A woman has been shot dead by police in Washington DC after she attempted to penetrate the security barriers of the White House and Capitol.
The United States and Egypt have sought to repair ties strained severely by a year-and-a-half of rapid change in the Middle East.
The United States and its international partners have called for global sanctions against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has planned a trip to North Africa that will include a major conference in Tunisia on Syria’s future.
