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Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:23 AM

Glenn Greenwald, the American journalist who first published the documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, testifies in front of the Brazilian Federal Senate's Parliamentary Inquiry Committee in Brasilia in this October 9, 2013 file photo. Greenwald, is among three writers with potentially rival books in the works on the revelations and travails of Snowden. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/Files (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA)

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:39 PM

Cicero Custodio (C), vice president of the Civil Construction Workers' Union, talks with journalists outside the Arena Amazonia stadium after work was suspended by a labour court following the accidental death of a worker on Saturday, in Manaus December 16, 2013. A Brazilian labour court ordered a partial stop to construction on the Arena Amazonia in the jungle city of Manaus after the death of worker Marcleudo de Melo Ferreira, who fell off the stadium's roof, raised safety concerns ahead of the 2014 soccer World Cup. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly (BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER DISASTER WORLD CUP BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION)

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:46 AM

Heavyweight boxing champion and UDAR (Punch) party leader Vitaly Klitschko (R), Ukrainian opposition leader Arseny Yatsenyuk (L) and head of the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda (Freedom) Party Oleg Tyagnibok speak to the media in front of General Prosecutor's Office in Kiev, December 16, 2013. The European Union said on Sunday it was halting work on a landmark trade and political pact with Ukraine, hardening their rift even as tens of thousands took to the streets of Kiev urging President Viktor Yanukovich to mend ties with Brussels. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS)