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Revealed: NSA tracks more than 5 billion cellphones daily
World | Dec 05, 2013, 09:34 AM ISTWashington: The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.The NSA inadvertently gathers the location records of "tens
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HC quashes detention under NSA against PMK MLA
India | Dec 05, 2013, 08:57 AM ISTChennai:The Madras High Court today quashed the detention orders under the National Security Act (NSA) passed by the state government against PMK MLA J Guru. A Division Bench, comprising Justice S Rajeswaran and Justice A
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Revealed: NSA spied on porn habits of Muslim radicals
World | Nov 29, 2013, 11:56 AM ISTWashington: The US National Security Agency monitored and documented the online pornography viewing habits of six Muslims accused of spreading radical ideology in order to harm their reputation, according to a report based on a
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Yahoo vows to encrypt web site traffic
Nov 19, 2013, 07:03 PM ISTSan Francisco: Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said on Monday the Internet firm will begin encrypting data to protect users from online snooping.By April, Yahoo will have encryption in place to protect information shared by users
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NSA scoops data from Yahoo, Google data centres: Report
World | Oct 31, 2013, 09:14 AM ISTWashington : The US National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links connecting Yahoo and Google data centres around the world, a US daily reported Wednesday.The Washington Post cited classified documents leaked
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Key senator wants 'total review' of intelligence programs
World | Oct 29, 2013, 08:08 AM ISTWashington : Sen. Diane Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Monday called for a “total review of all intelligence programs” following allegations that the National Security Agency eavesdropped on the German chancellor—the latest
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India addressing concerns of US nuclear suppliers: NSA
India | Sep 20, 2013, 04:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: India is "close to" clinching the commercial aspect of its civil nuclear deal with the US and is addressing the concerns of US suppliers over its nuclear liability law, National Security Adviser (NSA)
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NSA collected 56,000 emails by Americans not connected to terror
World | Aug 22, 2013, 07:42 AM ISTWashington: The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions Wednesday showing how in one of its surveillance programs it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to
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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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Thousands of Germans protest US spying
World | Jul 28, 2013, 04:38 PM ISTBerlin, July 28: Thousands of people braved the heatwave and took to the streets across Germany to protest against the US internet surveillance in the country.The Saturday protestors also voiced support to fugitive whistleblower Edward
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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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Amid looming polls, Merkel gets flap over US surveillance issue
World | Jul 17, 2013, 06:20 PM ISTBerlin, July 17: Allegations of widespread U.S. data surveillance have created turbulence for Angela Merkel on what looked like a smooth cruise to a third term as German chancellor, even though it remains to be
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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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Obama discusses Snowden's status with Putin
World | Jul 13, 2013, 02:42 PM ISTWashington, July 13: US President Barack Obama discussed the status of Edward Snowden with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Friday, hours after the former US spy agency contractor made clear his intention to seek political
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White House criticizes Russia for Snowden meeting
World | Jul 13, 2013, 08:58 AM ISTWashington, Jul 13: The White House criticized Russia on Friday for allowing National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to meet with human rights activists, calling it a “propaganda platform” for the man who seeks to
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UP considering slapping stringent NSA on rape accused
India | Jul 12, 2013, 07:55 PM ISTLucknow, July 12: Faced with public outrage at growing incidents of crime against women, the Uttar Pradesh government Friday said it was considering slapping the National Security Act (NSA) on those attacking and assaulting women.Principal
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Spain sorry for 'misunderstanding' with Bolivia's Morales
World | Jul 10, 2013, 12:13 PM ISTMadrid, July 10: Spain's foreign minister Tuesday offered apologies to Bolivia's Evo Morales for "any misunderstanding" linked to last week's diversion of the Latin American leader's aircraft, but insisted that Madrid never barred the plane