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1. News - Hong Kong - SECURITY

   Legco chief insists on answers to Snowden spy claims

   Posted Jul 20th 2013, 12:00am by SHIRLEY ZHAO

   ... of Hong Kong people." Tsang was writing on behalf of all lawmakers in his letter to the White House, sent via the local US Consulate General. He said the allegations by whistleblower Edward Snowden had upset citizens and demanded an immediate explanation. Tsang has also written to the US Senate and the House of Representatives, urging the US to give a full account of its surveillance ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1286478/legco-chief-jasper-tsang-insists-answers-snowden-spy-claims
2. News - World - RUSSIA

   Putin says US ties more important than Snowden ‘squabbles’

   Posted Jul 17th 2013, 07:48pm by AFP

   ... intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, does not rule out applying for Russian citizenship, a lawyer assisting him said later on Wednesday. “He does not rule ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1284803/us-ties-more-important-snowden-squabbles-says-russias-putin
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion - MY TAKE

   China missed chance for asylum payback by spurning Edward Snowden

   Posted Jul 17th 2013, 12:00am by Debasish Roy Chowdhury

   ... door were given asylum though they formed the second-biggest bloc of applicants, at 15,284 - a 3 per cent success rate. Beijing must have had its own reasons to turn its back on Snowden ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1284219/china-missed-chance-asylum-payback-spurning-edward-snowden
4. News - World - SECURITY

   Snowden, the 'unwanted present'

   Posted Jul 17th 2013, 12:00am by NYT

   ... "For now he is not going to go anywhere. For now he plans to stay in Russia," he said, adding that if Snowden were granted temporary asylum, he should have the same rights as other ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1284169/snowden-unwanted-present
5. News - World - RUSSIA

   Snowden applies for temporary asylum in Russia

   Posted Jul 16th 2013, 07:52pm by AFP

   ... Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a pro-Kremlin lawyer said on Tuesday, after President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of “trapping” him in the country. Snowden, wanted by the United States for revealing sensational details of its vast spying operations, is now spending a fourth week in the transit lounge at Moscow’s ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1284106/snowden-applies-russia-asylum-lawyer
6. News - World - SECURITY

   Ireland becomes second state to reject US request to arrest Edward Snowden on arrival

   Posted Jul 14th 2013, 12:00am by Lana Lam, Reuters, AFP

   ... controversial US cyberspying programmes. Snowden is on the run after the US government filed espionage and theft charges against him and revoked his passport. He has been in the transit zone ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1282146/ireland-becomes-second-state-reject-us-request-arrest-edward-snowden
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion - MY TAKE

   Secret court still not out in the open

   Posted Jul 18th 2013, 12:00am by Hari Kumar

   ... Hari Kumar hari.kumar@scmp.com Secret court still not out in the open Despite being stuck in a Moscow airport transit hotel with no passport and few people ready to help him, Edward Snowden may have scored a first victory, albeit a small one, in his quest to bring details about the secret US surveillance to the public's reach. On Tuesday, the Foreign Intelligence ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1284944/secret-court-still-not-out-open
8. News - World

   William Burns says US disappointed with China's handling of Edward Snowden

   Posted Jul 12th 2013, 06:31am by Bloomberg

   ... US officials told their Chinese counterparts that they were “very disappointed” with the way authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong handled the case of Edward Snowden, the former intellegence contractor who disclosed U.S. programmes that collect phone and internet data. “We were very disappointed with how authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong handled the Snowden case,” Deputy ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1280772/william-burns-says-us-disappointed-chinas-handling-edward-snowden
9. News - World - EDWARD SNOWDEN

   Edward Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia

   Posted Jul 12th 2013, 04:08pm by Reuters and AFP

   ... Wikileaks, said he would seek temporary asylum in Russia. Video: Edward Snowden talks to human rights activists at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport Russian authorities said he should not harm ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281069/fugitive-snowden-meet-human-rights-groups
10. News - World - RUSSIA

    Russia says yet to receive Snowden asylum bid

    Posted Jul 15th 2013, 09:33pm by AFP

    ... on Monday that no such application had come in yet. “There have been no applications from Edward Snowden as of today,” he told Interfax. The speaker of the Russian State Duma, Sergei Naryshkin, said ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1283405/russia-says-yet-receive-snowden-asylum-bid

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