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Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times:
Edward Snowden asking 15 countries for asylum, Russian official says — Passengers sleep outside Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport on June 29, 2013. (Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA / June 29, 2013) — MOSCOW — Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor …
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Jethro Mullen / CNN:
George W. Bush on Mandela, Snowden and his legacy — (CNN) — Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, are in Zambia, where they are renovating a health clinic. In an exclusive interview, he tells CNN why he respects Nelson Mandela, what he thinks about Edward Snowden …
New York Times:
Putin Says Snowden Must Stop Hurting U.S. to Stay in Russia — MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin said on Monday that Edward J. Snowden, the former national security staffer accused of espionage, would not receive political asylum in Russia unless he stops publishing classified documents that hurt the interests of the United States.
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Reuters:
Snowden applies for asylum in Russia: immigration source
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rep. Peter King: ‘KGB thug’ Putin outsmarting Obama over Snowden
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William Neuman / New York Times:
Snowden's Fate Is Up to Russia, Ecuador Says
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
George W. Bush: Snowden ‘damaged’ the nation's security
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BBC:
Brotherhood HQ in Cairo stormed — Anti-government protesters in Egypt have stormed the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. — People are reported to have ransacked the building in the capital's Moqattam district, throwing objects out of its windows, before setting it on fire.
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Reuters:
Millions flood Egypt's streets to demand Mursi quit
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Biggest Demonstrations in Egyptian History: Millions Demand President Morsi Step Down
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Salma Abdelaziz / CNN:
Protesters to Egypt's Morsy: You have one day to step down
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Surrounded By Men, Ohio Governor Signs Stringent Abortion Restrictions Into Law — Gov. John Kasich (R) signs the two-year budget bill on Sunday. (Credit: Karen Kasler) — Flanked by a group of other male officials, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a contentious two-year budget bill into law on Sunday evening.
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Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signs new abortion restrictions into law
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Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Texas abortion fight to reignite in second special session
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Brandon Blackwell / Plain Dealer:
Kasich signs budget, keeps abortion restrictions, leaves door open for Medicaid expansion
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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Wendy Davis Reflects On Filibuster And The Coming Special Session Abortion Fight
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP could pay price for gerrymandering — No one disputes Republicans used the once-a-decade redistricting process to lock in their House majority — almost certainly through 2014 and possibly until the next round of line-drawing in 2020. — But the party could pay a steep price for that dominance.
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Wall Street Journal:
A Republican Case for Immigration Reform — While the Senate bill can be improved, it would welcome more skilled workers and lead to faster economic growth. — Now that the Senate has passed comprehensive immigration reform, the action shifts to the House of Representatives.
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Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
Fast-Moving Blaze Kills 19 Firefighters in Central Arizona — CONGRESS, Ariz. — Nineteen firefighters were killed on Sunday battling a fast-moving wildfire menacing a small town in central Arizona. — The firefighters died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnell, about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix.
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Philip Messing / New York Post:
JFK Airport security supervisor axed after accidentally sending XXX photo of his genitals in mass email blast — A JFK Airport security supervisor has been fired for mistakenly sending out a mass e-mail blast — of his genitals — to nearly two dozen shocked underlings, supervisors and Port Authority executives.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
War On the Unemployed — Is life too easy for the unemployed? You may not think so, and I certainly don't think so. But that, remarkably, is what many and perhaps most Republicans believe. And they're acting on that belief: there's a nationwide movement under way to punish the unemployed …
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Misinformation on classified NSA programs includes statements by senior U.S. officials — Amid the cascading disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance programs, the top lawyer in the U.S. intelligence community opened his remarks at a rare public appearance last week with a lament …
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Washington Post:
They said the sequester would be scary. Mostly, they were wrong. — Before “sequestration” took effect, the Obama administration issued specific — and alarming — predictions about what it would bring. There would be one-hour waits at airport security. Four-hour waits at border crossings.
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Erica Martinson / Politico:
EPA sends climate rule to White House — EPA just hit the accelerator in its push to fulfill President Barack Obama's climate promises. — The agency has sent the White House a new draft of its proposed greenhouse gas rule for future power plants, POLITICO learned Monday …
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Vivian Norris / The Huffington Post:
Texas Women: Stop Having Sex With Men Who Vote Against Your Best Interests — “A sex strike, sometimes called a sex boycott, is a strike, a method of non-violent resistance in which one or multiple persons refrain from sex with their partner(s) to achieve certain goals. It is a form of temporary sexual abstinence.
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Guardian
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
American Way of Birth, Costliest in the World — LACONIA, N.H. — Seven months pregnant, at a time when most expectant couples are stockpiling diapers and choosing car seats, Renée Martin was struggling with bigger purchases. — At a prenatal class in March, she was told …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Google Reader dies today. Here's why I'm not replacing it. — Google Reader will die tonight. And I'm going to miss it terribly. But I'm not going to replace it. I'm going back to plain old bookmarks. — Goodbye Google Reader. My conflicted feelings about your loss are represented by this moody photograph.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Soledad O'Brien joins Al Jazeera America — Former CNN morning show host Soledad O'Brien will be joining Al Jazeera America as a special correspondent, the network announced Monday. — O'Brien will contribute short-form segments to Al Jazeera America's current affairs magazine program …
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