Germany now saying it will send its top intelligence chiefs to washington next week to try to get some answers from the white house. The spying allegations overshadowing a meeting in belgium. Also today british Prime Minister talking about the leaker, and those who publish what Edward Snowden gave them. What mr. Snowden has effectively done and what some newspapers are assisting him in doing, and that is going to make at it lot more difficult to keep our countries and our people safe. Mike viqueira joins us now live from the white house with more on how the white house is dealing with these spying allegations. Well, they are being relatively tight lipped here. The spokesperson saying the Obama Administration is committed to engaging bilaterally. Yesterday jay carney, reiterating time and time again all of these are being discussed through the appropriate channels. There is no question this is an embarrassing situation for the Obama Administration. Reporter the controversy is growing an
Pirates take two americans host ig hostage, we talk to an American Woman that went through the same ordeal and lived to write the story. Leaders in europe are expressing their anger with the United States, upset about revelations that the u. S. Spied on them. According to newly published nsa documents the spy agency tapped the phones of 35 world leaders. The incidents embarrassing the u. S. And straining relations with allies. Mike viqueira is following the story from washington. Theres more embarrassment in the Angela Merkel affair. A trove of documents leaked by Edward Snowden produced another bombshell. The controversy is growing and so is the rift with the close ally. German chancellor Angela Merkel expressing outrage over reports american intelligence listened in on her cell phone calls. Translation with regards to the National Security agency, i have made it clear to the american president that spying between friends is unanticipatable. I said that in june when he was in berlin,
Forest. They have survived wars, and decades of dictatorship. But now, the future of myanmars timber elephants, and their handlers, is at risk. In order to make money, we have to fire some employees. Since logging extraction is reduced, they will be fired. With the myanmar government drastically reducing timber extraction by 2014, livelihoods are on the line. Yes, we are suffering because we have been working in this industry for a long time. After decades of lost opportunities, today myanmar is racing to catch up. Some of the changes sweeping through the country are wrenching, and will reach far corners. Im nirmal ghosh, on this edition of 101 east, we gain rare access to remote elephant logging camps and ask, is this is the end of myanmars timber elephants . For centuries, myanmars tropical hardwood has been in demand across the world. In the colonial era, it was used to build the British Naval fleet. Today burmese teak furniture fetches thousands of dollars in the open market. The d
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