NSA LEAKER EDWARD SNOWDEN SAYS IN AN ONLINE FORUM THAT HE CAN'T GET A FAIR TRIAL IN THE U.S. *

SNOWDEN SAYS ON THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER WEBSITE THAT THE U.S. GOVT "IMMEDIATELY AND PREDICTABLY" DESTROYED ANY POSSIBILITY OF A FAIR TRIAL AND OPENLY DECLARED HIM GUILTY OF TREASON *

SNOWDEN SAYS HE DIDN'T REVEAL ANY U.S. OPS AGAINST LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGETS AND MAINTAINS HE ONLY POINTED OUT WHERE THE NSA HACKED CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE *

RUSSIAN PRES VLADIMIR PUTIN TELLS PRES OBAMA THAT THE TWO DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE ON SYRIA *

PUTIN REMAINS ONE OF SYRIAN PRES BASHAR ASSAD'S STRONGEST POLITICAL ALLIES, WHILE THE U.S. IS GEARING UP TO ARM OPPOSITION GROUPS *

BOTH LDRS SAY THEY AGREE ON THE NEED TO PUSH FOR NEGOTIATIONS TO END THE COUNTRY'S TWO-YEAR CIVIL WAR *

OBAMA SAYS THE MEN ALSO SHARE AN INTEREST IN STOPPING VIOLENCE AND SECURING CHEMICAL WEAPONS *

PUTIN AND OBAMA MET AT THE G-8 SUMMIT IN N IRELAND MON *

SYRIAN PRES BASHAR ASSAD WARNS EUROPE "WILL PAY A PRICE" IF IT DECIDES TO ARM OPPOSITION GROUPS *

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A GERMAN NEWSPAPER, ASSAD SAYS DOING SO WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO ARMING TERRORISTS *

ASSAD ALSO DISMISSED U.S. FINDINGS THAT REGIME FORCES USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON REBELS *

STATE DEPT SAYS IT SEES NOTHING NEW IN N KOREA'S OFFERS OF HIGH-LEVEL TALKS WITH THE U.S. *

THE NORTH OFFERED UNCONDITIONAL TALKS THIS WEEK AFTER MONTHS OF TENSIONS SINCE A NUCLEAR TEST IN FEB DREW UN SANCTIONS *

BUT STATE DEPT SPOX SAYS THE FIRST STEP TO MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE WOULD HAVE TO BEGIN WITH THE NORTH TAKING CREDIBLE STEPS TO GIVING UP ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS *

WHITE HOUSE THREATENING TO VETO HOUSE'S FIVE-YR FARM BILL BECAUSE OF FOOD STAMP CUTS INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATION *

THE BILL WOULD SAVE A TOTAL OF $4 BIL ANNUALLY *

BUT $2 BIL OF THOSE CUTS WOULD COME FROM FOOD STAMPS *

WHILE THE HOUSE PREPARES TO CONSIDER THE BILL THIS WEEK, WHITE HOUSE IS ARGUING THOSE CUTS SHOULD BE MADE TO SUBSIDIES LIKE CROP INSURANCE *

U.S. IDENTIFIES 48 GUANTANAMO BAY PRISONERS SLATED FOR INDEFINITE DETENTION *

THE MEN ARE CONSIDERED TOO DANGEROUS TO RELEASE, BUT THE U.S. LACKS THE EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE THEM *

PENTAGON SPOX SAYS THEY ARE BEING HELD UNDER THE ACT OF WAR AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS IN 2001 *

THE GOVT RELEASED THE NAMES AFTER BEING SUED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT *

CO INVESTIGATORS TREATING REMAINS OF MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY AS A CRIME SCENE *

RESIDENTS NEAR BLACK FOREST IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AREN'T BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AS INVESTIGATORS DETERMINE THE CAUSE *

WET WEATHER HELPED SUBDUE MOST OF THE FIRE MON, AND IT STANDS AT 75% CONTAINED *

THE FLAMES TORCHED 22 SQUARE MILES OF FOREST SINCE ERUPTING A WEEK AGO, DESTROYING MORE THAN 500 HOMES AND KILLING TWO PEOPLE *

TURKISH DEPUTY PM SUGGESTS THE ARMY COULD BE BROUGHT IN TO SETTLE HIS NATION'S CIVIL UNREST *

A POLICE CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTERS WHO LED AN 18-DAY PROTEST IN ISTANBUL'S CENTRAL SQUARE LEFT FIVE PEOPLE DEAD AND MORE THAN 5,000 INJURED *

LABOR UNIONS AND ANTI-GOVT PROTESTERS ARE NOW RALLYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY *