Saturday, June 15, 2013

US Experts Call for Debate on National Security, Civil Liberties

US Experts Call for Debate on National Security, Civil Liberties

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News organizations and civil rights groups are among those angry over recent reports that the Obama administration has searched the phone records of journalists. That revelation was followed by reports of an extensive government program collecting the phone and Internet records of millions of Americans. Media and privacy experts say there's a need for a national debate on how Americans should balance civil liberties and national security.   The controversy has caused outrage - with ...

Protesters rally in HK to support Snowden - Independent Online

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Independent Online

Protesters rally in HK to support Snowden
Independent Online
Hong Kong - Hundreds of protesters staged a rally in rain-hit Hong Kong on Saturday to urge the city's government not to extradite former spy Edward Snowden, and slam the United States for its surveillance programmes. Snowden, 29, has gone to ground in ...

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Italy gets stream of migrant boats, one with baby born at sea

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy has intercepted more than 400 hundred migrants seeking to enter the European Union by boat in the past 12 hours, including one carrying a baby girl born at sea, and more vessels have been sighted, the coast guard said on Saturday.
  

Photos of the Week: June 9-14

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In this week's pictures, a protester get hit with a water cannon in Turkey, a house stands charred in Colorado, a tennis player grips his trophy in France, and more.

Obama Wishes Dads a Happy Father's Day

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