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Al-Qa'ida book by ex-agent sets off war between FBI and CIA
Saturday 27 August 2011
Still simmering tensions between the FBI and the CIA over the September 2001 terrorist attacks and their aftermath have been reignited by a row over a forthcoming book by a former FBI agent that is strongly critical of the main US foreign intelligence agency.
Cheney says he may undergo heart transplant
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he believes he'll have to make a decision on whether to have a heart transplant given his medical history.
The Green Hornet, Michel Gondry, 119 mins (12A)<br/>Conviction, Tony Goldwyn, 107 mins (15)
Sunday 16 January 2011
A superhero crime caper that has plenty of buzz but lacks any sting
Nigeria drops Halliburton bribery charges
Thursday 23 December 2010
Nigeria has has dropped charges against Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, over bribery allegations involving the energy giant Halliburton after an out-of-court settlement was agreed.
Leading article: We must judge Bush by his legacy, not his own words
Wednesday 10 November 2010
The greatest indictment relates to the reckless zeal with which he pursued his ideological foreign policy
Leading article: Black marks all round
Saturday 30 October 2010
The disgraceful episode that was the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has become even more so with the news that officials from both Halliburton and BP had been told beforehand that the cement to be used to seal the bottom of the well – and thus prevent such an explosion from occurring – was unstable.
Kris Kristofferson, Cadogan Hall, London
Monday 02 August 2010
Kris Kristofferson has had a roller-coaster career, from military service and an Oxford scholarship to cleaning floors in a Nashville recording studio and making it big as a country singer and movie actor. At 74, his beard now totally white, he stands centre-stage, guitar in hand and harmonica at his lips. You can still see the Hollywood-grade cheekbones that earned him legions of female admirers.
Andy McSmith: Delving into evidence of the inner workings of Lord Prescott's mind
Saturday 31 July 2010
Sketch
Wanted by the CIA: The man who keeps no secrets
Sunday 18 July 2010
Julian Assange tells Matthew Bell why governments fear Wikileaks
My Secret Life: Helena Kennedy QC, barrister, 60
Saturday 17 July 2010
My parents were ... warm, loving, down-to-earth and principled. My father was what they called a "bundle strangler" – or a dispatch hand – with the 'Daily Record' in Glasgow; my mother was a housewife.
Cheney recovering from heart surgery
Thursday 15 July 2010
The former US vice-president Dick Cheney has undergone surgery to install a small pump to help his heart work, as the 69-year-old enters a new phase of what he called "increasing congestive heart failure". "The operation went very well, and I am now recuperating," Mr Cheney said in a statement released by his office. The surgery took place last week at Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in northern Virginia.
BP boss under fire for 'idiotic' remarks as slick reaches Florida beaches
Saturday 05 June 2010
Louisiana governor adds to the pressure on oil giant CEO as latest fix shows some success
Dick Cheney admitted to hospital after chest pains
Tuesday 23 February 2010
An aide to Dick Cheney said the former US vice president was in George Washington Hospital after experiencing chest pains.
24 star saved the world... but couldn’t spot a Ponzi scheme
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Kiefer Sutherland loses $900,000 in Mexican cattle scam
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