6 July, 2013

6th July, 2013

1. Venezuela announces they WILL give Edward Snowden political asylum!

2. Montreal mayoral candidate calls 80% of Americans ‘big, obese, imbecilic, ignorant, uncultured dummies

3. If you think that government and the financial industry are a bit too friendly in the U.S., try England. London's version of Wall Street is called the City. And in the City, the line between government and corporate interests gets even blurrier. Critics say it's time for change.

4. Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan were told by their superiors to ignore incidents where Afghan soldiers and interpreters sexually assaulted young boys.

5. Iranian swimmer Elham Asghari swam 20km in full Islamic dress. But her record-breaking nine-hour feat has not been recognised by national authorities because she is a woman.

6. Egypt army opens fire on pro-Morsi protesters - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

7. Tech firms including Microsoft are said to voluntarily give advanced warning to the US government of vulnerabilities in software products sold to governments overseas before they are patched, allowing US agencies to effectively use them to conduct foreign surveillance.

8. Nearly 300 female Mounties across the country are now involved in a lawsuit against the organization, claiming rampant gender discrimination and sexual harassment within the force, which failed to do anything about it.

9. Venezuela's Maduro offers asylum to U.S. fugitive Snowden

10. Muslim Brotherhood accuses Egypt's new president of being secretly Jewish

11. Egypt: 80 sexual assaults in one day – the other story of Tahrir Square 

12. Venezuela announces they WILL give political asylum to Eric Snowden!

13. For US, Assistance Given to Snowden Is No Trifling Matter: US sends strong message that whoever takes in the NSA whistleblower 'will face serious repercussions'

14. Nicaragua willing to give Snowden asylum: president

15. Spain Claims It Was 'Told' Snowden Was On Morales' Flight

16. Rupert Murdoch upset that he's been paying off the press for years, and all of a sudden people are having a problem with it

17. US Ambassador to Austria Reportedly Responsible for False Claim Snowden Was on Bolivian Leader’s Plane

18. Edward Snowden Asylum To Be Offered By Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro Says

19. CNBC Host Loses It: Climate Science Is A 'Bona Fide Cult'

20. France rejects Snowden's application for citizenship. "If Snowden enters France, the police would be compelled to arrest and extradite him"

21. Early in Obama's first term, some 78 percent of Germans saw the US as "a country that could be trusted." This week, though, following revelations of large-scale US spying in Europe and vast Internet surveillance, that trust has taken a hit.

22. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offers US fugitive Edward Snowden asylum, following similar offer from Nicaragua

23. BBC reporter Jeremy Bowen shot in Egypt as demonstrations end in bloodshed

24. US President Barack Obama has been urged to appear in front of the European Parliament to explain the allegations that US authorities spied on EU embassies.

25. South American leaders demand apology in plane row - The presidents of Argentina, Ecuador, Suriname, Venezuela and Uruguay joined Morales in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba late Thursday to address the diplomatic row. Morales warned that he would close the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia if necessary