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REYKJAVIK: A bid by Edward Snowden for Icelandic citizenship failed when the country’s parliament voted not to debate it before the summer recess, lawmakers said yesterday.
The vote leaves Snowden — believed to be staying in a transit area at a Moscow airport — with one option fewer as he seeks a country to shelter him from US espionage charges.
Following the news in Iceland, WikiLeaks announced that Snowden had applied to another six countries for asylum, adding to a list of more than a dozen countries which he has already asked for protection. WikiLeaks said on Twitter it could not reveal the names the countries due to “attempted US interference”.
