Voice of America: France Turns Down Snowden Asylum Request

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France Turns Down Snowden Asylum Request Jul 4th 2013, 17:30 France is rejecting a request for asylum from fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. A French Interior Ministry statement says, "Given the legal analysis and the situation of the interested party, France will not agree" to the asylum request. Meanwhile, there are signs Snowden is an increasingly unwelcome guest after spending the past 11 days in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. The Reuters news agency reports Russian Deputy Foreign ...

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Voice of America: DRC Opposition Wants Mediator at National Dialogue

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DRC Opposition Wants Mediator at National Dialogue Jul 4th 2013, 16:50, by webdesk@voanews.com (Nick Long) A group of opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo is demanding an international mediator take part in upcoming talks about the country's future.  The group also warns the consultations, as they are called, should not be used to push through changes to the constitution.   The plans for Congo's national consultations were announced a week ago by President Joseph Kabila.  No date has been set, but the president has said the dialogue will last no more ... Media files: 15CD699C-1BFB-435D-883D-F1E34C291045_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: July 4, 2013

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Voice of America: EU Parliament Urges Blocking US Data Access After Spy Leaks

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EU Parliament Urges Blocking US Data Access After Spy Leaks Jul 4th 2013, 17:19, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) The European Parliament called on Thursday for the scrapping of two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington reveals the extent of its electronic spying operations in Europe.   A non-binding resolution, passed by 483 votes to 98 with 65 abstentions, said the United States should come clean about its surveillance of email and communications data or risk seeing the transatlantic information-sharing deals, created in the wake of the ... Media files: CB1849E2-302C-4ECE-8BE6-5879A66B1F3A_cx0_cy9_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Mentally Ill Girls at Risk of Rape in South Africa

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Mentally Ill Girls at Risk of Rape in South Africa Jul 4th 2013, 17:19, by webdesk@voanews.com (Darren Taylor) In a district in South Africa's impoverished Eastern Cape province, health care workers report that hardly anyone is ever arrested for raping the mentally disabled. But now a home in the region is sheltering some of these women and girls. The compound of mud huts is known as "Home of Peace." It's the only facility for hundreds of miles in this mountainous part of South Africa that rehabilitates people with mental disabilities Media files: 36A89C8C-3B24-4425-9BD8-2E3FE1643F9B_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Le Monde: French Agency Spies on Phone Calls, E-mail, Web Use

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Le Monde: French Agency Spies on Phone Calls, E-mail, Web Use Jul 4th 2013, 17:39, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) France's external intelligence agency spies on the French public's phone calls, e-mails and social media activity in France and abroad, the daily Le Monde said on Thursday. It said the DGSE intercepted signals from computers and telephones in France, and between France and other countries, although not the content of phone calls, to create a map of "who is talking to whom." It said the activity was illegal. "All of our communications are spied on," wrote Le Monde, which based ... Media files: 50BF18A9-D464-4D1B-9F75-3FE0F08ABB77_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: US, German Security Brass to Meet on Surveillance Allegations

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US, German Security Brass to Meet on Surveillance Allegations Jul 4th 2013, 00:25 The White House says high-level U.S. and German security officials will meet in the coming days to discuss German media reports of U.S. surveillance activities allegedly targeting European Union officials. News of the meeting came late Wednesday in a White House statement released just hours after President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone. The statement said Mr. Obama assured the German leader that Washington takes seriously the concerns of the European Union. ...

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Voice of America: Maryland Community Becomes Patron of the Arts

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Maryland Community Becomes Patron of the Arts Jul 3rd 2013, 23:12, by webdesk@voanews.com (June Soh) Artists would like to devote all their effort on their craft, but the need to make money often forces them to focus on creating works that can be sold. A small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland has become a patron of the arts, and the community hopes its burgeoning patronage will give local artists creative freedom. Vicco Von Voss has been making wooden furniture from salvaged materials for 20 years. "When I get a tree that has been blown over by a hurricane or strictly taken down by a ... Media files: DCE2AB6A-E786-4F4C-83FA-E46B82864D79_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Brain Imaging Helps Direct Treatment for Clinical Depression

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Brain Imaging Helps Direct Treatment for Clinical Depression Jul 3rd 2013, 23:56, by webdesk@voanews.com (Jessica Berman) Researchers are experimenting with high-tech brain imaging to determine which patients with clinical depression are more likely to be helped by medication and who could benefit most from counseling.  They have identified one area of the brain that "lights up" in response to either talk therapy or medications.  According to some estimates, antidepressants are highly effective in treating 80 to 90 percent of patients.  Other studies suggest the medications are not much better ... Media files: E3658ABD-1EBD-4987-A7DC-88B088BB2160_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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Voice of America: Maryland Community Becomes Patron of the Arts

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Maryland Community Becomes Patron of the Arts Jul 3rd 2013, 23:12, by webdesk@voanews.com (June Soh) Artists would like to devote all their effort on their craft, but the need to make money often forces them to focus on creating works that can be sold. A small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland has become a patron of the arts, and the community hopes its burgeoning patronage will give local artists creative freedom. Vicco Von Voss has been making wooden furniture from salvaged materials for 20 years. "When I get a tree that has been blown over by a hurricane or strictly taken down by a ... Media files: DCE2AB6A-E786-4F4C-83FA-E46B82864D79_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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