Government would like to cooperate more closely with the United States on these sorts of things as they have their own problems with china, but at the moment it is legally impossible. That is the view in tokyo, what about the allegations in spain, 60 million calls monitored in one month alone. Tom, what is the root of the source of these claims . The information came out from the journalist glenn greenwald, responsible for linking the story about edward snowden, information that was published in him window this morning in undo newspaper this morning. Interesting that the monitoring activity according to these peaked on the 11th of december and that there was a lull in the activity around christmas. Coming on the day that the spanish and u. S. Ambassador was summoned by the french government. He met this morning with a minister in the Foreign Ministry and the spanish capital. No reaction after the meeting, but it is bad timing and there may be more pressure on the Spanish Government to
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Way. Bait and click. Those online headlines you cannot resist. Last year every time we covered the media story in egypt, we would conduct our producer in cairo. He would advise us on logistics and help en insure we got the story right. But Mohamed Fahmy was not available this week. He and his colleagugiven spreading false news and aiding the band muslim brotherhood. Some of the prosecutions evidence was so flimsy, it might have been funny if the consequences were not so serious. In egypt, some Mainstream Media outlets applauded the echoing a wider view of al jazeera, a big part of the arab spring but fell from grace in the eyes of some over a perceived bias in favor of the muslim brotherhood. The crackdown on press freedom is parallel to larger security operation to quell dissent. Hundreds have disappeared. Some 40,000 have been arrested. Those are the kind of stories that risk going untold with journalists in egypt either parroting the narrative or facing the consequences. Our startin
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Funds, equity markets open a little bit lower. We have had german confidence numbers, the gfk confidence numbers the highest since 2006. No risers in germany. On the dying side. And moremore defensive cyclical plays coming under a little bit of pressure. Lets check in with the companies we are keeping an eye on over the opening session. We have some headlines in reference. Tdf, where the french government, they are placing about 3 of gdf throughout. They are selling part of their holding there, about 3 so they can fund the purchase of 20 ofalstrom. It is pricing at the bottom of the range, around 20. 20. 18. Pharmaceuticals, what does it take to get a deal done . Hey have been rejected 51 pounds would be the appropriate price to get it done. 3 billion pounds more than currently offered. 4. Re up 1 tesco is going to go to their atm. Your strategy, your stock at a tenyear low. Keeping an eye on currencies. The aussiedollar. The great debate will be whether australia cuts rates or not. A