security remain a problem.

In his speech addressing the Muslim world on Thursday, President Obama will attempt partially to close the gap between U.S. ideals about democracy and its strategic interests in the Middle East and North Africa. It won't be easy.

Whenever there's a disaster, people want to give, and Hurricane Sandy is no exception. According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, U.S. charities collected more than $174 million in donations as of Nov. 9 to help respond to the storm.

Video of USS Carl Vinson's Visit to Hawaii

Military Panel at Gitmo to Prosecute 9/11 Mastermind

Diplomats met in London to discuss an endgame aimed at halting Gadhafi's bloody onslaught against the Libya people. The participants agreed on a contact group to work with the opposition to form a new government after he goes.

President-elect Barack Obama has charged that the Bush administration "took its eyes off the ball," allowing Osama bin Laden to escape and al-Qaida to regroup. But recently, the Bush administration has intensified its efforts to go after al-Qaida.