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Civil rights groups sue NY police on Muslim spying

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 23:37

Civil rights lawyers urged a US judge to declare the New York Police Department`s widespread spying programme directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional.

Merkel says US helped foil terror plot, but questions NSA surveillance programme

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 14:33

German chancellor Angela Merkel has said US intelligence was key to foiling a large-scale terror plot.

Beijing rejects claim of Snowden being Chinese spy

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 00:27

Beijing has rubbished a former US president`s claim that Edward Snowden, a former US intelligence contractor-turned-whistleblower hiding in Hong Kong, was an agent of China.

Sharp drop in Obama`s approval rating

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 22:33

The approval rating of US President Barack Obama has registered a sharp drop in the last one month, and is now pegged at 45 per cent.

China seeks explanation of US surveillance programme

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 19:20

China joined the growing international chorus in demanding an explanation from the US over its controversial surveillance programmes which had collected troves of information by tracking millions of telephone records.

50% of Hong Kong opposes NSA leaker’s extradition: Poll

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 17:06

50 percent of Hong Kongers strongly oppose surrendering NSA whistleblower Snowden to the US government, a recent survey has revealed.

Council of Europe suggests controls to curb online snooping

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 09:42

The Council of Europe has proposed introducing export controls of surveillance technology to protect citizens from abusive online snooping.

EU warns US of `grave consequences` from intel scandal

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 17:24

The EU has warned President Barack Obama`s administration of "grave adverse consequences" to the rights of European citizens from a huge US Internet surveillance programme, officials said Wednesday.

EU questions US for violating citizens’ privacy rights

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 16:48

The European Union has questioned the US authorities about their potential breach of `privacy right` of EU’s citizens.

`US may kill NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden`

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 16:33

Former Representative Ron Paul has expressed fear over US` potential use of ` drone missiles` to kill whistleblower Snowden for leaking surveillance information.

Google, Facebook, Microsoft seek easing of secrecy rules

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 12:54

Google, Facebook and Microsoft in requests echoed by a top official from Twitter also asked US officials to lift long-standing gag orders covering extent of information collected about Internet users.

Publish more US govt info on NSA programmes, says Google

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 09:07

Google is asking the Obama administration to allow it to disclose more details about the US govt`s closely guarded demands for emails and other information.