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Brazil’s Rousseff criticizes United States for spying

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during the U.N. General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday criticized the United States for spying and said Brazil would adopt legislation and technology to protect it from illegal interception of communications.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff during the U.N. General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

“Meddling in such a manner in the lives and affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and as such it is an affront to the principles that should otherwise govern relations among countries, especially among friendly nations,” Rousseff told the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.

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