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Foreign Policy (blog)US to Back Privacy Resolution It Knee-CappedForeign Policy (blog)The United States, Great Britain, and its chief intelligence allies, known as the Five Eyes, agreed late Friday to support a Brazilian and German sponsored General Assembly resolution promoting an international right to privacy, but only after ...

Wall Street JournalGerald F. SeibWall Street JournalTheir underlying worry is that the negotiations with Iran represent just the latest evidence that a war-weary U.S. is slowly seeking to close the books on a series of nettlesome long-term problems, allowing Washington to pull back from its longtime ...

Washington PostUS to offer Afghans assurances to remove hurdle in post-2014 dealWashington PostA last-minute hitch in the agreement over a post-2014 U.S. military presence in Afghanistan appeared to have been resolved Tuesday as the United States agreed to put certain assurances in a letter to Afghans that is likely to be signed by President ...

Washington Post (blog)Map: The United States of WatershedsWashington Post (blog)When American settlers moved westward in the 19th century, they went in search of precious gold, furs and land. But today, as the West booms, there's another limited commodity that states need to carefully ration: Water. John Wesley Powell saw this coming.

Washington PostIn Kabul, clinic funded by US military closing because of lack of government ...Washington PostAs the United States' longest war winds down, hundreds of aid projects are being handed over to Afghan ministries, which sometimes lack the capacity or interest to sustain what foreign donors started. The Urgent and Primary Care Clinic in Kabul is a ...

The GuardianUS regulations are hampering Bitcoin's growthThe GuardianIf the United States does not foster a reasonable regulatory environment for Bitcoin, the country might soon lose its head start in what could be the next great technological revolution. That's the message policymakers should hear today and tomorrow ...

New York TimesA Russian GPS Using US Soil Stirs Spy FearsNew York TimesWASHINGTON — In the view of America's spy services, the next potential threat from Russia may not come from a nefarious cyberweapon or secrets gleaned from the files of Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor now in Moscow.