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Human error probed in T crash
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:30 PM EST (The Boston Globe)
Investigators ruled out mechanical problems yesterday as the cause of the fatal commuter train crash in Woburn and are focusing on how human error put the Boston-bound train on a collision course with a work crew.
Polish priest to expose clergy
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:17 PM EST (AL JAZEERA)
A Polish priest, who claims he was brutally beaten twice by Poland's communist-era secret police, has threatened to expose more Catholic clergymen who cooperated with the secret services.
Bangladesh caretaker chief resigns
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:15 PM EST (AL JAZEERA)
Iajuddin Ahmed, the Bangladesh president, has resigned as head of the caretaker government in charge of holding parliamentary elections on January 22.
Marine posthumously awarded Medal of Honor
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:06 PM EST (News - Stripes)
Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham was posthumously awarded the nation's highest honor for valor at a ceremony Thursday at the White House.
CIA refuses to release its methods of torturing prisoners
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:57 PM EST (English pravda.ru: Russian news and analysis)
The CIA cannot reveal "alternative interrogation methods" used on terrorists because doing so would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security by telling enemies how the agency gathers intelligence, the government has told a judge.
Fresh programmes announced till Jan 22: Resist polls
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:54 PM EST (nation.ittefaq.com)
n a bid to resist January 22 elections, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced a series of action programmes, including four-day countrywide siege programme from January 14 with one-day recess on January 16, and continuous blockade around Bangabhaban from Januar …
Emergency declared; Iajuddin quits as chief adviser
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:53 PM EST (thedailystar.net)
President Iajuddin Ahmed last night resigned from the post of chief adviser to the caretaker government, declaring a state of emergency in the country--amid growing political crisis over election--after 16 years since restoration of democracy through a mass upsurge.
N. Korean officials pinned in abductions
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:42 PM EST (yomiuri.co.jp)
A North Korean agent who has been regarded as a perpetrator in the abduction of Kaoru Hasuike and his future wife, Yukiko, in 1978 carried out the abduction under a direct order from two officials of the North Korean intelligence agency, it has been learned.
Senior Iranian official suspected of spying on Iran's nuclear program
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:39 PM EST (Haaretz)
Iran announced Thursday that it has arrested a senior official for allegedly spying on the country's nuclear program.
George Orwell Was Right: Spy Cameras See Britons' Every Move
Seeded on Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:40 AM EST (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- It's Saturday night in Middlesbrough, England, and drunken university students are celebrating the start of the school year, known as Freshers' Week.
Open-Source Spying
Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:20 AM EST (The New York Times)
When Matthew Burton arrived at the Defense Intelligence Agency in January 2003, he was excited about getting to his computer. Burton, who was then 22, had long been interested in international relations: he had studied Russian politics and interned at the U.S.
Bush OKs grants to preserve camps
Seeded on Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:19 PM EST (Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com)
U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law a $ 38 million grant program to preserve notorious internment camps where Japanese-Americans were kept behind barbed wire during World War II
Naked To Our Enemies
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:53 PM EST (American Thinker)
Much as been made of the demonstrated ignorance of Silvestre Reyes, the newly named chair of the House Intelligence Committee. But Reyes is far from alone in failing to have learned the most basic facts of the forces arrayed against us.
Spy 'handed over secrets to al Qaeda'
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:51 PM EST (This is London)
A British spy appeared in court today accused of giving secrets to al Qaeda.
Alleged spy's deportation delayed
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:49 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)
MONTREAL -- A Montrealer who is alleged to be a Russian spy might have to spend Christmas behind bars even though his native country's consular staff have now confirmed his Russian citizenship and are ready to give him travel papers, the man's lawyer says.
Putin celebrates 'glorious' spy service
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:47 PM EST (CNN)
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- To the clink of champagne glasses and strains of classical music Wednesday, Russia's President Vladimir Putin saluted Russia's resurgent secret services for their role in guarding national interests.
Florida professor pleads guilty to conspiring to spy for Cuba
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:44 PM EST (The Kansas City Star)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Former Florida International University professor Carlos Alvarez came to regret collaborating with Cuban intelligence agents.
U.S. to Declassify Secrets at Age 25
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:41 PM EST (The New York Times)
At midnight on Dec. 31, hundreds of millions of pages of secret documents will be instantly declassified, including many F.B.I. cold war files on investigations of people suspected of being Communist sympathizers.
Give cheese a chance to star at the party
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:09 PM EST (The Miami Herald)
Planning the spread for a holiday party? Do your guests a favor and take your cheese tray to the next level.
Zakayev To Be Questioned On The Litvinenko Case
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:03 PM EST (vor.ru)
The Southern division of the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office has reopened the case of Chechen separatist emissary Ahmed Zakayev. It is getting ready to ask for Zakayev's extradition from Britain where Zakayev has lived for the past four years or so.
U.S. troops nab 'senior al-Qaida leader' during Mosul raid
Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:58 PM EST (estripes.com)
American troops have captured a "senior al-Qaida leader" and five alleged terrorist associates during a raid in Mosul on Dec. 14, the military command in Baghdad said Wednesday.
Putin reported 'furious' over US payment for Lebanon war, CIA Egypt terror ring
Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:15 AM EST (English pravda.ru: Russian news and analysis)
Reports from the Kremlin today are portraying President Putin as being 'furious' with the American War Leader Bush over his breaking of a promise to the Russian President to not provide US funding to the Israelis for their Lebanese War.
Gunmen rob almost million dollars in southern Baghdad
Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:55 AM EST (PEOPLE.com)
Gunmen disguised as Iraqi police commandos stopped a bank truck with almost a million U.S. dollars on board in southern Baghdad and robbed the money on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said.
Iranian president warns European countries against
Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:54 AM EST (PEOPLE.com)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday warned European countries against taking a "hostile act" over Tehran's nuclear dispute with the West.
Report: Iran arming groups in Iraq
Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:49 AM EST (AL JAZEERA)
A report commissioned by the Saudi Arabian government says that Iran has created a Shia "state within a state" in Iraq, providing support to armed groups and funds for social programmes.
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