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No Casualties Reported in Yemen Protests

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    FBN’s Diane Macedo with a pre-market update, plus updates from the protests in Yemen.

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Imus in the morning program on the fox -- -- morning -- we have is that of the Middle -- this morning hundreds of protesters stormed the US embassy in Yemen reports -- security guards -- tried to hold them off by firing shots in the air but the demonstrators.

Eventually broke through the confounds main gate and security guards did opened fire.

Yemen's embassy in Washington says the situation is now under control and that there were no casualties reported it also says the government of Yemen.

-- step up security presence around all foreign missions the US has ordered security be increased at consulates around the world following attacks on US embassies in Libya and Egypt.

Ambassador Chris Stephens and three other Americans were killed when an armed mobs stormed the US consulate in big Ghazi Tuesday and set it ablaze.

US officials say the Pentagon has sent two warships to the Libyan coast with no specific mission at this time.

Investigators are looking into whether the deadly attack was spontaneous mob violence or coordinated terrorist effort to mark anniversary of September 11.

The Federal Reserve is set to wrap up its two day policy meeting today and announce what if anything it plans to do.

To help the struggling economy the Central Bank is expected to at least extend the timeframe plans to keep interest rates near zero.

Likely through 2015 from the current projection of late 2014.

Others think the federal launch a third round of bond buying known as QE3.

Chairman Ben Bernanke has stressed the Central Bank will not sit idly by while unemployment remains well above.

Levels in line with a healthy economic recovery.

Fox Business we'll bring you the Fed's decision at 12:30 PM eastern today followed by chairman Ben Bernanke's press conference on that decision at 215.

Checking markets ahead of that that decision here in the US futures have been down across the board.

All morning Dow futures are down by 21 yes and he's done by two to nasdaq's down by about -- in -- -- investors there.

Are also aluminum holding pattern waiting to hear what the Fed have to say.

They arcing down arrows at the moment London's down.

I not even a point Paris is down by about 25 same goes for Frankfurt let's -- a closer look.

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