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Glenn Greenwald | New Zealand PM Retracts Vow to Resign if Mass Surveillance Is Shown

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Glenn Greenwald | New Zealand PM Retracts Vow to Resign if Mass Surveillance Is Shown
New Zealand prime minister John Key. (photo: Eric Feferberg/Getty Images)

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "A mountain of evidence has been presented that indisputably proves that New Zealand does exactly that which Prime Minister Key vehemently denied - exactly that which he said he would resign if it were proven was done." 

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US Declares Venezuela a Threat, Sanctions Top Officials
Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Excerpt: "The United States on Monday declared Venezuela a national security threat and ordered sanctions against seven officials from the oil-rich country in the worst bilateral diplomatic dispute since socialist President Nicolas Maduro took office in 2013."
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State Takes Over Ferguson Court System to Restore Order and Implement Reforms
Elliot Hannon, Slate
Hannon writes: "In an effort to try to restore some semblance of credibility to the legal system in the area. Judge Roy Richter will now be in charge of the municipal court that covers Ferguson and has been given the authority to 'to overhaul court policies to ensure defendants' rights are respected and to 'restore the integrity of the system.'"
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UN Expert Slams US as Only Nation to Imprison Kids for Life Without Parole
Natasja Sheriff, Al Jazeera America
Sheriff writes: "The United States was singled out Monday by a United Nations expert on torture for being the only country in the world that continues to sentence children to life in prison without parole."
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Obamacare's Projected Cost Falls Due to Lower Premiums Under Health Care Law
Max Ehrenfreund, The Washington Post
Ehrenfreund writes: "It's positive news for Obama's law, which has been accused by Republicans of killing jobs and draining federal coffers."
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Saudi Arabia Accused of Blocking Criticism of Human Rights Record
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Sweden's foreign minister has reportedly accused Saudi Arabia of blocking her speech at an Arab League meeting to stop her highlighting human rights cases such as the imprisonment of a blogger for insulting Islam."
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Solar-Powered Plane on Flight Around the World
Associated Press
Excerpt: "'Miracles can be achieved with renewables such as solar power. We want to show we can fly day and night in an aircraft without a drop of fuel,' Piccard told reporters last month."
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