Tanzania has arrested a British man suspected of involvement in unspecified “terrorism activities” in Britain, police in the east African country said.
Iqbal Ahsan Ali was arrested in Tanzania’s southern Mbeya region after being found in possession of both British and Tanzanian passports, which is a crime in Tanzania as it
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June 10, 2013
AFGHANISTAN:Gun Battle Shakes Kabul Airport
Afghan security forces have tackled heavily-armed militants who seized a building near the main airport in the capital Kabul.
Officials said seven gunmen had been killed in the five-storey building under construction near the airport and the attack was now over.
The Taliban earlier said that they carried out the assault.
US Surveilance Leak Source Revealed
A former CIA technical worker has been identified by the UK's Guardian newspaper as the source of leaks about US surveillance programmes.
Edward Snowden, 29, is described by the paper as an ex-CIA technical assistant, currently employed by defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.
The Guardian said his identity was being revealed at his own request, reports the BBC.
The recent revelations are that US agencies gathered millions of phone records and monitored internet data.
A spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said the matter had now been referred to the Department of Justice as a criminal matter.
The Guardian quotes Snowden as saying he flew to Hong Kong on 20 May, where he holed himself up in a hotel.
He told the paper: "I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things… I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded."
Asked what he thought would happen to him, he replied: "Nothing good."
He said he had gone to Hong Kong because of its "strong tradition of free speech".
In a statement, Booz Allen Hamilton confirmed
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