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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 2 Jul 2013

    US intelligence leaker Edward #Snowden withdraws request for asylum in Russia, Kremlin sayshttp://bbc.in/12DoqNh 

    12:54 AM - 2 Jul 2013
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    • TheResistance tomo PJ Khalil ☔️ቴኦቤስታ☔️葉頌恩☔️ Akihito Yoshida Paola T alanyanews.eu Indra Perdana Nick Newman
    19 replies 192 retweets 23 likes
      1. jim rissier‏ @jm111t 2 Jul 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking "leakers" are for men with a prostate deficiency, #snowden is a whistle-blower! #assange

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      1. 隅俊之/toshiyuki sumi‏ @spreadarms 2 Jul 2013
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        スノーデン氏、ロシアへの亡命申請を取り下げと。@BBCBreaking:http://bbc.in/12DoqNh 

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      1. K Rev‏ @krev1986 2 Jul 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Can't u guys use a proper word like whistle-blower etc rather than discriminating words like leaker.

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      1. jim rissier‏ @jm111t 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking US intelligence is an oxymoron! #snowden #assange

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      2. #FreeJulianAssange‏ @BelieveInZito 2 Jul 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld Where does it say anything of the sort in the linked story?!

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      1. stephenstoner‏ @stephenstoner3 3 Jul 2013
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        @bbcbreaking

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      1. Rosemary Robinson‏ @RPR336 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking. A whistleblower with beliefs. Seems inconvenient doesn't it?

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      1. Amun Ra‏ @KevinMcVann 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Missed Oppertunity Putin !!

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      1. Gillian Doyle‏ @Gill98765 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking h

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      1. Charlie Alexander‏ @rex3north 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking It had just struck me as funny 'asylum in Russia.' Room 101 next stop 70,80 years ago.

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      1. paul connew‏ @paulconnew1 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Snowden looking part-hero with some genuinely vital revelations,part zero with his contrary asylum pleas.Where next? Venezuela?

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      1. Ronny_Alte‏ @Ronny_Alte 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in Norway, hes most welcome!

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      1. ozcan sert‏ @ozcansert66 2 Jul 2013
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        Bir karar ver sen de. @BBCBreaking: US intelligence leaker Edward #Snowden withdraws request for asylum in Russia, Kremlin says

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      1. LA SOLIDARIDAD 2013‏ @VFalculan 2 Jul 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Kremlin avoiding suspicion of having planted Snowden on NSA? A wild guess, really, but the series of events raises eyebrows.

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