French minister says EU's Barroso fuelling far-right

French minister says EU's Barroso fuelling far-right

French minister says EU's Barroso fuelling far-right

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 12:07 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg accused European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Sunday of fuelling far-right and populist movements in Europe as EU institutions failed to defend the interests of ordinary people.

WikiLeaks aids Snowden on the run

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:57 AM PDT

LONDON — They made the most obvious of bedfellows: Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks.

When the former contractor who leaked top-secret details of U.S. and British surveillance operations landed in Moscow on Sunday, Snowden disembarked from Aeroflot Flight SU213 with Sarah Harrison, a billowy-haired member of the WikiLeaks legal team, by his side. His arrival in Russia, en transit to a third country in search of asylum from a U.S. extradition request, came after what appeared to be a Hollywoodesque plan to spirit him out of hiding in Hong Kong that was orchestrated with the aid of the whistleblower Web site.

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Thirteen killed in Montenegro bus crash, 33 injured: police

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT

PODGORICA (Reuters) - Thirteen people were killed and 33 injured when a passenger bus with Romanian registration plates fell into a deep river gorge in central Montenegro on Sunday, the interior minister said.

Venture Capital Blends More Data-Crunching Into Choice of Targets

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:37 AM PDT

Since its founding in 2009, Google Ventures has stood out in an industry whose track record has trailed the stock markets at large.
    

Snowden may head to Latin America

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:24 AM PDT

BOGOTA, Colombia — The three Latin American countries that are said to be helping Edward Snowden flee from American authorities are united in their opposition to the Obama administration and pursue foreign policy objectives designed to counter American influence.

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Police 'spied on Lawrence family'

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:48 AM PDT

A former undercover police officer says he took part in an operation to spy on the family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, the Guardian has reported.

A High School President Is Elected and Disqualified

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:24 AM PDT

The Board of Elections said the newly elected leader of the Stuyvesant High Student Union violated campaign rules.
    

French UMP opposition gains parliament seat in by-election

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:17 AM PDT

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - A candidate from the UMP conservative party narrowly beat a far-right rival to win a by-election in southwestern France on Sunday, squeezing Socialist President Francois Hollande's parliamentary majority to just three seats.

Deadly bus plunge in Montenegro

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:46 AM PDT

A bus carrying dozens of passengers plunges off a bridge into a ravine in central Montenegro, killing at least 13 people, officials say.

WikiLeaks statement says Snowden seeking Ecuador asylum

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 11:04 AM PDT

WikiLeaks issued the following statement on Sunday, saying that Edward Snowden, who leaked National Security Agency documents, has sought political asylum in Ecuador:

Mr Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed evidence of a global surveillance regime conducted by US and UK intelligence agencies, has left Hong Kong legally. He is bound for the Republic of Ecuador via a safe route for the purposes of asylum, and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from WikiLeaks.

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Clashes in Lebanon kill at least 3 as Syrian conflict spreads

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:44 AM PDT

BEIRUT — Clashes broke out in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon on Sunday, claiming the lives of at least three army soldiers and stoking fears that violence triggered by the war in Syria will increasingly engulf its smaller neighbor.

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U.N. says Pakistan has food 'emergency', but donors look elsewhere

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:47 AM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hunger in Pakistan is at emergency levels after years of conflict and floods, but funding has dwindled as new crises such as Syria grab donors' attention, the United Nations food aid chief said on Sunday.

Snowden asks Ecuador for asylum

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 12:04 PM PDT

Edward Snowden, who leaked classified US surveillance data, asks Ecuador for asylum after flying to Moscow from Hong Kong.

Factory Employee Kills 6 in China

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:21 AM PDT

A Shanghai man is accused of beating one person to death and shooting five others after a dispute, a rare instance of gun violence in China.
    

The Lede: Live Updates on Snowden’s Departure From Hong Kong

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT

The Lede is providing live updates on the former National Security Agency contractor who has acknowledged disclosing information about American surveillance programs.
    

Czech president hints he may try to form technocrat cabinet

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:22 AM PDT

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman indicated on Sunday he was considering forming a technocrat cabinet to replace the government of Petr Necas, who resigned on Monday in a bribery and spying scandal involving his aide.

Snowden applies for asylum in Ecuador

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Ecuador's foreign minister confirms on Twitter that NSA whistle-blower has applied for asylum.

Edward Snowden out of sight in Moscow

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 09:35 AM PDT

MOSCOW — The arrival here of the Aeroflot flight from Hong Kong on a bright Sunday afternoon set hordes of journalists fanning out across the city in hopes of spotting Edward Snowden and unleashed a torrent of rumors worthy of the darkest days of the Cold War.

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Snowden asks Ecuador for asylum

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 12:04 PM PDT

Edward Snowden, who leaked classified US surveillance data, asks Ecuador for asylum after flying to Moscow from Hong Kong.

Violence spreads as troops die in Lebanon

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 12:29 PM PDT

Residents flee scene of violence as at least six soldiers are killed after clashes with followers of Sunni cleric.

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