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REPORT: Nicaragua Willing To Give Asylum To Edward Snowden

Just breaking now. Edward Snowden, the self-professed leaker of NSA documents, who has reportedly been holed up in the Moscow airport, may have gotten his first offer of asylum.#BREAKING Nicaragua's...

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And Now Venezuela Has Offered Asylum To Edward Snowden

On the heels of Nicaragua's offer of asylum to National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden, the president of Venezuela also offered to grant Snowden's request while denouncing the United States...

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Egypt Picks Up The Pieces After Friday's Mayhem

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt counted its dead on Saturday after Islamists enraged by the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets in an explosion of violence against what they denounced as a...

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This Video Taken 26 Years Ago Shows Why Low-Level Airdrops Can Be Extremely...

Airdrops from military cargo planes are not always performed at high altitude, as the one showed in the spectacular video posted a few days ago.LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System) enables...

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Rebel Groups In Northern Syria Are Fighting Each Other

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels clashed with an opposition unit linked to al Qaeda in northern Syria, activists said on Saturday, in a deadly battle that signals growing divisions among rebel groups and...

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The Precedent For NSA Domestic Spying Was Set By Abraham Lincoln In 1862

COLCHESTER, Vt. — BY leaking details of the National Security Agency’s data-mining program, Edward J. Snowden revealed that the government’s surveillance efforts were far more extensive than previously...

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Snowden's Fate Unclear Despite Asylum Offers

Snowden's fate unclear despite asylum offers from Latin American countriesMOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden has found supporters in Latin America, including Venezuela and Nicaragua, who have offered him...

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25 Adorable Photos Of Troops Playing With Puppies In Iraq And Afghanistan

It's against the rules for U.S. servicemembers to play with stray animals in war zones, but sometimes rules are for fools.And in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the deployments have been long and arduous,...

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Israeli F-4s Actually Fought North Korean MiGs During the Yom Kippur War

Even if the McDonnell Douglas F-4 was developed as interceptor in response to the need of the U.S. Navy to protect their aircraft carrier, the ultimate version of the Phantom II was the USAF F-4E, a...

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Kaesong Industrial Complex To Reopen Between Tense North And South Korean...

North and South Korea have agreed in principle to reopen a joint industrial complex shut down amid high military tensions, Seoul said Sunday, after wrapping up rare cross-border talks.Officials agreed...

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Here's The Letter The US Sent Venezuela Urging Them To Arrest Edward Snowden...

The U.S. urged the government of Venezuela on July 3 to arrest Edward Snowden if he should go there, according to a diplomatic note prepared by the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and obtained by The...

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Egypt's Possible Next Leader Bizarrely Cancels Television Appearance, But...

Mohamed ElBaradei, who has emerged as Egypt's interim prime minister, canceled an appearance on "Meet the Press" Sunday morning. But when speaking with host David Gregory by phone, he told the NBC host...

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MILITARY'S TOP GENERAL: Edward Snowden's Leaks Have Undermined US Relationships

Dempsey: Snowden's disclosures have undermined 'importance of trust' with other countriesWASHINGTON (AP) — The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says NSA leaker Edward Snowden's disclosures about U.S....

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There's A War On Wikipedia Over The Egyptian Military 'Coup'

There's been plenty of debate over whether what happened in Egypt should be considered a coup d'état — especially with $1.2 billion in U.S. aid hinging on the word — but perhaps the most interesting...

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Clashes Continue In Egypt As New Government Falters

Egyptians hailing and protesting the army's overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi held rival mass demonstrations in Cairo and across the country on Sunday amid faltering efforts to forge a new...

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Someone Bombed One Of The Holiest And Most Peaceful Places On Earth

What Mecca is to Muslims and The Temple Mount is to Jews, the Bodhi tree is to Buddhists.Located in Bodh Gaya, India, it is epicenter of the Buddhist universe – the place where Gautama Buddha (i.e....

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Nicaragua Reveals Edward Snowden's Letter Pleading For Asylum

Nicaragua released details of Edward Snowden's asylum request late Saturday, revealing the letter he wrote in full to media outlets, AFP reports."I, Edward Snowden, citizen of the United States, am...

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MASSACRE IN EGYPT: Dozens Of Morsi Supporters Killed In Shooting —Muslim...

Dozens of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi are reported to have been killed at a demonstration in Egypt.The latest number, according to Reuters, citing state TV, is 42.Accounts vary of...

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Turkey's Dams Will Run Iraqi Marshes Dry

BASRA, Iraq — Jassim al-Asadi was born 56 years ago in a boat at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Back then, vast wetlands covered one-fifth of Iraq, sustaining a unique culture of...

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America's Secret Spy Court Has Been Radically Expanding The Powers Of The NSA

The court overseeing National Security Agency surveillance has given the government power to amass vast collections of data on Americans by creating a secret body of law with almost no public scrutiny,...

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