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NSA whistleblower revealed as Edward Snowden, 29-year-old ex-CIA employee

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 01:42 PM PDT

U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is seen in this still image taken from a video during an interview with the Guardian in his hotel room in Hong KongThe source of the intelligence leaks that revealed the National Security Agency's massive domestic surveillance program last week was identified on Sunday by the Guardian and Washington Post as Edward Snowden, a soft-spoken 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of NSA defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden, a Hawaii resident who [...]

Army leaders walk fine line as Afghan advisers

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 11:44 AM PDT

In a Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo U.S. Army Sgt. Carrinton Peterson, 23, left, of Killen, Texas, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division in the Shinwar District of Nangarhar Province, trains two Afghan National Army soldiers to plot a target for their D-30 Howitzers. U.S. Army advisers are working to support the Afghan military as they take control of security ahead of the 2014 drawdown of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)FORWARD OPERATING BASE FINLEY-SHIELDS, Afghanistan (AP) — — In previous years, the U.S. Army would have helped the Afghan National Army if their troops had run out of fuel or money or run into some other logistical problem, but with the U.S. getting ready for a significant withdrawal, the Americans are teaching the Afghans to rely on themselves.

Once dying, Birmingham is suddenly hot

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 11:46 AM PDT

In a June 10, 2011 photo, people sit on a hillside during a performance by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in Railroad Park in Birmingham, Ala. Long haunted by black-and-white newsreel footage of the fire hoses and police dogs city leaders turned on blacks demonstrating for civil rights, the city has a new vibe that's generating buzz all its own 50 years later. The urban park is built on what was an unsightly lot strewn with weeds and gravel along railroad lines. (The Birmingham News/Mark Almond) MAGS OUTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — It feels like Birmingham finally is emerging from the shadows cast by the ugly racial violence of 1963.

Report: NSA contract worker is surveillance source

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 04:27 PM PDT

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. The Guardian identified Snowden as a source for its reports on intelligence programs after he asked the newspaper to do so on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Guardian)WASHINGTON (AP) — A 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, risking prosecution by the U.S. government.

5 things to note about NSA surveillance programs

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 04:42 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden identified himself Sunday as a principal source behind revelations about the National Security Agency's sweeping phone and Internet surveillance programs. Five things to know about the disclosures:

A list of other famous leakers in recent history

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 03:51 PM PDT

Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American intelligence analyst, has revealed himself as the source who disclosed the U.S. government's secret phone and Internet surveillance programs. Some other famous leakers in recent history:

Police ID gunman in deadly Santa Monica rampage

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 04:44 PM PDT

This undated photo provided on Sunday, June 9, 2013, by the Santa Monica Police Department shows John Zawahri, 23, who police have identified as the shooter in Friday's deadly rampage at Santa Monica College. The suspect was shot and killed by authorities Friday after a violent spree that claimed the lives of five people and wounded several others. (AP Photo/Santa Monica Police Department)SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Police have identified the gunman who went on a shooting rampage in Southern California that left five people dead.

2 Koreas to hold senior-level meeting in Seoul

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 03:40 PM PDT

In this photo released by the South Korean Unification Ministry, Kim Song Hye, center, the head of North Korea's delegation, shakes hands with an unidentified South Korean officer before crossing a military demarcation line, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, for a meeting with South Korean delegates at Panmunjom in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 9, 2013. Government delegates from North and South Korea began preparatory talks Sunday at the "truce village" on their heavily armed border aimed at setting ground rules for a higher-level discussion on easing animosity and restoring stalled rapprochement projects. (AP Photo/South Korean Unification Ministry, HO)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas agreed Monday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts after Pyongyang's recent threats of nuclear war and Seoul's vows of counterstrikes.

AP sources: US close to OK on arming Syrian rebels

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 04:41 PM PDT

FILE -- In this June 5, 2013 file photo released, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a damaged street is seen in Qusair, Syria. Syria's civil war has morphed into a proxy fight in which Shiite Iran has strongly backed Assad, while Sunni Arab nations have backed rebels. Many Sunni hard-liners around the Mideast have taken Hezbollah's intervention in Syria almost as a declaration of war by Shiites against Sunnis. (AP Photo/SANA, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Moved by the Assad regime's rapid advance, the Obama administration could decide this week to approve lethal aid for the beleaguered Syrian rebels and will weigh the merits of a less likely move to send in U.S. airpower to enforce a no-fly zone over the civil war-wracked nation, officials said Sunday.

Turkey's leader lambasts protesters

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 02:01 PM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters upon arriving in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, June 9, 2013. In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister launched a verbal attack on the tens of thousands of anti-government protesters who flooded the streets for a 10th day, accusing them of creating an environment of terror. Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the most inflammatory of his speeches as he arrived in the capital, Ankara. Erdogan belittled his opponents, again calling them ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister demanded an end to the 10-day anti-government protests that have spread across the country, saying those who do not respect the government will pay.

South Africa: family visits Nelson Mandela

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 07:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this file image taken from video, the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital. The office of South Africa's president said Saturday, June 8, 2013 that Mandela has been taken to a hospital because of a lung infection. (AP Photo/SABC TV) SOUTH AFRICA OUTJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela received visits from family members on Sunday at a hospital where the former president and anti-apartheid leader was being treated for a recurring lung infection, while South Africans expressed their appreciation for a man widely regarded as the father of the nation.

At the Tony Awards, there'll be kids, high energy

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 01:14 PM PDT

This theater image released by The O+M Company shows Billy Porter during a performance of "Kinky Boots." The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots," based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life in fetish footwear, is nominated for 13 Tony Award nominations. The awards will be broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 9. (AP Photo/The O+M Company, Matthew Murphy)NEW YORK (AP) — Talented children and high-energy musical performances will be on tap Sunday night as the Tony Awards kick off, capping a season that hasn't produced a runaway favorite show and only one starry celebrity nomination in Tom Hanks.

AP PHOTOS: Nadal and Williams reign at French Open

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 01:55 PM PDT

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates winning against compatriot David Ferrer in three sets 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, in the final of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday June 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Rafael Nadal takes down David Ferrer with a final ferocious forehand. Serena Williams gets redemption from her previous year's loss to Maria Sharapova with a victory over the defending champ. But even before these final wins there were great shots by a range of players. Here's a gallery of images from the French Open.

Victim of Santa Monica shooting leaves hospital

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 04:16 PM PDT

A picture of the suspect entering Santa Monica College Library is seen as Jacqueline Seabrook, Chief of Santa Monica Police department speaks during a news conference Saturday June 8, 2013, in Santa Monica, Calif., to discuss more information regarding the suspect in the shooting that left five people dead, including the shooter, near Santa Monica College on Friday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A woman who was critically wounded in the Santa Monica shooting spree died Sunday, bringing the total number of victims killed by the gunman to five.

In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 02:22 PM PDT

In this Friday, June 7, 2013 photo, an Iranian man reads one of electoral leaflets, covering the street, after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran. Despite four years of non-stop arrests and intimidation, Iran's dissidents still find ways to show their resilience. Protest messages ricochet around social media and angry graffiti pops up. But it only takes a closer look at the lockdown atmosphere across Iran ahead of Friday's presidential election to show how much the organized opposition has fallen since massive protests in 2009. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Despite four years of non-stop pressure, arrests and intimidation, Iran's dissidents still find ways to show their resilience.

Libya army chief resigns after clash in Benghazi

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 02:04 PM PDT

In this June 8, 2013 image made from video provided by Associated Press Television, Libyans run for cover after fighting broke out outside the office of Libya Shield pro-government militia in Benghazi, Libya. The violence which left dozens of people dead broke out Saturday when protesters stormed a base belonging to Libya Shield, a grouping of pro-government militias tasked with maintaining security. The protesters were demanding militias leave their camp and submit to the full authority of Libya's security forces. (AP Photo/APTV) ** TV OUT **TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — One of Libya's highest military officers resigned Sunday after clashes between protesters and a government-aligned militia he was in charge of left 31 people dead in the eastern city of Benghazi, the deadliest such violence in a country where armed factions hold sway.

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