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this storm-ravaged portion of the Philippines. Without it, people struggling to rebuild and even survive risk catching intestinal and other diseases that can spread if they're unable to wash properly.
• While aid agencies work to provide a steady supply, survivors have resorted to scooping from streams, catching rainwater in buckets and smashing open pipes to obtain what is left from disabled pumping stations. With at least 600,000 people homeless, the demand is massive.
• "I'm thirsty and hungry. I'm worried -- no food, no house, no water, no money," said Estember, a 50-year-old ambulance driver.
• Thousands of other people who sought shelter under the solid roof of the Tacloban City Astrodome also must improvise, taking water from wherever they can -- a broken water pipe or a crumpled tarp. The water is salty and foul tasting but it is all many have had for days.
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• MADRID (AP) -- The spying revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have made it a high-pressure, high-stakes time to be a top media executive.
• In Britain, the editor of the Guardian pulverized entire hard drives of data leaked by Snowden to keep the government from seizing them.
• In the United States, The New York Times pointed out in a major NSA expose this month that it agreed to self-censorship of "some details that officials said could compromise intelligence operations."
• And in Spain, the El Mundo newspaper said last week it would turn over Snowden documents to prosecutors inquiring whether the privacy rights of Spaniards had been violated.
• As revelations about the staggering scope of the NSA's surveillance have leaked out, newsroom leaders around the world have been weighing ethical decisions over how much they should reveal about intelligence-gathering capabilities. Their decisions are guided, in part, by media protection laws that vary widely from country to country.
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