Putin grants US whistleblower Snowden Russian citizenship
President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed massive surveillance by the US ...
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Refugees who hid Snowden find sanctuary
Montreal—Four Sri Lankan refugees who hid Edward Snowden in their tiny Hong Kong apartments when he was on the run ...
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Biden pushes unity two days before taking over crisis-laden White House
Just 48 hours before becoming president, Joe Biden pressed Monday for unity, while President Donald Trump remained secluded in the ...
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EU’s top court limits mass phone data grab by Europe’s spy agencies
The EU’s top court on Tuesday put limits on how European spy and security agencies could harvest troves of personal ...
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Granted asylum
Filipina Vanessa Rodel (right) and her daughter, Keana, arrive at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal from Hong Kong ...
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Snowden supporter
Toronto—A woman who helped Edward Snowden hide in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programs arrived Monday ...
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Snowden criticizes HK for rejecting refugees
HONG KONG"•Fugitive whistle blower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids of ...
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A FILIPINO family in Hong Kong were among the impoverished refugees who were asked to protect former US National Security ...
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