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Riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse masked protesters in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, as demonstrations continued throughout Brazil. Unions are demanding better work conditions and tougher government measures to tackle inflation.
Tens of thousands of union members marched throughout the country, blocking roads and grinding traffic to a crawl in dozens of cities.


"The perfect prison" devised by the NSA; the UN human rights rapporteur tells The Truthseeker that Israel's genocidal; and how "the answer to 1984 is 1776". Seek truth from facts with UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Richard Falk, activist Eric Draitser, Baby Milk Action Campaigns and Networking Coordinator Mike Brady, James Corbett of The Corbett Report, and Omar Barghouti of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.


Reports that a Cuba-bound plane from Moscow has changed its course, have stirred up speculation that the fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden could be on board. Aeroflot flight SU-150 is reportedly avoiding US airspace. And Havana is believed to be Snowden's most likely transit point, when and if he decides to fly to Latin America - where three countries have offered him political asylum.


The 'Insider Threat Program' - President Obama's initiative that mandates federal employees to start spying on each other - is coming under increasing scrutiny. Now under that program, millions of government workers must watch their colleagues for whistleblower tendencies - and report any suspicions to their superiors. But, as our Washington correspondent Gayane Chichakyan reports, the government's own experts have grave doubts.


NSA leaker & former CIA employee Edward Snowden has asked for political asylum in Russia, saying he could not fly to Latin America, according to Human Rights Watch representative who met the whistleblower. Thirteen Russian and international human rights advocates and lawyers have gathered at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport for a meeting with Snowden.


The Orange order's major procession in Belfast has finished peacefully. 600 extra officers were brought in to bolster police in the city and they're still on hand in case tensions boil over later today. The march's route has been shortened this year, with a ban on an evening walk through a sectarian flash point. Unionist leaders have expressed outrage at the decision, but have promised to keep any protests peaceful.