As President Obama proposed a series of changes to reform the government’s surveillance policies and programs, we speak to Jennifer Hoelzer, the former deputy chief of staff for Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, a longtime critic of the Obama administration for using a secret interpretation of the USA PATRIOT Act to allow the NSA to conduct domestic surveillance.
Read MorePanamanian authorities confirmed today the completion of unloading the North Korean vessel “Chong Chon Gang” detained in this Central American country, with a cargo of undeclared Cuban weapons on board, reported DPA news.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama announced on Sunday that it will confer territorial asylum to 19 Cubans currently detained on the island of Bahamas in the Caribbean.
Read MoreNo one likes to get sick, let alone die. True, things are relative, and there are probably quite a number of people who long to be sick or die. For the most part, however, people don’t get too many kicks out of being in hospitals or funeral parlors.
Read MoreEverything depends on how things are portrayed, and conflicts in Egypt will be understood on the basis of the how the news is framed by different broadcasters. What do you think?
Read MoreThe Washington Post announced on Monday the paper had been sold to Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos for $250 million. Bezos, one of the world’s wealthiest men, now controls one of the most powerful newspapers in the country. Some critics of the sale have cited Bezos’ close ties to the U.S. government.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared that the opposition’s proposal to hold a Constituent Assembly conceals an attempt to “put an end” to the country’s 1999 Constitution, DPA reported on Sunday.
Read MoreWelcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for July 27th to August 2nd 2013. Both Palestinians and Israelis resumed this week stalled peace talks, while Israeli attacks targeting Palestinian communities in both Gaza and the West Bank, leave civilians injured. These stories and more, coming up.
Read MoreA national strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast-food and retail sectors has spread across seven cities. Hundreds of workers walked off the job Thursday in Milwaukee, and before that in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Flint and New York City.
Read MoreNational Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been given one year temporary political asylum in Russia. Snowden has reportedly already left the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for over a month.
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