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U.S. battling CIA rendition case in 3 courts

Aug. 9, 2009
The Obama administration is fighting on multiple fronts - in courts in San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and London - to keep an official veil of secrecy over the treatment of a former prisoner who says he was tortured at Guantanamo Bay. The administration has...
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Rendition trial in Milan suspended

MILAN, Italy, March 18 (UPI) -- A trial in Italy over the alleged CIA abduction of a Muslim cleric has been suspended pending a court ruling expected to set guidelines for prosecutors.

No delay in Italian rendition trial

MILAN, Italy, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A judge in Italy who has been sued by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has refused to suspend the trial over an alleged CIA abduction.

CIA rendition flight spotted in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 12 (UPI) -- A Hungarian newspaper Wednesday ran a picture of a Boeing 737 allegedly used for CIA rendition flights in central and Eastern Europe.

CIA agents' trial scheduled in Italy

MILAN, Italy, May 4 (UPI) -- A judge in Milan Friday cleared the way for the trial of 26 CIA agents and two former Italian intelligence officials over the abduction of a Muslim cleric.

CIA rift seen in Italian terror rendition

MILAN, Italy, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric from Italy to Egypt was opposed by Milan's CIA mission chief, who is now wanted by Italian prosecutors.

Italians depict post-Sept. 11 CIA actions

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence sought to use "extraordinary rendition" to kidnap suspected terrorists in Europe within days of Sept. 11, 2001, testimony in Italy says.

Portugal concerned over CIA flights

LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The European Parliament is to invite Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Amado this week to discuss Central intelligence agency rendition flights. The EU Parliament is concerned about reports that the CIA covertly transported alleged terrorist sus

EU Parliament: CIA confirmed renditions

STRASBOURG, France, May 17 (UPI) -- More than one CIA source told a European Parliament committee that 30-50 people underwent so-called rendition, Italian member Claudio Fava said Wednesday.

Cell phones trip up CIA 'rendition' team

MILAN, Italy, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- CIA operatives accused of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in Italy were tracked by the signals that their cell phones sent out, the Chicago Tribune reported.

No evidence of rendition flights, UK says

LONDON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Careful research has turned up no evidence of alleged "extraordinary rendition" flights of terror suspects by the CIA through Britain.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler