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• Review: The only thrill in 'Traitor' is knowing when this film is

  - 2008-08-27

  What's worse than a thriller with no thrills? A thriller that puts you to sleep. Flat and just plain boring most of the time, "Traitor" wastes some fine actors -- Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels and Said Taghmaoui -- and a topical story, finding no sparks in...

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• Berlusconi, Prodi may testify in CIA kidnap trial

  - 2008-05-14

  MILAN, Italy AFP — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his predecessor Romano Prodi may testify in the Milan trial of 26 CIA agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian imam, a judge decided Wednesday. Judge Oscar Magi accepted defence lawyers' arguments that Prodi and Berlusconi should be called in...

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• Tribunal claims

  - 2008-02-12

  A CARE home worker posed as a CIA agent to scare a patient, an employment tribunal heard. Maureen Malone, a former cleaner at St Mary's Nursing Home, Chester-le-Street, was dismissed last year for misconduct after failing to attend hearings. But Malone brought her former employers before a Newcastle...

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• Care home worker bullied ill patients; TRIBUNAL TOLD FORMER CLEANER LEFT RESIDENTS TERRIFIED

  - 2008-02-12

  Byline: By SARA NICHOL A CARE home worker terrified mentally ill patients with a campaign of malicious practical jokes, an employment tribunal was told. Maureen Malone, a former cleaner at St Mary's Nursing Home, in Church Chare, Chester-le-Street, was accused of posing as a CIA agent to scare...

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• When Philip Agee died in early January, Reuters called him a "whistleblower."

  - 2008-02-11

  When Philip Agee died in early January, Reuters called him a "whistleblower." Oh, is that what he was? Agee was a CIA agent who turned against his employer, and his country, and published Inside the Company: CIA Diary. The year was 1975. Agee's book exposed CIA agents around the world,...

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• Matron posed as secret agent; Nurse sacked after practical jokes scared vulnerable patients

  - 2008-01-24

  Byline: By PAUL MCMILLAN A CARE home matron and her staff posed as CIA agents to scare a paranoid patient in a campaign of vicious practical jokes, a professional panel has been told. Maureen Sheikh, 58, also formed a mock jazz band with staff and banged pots and...

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• Italy's Prodi, Bush to meet in Washington next month

  - 2008-01-21

  ROME AFP — Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will meet US President George W. Bush next month during his first visit to Washington since taking office almost two years ago, his press department announced Monday. Prodi will arrive on February 3 and leave the US capital after his meeting...

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• U.S. editorial excerpts -6-

  - 2008-01-05

  NEW YORK, Jan. 4 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: CRIMINALIZING THE CIA (The Wall Street Journal, New York) When news broke that the CIA had destroyed videotapes of a couple of early terrorist interrogations, Democrats in Congress demanded a criminal investigation. Now...

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• U.S. editorial excerpts -6-

  - 2008-01-05

  NEW YORK, Jan. 4 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: CRIMINALIZING THE CIA (The Wall Street Journal, New York) When news broke that the CIA had destroyed videotapes of a couple of early terrorist interrogations, Democrats in Congress demanded a criminal investigation. Now...

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• Rendition: the beast and the Man

  - 2008-01-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tortured, incarcerated, and exiled, Niccolo Machiavelli swore never again to allow a throne to perish under the hand of aggression for want of action--bold, insidious action if need be. Left with nothing, Machiavelli concluded that a virtuous life, while overtly necessary, may lead to one's demise if...

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