The Lede: The Stickers on Edward Snowden’s Laptop

The Lede: The Stickers on Edward Snowden’s Laptop

The Lede: The Stickers on Edward Snowden’s Laptop

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:46 AM PDT

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the scope of American government surveillance, adorned his laptop with stickers showing support for two digital privacy groups.
    

Bombs, rockets hit north Iraq's Mosul police HQ, 24 killed

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:42 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five car bombs, including several detonated by suicide attackers, and rockets hit a police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least 24 people, mostly policemen and soldiers, police and medical sources said.

Mursi says 'all options open' on Ethiopia Nile dam

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:39 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi said on Monday he would keep "all options" open to defend Egypt's water supply from being affected by a giant new dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile but he added that Cairo did not want war.

Syrian group urges foreign fighters to leave

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Damascus-based opposition asks all foreign combatants, regardless of affiliation, to leave the country.

S Africa win puts Pakistan on brink

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:52 PM PDT

South Africa ease to a 67-run win at Edgbaston that pushes Pakistan to the brink of Champions Trophy elimination.

Apple Unveils New Look for Mobile

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:19 PM PDT

The company introduced a major redesign of iOS, its mobile software system, as well as upgrades for some Mac computers.
    

VIDEO: Ringo Starr's 'lost' photographs

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Photographs from former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr's personal archives that have never been seen before have now been published in an e-book.

VIDEO: What's on show at 2013 E3 games fair?

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 03:16 AM PDT

Dave Lee forward to the annual E3 computer games trade fair, which opens on Tuesday.

Iranian authorities impose subdued tone for election campaign

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT

TEHRAN — In the nights leading up to the 2009 election, hundreds of thousands of Tehran residents flooded the streets in a show of excitement over a presidential contest that few had expected would attract much attention.

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Yeo steps aside as committee chair

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Conservative MP Tim Yeo is to stand aside as chairman of a committee while claims he used the role to help a private firm influence Parliament are investigated.

Turkey's Erdogan to meet protesters

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet the organisers of ongoing protests against his government on Wednesday, his deputy says.

Apple reveals iOS 7 design revamp

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Apple unveils a new look for its iOS smartphone and tablet operating systems at its developers conference in San Francisco

The Appraisal: V.A. Loans Are Rare in New York

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:38 AM PDT

The mortgages guaranteed by Veterans Affairs are unavailable in co-ops, cumbersome to apply for in condominiums and too restrictive for expensive homes.
    

Israel signals readiness to limit settlement building for peace

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:33 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Monday that Israel was ready to confine Jewish settlement expansion to the blocs of occupied territory it wants to keep under any peace deal with the Palestinians, in a nod to U.S. efforts to revive stalled negotiations.

Amid rising ethnic tension, Kurdish brigade soldiers stop taking orders from Baghdad

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:30 AM PDT

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Army's 16th Brigade was once a hopeful symbol of cooperation between Iraq's rival ethnic groups. Composed of roughly half Arabs and half Kurds, the brigade has provided security since 2008 for an ethnically mixed population in one of the most volatile parts of the country.

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Xbox One launch and price revealed

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Microsoft has announced the global launch date and price for its new Xbox One console at the start of the E3 games expo in Los Angeles.

TEDGlobal welcomes robot cockroaches

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:53 AM PDT

The Technology, Entertainment and Design conference opens in Edinburgh this week with suitable off-the-wall technology.

VIDEO: Man Utd veterans play Burmese charity matches

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 10:55 AM PDT

Four Manchester United veterans travel to Burma to take part in charity football matches against local teams.

U.K. Government Denies Unlawful Intelligence Gathering

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:11 AM PDT

The foreign minister called reports that the U.K. used the U.S. Prism system to obtain information it couldn't get legally domestically "baseless."

Italy's Center-Left Leading in Mayoral Races

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:58 PM PDT

The strong showing by the Democratic Party in Rome and elsewhere could bode well for the stability of the national government.

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