Briefing

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THE WEEK

PRISMS LOST THEIR LUSTER

‘NO NILE, NO EGYPT.’

MOHAMED KAMEL AMR, Egypt’s Foreign Minister, opposing an Ethiopian dam project that could stem the flow of water to Egypt

$47 billion

Projected increase in U.S. credit-card debt in 2013, even as Americans paid down $32.5 billion in the year’s first quarter

‘I responded in what I thought was the most truthful–or least untruthful–manner, by saying no.’

JAMES CLAPPER, Director of National Intelligence, explaining why he told Congress in March that the National Security Agency does not intentionally collect data on millions of Americans

Cyndi Lauper

Her Broadway show Kinky Boots takes the Tony Award for top musical

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

The Voice

NBC’s singing show limps to the end of its season with lackluster ratings

‘When you are subverting the power of government, that’s a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.’

EDWARD SNOWDEN, explaining why he released classified information to the Guardian and the Washington Post about digital surveillance programs run by the NSA

‘Lyudmila Alexandrovna has done her shift.’

VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President, with his wife, announcing the end of their 30-year marriage

222,222,222.22

Amount in euros ($295 million) a German bank employee transferred when he fell asleep while pushing the number-2 key

40%

Proportion of designated drivers who drink before driving, a new study estimates

‘After far too long of a delay, science has prevailed.’

PATTY MURRAY, Democratic Senator from Washington, on the Obama Administration’s decision to make emergency contraceptive Plan B available over the counter with no age restrictions

Sources: Reuters (2); NBC; the Guardian; NPR

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