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 German privacy campaigners have welcomed Edward Snowden's disclosures about NSA surveillance  The US National Security Agency (NSA) is reported have cracked the security codes which protect data on iPhones, Blackberries and Android devices. German news weekly Der Spiegel says documents suggest the NSA and the British GCHQ made joint efforts to gather intelligence. Teams looked at each phone to crack its privacy codes, Der Spiegel said. Saturday saw thousands of demonstrators in Berlin demand that the NSA stop monitoring internet users. Codes unlocked The documents Spiegel has seen do not show whether or not there has been mass surveillance of phone use. Once the intelligence teams had unlocked the codes, agencies could read a user's contacts and lists of who had been called. The BBC's Steve Evans in Berlin says the reports do seem to indicate that the British and American security agencies have the ability to read private communications beyond what mi...

Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (born 31 July 1961) was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria on 3 June 2009 and suspended from office by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday, 20th February 2014 over allegations of financial recklessness. Technically his term will end in June 2014. He is a career banker and ranking Fulani nobleman, and also serves as a respected Islamic scholar. The renowned global financial intelliegence magazine, The Banker, published by the Financial Times, has conferred on Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi two awards. He has been recognised with the global award for Central Bank Governor of the Year, as well as for Central Bank Governor of the Year for Africa. The TIME magazine also listed Sanusi in its TIMES 100 list of most influential people of 2011. Sanusi is recognized in the banking industry for his contribution towards developing a Risk Management culture in the Nigerian banking sector. First Bank is Nigeria's oldest bank and one of ...

Since leaving Camp Nou for Manchester City in 2010, the Ivorian has established himself as one of the best midfielders in the world - so why did the Blaugrana let him go? Transfers are a touchy subject in Barcelona right now. However, with the Catalans set to take on Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday night, it is nigh on impossible to avoid thinking about the €30 million deal that saw Yaya Toure swap Camp Nou for the Etihad in 2010. Of course, that is solely because in the intervening four years the Ivorian has proven himself one of the most complete midfielders in world football. Which begs the question: why on earth did the Blaugrana let him go? Toure is in no doubt as to where the blame lies. When pressed on his exit in October 2011, he made it clear that then Barca boss Pep Guardiola had effectively forced him out. THE VIEW FROM BARCELONA "Pep Guardiola didn't have a great relationship with Toure and that's the main...