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The WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website said Tuesday that fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden had not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, contrary to claims by a top Russian lawmaker in a Twitter posting that was later deleted. HT Image Pro-Kremlin lawmaker Alexei Pushkov sparked confusion when he tweeted Tuesday that Snowden had agreed to an offer from Caracas. He deleted the posting after about 30 minutes. Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela. The Russian lawmaker concerned has dele stanley cup ted the tweet, WikiLeaks said on its Twitter account. Pushkov does not officially speak for the Russian government but has close Kremlin connections and is believed to relay views similar to those of President Vladimir Putin. The lower house of parliament s foreign affairs committee chief said that apparently this Venezuelan option looked stanley cup like the most reliable one to Snowden. Putin s spokesman declined to comment, saying all questions should be directed to Pushkov. After removing his original post, P stanley cup ushkov said in a separate message that he had learnt of the most recent development around Snowden from a news report on Russian state television channel Vesti 24. He later rephrased his original message, saying Snowden had agreed to asylum in Venezuela, according to a Vesti 24 report. Venezuela finally received an answer from the CIA former agent, a news report on the channel s website said earlier Tuesday. The president of the Naxe Japan PM accuses NKorea as election campaign launched
With Hamid Karzai arriving in the US capital on Monday, President Barack Obama has told key members of his team not to be distracted by public spats with Afghanistan s president but to focus on shared common goals. HT Image A US official signaled on the eve of the four-day Karzai visit that the United States wanted to overcome the ups and downs of its relationship wit adidas campus h him and refocus on the fight against the Taliban. The talks are seen by both sides as a chance to put damaging publi adidas og c rows between Washington and Kabul to rest, though Obama is also expected to privately press Karzai to do more to crack down on corruption. Obama will offer Karzai all the trappings of a head of state, including Oval Office talks, a joint press conference and a White House luncheon on Wednesday. The visit comes as the US military gears up for a crucial new stage of Obama s strategy to surge 30,000 extra troops into Afghanistan, in a bid to defeat the Taliban and allow US forces to start coming home next year. The Washington Post first reported on Sunday that Obama told his key foreign policy aides to treat Karzai with more public respect, after the Afghan leader reacted badly to criticisms of him in the press by key officials. The newspaper said Obama sought to impose discipline on his administration during stanley cup a White House meeting last month. I wouldn t say he ordered people to desist, an administration official later told AFP on condition of anonymity. He did tell his administra
The WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website said Tuesday that fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden had not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, contrary to claims by a top Russian lawmaker in a Twitter posting that was later deleted. HT Image Pro-Kremlin lawmaker Alexei Pushkov sparked confusion when he tweeted Tuesday that Snowden had agreed to an offer from Caracas. He deleted the posting after about 30 minutes. Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela. The Russian lawmaker concerned has dele stanley cup ted the tweet, WikiLeaks said on its Twitter account. Pushkov does not officially speak for the Russian government but has close Kremlin connections and is believed to relay views similar to those of President Vladimir Putin. The lower house of parliament s foreign affairs committee chief said that apparently this Venezuelan option looked stanley cup like the most reliable one to Snowden. Putin s spokesman declined to comment, saying all questions should be directed to Pushkov. After removing his original post, P stanley cup ushkov said in a separate message that he had learnt of the most recent development around Snowden from a news report on Russian state television channel Vesti 24. He later rephrased his original message, saying Snowden had agreed to asylum in Venezuela, according to a Vesti 24 report. Venezuela finally received an answer from the CIA former agent, a news report on the channel s website said earlier Tuesday. The president of the Naxe Japan PM accuses NKorea as election campaign launched
With Hamid Karzai arriving in the US capital on Monday, President Barack Obama has told key members of his team not to be distracted by public spats with Afghanistan s president but to focus on shared common goals. HT Image A US official signaled on the eve of the four-day Karzai visit that the United States wanted to overcome the ups and downs of its relationship wit adidas campus h him and refocus on the fight against the Taliban. The talks are seen by both sides as a chance to put damaging publi adidas og c rows between Washington and Kabul to rest, though Obama is also expected to privately press Karzai to do more to crack down on corruption. Obama will offer Karzai all the trappings of a head of state, including Oval Office talks, a joint press conference and a White House luncheon on Wednesday. The visit comes as the US military gears up for a crucial new stage of Obama s strategy to surge 30,000 extra troops into Afghanistan, in a bid to defeat the Taliban and allow US forces to start coming home next year. The Washington Post first reported on Sunday that Obama told his key foreign policy aides to treat Karzai with more public respect, after the Afghan leader reacted badly to criticisms of him in the press by key officials. The newspaper said Obama sought to impose discipline on his administration during stanley cup a White House meeting last month. I wouldn t say he ordered people to desist, an administration official later told AFP on condition of anonymity. He did tell his administra
