Snowden Hopes For Temporary Asylum In Russia

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Snowden Hopes For Temporary Asylum In Russia The "NSA leaker" and representatives of human rights organizations met with the media at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, where he's been since June 23. Read this story Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Stepping Down She is to become the University of California's next president. Confirmation of a successor could take time. Read this story Israel's Internal Battle Over Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are exempt from military service in Israel, but a proposed law would change that. It would be a major social shift that is part of the larger question concerning the role of the ultra-Orthodox in Israeli society. Read this story Sweeping Parts Of Southern Seas Could Become A Nature Preserve Diplomats from 24 nations and the European Union are meeting in Germany next week to discuss creating a nature preserve that could be larger than three times the size of Texas. Stretches of water around Antarctica are relatively pristine and home to thriving ecosystems. Read this story Messy Rollout Of Health Law Echoes Medicare Drug Expansion The history of the Medicare drug law, and Medicare itself, suggests that rough launches of health expansions don't necessarily signal a lasting failure. So, proponents say, even a misfire of the health exchanges wouldn't doom the federal overhaul. Read this story more news stories

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