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| Subject: Protesters in Germany rally against US spying Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:59 am | |
| Thousands of protesters in cities across Germany took part in demonstrations against spying by the US and other countries.
An organisation called Stop Watching Us, which describes itself as a ''conglomeration of concerned citizens'', had called for protests in more than 30 cities across the country, according to its website. In Frankfurt, protesters braved 36-degree heat with banners that compared surveillance to a vision of novelist George Orwell and the secret police of former communist East Germany.
Up to 1000 people attended the demonstration in the country's financial capital, broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk reported on its website, citing the police.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/protesters-in-germany-rally-against-us-spying-20130728-2qshf.html#ixzz2aPKV8i3K |
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