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Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

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The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase
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‘Sauce’ for the gander a disgrace to their gender

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Anybody who has actually read the book will certainly know there is no attempt by me, or the publishers, to sell it as a sexed-up Jane Bond spy drama.
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M&G reduces former spy to a vagina on legs

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The greatest irony is that focusing on Forsyth's sex life did not highlight the terrible things she did as an apartheid-era spy.
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Smutty take obscures the true role sex played

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The way the M&G handled a review of apartheid spy Olivia Forsyth's book has triggered angry questions about patriarchal attitudes in the newsroom.
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Israeli surveillance unit members ‘won’t spy on Palestinians’

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Reserve soldiers in Israel's surveillance unit said they won't spy on Palestinians under occupation, drawing attention to the ethics of the practice.
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How to perfect the fine art of spotting a bloody agent

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Casual references to foreign powers and spies are unlikely to let up after Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Maphatsoe's slap-down.
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Why is no one watching the watchmen?

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A long-awaited report reveals SA spooks’ endless battles with funds, efficacy and independence
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Brazil not considering asylum for Snowden

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After Edward Snowden's open letter, Brazil says it's not considering granting asylum to him as the country has not received a formal request.
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Guardian editor tells Parliament Snowden data is secure

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Britain's Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has told Parliament that less than 1% of information leaked by Edward Snowden has been published.
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Eskom apologises for spying on Greenpeace, Earthlife

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Eskom has apologised for using a private security company at the Medupi power station in Limpopo to spy on environmental bodies.
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Brazil spied on US, Iran, Iraq, Russia

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Brazil, which hotly denounced US surveillance of its leaders, itself spied on US officials as well as on Russia, Iran and Iraq a decade ago.
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Obama knew Merkel was being spied on, report

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Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002.
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Spy revelations poison the pond

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The fallout from the Edward Snowden saga is starting to affect global trade relationships.
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US: Secret court approves further phone tracking

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The secret federal court overseeing US wiretapping programs has extended the government's authority to collect telephone records it has been revealed.
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‘Stop spying’ says Fry

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Group urged European leaders to take a stand against industrial-scale spying by US and British intelligence agencies.
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