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Edward Snowden got asylum in Russia, lawyer says
World | Aug 01, 2013, 06:13 PM ISTMoscow, Aug 1: A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden says the National Security Agency leaker has received asylum in Russia for one year and left the transit zone of Moscow' airport.Anatoly Kucherena said he handed
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Snowden may get temporary shelter if granted asylum in Moscow
World | Jul 29, 2013, 08:46 PM ISTMoscow, July 29: Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could be placed in a temporary refugee shelter outside Moscow if his asylum request is approved by Russia, officials said on Monday."The thing is that there
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Won't seek death penalty for Snowden: US
World | Jul 27, 2013, 05:07 PM ISTWashington, July 27: The US has assured Russia that it will not seek death penalty for Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who leaked massive surveillance programme of the agency.In a letter,
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Snowden could leave Moscow airport in a week
World | Jul 18, 2013, 01:29 PM ISTMoscow, July 18: Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden could be allowed to leave the Moscow airport in a week to await a decision on his request for asylum in Russia, an attorney for the
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Snowden to leave Russia when opportunity emerges: Putin
World | Jul 16, 2013, 09:11 AM ISTMoscow, July 16: American whistleblower Edward Snowden will leave Russia when the opportunity emerges, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said."He has arrived in our territory without invitation, he didn't fly to us, he arrived as
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Journalist: Edward Snowden has 'blueprints' to NSA
World | Jul 15, 2013, 11:43 AM ISTRio de Janeiro, Jul 15: Edward Snowden has highly sensitive documents on how the National Security Agency is structured and operates that could harm the U.S. government, but has insisted that they not be made
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India turns down Snowden's asylum request
India | Jul 02, 2013, 04:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 2: An official says India has rejected NSA leaker Edward Snowden's request for political asylum.External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin says India has carefully examined the asylum request and decided to turn