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NSA leaks fueled needed debate, Snowden tells SXSW

Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden says via video link from Russia to the SXSW festival in Austin that he has no regrets over his leaks and that they sparked a needed public debate on spying and data collection. Duration: 00:32 Mar 11, 2014
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Confidence remains after artificial heart patient dies

French Health Minister Marisol Touraine says she remains confident in all medical professionals, following news a man died two and a half months after receiving an artificial heart made by French firm Carmat. Duration: 00:58 Mar 5, 2014

Pakistani Media succumbing to Islamist threat unlike Bangladeshi media

New Delhi, March 2 (ANI): Media freedom has come under attack in Pakistan with the Taliban trying their best to turn Pakistan into another Afghanistan. The recent attacks on media houses certainly point in that direction. In contrast the media is still very much independent in Bangladesh despite the pressure from the Islamists who have ideological links to extremists in Pakistan. Media is said to be the fourth pillar of a democracy but the media in Pakistan is under the scanner for giving into pressure from hardliners. Media houses either resort to self-censorship or if not are attacked for expressing independent opinion. Its not just the Islamist groups but also the Pakistan army and particularly the country’s premier intelligence agency the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) which has muzzled media freedom as well. In many regions especially in Balochistan and in Pakistani Kashmir it is very difficult for a journalist to investigate and report fairly and safely. Mar 2, 2014