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--Ed Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
--Snowden files show NSA spied heavily on 2009 climate change conference
--as Senate Judiciary Committee passes bill to reduce senseless minimum mandatory sentences, "Justice" Dept. asks lawyers to file clemency requests for drug offenders
--AG Eric Holder decides to seek death penalty in Boston bomber case
--one bouquet, one brickbat for NYC Mayor DiBlasio: he kept his promise to fix stop/frisk policies; NY Jews protest the mayor's recent pledge of loyalty to AIPAC
--on Friday, there will be protests against the Trans Pacific Partnership in 50 cities in North America
--Ukraine leader takes medical leave in the middle of crisis that seeks his ouster. Eric Draitser offers important background in this article at BoilingFrogs Post
--at show trial of Egypt's Mohammed Morsi, the deposed president is caged behind soundproof glass and US silence shows support for military dictators
--some important briefs at Supreme Court highlight the idiocy of claims that corporations can claim religious freedom
--Henry Waxman says he's retiring from the House after 40 years
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