Report: 80 Flights by CIA-Owned Planes in UK

ByABC News
December 1, 2005, 11:27 AM

December 1, 2005 --

Twist to Terror Suspects Row As Logs Show 80 CIA Planes Visited UK
It has emerged that more than 300 flights operated by the CIA had landed at European airports. (The Guardian)

E.U. Seeks Details on Secret CIA Jails
The European Union cited possible "violations of international law" by the United States in requesting that the Bush administration clarify media reports and "allay parliamentary and public concerns" about secret CIA prisons and the transporting of al Qaeda suspects in Europe, according to a letter from British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. (Washington Post)

Five Militants Die in Pakistan Blast
Five militants, three of them Uzbeks, were killed in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border on Thursday when a blast destroyed the house they were staying in, a government official said. (Reuters)

UK Embassy Lied Over Fate of Timor Journalists
British diplomats in Jakarta lied about their knowledge of Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, documents revealed. (The Guardian)

Report on FBI Tool Is Disputed
Justice Department calls recent Post report on the FBI's expanded power to collect the private records of ordinary Americans misleading and inaccurate. (Washington Post)

Hariri Suspect Rushed To Hospital
A key Lebanese suspect in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has been taken to hospital with heart trouble, his lawyer says. (BBC)

Police Warn Against Proposed Anti-Terror Powers
Police chiefs warn that closing down mosques suspected of encouraging extremism could be counter-productive. (The Guardian)

Rebels Briefly Control Central Ramadi in Presence of Marines
About 250 armed rebels briefly took over the center of the city despite the presence of thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops and Marines. (Washington Post)

Militiaman Denies Tie To Secret Iraq Prison
Leader of Badr Group Says U.S. Knew of Site. (Washington Post)

Kurdish Oil Deal Shocks Iraq's Political Leaders
'This is unprecedented,' one official says after a Norwegian firm begins drilling in the north. (LA Times)