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Although known publicly only by his code name, Curveball has been repeatedly discredited by investigations of the United States’ faulty prewar intelligence and became an embarrassment to U.S. spy agencies. A presidential intelligence commission found that Curveball, who mostly told his stories to German intelligence officials who passed them on to the U.S., was a […]

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An estimated 900,000 people had their homes flooded, damaged or cut off, and as of Thursday 300,000 still had not been rescued, Tabasco Gov. Andres Granier said. Police, soldiers and military workers were still trying to reach them.
Military trucks hauled bottled water, food and clothing to Mexico’s flooded Gulf coast Friday as rescue workers in […]

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Born March 9, 1914, in Moscow to a railroad signalman’s family, Feklisov was trained as a radio technician and was recruited into the American department of the KGB’s predecessor, the NKVD, according to his official biography posted on the Foreign Intelligence Service’s Web site.
Alexander Feklisov, the Soviet-era spy chief who oversaw the espionage work of […]

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He was speaking a day after New York Sen.
Democrat Barack Obama, the only black candidate for president, accused rival Hillary Clinton on Friday of hiding behind her gender after she was pummeled in a debate with six male candidates.
 
“I am assuming and I hope that Sen. Clinton wants to be treated like everybody else,” the […]

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At least seven alleged victims have submitted statements about the woman, police said.
South African police have arrested a former dormitory employee at U.S. television talk show star Oprah Winfrey’s leadership academy for girls on charges of abuse, including indecent acts.
At least seven alleged victims have submitted statements about the woman, police said.
“A former dormitory employee […]

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