Orwellian or a Blunt Tool?: Conflicting Rulings on NSA Spying Set Up Likely Supreme Court Showdown; Glenn Greenwald: The NSA Can “Literally Watch Every Keystroke You Make”; Jobless Benefits Cut For 1.3 Million, Despite Highest Long-term Unemployment Since World War II.
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December 30, 2013
Opposition Activists: Over 500 Killed in Syrian Attacks on Aleppo
31 Dead in Twin Russian Suicide Attacks
Crisis Feared as 100,000 Seek Refuge in Central African Republic Capital
Regional Leaders Set Deadline for Talks in South Sudan
Judge Upholds NSA’s Bulk Collection of Phone Data
Report: Secretive NSA Unit Hacks Into Computers, Intercepts Packages
Jobless Benefits Expire for 1.3 Million Americans
Healthcare Enrollment Jumps in December
Egypt Faces Violence, Protests After Anti-Brotherhood Crackdown
4 Al Jazeera Journalists Detained in Cairo
Saudi Arabia Grants $3 Billion in Aid to Lebanese Military
Thousands Protest Relocation of U.S. Military Base on Okinawa
U.S. Intel Warns of Afghan Collapse Without Security Pact
Anti-Polio Health Worker Shot Dead in Pakistan