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White House ‘welcomes media interest’ in PRISM online spying program

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The White House has said that it welcomes media interest in US surveillance practices, despite confirming that the Department of Justice is in the early stages of a leak investigation that may lead to criminal prosecutions of whistleblowers who revealed them. As the second of two secret US monitoring programmes…

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Guardian launches paywall-free online-only Australian edition

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Britain’s Guardian newspaper on Monday launched a new online edition in Australia where print media is struggling, pledging an independent perspective and a multimedia approach. The Guardian, the world’s third most read newspaper website, unveiled the new site with an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and a pledge…

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Veteran who witnessed Boston Marathon bombing: It was chaotic, bloody and terrifying

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Shortly before 3pm on Monday, Amy Eshleman was approaching the 26th mile of the Boston marathon. The atmosphere along the route was more like a party than a major sporting event, with thousands of spectators enjoying the spring weather on a public holiday, Patriots’ Day. Then came heard the first…

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Massive leak of emails and records reveals identities of rich politicos who hide wealth in offshore accounts

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Millions of emails and leaked records from offshore tax havens have exposed the identities of thousands of holders of offshore accounts, including the family of the president of Azerbaijan and French President Francois Hollande’s one-time campaign treasurer, the Guardian and Le Monde newspapers reported on Thursday. The alleged involvement of…

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Greek police send crime victims to neo-Nazi ‘protectors’

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Far-right Golden Dawn party filling vacuum for those neglected by state after MPs elected to fight “immigrant scum” Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is increasingly assuming the role of law enforcement officers on the streets of the bankrupt country, with mounting evidence that Athenians are being openly directed by police…

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Mississippi’s only abortion clinic being forced to stop accepting patients

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Update: The Guardian is now reporting that the last-minute reprieve has been granted, with a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction blocking the law, at least until a hearing scheduled for July 11. Barring a last minute legal reprieve, Mississippi’s only abortion clinic will be forced to turn away patients…

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German court orders artist not to kill puppies onstage

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A German court has ordered an artist not to go through with plans to kill a pair of puppies as part of a performance, according to The Guardian. The unidentified German artist planned to strangle two puppies on stage and perform a funeral rite for them as a way of…

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New piece at the Guardian’s Comment Is Free

I’ve written now two pieces for the Guardian’s Comment Is Free, and hope to write more. Here’s a link. Comments are appreciated, and there are already some good ones, though there’s a lot of tedious ignoring of the article instead to debate how much sluts should be punished for the…

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