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Friday, January 17, 2014 (2014x13)

Uitzenddatum: Jan 17, 2014

2014/01/17 Headlines: Obama to Call for Curbs on NSA Phone Spying But Leave Bulk Data in Gov't Hands for Now; Study: NSA Bulk Phone Data Has "No Discernible Impact" on Stopping Terrorism; Report: NSA Collects Millions of Text Messages Each Day; U.N. Official: Central African Republic at Risk of Genocide; IPCC Report Warns of Dire Risks from Global Inaction on Climate Change; Kerry Urges Syrian Opposition to Attend Peace Talks; Afghanistan: Karzai Says U.S. Forces Killed 7 Children; Sen. Feinstein Blasts Iran Sanctions Bill as "March Toward War"; Ohio Prisoner Takes Nearly 25 Minutes to Die in Execution with Untested Drug Combo; Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Partly Restore Voting Rights Act; GOP Lawmaker: Anti-Choice Bill Could Promote Job Growth if Women Have More Babies; Wal-Mart Joins Fair Food Program to Raise Farmworker Wages; Labor Board: Wal-Mart Illegally Retaliated Against Scores of Workers; Teens Get Month-Long Sentences for Sexually Assaulting Girl Days Before She Killed Herself