Global response to Snowden's asylum applications

LONDON - Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by Washington on espionage charges for revealing the secret US electronic surveillance programme Prism, has applied for political asylum in more than a dozen countries.

The 30-year-old American remains in legal limbo in the transit area at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. He has no legal travel documents and has made his asylum applications through a legal representative.

Here is a list of the countries which Snowden has asked for asylum, as published by WikiLeaks, and their reactions so far.

* Snowden has withdrawn his asylum application to Russia, according to the Kremlin.