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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Vilnius - Health officials in Lithuania confirmed Monday that the country had recorded its second death linked to the A/H1N1 flu virus, known commonly as swine flu. The victim was a 41-year-old man from the eastern city of Ignalina who had been admit...
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DarkGovernment (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official exposed it this week. Outside Lithuania the CIA used a former barn to interrogate al Qaeda members. Where affluent Lithuanians once rode show horses and sipped coffee at a [...]
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
LITHUANIA’S PARLIAMENT is investigating claims that the US Central Intelligence Agency turned an exclusive riding school outside the capital, Vilnius, into a secret interrogation centre for high-value al-Qaeda prisoners.
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Vygaudas Uackas: Karabakh conflict settlement is an important and sensitive issue both for Yerevan and Baku, as well as the entire region.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Vilnius - Admitting media leaks were complicating its efforts, a Lithuanian official heading a parliamentary probe into claims of secret prisons operated by the US intelligence agency CIA in Lithuania said Friday the report would still be released on...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA -- Twice in the past three years, the Lithuanian Parliament investigated reports that the CIA secretly imprisoned al-Qaeda leaders in this Baltic country. Both times, legislators concluded that there was no evidence.
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
An upscale horseback riding club in Lithuania has been revealed as one of the CIA's "black sites," used to interrogate and torture Al-Qaeda suspects. ABC News reports that the riding academy and cafe near Vilnius was used to torture and interrogate up to eight prisoners at a time....
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
An upscale horseback riding club in Lithuania has been revealed as one of the CIA's "black sites," used to interrogate and torture Al-Qaeda suspects. ABC News reports that the riding academy and cafe near Vilnius was used to torture and interrogate up to eight prisoners at a time....
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The Cult of the Dead Fish (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week. A former Lithuanian horse stable was converted into a secret CIA detention center, according to a former U.S. intelligence official and a current Lithuanian government official. Some...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Controversy over secret CIA prisons in Europe came to light again with the allegations that an upscale Lithuanian horseback riding school was secretly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects. ABC news, citing unnamed Lithuanian government officials and a former US intelligence official, claimed the riding academy and cafe outside Vilnius was used to interrogate up to eight Al-Qaeda suspects at a time....
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A secret CIA prison was probably located on the territory of an exclusive horse riding school near Vilnius.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Vilnius - Health officials in Lithuania confirmed Wednesday that the country had recorded its first death linked to the A/H1N1 flu virus, known commonly as swine flu. The victim was a 14-year-old boy from the Baltic state's second-largest city, Kauna...
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
VILNIUS - On Nov. 5, the Lithuanian parliament voted in favor of an investigation into the alleged CIA prison issue. In August, U.S. TV station ABC News, citing unnamed ex-CIA officials, claimed Lithuania hosted a secret prison for al Qaeda suspects near Vilnius from September 2004 through November ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Vilnius - US ice dancing star Katherine Leigh Copely has lost her bid to gain Lithuanian citizenship and thus her ability to represent Lithuania in next year's Olympics. Copley's application for Lithuanian citizenship was rejected by the Baltic state...
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patrickguillard | 01/23/2009
Linz and Vilnius were chosen as European Cultural Capitales 2009. This event aims at making people from Europe closer. Those two towns will offer fantastic programmes of events and activities for the year. Linz celebrated the start of its European project with three days of festivities in the company of its visitors from near and far. On the eve of 2009, Vilnius residents and visitors witnessed a unique