Time Magazine - 10/24/13, Denver Nicks

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is seen in this still image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong, on June 6, 2013.
Glenn Greenwald / Laura Poitras / The Guardian / Reuters

GigaOm - 10/23/13, David Meyer

Germany’s leader, Angela Merkel, has confronted U.S. president Barack Obama over the likely tapping of her communications. The White House has said the U.S. “is not monitoring and will not monitor” her communications, but has not denied doing so in the past.

France is already angry at the U.S. for allegedly recording millions of its citizens’ calls, an accusation that has been denied. Similarly, the Germans have also been heavily targeted and now the Spanish are getting nervous too.

More: Gigaom.com

ABC News - 10/23/13, AP

The residence of Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Bishop of Limburg, in Limburg, Germany, Oct. 17. Bishop Tebartz-van Elst, currently at the Vatican to meet pope Francis, is accused of wasting money to refurbish and rebuild the residence for more than 31 million euro ( 42 million dollars). Frank Augstein/AP

Pope Francis has temporarily expelled a German bishop from his diocese because of a scandal over a 31-million-euro project to build a new residence and related renovations.

In a statement, the Vatican said the situation in the diocese had become such that Tebartz-van Elst "could no longer exercise his episcopal ministry."

Press TV - 10/22/13, MAM/AB/MAM

On Monday, the Romanian government urged the country’s police to beef up security measures across the country amid “unauthorized” street protests.

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