Why spy on allies? Even good friends keep secrets
By NANCY BENAC FILE – In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama walks with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel toward a group photo outside of the Konstantin Palace…
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After unity, some Democrats push back on Obama
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Just two…
China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports
By KRISTEN GELINEAU In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, a man digs a trench near a mushroom shaped heating exhaust shaft near the newly constructed US embassy in…
EU SPYING BACKLASH THREATENS BILLIONS IN US TRADE
By JUERGEN BAETZ FILE – This is a Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo of President Barack Obama, right, greets President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on Barroso’s…
NKOREA DEFECTOR TESTIFIES AT UN RIGHTS PROBE IN US
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the…
SENATORS BICKER OVER STATE STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS
By LAURIE KELLMAN Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on so-called “stand your ground…
UK PHONE-HACKING TRIAL OPENS FOR TOP MURDOCH AIDES
By JILL LAWLESS Rebekah Brooks arrives at The Old Bailey law court in London, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Former News of the World national newspaper editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy…
NSA SPYING THREATENS TO HAMPER US FOREIGN POLICY
By DEB RIECHMANN Demonstrators rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington to demand that Congress investigate the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose…