N KOREA FIRES A PROJECTILE INTO WATERS OFF ITS EASTERN COAST, ACCORDING TO **

IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THE LAUNCH WAS A MISSILE OR ARTILLERY ROUND **

THIS COMES A DAY AFTER PYONGYANG TEST-FIRED THREE SHORT-RANGE MISSILES **

N KOREA IS BANNED FROM TESTING BALLISTIC MISSILES UNDER UN SECURITY COUNCIL **

PRES OBAMA PLANS TO ADDRESS HIS ADMIN'S COUNTERTERRORISM POLICIES DURING A **

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAYS THE SPEECH WILL ADDRESS THE ADMIN'S DRONE PROGRAM **

OBAMA WILL DELIVER THE SPEECH ON THURS AT THE NATL DEFENSE UNIV **

IN RESPONSE, S KOREA DEPLOYED DOZENS OF GUIDED MISSILES ON ISLANDS NEAR A **

U.S. EMBASSY EMPLOYEE IN RUSSIA ACCUSED OF SPYING HAS LEFT MOSCOW, **

EARLIER THIS WEEK, RUSSIAN SECURITY CLAIMED RYAN FOGLE, A THIRD SECRETARY **

HE WAS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IN RESPONSE **

U.S. EMBASSY HAS REFUSED TO COMMENT ON THE CASE **

17 ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS AND THREE NIGERIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN AN OFFENSIVE **

MILITARY SPOX SAYS ONE SOLDIER WAS ALSO MISSING **

SPOX DIDN'T SAY EXACTLY WHERE THE FIGHTING OCCURRED, BUT ADDED THAT ABOUT **

RESIDENTS OF SUBURBAN TAMPA, FL TOWN LEFT WONDERING WHO THE WINNER OF THE **

THE WINNING $590.5 MIL TICKET WAS PURCHASED AT A PUBLIX SUPERMARKET IN **

A PUBLIX SPOX SAYS RUMORS ARE SWIRLING AROUND, BUT THE SUPERMARKET COULDN'T **

WEB VIDEO SURFACES URGING EGYPTIAN GOVT TO SUBMIT TO THE DEMANDS OF CAPTORS **

IN THE VIDEO POSTED ON YOUTUBE, THE MEN ARE SHOWN BLINDFOLDED AND TIED UP, **

AN UNIDENTIFIED SECURITY OFFICIAL CONFIRMED THE CAPTIVES APPEARING IN THE **

AL QAEDA NEWS – and it is grim

below is from my FNC colleague Catherine Herridge

AL QAEDA CONSOLIDATES LIBYA BASE

Al-Qaeda is intensifying efforts to establish a new base for its terrorist operations in Libya following the recent attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, according to the latest Western intelligence reports. The leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the North African offshoot of the mainstream organization, are making a concerted effort to link up with Ansar al-Sharia. The CIA believes Ansar al-Sharia was behind the September 11 attack on the US consulate in which four people died, including US Ambassador Christopher Stevens. AQIM leaders are also attempting to establish ties with other Libyan Islamist groups in the hope of establishing an al-Qaeda fiefdom there similar to the one it has created in nearby Mali.

CATHERINE HERRIDGE