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India turns down Snowden's asylum request
New Delhi, July 2: India Tuesday said it had declined the asylum request of fugitive former CIA agent Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on US data mining.
"I
can
confirm
that
earlier
today
our
embassy
in
Moscow
did
receive
a
communication
dated
June
30
from
Mr
Edward
Snowden.
That
communication
did
contain
a
request
for
asylum,"
said
India's
external
affairs
ministry
spokesperson
Syed
Akbaruddin.
"We have carefully examined the request. Following that examination, we have concluded that we see no reason to accede to the request," he said.
IANS
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