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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying while on a flight from Hong Kong to the US on Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet. Passengers said the FBI met United Airlines Flight 116 as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the major airports serving New York City, and escorted the man away. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BOGOTA, Colombia — Wednesday will mark the one-year anniversary since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took refuge in the Ecuadoran embassy in London. And he appears to be no closer to leaving. On Monday, British and Ecuadoran officials said they could not agree on what to do with Assange, who is fighting extradition to Sweden and seeking asylum in the Andean nation. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON — Defiant and apparently unbowed by threats of prosecution, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed Monday to release more secrets about U.S. intelligence surveillance systems that he described as “nakedly, aggressively criminal.” Snowden, who has been hiding in Hong Kong, said NSA analysts routinely obtain emails and other Internet communications of Americans as part of the cyberspying agency’s surveillance of global telecommunications and Internet traffic. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying while on a flight from Hong Kong to the U.S. on Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet. Passengers said the FBI met United Airlines Flight 116 as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the major airports serving New York City, and escorted the man away. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By DALIA SUSSMAN, on June 17th, 2013 A majority of Americans oppose supplying military aid to Syrian rebels, but they are not paying much attention to the situation there, new national polls find.
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden, the former U.S. government contractor who leaked secret details of official surveillance programs, pledged Monday to release more information about U.S. intelligence-gathering methods that he described as “nakedly, aggressively criminal.” “All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me,” Snowden wrote in an online chat hosted by Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker, defended his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and attacked U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. “The U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me,” he said. He added the government “immediately and predictably destroyed any possibility of a fair trial at home,” by labeling him a traitor, and indicated he would not return to the U.S. voluntarily. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Guardian: Snowden won’t return voluntarily to US
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Obama: US, Russia have different perspective on Syria, but share interest in stopping violence. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Smithfield Foods Inc. may be worth less as a whole than its separate parts, according to an activist investor asking the Virginia pork giant this week to reconsider its recent $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat producer. Last month, Shuanghui International Holdings agreed to pay $4.7 billion, sans debt, for the full Smithfield package. The Hong Kong company offered $34 a share. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Putin tells Obama their positions don’t coincide on Syria; both agree to push for negotiations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Putin tells Obama their positions don’t coincide on Syria; both agree to push for negotiations
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A flight from Hong Kong on which a man claimed everyone was poisoned landed safely Monday at Newark Liberty Airport, and the man was taken off the plane under a heavy police presence. The man stood up during the flight to make the claim but there was no indication that any passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 116 were actually poisoned, an FBI spokesman said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — FBI agents are going to meet an incoming flight at a New Jersey airport after reports that a passenger claimed that everyone aboard had been poisoned. United Airlines Flight 116 from Hong Kong is scheduled to land at about 2 p.m. Eastern (1800 GMT) on Monday at Newark Liberty Airport, outside New York City. An FBI spokesman says there is no indication that any passengers had actually been poisoned, and that the passenger stood up and made the statement several hours ago and that the decision was made to continue on to Newark. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US whistle-blower Edward Snowden says accusations from American politicians that he is a Chinese spy are a “predictable smear” designed to “distract from the issue of US government misconduct”. In only his second public comments since he admitted being behind a series of leaks exposing US cyber-surveillance, Snowden told readers of a Guardian webchat: “Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn’t I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading I am not a Chinese spy, Snowden insists
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker, is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and attacking U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. “The U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me,” he said. He added the government “immediately and predictably destroyed any possibility of a fair trial at home,” by labeling him a traitor, and indicated he would not return to the U.S. voluntarily. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Guardian: NSA leaker Snowden live chats in hiding
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Thailand’s national Buddhism body said it was monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behaviour following complaints ignited by a video showing Buddhist monks on a private jet. The YouTube video emerging recently showed one of the monks was wearing stylish aviator sunglasses, carrying a brand name travel bag and sporting a pair of modern-looking wireless headphones. It attracted criticism from Buddhists nationwide. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Thai Buddhist authority warns monks against lavish behaviour
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Belt-tightening in Japan’s diplomatic service is cutting the quality of canapes on offer abroad, leading to fears Tokyo is losing the battle of the buffets to Beijing. Diplomats in Tokyo say China appears to be ramping up its spending on its missions, while Japanese diplomats are being forced to scrimp. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A young television anchor who exposed a philandering State Archives Administration official, has accused the Communist Party’s General Office, where the man previously worked, of trying to cover up the scandal. Ji Yingnan, a 25-year-old anchorwoman on the China Travel & Economic Channel, said yesterday the State Archives had passed on a message from the General Office asking her to “seek formal channels” to solve the case, instead of “expanding negative influence”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Leaders of eight of the world’s wealthiest nations sought elusive progress on lowering trans-Atlantic trade barriers and pushing the warring factions in Syria towards the negotiating table as the G8 summit opened yesterday amid high security in peaceful Northern Ireland. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading US-EU trade pact, Syria top agenda as G8 chiefs convene in Belfast
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Air pollution from 196 coal-fired power stations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei caused 9,900 premature deaths in 2011, with the province, a big coal consumer, deserving most of the blame, according to a new study. The study looked at the health impact of burning the fossil fuel to generate electricity. The research was co-authored by Greenpeace and American air pollution experts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The decisions of two district councils to use their HK$100 million government grants on community projects of their choice have renewed a debate over whether taxpayers’ money is going into advancing the people’s interest or that of politicians. The 18 district councils each have a one-off grant of HK$100 million from Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to improve neighbourhood facilities. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Passenger tackled on Hong Kong-US flight after CIA rant
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying while on a flight from Hong Kong to the US on Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet. Passengers said the FBI met United Airlines Flight 116 as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the major airports serving New York City, and escorted the man away. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Passenger tackled on Hong Kong-US flight after CIA rant
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