Friday, October 25, 2013

President Barack Obama said during a visit to Brooklyn Friday that the borough had always been "cool"

» Obama: Brooklyn Is "Cool," Inspired Generations of Immigrants - NBC New York
25/10/13 21:08 from Top Stories - Google News
NBC New YorkObama: Brooklyn Is "Cool," Inspired Generations of ImmigrantsNBC New York President Barack Obama said during a visit to Brooklyn Friday that the borough had always been "cool," and has drawn generations of ...

Five people were taken to WakeMed hospital in Raleigh Thursday night after a ride malfunctioned at the North Carolina State Fair

» OFFICIALS: At least 5 injured at NC State Fair after ride accide - WFSB 3 ... - WFSB
25/10/13 17:33 from Top Stories - Google News
ABC NewsOFFICIALS: At least 5 injured at NC State Fair after ride accide - WFSB 3 ...WFSB Five people were taken to WakeMed hospital in Raleigh Thursday night after a ride malfunctioned at the North Carolina State Fair, according to the W...

» Mass. students back in class, two days after killing - USA TODAY
25/10/13 17:10 from Top Stories - Google News
U.S. News & World ReportMass. students back in class, two days after killingUSA TODAYDANVERS, Mass. (AP) — With few details emerging about the killing of a Massachusetts teacher allegedly by one of her students, classmates returned to sc...


» Boy charged in death of Massachusetts teacher - Washington Post
25/10/13 14:08 from Top Stories - Google News
Washington PostBoy charged in death of Massachusetts teacherWashington PostA well-liked teacher was found slain in the woods behind the high school in Danvers, Mass., and a 14-year-old boy who was found walking along a state highway over...


» Man live-tweets details of ex-NSA chief's phone calls - CBS News
25/10/13 16:37 from Top Stories - Google News
Voice of AmericaMan live-tweets details of ex-NSA chief's phone callsCBS NewsFile this one under #PrivacyFail. While traveling on an Amtrak Acela train Thursday, former National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden apparently deci...


» Ukrainian jailed for life for killing Muslim, planting bombs in UK
25/10/13 15:22 from Reuters: International
LONDON (Reuters) - A Ukrainian man who murdered an elderly Muslim five days after arriving in Britain and planted bombs outside mosques was jailed for life on Friday. 


Publishing Edward Snowden security secrets a 'criminal' act, says former terrorism watchdog

» Publishing Edward Snowden security secrets a 'criminal' act, says former terrorism watchdog
24/10/13 10:30 from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news
Publication of stolen state secrets by the Guardian newspaper was a "criminal act" and it is wrong to paint the newspaper's journalists as "virtuous whistleblowers", the former terrorism watchdog has said.    


U.S. alerting partner nations on Snowden files


Documents taken by Edward Snowden contain information on operations against adversaries such as Iran, Russia and China that involve countries not publicly allied with the U.S., officials say. 

Ex-NSA chief learns the other side of eavesdropping thanks to a tweeter

Ex-NSA chief learns the other side of eavesdropping thanks to a tweeter
Michael Hayden’s cellphone call with reporter from Acela train turns public after it was live tweeted.

Soros backs Hillary Clinton for president

Former Secretary of State and former first lady Hillary Clinton sits and watches during the Clinton Global Initiative 2013 (CGI) in New York September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri













Soros backs Hillary Clinton for president

WASHINGTON - Billionaire financier George Soros, a major Democratic donor, is backing an effort to persuade former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016, a spokesman said. Full Article 

Germany wants a German Internet as spying scandal rankles

Germany wants a German Internet as spying scandal rankles


By Leila Abboud and Peter Maushagen
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel talks with Sigmar Gabriel (2nd L) leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) SPD parliamentary floor leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Federal Chancellery Minister Ronald Pofalla (R) prior to a constitutional meeting of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, in Berlin October 22, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel talks with Sigmar Gabriel (2nd L) leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) SPD parliamentary floor leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Federal Chancellery Minister Ronald Pofalla (R) prior to a constitutional meeting of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, in Berlin October 22, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch
PARIS/FRANKFURT | Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:54am EDT

(Reuters) - As a diplomatic row rages between the United States and Europe over spying accusations, state-backed Deutsche Telekom wants German communications companies to cooperate to shield local internet traffic from foreign intelligence services.

Germany and France Propose Talks to Rein In U.S. Spying

The offer to hold talks is an attempt to agree on rules for surveillance operations, and to ease a dispute over eavesdropping by the United States that has plunged its relations with Europe to a low point.

Allegation of U.S. Spying Puts Obama at Crossroads

Officials in the Obama administration say that the National Security Agency, in its push to build a global data-gathering network, has rarely weighed the long-term political costs of some of its operations.

ROOM FOR DEBATE
If We Spy on Them, Are They Still U.S. ‘Allies’?
Brazil, France and Germany are angry at U.S. surveillance, but maybe that is the new normal.

Merkel, Hollande want new rules for sharing intelligence

The German leader says trust must be rebuilt after allegations that the NSA monitored world leaders’ phone lines.

Alleged monitoring of Angela Merkel’s cellphone has infuriated Germans. What deals could this endanger?