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Codename “Apalachee”: How the US Spies on Europe and the UN 27 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
NSA documents released by former contract worker Edward Snowden suggest that the US has targeted EU, UN and International Atomic Energy Agency offices with surveillance and that US embassies serve as ...
Winners and Losers After Arab Spring 27 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
Each political transition underway since the Arab Spring has its own characteristics, reports a group of researchers who conducted post-election surveys in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The international ...
China’s American Bailout? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
The US economy focuses on spending, and the Chinese economy largely focuses on saving and lending to the US – “a pattern that has suppressed global interest rates, helped to reflate the developed worl...
Philippines Web Activists Show Power of Internet Campaigns 26 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
An internet campaign in the Philippines has shamed politicians on special-interest spending that directs funding to projects in specific districts. The president has taken steps to end legislative dis...
Bradley Manning's 35-Year Sentence Is a Halfway House 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Bradley Manning joined the US Army in 2007 and two years later was charged with leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, including US embassy cables and a video showing civilians and journalists k...
The Day the Earth Ran Out 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Earth’s natural resources, whether water or precious metals, are limited. Global Footprint Network calculates the day each year when demand for resources exceeds the ability to renew them in one year....
Syria Opposition Demands Urgent UN Probe into Alleged Chemical Attacks 22 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
Video footage from Syria shows scores of children and adults left writhing, convulsing and dead after an alleged chemical-weapons attack. The death toll is estimated at 500 to 1300, reports Reuters. S...
China-US Vie for World Approval 22 Aug 2013 | 06:20 pm
Results of a Pew Research Center survey suggest global citizens anticipate shifting balance of power resulting from China’s economic rise. Most respondents in the 20 nations surveyed expect China to e...
Many Wall St. Banks Woo Children of Chinese Leaders 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a Wall Street bank practice of hiring children of senior Chinese government officials. One motivation is “open[ing] doors and secur[ing] deals i...
How to Keep the NSA Out of Your Computer 22 Aug 2013 | 05:27 am
Creating a regional “mesh” online connection, avoiding the internet, began as a cost-cutting move in rural areas of Spain, Greece and Africa to avoid costly connection fees. But activists in countries...
