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Venezuelan leader: Pentagon, CIA involved in plot against country
(CNN) — Venezuela's interim leader has upped the ante in his accusations about U.S. plots to destabilize his country, calling on President Barack Obama to investigate. "Factors in the Pentagon and the CIA" are conspiring as elections approach in the
China willing to talk with U.S. over cybersecurity
BEIJING (AP) — China says it is willing to cooperate with the United States in cybersecurity after the U.S. called on it to take "serious steps" to stop cyberattacks. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying repeated China's assertion that it is
CIA Foiled Al-Qaeda Plane Attack
The White House has confirmed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recently thwarted a plot by Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen to blow up a U.S.-bound airplane. U.S. officials say the bomb that was seized in the interrupted plot was similar
US to Resume Talks With North Korea
U.S. officials will travel to China this month to hold talks with North Korea on nuclear issues, resuming a dialogue put on hold last year by the death of leader Kim Jong-Il. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says Glyn Davies,
Syrian Activists Say Troops Continue Deadly Homs Assault
Syrian activists say government troops have killed dozens of civilians in Homs, continuing a months-long siege of the city that has been a hub of protests against President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year autocratic rule. The shelling Wednesday follows days of assaults
CIA refuses to comment on Hezbollah spy report
BEIRUT: The CIA refused to comment Tuesday on the validity of a report broadcast by Hezbollah’s Al-Manar last week which claimed to reveal the names of the head of the CIA in Lebanon and his predecessor. The CIA “does not,
