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Spain satisfied with US explanation on NSA spying: PM
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday after meeting with US President Barack Obama that Spain had received a "satisfactory" explanation of reports that American spies bugged European leaders' phones.
14 January 2014
Obama invites Merkel to Washington after phone-tap row
President Barack Obama invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington on Wednesday, hoping to mend fences after a row provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her cellphone.
09 January 2014
Snowden in charm offensive in Brazil's press
Intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia and faces US espionage charges, on Sunday lauded Brazil's vibrant democracy.
23 December 2013
Canada let NSA spy on G20, G8 summits: report
Canada allowed America's National Security Agency to spy on G20 talks in Toronto in 2010 and at the G8 summit days earlier, according to documents cited by public broadcaster CBC.
29 November 2013
No clemency for Snowden says Obama aide, US lawmakers
A senior White House aide and top US lawmakers on Sunday rejected intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's request for clemency following his disclosures of widespread government surveillance.
04 November 2013
Snowden wants to help German probe, testify in US
Intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is ready to assist a German probe into US spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel but also wants to talk directly to the US Congress, a German lawmaker who met the fugitive said Friday.
02 November 2013
In some cases, US spying 'has reached too far': Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said for the first time Thursday that in some cases, US spying has gone too far, amid a row with Europe over the matter.
01 November 2013
US gives no spying guarantee to UN: spokesman
The US government has guaranteed the UN that it is not intercepting its secret communications, a spokesman said Wednesday while not being drawn on reports of past spying.
31 October 2013
US spy chiefs hit back in Europe row
US espionage chiefs turned the tables on European allies in the transatlantic spat over intercepted phone records, saying in many cases it was European agencies -- not the NSA -- that gathered and shared them with America.
30 October 2013
US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying
The imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was informed years ago of electronic surveillance of the German chancellor.
28 October 2013
Snowden's leaks most serious in US history: ex-CIA official
Leaks from Edward Snowden have helped America's adversaries and represent the most serious breach of classified information in US history.
28 October 2013
Germany, Brazil want UN privacy resolution
Germany and Brazil are working on a UN General Assembly resolution to highlight international anger at US data snooping in other countries.
26 October 2013
'Internal error' downs NSA website: official
The National Security Agency's website went down for several hours Friday, but the US spy service known for hacking into computer networks blamed the outage on a technical mistake.
26 October 2013
NSA eavesdropped on 35 world leaders: report
US spies eavesdropped on the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after White House, Pentagon and State Department officials gave them the numbers.
26 October 2013
France, Germany push for new rules in spy game
France and Germany pushed Friday for Washington to agree rules for the spy game after damaging revelations the United States tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
25 October 2013
Immigration and US spying row gatecrash EU summit
European immigration and a row over US eavesdropping are set to dominate an EU leaders' summit beginning in Brussels, after a deadly shipwreck off Italy shocked the continent.
24 October 2013
Merkel quizzes Obama on reports US spied on her phone
German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded answers from President Barack Obama after learning US spies may have monitored her phone.
24 October 2013
Mexico probes US spying, France says snooping must end
Mexico ordered an investigation into allegations that the US spied on the emails of its president and his predecessor, the latest diplomatic wrangle stemming from America's intelligence-gathering efforts.
23 October 2013
All Latin American countries spied on by US: Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald, the former Guardian reporter who broke many of the recent stories about secret US surveillance programs, claimed that all Latin American countries had been spied on by Washington.
23 October 2013
US hit by new spying row amid anger in France, Mexico
The US has become embroiled in a new row over its controversial spying programme as allies France and Mexico condemned revelations Washington tapped millions of phonecalls and hacked into leaders' emails.
22 October 2013
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