‘US intelligence agency monitoring emails in India'

New Delhi: India is reportedly one of the top five countries being thoroughly monitored by US foreign surveillance agency National Security Agency (NSA), a UK newspaper has reported. India is placed fifth on the list with 6.3 billion pieces of intelligence being recorded from computer networks in March this year, the Guardian stated, as per a newspaper report. Iran was placed on the top of the list with 14 billion pieces of intelligence...

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Six dead as gunman goes on rampage in California

Washington: At least six people were killed as a gunman went on a rampage in Southern California, before being shot down by the police at a college library, some three miles away from where US President Barack Obama was attending a fundraiser. According to Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks, the gunman as 25 to 30 years old and dressed all in black, wearing what appeared to be a ballistic jacket. Another person of interest is said to be in police custody. "We are not convinced 100 per cent that the suspect who was killed...

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Barack Obama defends telephone, Internet snooping

Washington: President Barack Obama on Friday defended the newly revealed government surveillance programmes as a small price to pay for keeping America safe from terror attacks. Sweeping up Americans' telephone records and monitoring Internet activity from overseas are "modest encroachments on privacy" that can help US intelligence analysts disrupt terror activity, he said during a four-day trip to the West Coast. "Nobody is listening...

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