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E-mail Service Linked to Snowden Suspends Service

An encrypted e-mail service in the United States, believed to have been used by U.S. leaker Edward Snowden, has shut down in what appears to be response to pressure from the government.

Colombia grew less coca in 2012, UN survey reports

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Coca plant.

Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 30 in Pakistan

A suicide bomber in Pakistan’s violence-hit southwestern Baluchistan province struck the funeral of a slain policeman, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens. Most of the victims were officers and members of the provincial police force.

Rights Group: Wave of Political Assassinations Paralyzes Libya

Human Rights Watch [HRW] says more than 50 people have died in a broadening wave of apparent political assassinations in the cities of Benghazi and Derna in volatile eastern Libya. Analysts say the state has been unable to reign in the violence that...