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CIA Secret Prison Found At Horseback Riding School In Lithuania

ABC News | Brian Ross And Matthew Cole | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government offici...

Sweden's Queen on "Fire Souls" -- Leaders in Child Protection

Jim Luce | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Ten years ago, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden reached the point where she could no longer witness the appalling conditions of children around the ...

Lithuania Investigates Secret CIA Prisons

ABC News | Posted 10.21.2009 | World


The president of Lithuania called for an official investigation Tuesday into an ABC News.com exclusive report in August that the CIA housed a secret p...

Counter-Factual History: McCain Is President and Bono Wins the Nobel Prize

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.14.2009 | World


Leon T. Hadar

"I have to admit that I'm beginning to miss George W. Bush," is the way former Republican Senator "Chuck" Hagel responded when being asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer to assess the foreign policy record of the administration of Republican President John McCain.

Travel as Therapy, Pt 1: 10 Ways to Heal the Soul & Expand the Mind

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living


Dr. Alex Benzer

Remember, you're only traveling because you've got time on your hands. So relax, take a look around you, and know that what you call a problem now will be a funny story later.

Lithuania Anti-Gay Law: 'Protection Of Minors' Law Passes To Keep Existence Of Gays Hidden From Children

AP | LIUDAS DAPKUS | Posted 08.15.2009 | World


VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania's Parliament on Tuesday approved a censorship bill that aims to keep information about homosexuality away from ch...

Lithuanian Baby-Racing And Gordon Brown's Chin-Pinching: HuffPost's Caption Contest!

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.05.2009 | Comedy


Original Caption: Something in Lithuanian. But apparently there's a baby race in the Baltic state that allows parents to bring toys and such to entice...

Dalia Grybauskaite: Lithuania Elects First Female President

baltictimes.com | Posted 06.18.2009 | World


VILNIUS - Dalia Grybauskaite is set to become Lithuania's first female president after a landslide victory with almost 70 percent of the vote in her f...

Piracy, protests and Estonian technology

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home


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Baltic states preserve identities, but remain vulnerable

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.10.2009 | Home


The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and have since all joined the European Union. W...

Nazis Not Being Prosecuted By Australia, Hungary: Report

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 01.11.2009 | World


VIENNA, Austria — Australia, Hungary and Lithuania are failing to investigate and prosecute suspected Nazi war criminals largely due to a lack o...