You have even less privacy on the Internet than you thought – Brazil wonders of all venues will be ready for the World Cup – And the US Military might return to a country it was kind of kicked out of two decades ago.

Critics say Google has made a “stunning admission” in a court filing:  That 425 million Gmail users have no “reasonable expectation” to privacy.  It’s part of Google’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of breaking wire tap laws when it scans emails sent from non-Google accounts in order to target ads to Gmail users.  But it also comes as the company and others like it are squirming to explain their acquiescence to the US National Security Agency’s vast surveillance of the Internet.

The Eurozone recession is over, but Brussels is warning against complacency.  The 17 nations’ economy grew by 0.3 percent, thanks to stronger than expected performances in Germany and France.  However, Greece, Ireland, Spain, et cetera are still in the dumps.   Portugal, one of the three countries that required a bailout, recorded the fastest expansion of any Eurozone country, with 1.1 percent quarterly growth.

Chad has suspended all operations of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for causing “intolerable” environmental damage in the African nation.  CNPC apparently dug out huge pits and allowed oil to flow into them, and then had it removed by workers without safety gear.  Chad’s oil minister describes the damage as “very serious”.

2,500 workers are on strike at the world’s largest copper mine, the Escondida Mine in Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert.  BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, which owns 30 percent of the mine, have not commented on the strike. Workers are demanding better pay, an annual bonus and improved working conditions.

Brazil’s sports minister says things are going to have to go a bit faster if the country is to be ready for next year’s World Cup.  Constructions delays are dogging five stadiums being built especially for the FIFA games.  After two months of protests over the costs of the World Cup to a nation with gross income disparities, Sports Minister Aldo Ribero is warning construction companies they will not get extra funds to complete their contracted tasks on time.

Both pilots are dead in the crash of a United Parcel Service cargo plane outside Birmingham, Alabama in the Southern US.  Witnesses said UPS Flight 1354 was already on fire when it came in a tree-top level and bounced on the ground twice before skidding to its final resting place a few hundred meters shy of Birmingham International.  Investigators say the pilots did not radio an emergency before the crash.

Twenty years after closing US military bases, the Philippines and the US are negotiating for an increased American military presence in the archipelago.  Manila is building up its defenses as China presses maritime claims to most of the mineral and energy-rich South China Sea.  Philippine officials say having an increased US military presence would help support the country's “minimum credible defense” posture.

Vietnam is offering free education to students who will go to university and take coursework in a field suffering a lack of popularity:  Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh ideology.  It turns out young people don’t see the job prospects in coming out of school with a “Communist Sciences” degree.  The free education deal will also apply to medical students who want to focus on treating TB, leprosy, mental illnesses, and surgical sciences.