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Aircraft of the Bolivian President diverted to Vienna amid suspicion it was carrying US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden

Vienna, Austria - "This is a hostile act by the United States state department", the Minister for Defence of the South-American country shouts

The aircraft of Bolivian President Evo Morales was diverted to Vienna amid suspicion it was carrying on board Edward Snowden, the former contractor of the National Security Agency of the United States who started the so-called "Datagate": La Paz's Ministry for Foreign Affairs communicated the incident. Morales was returning in his country after a meeting in Moscow, the city where Snowden has reportedly...

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