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President Rafael Correa said Sunday that while there were weighty arguments for granting asylum to the fugitive American intelligence leaker Edward J. Snowden, it was up to Russia to decide what happens to him.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/world/americas/snowdens-fate-is-up-to-russia-ecuador-says.html
Edward J. Snowden’s assignment as an infrastructure analyst helps explain how he could lay bare an agency’s efforts to identify potential targets.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/us/job-title-key-to-inner-access-held-by-snowden.html
The price to pay involves more than money when a driver has an accident, even if there are no injuries.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/sports/autoracing/How-Formula-One-Teams-Calculate-the-Cost-of-Crashing.html
The Spanish-language television network Univision has obtained what appears to be a copy of the special travel document granted to Edward Snowden by Ecuador to replace his cancelled American passport.
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Mr. Stern helped redefine advertising and fashion art in the 1950s and ’60s.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/arts/bert-stern-elite-photographer-known-for-images-of-marilyn-monroe-dies-at-83.html
In Texas, the 11-hour filibuster by State Senator Wendy Davis and companion protests were “like a made-for-TV movie.â€
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On Wednesday, the state attorney general’s office sought to prevent Verizon from “illegally installing†a device that allows a standard home phone to run over a cellular network.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/nyregion/fight-with-verizon-over-ending-landline-service-has-new-front-catskills.html
Thirty-eight percent of domestic flights now offer the service, a Routehappy report said, Joe Sharkey reports in The New York Times.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/daily-report-more-wi-fi-is-available-during-flights/?_r=1&
The story of how a Spanish garment maker’s dream of running an ethical business died in the rubble of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh is a cautionary tale for other global retailers.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/business/global/good-intent-a-casualty-of-factory-crash.html
The reports in state media are the closest thing to an official Chinese response to the revelations, which have come at an uncomfortable time for the United States.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/asia/chinese-media-suggest-nsa-disclosure-will-hurt-us-ties.html