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Kosovo privatisation boss quits over transparency concerns
Reuters* Concern over transparency of state sell-offs * Resignation follows Western criticism * Corruption stifling Kosovo development By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA, May 16 (Reuters) - The head of Kosovo's AKP privatisation agency resigned on Thursday amid...Tags: United Nations, Company Privatization, Privatization, Political Corruption, Government
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Kosovo privatization boss quits over transparency concerns
ReutersPRISTINA (Reuters) - The head of Kosovo's AKP privatization agency resigned on Thursday amid mounting international concern about a lack of transparency in the sale of state assets in the corruption-ridden young Balkan country. Blerim Rexha quit after...Tags: United Nations, Hashim Thaci, Company Privatization, Privatization, Government
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Russia reports earlier accusation of U.S. spying
MOSCOW --The arrest and expulsion of a U.S. Embassy official this week for allegedly attempting, in a ham-handed way, to recruit a Russian intelligence officer was the second such case this year, Russian state television reported Wednesday. The...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Police Arrests, Central Intelligence Agency, Russia, Police Investigations
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U.S.-Russia 'reset' thwarted by Syrian war, spy scandal
Just when it seemed that Russia was poised to collaborate with Western powers on a new peace mission for Syria, a spy scandal has erupted to revive Cold War-era mistrust and division. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Islam
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FACTBOX-Benghazi attacks and U.S. politics
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats are waging a political battle over attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September that killed Washington's ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Republicans say the attacks...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Benghazi
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Factbox: Benghazi attacks and U.S. politics
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats are waging a political battle over attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September that killed Washington's ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Republicans say the attacks...Tags: U.S. Military, Elections, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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U.S. diplomat accused of recruiting for CIA in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian authorities detained an American diplomat accused of attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said Tuesday. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Human Rights Watch, FBI, Boston Marathon
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Russia says American was recruiting for CIA
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.MOSCOW -- Russia detained an American citizen accused of attempting to recruit a local intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow, was held...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Central Intelligence Agency, Russia, Anna Chapman, Police Investigations
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Mistaken Benghazi claim came from CIA, emails show
WASHINGTON — Career CIA officers were responsible for administration claims that the armed attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead last fall grew out of a protest of an anti-Islamic video, an incorrect assertion that became a...
Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, U.S. Senate
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Cyprus close to getting US-gifted moon rock that vanished 40 years ago
Associated PressNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus may finally get its piece of the moon. Some 40 years ago, the Mediterranean island nation was supposed to receive a 1.1 gram piece of moon rock from the United States. The rock was one of 270 such lunar samples U.S....Tags: NASA, Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus)
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Russian media delight in U.S. spy case as leaders try to limit fallout
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state-run media revelled on Wednesday in embarrassing the United States over a botched attempt to recruit one of its intelligence agents but both countries signaled they wanted to prevent the episode harming efforts to improve...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, International Relations, Diplomacy
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U.S. consulate office in China closes after white powder is found
BEIJING -- A U.S. consulate in China was forced to suspend some operations after an envelope was found containing a suspicious white power. The envelope was discovered Monday by a staffer in the office that issues visas and handles American citizen...Tags: Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Anthrax, China
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