By Stephanie Ho Washington 29 November 2006 A German man who was detained in Macedonia and who says he was tortured while in CIA custody, is in Washington seeking support for his campaign to obtain an explanation and an apology from the U.S. governm

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 27 June 2007 The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified hundreds of once-secret documents, detailing some of the agency's activities from the 1950s through the early 1970s. They include a plot to assass

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 May 2006 General Michael Hayden (file photo) The U.S. Senate has confirmed General Michael Hayden as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, despite concerns about a surveillance program he led while hea

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By Gary Thomas Dearborn, Michigan 18 September 2009 Official preliminary final totals in Afghanistan's recent presidential election have incumbent president Hamid Karzai the winner, but the election was marred by allegations of massive vote fraud. A

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By Jeff Swicord Dearborn, Michigan 18 September 2009 CIA Director Leon Panetta told Arab-American and Muslim leaders this week to join efforts to reduce the threat of terrorism in the U.S. Speaking in the heart of Michigan's large Middle Eastern com

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By Jela de Franceschi Washington 22 September 2009 The U.S. Justice Department's decision to launch a criminal probe of the CIA's interrogation methods has caused a stir in Washington. Most Democrats back the investigation, while most Republicans op

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Smithsonian Celebrates Jazz Appeciation Month It's April and time once again to celebrate one of America's greatest treasures, jazz with the 10th anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month. Jazz took a giant step forward when pianist Mary Lou Williams pe

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to switch gears now. This is a mystery story, a spy story and a technology story all rolled into one. It started one February morning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, when Soviet submarine K-129 sank to the bottom

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: And now to another of Donald Trump's cabinet picks who might have a tough time managing his new agency staff. His name is Mike Pompeo, and the president-elect has tapped him to lead the CIA. He's a Republican congressman from Kan

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has met his Irish counterpart Michael Higgins in Beijing, with both pledging to boost strategic partnerships between the two countries. President Xi says the Sino-Irish relationship is a strong one, highlighting cooperati

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By Sabina Castelfranco Valencia 09 July 2006 Pope Benedict XVI greets Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, and Queen Sofia, center, as he arrives to hold a Mass in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, July 9, 2006 Pope Benedict has ended a lightening visit to Spain

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 08 December 2007 The U.S. Justice Department and the Central Inteligence Agency (CIA) announced Saturday that they would open an investigation into the spy agency's destruction of videotapes that showed the interrogatio

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By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 20 December 2007 As the U.S. presidential campaign moves toward its first primary season voting in early January, much of the campaign has focused on domestic issues. Candidates have talked about some foreign policy issues

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By Jim Malone Washington 18 March 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to defuse a brewing political controversy Tuesday when he condemned inflammatory statements made over the years by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah W

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By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 05 July 2006 Watch Health Report Nutrition facts What you eat can determine how long you live. A recent report in the Journal of the American Heart Association recommends new diet and lifestyle choices for a longer

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By Jim Malone Washington 06 March 2007 Former White House aide Lewis Libby was found guilty Tuesday on four of five counts of lying, perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the investigation into the leak of a covert CIA officer's iden

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 08 June 2007 Health officials in Africa are reacting cautiously to the pledge of more aid money from G8 nations to tackle major diseases on the continent. They say managing the huge sums of money remains a problem. Phuong Tran ha

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 November 2006 A senior Israeli official has suggested that Israel might launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons. Israel wants tougher international action to stop Iran befor

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By Deborah Tate Washington 13 February 2008 The U.S. Senate has defied a veto threat from President Bush and approved legislation that would prohibit intelligence agencies from using extreme interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. The meas

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By Paula Wolfson White House 06 February 2008 The White House is defending the use of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding in certain, rare circumstances when suspects are believed to have knowledge of an imminent threat. VOA's Paula Wo

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