By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 February 2008 The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three terrorism suspects nearly five years ago. In testimon...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 21 September 2007 FBI Director Robert Mueller says transatlantic cooperation against terrorism is improving - and is vital for Europe and the United States to be able to successfully counter threats. Mueller is on a tour of Europ...
By Dan Robinson Washington 26 July 2007 FBI Director Robert Mueller has urged the U.S. Congress not to weaken a key legal tool that law enforcement authorities have been using since September 11, 2001 in their efforts to prevent new terrorist attacks...
By Sonja Pace London 12 April 2007 The director of the British Broadcasting Corporation and the family of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston are appealing Thursday for the journalist's release. Johnston went missing in Gaza one month ago and is presumed...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 January 2007 Carlo Ponti, one of Italy's best-known film producers and the husband of actress Sophia Loren, has died in Geneva at the age of 94. In his 50-year career, Ponti produced more than 150 films. Sabina Castelf...
By VOA News 21 November 2006 Pioneering director Robert Altman, the man behind the satirical films MASH, Nashville and The Player, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 81. Mike O'Sullivan reports, he was considered an outsider in Hollywood. Robert...
By Catherine Maddux Washington 24 October 2006 IAEA's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency says dialogue with North Korea and Iran is the only way to resolve disputes about their nuclear a...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 08 October 2006 Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Costello, the ruthless boss of an underground criminal empire in Southy, the working class neighborhood on the south side of Boston. Law enforcement agencies have been trying...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 May 2006 The World Health Organization (WHO) says it wants to move quickly to appoint a new director general, following the death earlier this week of Lee Jong-wook. --------------------------------------------------- Lee J...
By VOA News 05 May 2006 Porter Goss, left, with President Bush in the Oval Office, May 5, 2006 The head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Porter Goss, has resigned. Announcing the move Friday, Presi...