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Edward Snowden flatly denies Chinese spy claims	17.6.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
NSA whistleblower tells Guardian readers he would be enjoying a life of luxury in Beijing if he was an intelligence mercenary NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has dismissed speculation that he might provide classified US information to other governments as a smear and distraction, saying he could be "petting a phoenix in Beijing by now" if he were a Chinese spy. The former US vice-president Dick Cheney and others had voiced suspicion about his decision to fly to Hong Kong, where he accused the US government of hacking targets there and on the Chinese mainland. In a live chat with Guardian readers Snowden wrote: "This is a predictable smear that I anticipated before going public, as the US media has a kneejerk RED CHINA!' reaction to anything involving HK or the PRC, and is intended to distract from the issue of US government misconduct. "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." ...
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Edward Snowden 'not a Chinese spy' - Beijing	17.6.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Remarks follow accusation from Dick Cheney that whistleblower was a 'traitor' who may have had connection with China China's foreign ministry has dismissed speculation that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden might have spied for Beijing as "completely groundless". Spokeswoman Hua Chunying, speaking at a regular press briefing on Monday, also urged the US to "pay attention to the international community's concerns and demands and give … the necessary explanation" of its surveillance activities. Her remarks were in response to questions from two state media organisations. She had previously declined to comment on the 29-year-old's case, or his claims that the US had hacked targets in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland. On Sunday former US vice president Dick Cheney told Fox News that Snowden was a "traitor" and questioned his decision to travel to Hong Kong . "I'm suspicious because he went to China. That's not a place where you would ordinarily want to go if you are interested in ...
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自然妆容	17.6.2013	NY Times: Asia-Pacific
自然妆容
China pressured NYU to make him leave, dissident says	17.6.2013	Chicago Tribune: Nation
China pressured NYU to make him leave, dissident says
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Paying Tribute to Captain Mbaye Diagne, The Senegalese Hero of Rwanda (Cached)	17.6.2013	Global Voices
At the time of writing, June 2013, official commemoration of victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide is continuing around the world. But few people still remember Captain Mbaye Diagne. However, this young officer from the Senegalese army showed bravery at a time when the rest of the world was demonstrating cowardice. Enrico Muratore has been fighting for years to ensure that the name of this hero is not forgotten.
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Hong Kong rally backs Snowden, denounces allegations of U.S. spying	15.6.2013	Chicago Tribune: Nation
Hong Kong rally backs Snowden, denounces allegations of U.S. spying
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For those fleeing N. Korea, new problems on obscure escape route through Laos	15.6.2013	Washington Post
VIENTIANE, Laos — Early last month, nine young North Korean defectors, guided by a South Korean pastor and his wife, thought they were on the last leg of a long escape. Already, they’d traveled some 2,500 miles, sneaking from the northern tip of North Korea into China, then — in the most dangerous part of their journey — across much of eastern China. Next, they’d headed into Laos. ...
Q&A: Edward Snowden’s legal options	14.6.2013	Financial Times US
NSA whistleblower could seek asylum in Hong Kong on grounds that he would be tortured or persecuted if he is brought back to the US
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Blind Chinese dissident to leave New York University by end of June; may still stay in city	14.6.2013	Star Tribune: Nation

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Anger Over Attacks Against Myanmar Migrants in Malaysia (Cached)	14.6.2013	Global Voices
The ethnic violence in Myanmar seems to be spreading in nearby countries. Some Myanmar Buddhist migrants in Malaysia have been attacked in recent weeks which many people believe are related to the ongoing ethnic and religious tension in Myanmar. The initial response of the Myanmar government to deny the issue angered many netizens
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Chen Guangcheng to leave NYU	14.6.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Blind Chinese dissident lawyer was taken in as a student at New York University so he could leave China for the US The blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng – whose escape from house arrest to the US embassy in Beijing sparked a diplomatic crisis in 2012 – will be leaving his position at New York University at the end of this month, the university confirmed. Chen, a self-taught lawyer, has been a special student at the university's US-Asia Law Institute since May 2012. The deal was struck so he could relocate to the US from China without worsening diplomatic ructions between the two countries over the case. He is working on a book, which is expected to be published later this year. "We were pleased to offer Mr Chen and his family a place to come and study and support his transition to the US when he first left China, based on a pre-existing relationship he had with scholars here," NYU spokesman John Beckman said. "But NYU and Mr Chen had discussions beginning last fall that NYU could ...
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Blind Chinese dissident leaving NYU by end of June	14.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Blind Chinese dissident leaving NYU by end of June
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Blind Chinese dissident leaving NYU by end of June	14.6.2013	Twincities.com: Nation
NEW YORK—Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest to the U.S. embassy in Beijing sparked a diplomatic crisis
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Chinese state media chide U.S. over surveillance	13.6.2013	LA Times: Top News
Chinese state media chide U.S. over surveillance
N.S.A. Leaker Says He Will Stay in Hong Kong and Fight Extradition	12.6.2013	NYT: Home Page
N.S.A. Leaker Says He Will Stay in Hong Kong and Fight Extradition
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Edward Snowden talks to the South China Morning Post (Cached)	12.6.2013	Boing Boing
Edward Snowden talks to the South China Morning Post
Prism surveillance: spies thrive in the internet's legal free-for-all \| John Kampfner	12.6.2013	Guardian: Comment is Free
MPs almost wear their technophobia with pride. No wonder William Hague faced no serious questioning in the Commons His concerns were frightening prescient, if drily expressed. "National laws regulating what would constitute the necessary, legitimate and proportional state involvement in communications surveillance are often inadequate, or non-existent." The UN's special rapporteur on freedom of expression and privacy, Frank La Rue, was presenting his report on privacy and surveillance last week to the human rights council. I had gone there to debate the issues in a panel discussion. Usually meetings in basement conference rooms in Geneva are something I seek to avoid. I'm so pleased I went, if only to see for myself how even the experts have been caught unawares by the revelations of the US and UK programme of mass surveillance . Originally a human rights lawyer in Guatemala – a place that has known a thing or two about arbitrary state action – La Rue is one of the most experienced voices ...
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Trail goes cold for former CIA worker who leaked NSA documents	12.6.2013	Star Tribune: Latest
The former CIA employee who suddenly burst into headlines around the globe by revealing himself as the source of top-secret leaks about U.S. surveillance programs has just as quickly gone to ground again.
Secret program leaker Snowden goes dark in HK	12.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Secret program leaker Snowden goes dark in HK
North Korea cracks down on defections, swelling prisons with those caught trying to flee	12.6.2013	Star Tribune: World

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