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US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel share a laugh before a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on May 2, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama welcomed Germany's Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday, seeking to secure united European backing for tougher sanctions on Russia's economy should the Kremlin escalate the crisis in Ukraine. -- PHOTO: AFP

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(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel mounted a display of trans-Atlantic unity Friday against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seemed to be doing little to change Vladimir Putin’s reasoning on Ukraine.
Days after the United States and the European Union slapped Moscow with a new round of sanctions, Merkel arrived at the White House for meetings and a working lunch with Obama. The German chancellor came buoyed by a decisive re-election victory late last year but facing pressure from all sides as Europe seeks to toe a hard line against Russia on Ukraine without harming its own economic interests.
Sitting side by side in the Oval Office, Obama and Merkel chatted quietly to each other as reporters were briefly allowed inside at the start of their meeting. The two leaders were to hold a joint news conference later Friday in the Rose Garden.
As the crisis in Ukraine has worsened, Merkel has spoken to Putin, the Russian president, perhaps more frequently than has any other European leader. Because of this, the U.S. sees her as a critical channel of communication with the unpredictable Russian leader, as well as a key player in the effort to prevent other EU nations from going soft on sanctions.
“There’s no question that the situation in Ukraine, the continued failure by Russia to abide by its commitments in the Geneva Agreement will be a focus of the conversation,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
The diplomatic deal struck two weeks ago in Geneva has failed to de-escalate the conflict between pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and the central government in Kiev. The U.S. and Europe have sharply rebuked Putin for flouting his responsibilities under the deal, and Moscow on Friday declared all hopes for implementing the accord “effectively destroyed.”
As if to underscore the fraught situation in Ukraine as Obama and Merkel prepared to meet, Ukraine on Friday launched what appeared to be its first major assault against pro-Russian forces in the country’s east. Three deaths were reported in early fighting, which brought down two Ukrainian helicopters.
U.S. and German officials said ahead of the Obama-Merkel meeting that part of the discussion probably would focus on how the U.S. and Europe would coordinate harsher punishments — including sanctions targeting broad sectors of Russia’s economy — should Moscow further provoke tensions in Ukraine, such as by sending military forces into restive eastern Ukraine. The White House is concerned that Europe’s deep economic interests in Russia and dependence on Russian energy could deter EU nations from following through with sanctions that could ricochet onto their own economies.
“She’s getting enormous pressure from German industry not to harm their interests,” said Heather Conley, a Europe expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “She has to start laying the political groundwork for this because it requires some sacrifice.”
Merkel, like Obama, has ruled out military action to deter Putin from seizing more of Ukraine. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who has urged Obama to send weapons to Ukraine’s government, said he planned to tell Merkel during a private meeting that he was embarrassed but unsurprised by her country’s failure of leadership.
“The leaders, they’re being governed by the industrial complex of Germany,” McCain said Thursday. “They might as well have them in the government. It’s shameful.”
A troubled EU-U.S. trade agreement, known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, is also on the agenda, as well as joint efforts to deal with climate change, Syria’s civil war and nuclear negotiations with Iran, said Laura Magnuson of the White House’s National Security Council.
But the German leader may also be bringing her concerns over U.S. spying programs — an issue that’s continued to erode the U.S.-German relationship despite Obama’s assurances that the National Security Agency would stop eavesdropping on Merkel’s cellphone. The issue has aggravated German citizens, prompting calls for Berlin to strike some type of agreement with Washington to limit U.S. surveillance on German soil.
Another potential wrinkle: A German parliamentary panel probing the NSA issue is eager to invite former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to speak to the panel. The German government has made clear it opposes the idea of letting Snowden, whose U.S. passport has been revoked, testify in Berlin, drawing criticism from the opposition.
Merkel will also speak to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Friday, focusing on the fledgling trade agreement and U.S.-European economic ties.
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События на Востоке: силовики захватили все блокпосты вокруг Славянска - Последние новости Украины - Руководители АТО требуют немедленно освободить всех заложников в Славянске
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 12:10 PM

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17.55. Исполняющий обязанности президента Украины Александр Турчинов сообщил, что во время антитеррористической операции в Славянске преступники понесли значительные потери: много погибших, раненых и арестованных.
17.42. В ходе антитеррористической операции в Славянске силовикам удалось захватить все блокпосты вокруг города, заявляет и.о. президента Украины Александр Турчинов.
17.28. Контрразведка Службы безопасности Украины установила реальное имя и фамилию одного из ключевых участников преступной диверсионной "группы Стрелка". Об этом сообщает пресс-служба СБУ.
15.44. Руководители антитеррористической операции требуют немедленно освободить всех заложников в Славянске.
14.44. Силовики взяли под контроль десять блокпостов в окрестностях Славянска, сообщает пресс-служба Антитеррористического центра при СБУ.
14.25. В Сети появилось видео, на котором видно, как пророссийские активисты и террористы в Славянске обстреливают вертолет Вооруженных сил Украины.
14.18. Славянск практически очищен от террористов - командующий Нацгвардией.
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Славянск, 2 мая. Фото AFP
13.46. В Стаханове Луганской области над зданием захваченного исполнительного комитета города развевается флаг России.
13.34. Представителям западных стран впервые удалось выйти на прямой контакт с захваченными в заложники на востоке Украины представителями ОБСЕ.
13.32. Захват Донецкой прокуратуры квалифицирован как теракт – ГПУ.
13.14. В Краматорске (Донецкая область) временно приостановлено движение всех видов общественного транспорта.
13.10. В Харьковской области задержали россиян с битами и большой суммой денег.
12.58. В результате проведения мероприятий в рамках антитеррористической операции на блокпосту сепаратистов в районе Славянска задержаны четыре человека, которые могут быть причастны к совершению выстрелов из ПЗРК по вертолетам армейской авиации Вооруженных Сил Украины, сообщает пресс-служба Министерства обороны.
12.49. Высокопоставленный представитель президента РФ Владимира Путина Владимир Лукин прибыл в Донецк – Тымчук.
12.43. В спальных районах Славянска возникли перебои с продуктами.
12.42. Вчера возле здания СБУ в Луганске был обнаружен труп молодого мужчины.
12.24. С раннего утра в Славянске завывали сирены гражданской обороны, на подступах к городу были видны столбы дыма, слышна беспорядочная стрельба.
12.05. В Красноармейске вооруженные экстремисты пытались похитить 2 БРДМ – МВД.
12.04. На железнодорожной станции "Славянск" 2 мая неизвестные лица захватили пост электрической централизации, в результате чего парализовано движение поездов на участке "Лозовая - Ясиноватая", сообщили в Донецкой железной дороге.
11.59. Министерство внутренних дел Украины сообщает о попытке вооруженных лиц возобновить трансляцию российских каналов на Луганской областной телерадиокомпании.
11.51. Захваченное сепаратистами здание луганской облпрокуратуры освобождено, сообщила пресс-секретарь областной прокуратуры Ольга Дьяченко.
11.49. Террористы в Славянске должны освободить заложников и захваченные административные здания, заявляет министр внутренних дел Украины Арсен Аваков.
11.47. В Славянске 2 мая исчез американский журналист издания Buzzfeed Майк Джиглио и его переводчица – СМИ.
11.45. В Славянске с раннего утра слышна стрельба.
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Славянск, 2 мая. Фото AFP
11.36. "Народный мэр" Славянска Вячеслав Пономарев выводит мирных граждан на улицы города для создания "живого щита".
11.24. В Славянске звонят колокола и закрыты магазины.
11.22. Российские диверсанты и террористы попытались захватить поезд "Москва-Мариуполь", который сделал остановку в Славянске – Тымчук.
11.14. В Славянске ситуация остается напряженной. Автобусы не ходят. Таксисты работают через одного.
11.11. В Донецк летит высокопоставленный представитель президента РФ Владимира Путина Владимир Лукин – Тымчук.
10.38. В районе проведения антитеррористической операции в Донецкой области уничтожена засада террористов. Об этом сообщил министр внутренних дел Украины Арсен Аваков.
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Офицеры уничтожили засаду террористов. Полковник Алексей Ершов, майор Александр Малыхин, капитан Михаил Зленко. Фото: Арсен Аваков, Facebook
10.26. "Стрелок" пошел на прорыв из Славянска – Тымчук.
10.15. Сепаратисты убили двух военных в Славянске - Минобороны.
10.04. Российские диверсанты намерены бежать из Славянска - Тымчук.
9.25. Аваков подтвердил гибель украинского пилота в Славянске.
09.21. Силовики в Славянске подбили три БТР самообороны, взяли блокпост и телецентр.
09.05. Силовики взяли Славянск в плотное кольцо – Аваков.
08.52. Террористы в Славянске начали экстренно отбирать машины у местных жителей – Тымчук.
08.38. "Народный мэр" и лидер "самообороны Славянска" Вячеслав Пономарев сообщил о гибели пилота одного из двух сбитых террористами украинских вертолетов.
08.17. Над Славянском сбит военный вертолет Ми-24 – Тымчук.
Четверг, 1 мая
22.17 2 мая в Славянске возможна провокация с возможной гибелью людей, сообщает координатор группы "Информационное сопротивление" Дмитрий Тымчук.
21.55 Тимошенко верит в эффективность добровольцев, способных защищать Украину.
21.04 В Горловке сепаратисты захватили пустую прокуратуру и устроили костер из уголовных дел.
20.28 26 человек пострадали при штурме прокуратуры Донецкой области, госпитализиованы двое.
19.59 О том, как в Донецке штурмовали прокуратуру, смотрите в новой ФОТОГАЛЕРЕЕ
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18.31. В результате вооруженного противостояния при штурме прокуратуры Донецкой областипострадали 15 человек.
18.07. В Харькове закончились митинги, которые сегодня организовали коммунисты и активисты пророссийских сил.
18.02. Сегодня провокаторами из Донецкой области был спровоцирован конфликт между жителями пограничной зоны Донецкой и Днепропетровской области в районе блокпоста Новоподгородное.
17.01. Захватчики Донецкой прокуратуры жгут украинскую символику и личные вещи сотрудников.
16.19. На площади Свободы в Харькове пророссийские активисты пытались сжечь флаг Украины, однако из-за дождя он не сгорел.
15.56. Пророссийские активисты забрасывают Донецкую областную прокуратуру коктейлями Молотова. В окна здания также летят камни и брусчатка.
15.41. В Донецке сепаратисты избивают сотрудников МВД, отбирают щиты и оружие
15.28. Сепаратисты в Харькове готовили теракты на 9 мая – СБУ.
15.26. В Донецке пророссийские активисты пытаются взять штурмом здание областной прокуратуры.
14.56. В Харькове несколько сотен работников предприятий вышли на митинг за стабильность и мир.
14.19. Митинг у памятника Ленину в Харькове завершился, участники акции перемещаются к областной госадминистрации.
13.44. Около 150 участников митинга в Харькове отправились под здание областной госадминистрации.
13.13. На Дворце бракосочетаний в Донецке вывесили флаг России.
13.01. В 12.00 в Харькове начался митинг коммунистов и пророссийских активистов, которые пришли на площадь Свободы с георгиевскими лентами.
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12.56. В Луганской области украинские пограничники задержали российского неонациста с антиукраинскими листовками.
12.36. В 50-километровой зоне от границы России с Украиной находится до 18 тысяч российских военных – Тымчук.
12.34. Во время майских праздников на востоке Украины повысилась угроза провокаций. Об этом предупредила Генеральная прокуратура Украины.
11.55. В центре Донецка проходит митинг коммунистов.
11.25. Прошлой ночью правоохранители ликвидировали самовольно установленный блокпост сепаратистов на въезде в город Красноармейск Донецкой области, сообщает МВД Украины.
11.01. В центре Донецка, на площади Ленина, начался митинг. Как передает корреспондент «Сегодня», сейчас на площади находятся около 300 представителей коммунистов и так называемой Донецкой народной республики.
9.14. Сепаратисты в Славянске отпустили двух заложников.
04.43 Мэр Красного Луча дала указание снять государственный флаг с флагштока горсовета.
03.54 "Мэр" Славянска готовит парад и митинг.
02.46 В Авдеевке вооруженные лица напали на пост ГАИ и завладели оружием.
01.56 Сепаратисты отпустили двух захваченных в Краматорске милиционеров.
00.38 Президент РФ Владимир Путин обсудил по телефону с премьер-министром Великобритании Дэвидом Кэмероном ситуацию в Украине.
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23.39 Москва призывает освободить захваченных в Славянске наблюдателей ОБСЕ.
20.16 Сепаратисты захватили мэрию Алчевска.
19.58 Гриценко: У власти было все необходимое, чтобы не допустить захвата Луганска, но они не сделали этого.
19.41 Яценюк  верит, что еще остается шанс преодолеть кризис политическими методами.
18.48. Личный состав подразделений противовоздушной обороны уверенно выполняет задачи по охране воздушного пространства Украины. Об этом сообщили в пресс-службе Министерства обороны Украины.
18.02. В Харькове задержали двух координаторов беспорядков на востоке Украины.
17.24. Губернатор Донецкой области Сергей Тарута уверяет, что местная власть в ближайшее время возьмет под контроль ситуацию в городе.
16.58. Силы самообороны Донбасса вооружены на достаточном уровне, в основном, за счет трофеев и вооружений, взятых у украинских военнослужащих, которые были направлены Киевом на восток страны - сопредседатель правительства так называемой Донецкой народной республики Денис Пушилин.
16.54. Сегодня, 30 апреля, в Луганске с флагштока возле памятника Тарасу Шевченко сняли флаг Украины.
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Russia demands Security Council meeting on Ukraine
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 12:09 PM

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Russia is calling for an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on the crisis in Ukraine.
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 Russia is calling for an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on the crisis in Ukraine. The Russian mission to the United Nations tweeted May 2 morning that Russia has asked for the meeting today, on May 2.
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BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Government forces in Sloviansk offensive
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 12:07 PM

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Pro-Russian rebels have shot down two of Ukraine's army helicopters during an "anti-terror" operation in the eastern city of Sloviansk, Kiev has said.
It said a pilot and serviceman had been killed, four suspected separatists held and 10 rebel checkpoints seized.
Half of the city was later declared "under control" of the Ukrainian units.
There has been no independent confirmation of the claim. Separatists at three checkpoints earlier told the BBC they were still in control there.
Sarah Rainsford reports from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Russia warns of gas supply disruption to Europe
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 12:06 PM

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The state-controlled OAO Gazprom says deliveries scheduled in June should be paid by Ukraine for upfront.
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 Russia's energy minister on May 2 questioned Ukraine's ability to pay for Russian natural gas and said state-controlled OAO Gazprom will ask that deliveries scheduled in June be paid for upfront, which he said poses a risk of supply disruption to European customers. Ukraine owes more than $3.5 billion for Russian natural gas, said Energy Minister Alexander Novak after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart, Yuriy Prodan and European Union energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger.
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German Chancellor Merkel arrives at White House
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 12:03 PM

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama welcomed Germany's Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday, seeking to secure united European backing for tougher sanctions on Russia's economy should the Kremlin escalate the crisis in Ukraine.
The president and the Chancellor met days after both the United States and the European Union imposed new sanctions on key political and business figures around President Vladimir Putin.
The measures followed the failure of a deal brokered in Geneva to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine and the refusal of Russia to rein in pro-Moscow separatist groups in southeastern Ukraine.
So far, the sanctions adopted by either side have been limited to personal visa and asset bans against prominent people in Putin's inner circle, branded "cronies" by the White House.
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At least one man has been killed in clashes that broke out in Odessa, Ukraine (LIVE BLOG)
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:52 AM

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UPDATE: 5/2/14 11:40 AM ET
The riot police, standing by
Odessa might be seeing the same inaction from security forces other parts of Ukraine have seen in the past few weeks.
Acting President Oleksander Turchynov said yesterday, "The majority of law enforcers in the east are incapable of performing their duties." Odessa, however, is in the south, on the Black Sea.
Just yesterday, riot police guarding the prosecutor's office in Donetsk were overwhelmed by a crowdof pro-Russians armed with bats.
Senior Correspondent Dan Peleschuk was in Donetsk recently and looked at how a passive police force is exacerbating the crisis in Ukraine.
UPDATE: 5/2/14 11:20 AM ET
Elsewhere in Ukraine, soldiers waiting...
According to Agence France-Presse's captions, these Ukrainian soldiers were waiting as pro-Russian supporters blocked the road between the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk on Friday.
UPDATE: 5/2/14 10:55 AM ET
At least one reported killed in Odessa
Reuters — One man was shot dead in clashes between pro-Russian protesters and supporters of Ukrainian unity in the largely Russian-speaking port city of Odessa, local police said on Friday.
Police said in a statement protesters had thrown petrol bombs, paving stones and "explosive devices" during the clashes in the southern city, and that the man had been shot in the chest, puncturing his left lung.
He died before the ambulance reached him.
The scene right now, via journalist Howard Amos:
UPDATE: 5/2/14 10:50 AM ET
Russian saboteurs tried to cross Ukraine's border, says president
Reuters — Ukraine's acting president, Oleksander Turchynov, said on Friday Ukrainian border troops had rebuffed attempts by Russian "armed saboteurs" to cross into Ukraine overnight.
Turchynov also said in a statement the operation to retake the eastern town of Slovyansk had not progressed as quickly as he had hoped, complicated by pro-Russian rebels hiding "behind the citizens" and "firing from apartment blocks."
"We demand that the terrorists, saboteurs, all those who took up arms against our country, to lay down their arms, surrender, release hostages and administrative buildings," he said.
UPDATE: 5/2/14 10:35 AM ET
Odessa as it unfolded, via social media
Journalist Howard Amos and blogger Nikolai Holmov documented the clashes in Odessa minute by minute.
UPDATE: 5/2/14 10:20 AM ET
Soccer team fans planned a march with pro-Ukraine protesters
A report from Russian news site Radio Ekho Moskvy (translated by Europe Editor Gregory Feifer) on the Odessa clashes:
Several thousand pro-Ukraine supporters and Chornomorets soccer team fans gathered in central Odessa for a march on Friday when they were confronted by several hundred anti-Maidan activists with clubs and shields, Interfax-Ukraine reported. During the clash that followed, radicals in black balaclavas threw projectiles at the pro-Ukraine demonstrators, according to Itar-Tass. RIA Novosti reported shots being fired.
UPDATE: 5/2/14 9:50 AM ET
Clashes between pro-Ukrainians and pro-Russians in Odessa
It seems the next hot spot in Ukraine is Odessa:
The following videos were posted by journalists but their authenticity has not been confirmed:
UPDATE: 5/2/14 9:20 AM ET
Kyiv denies blame
Reuters — Ukraine categorically denies Russian attempts to blame Kyiv for breaking a deal agreed in Geneva last month, saying on Friday that Moscow had failed to take any steps to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine's east.
"Instead Russia is supporting in many ways terrorist groups that are operating in the eastern regions of Ukraine, who are putting civilians in danger, seizing hostages and creating an atmosphere of terror and violence," the Foreign Ministry said.
In a statement, the ministry also added that Ukraine was ready to negotiate with a Russian envoy to try to find a way out of the crisis, but that Kyiv had not been informed of his arrival in eastern Ukraine.
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Helicopters near Slovyansk
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Pro-Russian separatists leave TV station, seize railways
Reuters — Pro-Russian separatists have seized the control center for Donetsk railways in eastern Ukraine, all but stopping trains from running, a spokesman for the Donetsk railway said on Friday.
The rebels had seized the command post near Yasynuvata, just north of Donetsk, and had cut all electricity, he said. "Movement has all but stopped."
Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry said Pro-Russian separatists left the prosecutor's office and television center in Ukraine's eastern city of Luhansk on Friday.
"The (prosecutor's) office was freed today thanks to negotiations between the local authorities and people who had seized the building," the ministry said in a statement. It said in another report that separatists had also left the television center.
Both were seized on earlier in the week.
This was the scene:
UPDATE: 5/2/14 6:50 AM ET
Journalists detained
Reports of journalists detained by pro-Russians filtered in and out:
UPDATE: 5/2/14 6:40 AM ET
Reaction from Russia
Reuters —President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said the Kremlin was "extremely worried" that it had not heard from an envoy Putin had sent to the eastern city to help free foreign hostages. He said the "punitive operation" mounted by Ukrainian forces had destroyed a peace plan agreed with Western powers two weeks ago.
Putin's spokesman heaped blame on the Ukrainian government, which took power two months ago after pro-Western protests forced the Kremlin-backed elected president to flee to Russia.
Noting that Putin had warned before that any "punitive operation" would be a "criminal act," Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies that this was what had now happened at Slovyansk, where separatists seeking independence or annexation by Moscow are holding seven foreign European military observers.
Saying Putin had sent an envoy, Vladimir Lukin, to southeast Ukraine to negotiate their release, Peskov said that Lukin had not been heard from since the Ukrainian operation began.
"While Russia is making efforts to de-escalate and settle the conflict, the Kyiv regime has turned to firing on civilian towns with military aircraft and has begun a punitive operation, effectively destroying the last hope of survival for the Geneva accord," he said, referring to a deal on April 17 signed by Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the European Union.
Under that agreement, separatists were supposed to lay down their arms and vacate the public buildings they have seized in about a dozen towns they have seized across the Russian-speaking east. Since then, however, they have tightened their grip.
UPDATE: 5/2/14 6:20 AM ET
Two helicopters shot down by rebels in Ukraine
Reuters — Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian helicopters on Friday, killing two crew, as troops tightened their siege of separatist-held Slovyansk in what Moscow called a "criminal" assault by Kyiv that wrecked hopes of peace.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement that two Mi-24 helicopter gunships were shot down by shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles while on patrol overnight around Slovyansk, a city that rebels have turned into a heavily-fortified stronghold. Two airmen were killed and others wounded. The attack helicopter normally has two crew but can carry more.
Other Ukrainian officials and the separatist leader in Slovyansk had said earlier that one airman was taken prisoner.
A third helicopter, an Mi-8 transport aircraft, was also hit and a serviceman wounded, the Defense Ministry said. The SBU security service said this helicopter was carrying medics.
Eight hours after Reuters journalists in Slovyansk heard shooting break out and saw one helicopter opening fire, the city of 130,000 was quiet, with shops shut and armed separatists in control of the streets while Ukrainian forces in armored vehicles had taken up positions on the outskirts of town.
Ukrainian officials said troops overran rebel checkpoints around the city in an operation launched before dawn and it was now "tightly encircled." They pointed to the heavy fire that hit the helicopters as proof of the presence of Russian forces, despite repeated denials from Moscow that it has troops on the ground or is controlling the uprising.
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Riot police huddled in a tortoise formation
"This is the last official building, the last government office that was still showing any loyalty to Kyiv,"said ITV News' Europe editor James Mates from outside the prosecutor's office that was stormed in Donetsk on Thursday. "It is paying the price for that."
Their report is worth watching for footage from the scene as protesters overwhelmed the riot police.
This was the state of the riot police guarding the building:
UPDATE: 5/1/14 1:30 PM ET
Ukraine reinstates the draft
Ukraine has reinstated military conscription, according to a statement from the office of acting President Oleksander Turchynov.
The statement, released on Thursday, said conscription was being introduced "given the deteriorating situation in the east and the south... the rising force of armed pro-Russian units and the taking of public administration buildings... which threaten territorial integrity," the BBC reported.
Military service was compulsory in Ukraine until late 2013, when a law introduced by now ousted President Viktor Yanukovych scrapped it.
BBC's correspondents said reservists could boost Ukraine's 130,000 armed forces to around 1 million.
UPDATE: 5/1/14 1:00 PM ET
The lonely Ukrainians
Senior Correspondent Dan Peleschuk pointed out this interesting piece of news from Moscow.
May Day was a bigger and better affair in Russia this year, with tens of thousands gathering for rallies in Moscow and marching through the iconic Red Square.
A motley collection of Russians, both young and old, sang old labor songs and waved balloons,according to The Washington Post.
But this happened after the large rallies had dispersed:
"Seven protesters singing the Ukrainian national anthem and carrying a Ukrainian flag marched down empty, upscale Tverskaya Boulevard. More than a dozen police officers charged at them, throwing two men and one woman into a nearby police van and ripping up the Ukrainian flag. The woman shouted from the van that the police were being violent – but then the door slammed and her voice could no longer be heard."
Here is a video of their short-lived protest:
Such an overt display of dissent appears to be unusual for Russia's Ukrainian minority.
Just last week, Al Jazeera reported that many members of the Ukrainian community fear the consequences of speaking out in defense of their homeland.
"I don't really talk about Ukraine anymore — not because I don't have anything to say, but because the topic is just too hot," journalist Roman Romanenko told Al Jazeera.
The lives of Russians and Ukrainians seem delicately interwoven, as Ben C. Solomon found when he interviewed Ukrainian soldiers at an air base in the then Ukrainian city of Sevastopol. Since then, Crimea has been annexed by Russia.
UPDATE: 5/1/14 12:15 PM ET
Riot police in Donetsk were 'humiliated'
ITV's Europe editor James Mates and The Washington Post's Simon Denyer were at the scene of the storming today. Their Twitter feeds offer some more detail of the events that transpired at the prosecutor's office in Donetsk [h/t Interpreter Mag]:
UPDATE: 5/1/14 10:00 AM ET
Some stunning images from the storming of the prosecutor's office in Donetsk
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Losing the east may mean a re-design of the IMF's bailout that was approved just yesterday
Reuters — Ukraine's loss of its territory in the east would force the International Monetary Fund to re-design its $17 billion bailout of the country, and would likely require additional financing, the Fund warned on Thursday.
The IMF also said a deterioration in relations between Ukraine and Russia, a key export market for Kyiv, could further hurt Ukraine's economy and also force an adjustment to its bailout, approved by the IMF board on Wednesday.
"Should the central government lose effective control over the East, the program will need to be re-designed," the IMF said in a staff report on Ukraine's aid program that was released on Thursday.
UPDATE: 5/1/14 11:20 AM ET
Putin to Ukraine's military: Quit while you're ahead... er, behind
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday. He gave her a message for Ukraine's military: Pull out of Ukraine's southeastern regions.
"Putin emphasized that it was imperative today to withdraw all military units from the southeastern regions, stop the violence and immediately launch a broad national dialogue as part of the constitutional reform process involving all regions and political forces," according to Russian news agency Interfax.
Merkel's spokesman said the focus of the call was the German leader asking Putin to help free seven captured observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 
Putin's call for a military pullout comes a day after Ukraine's acting President Oleksander Turchynov essentially said the security services were "helpless" in maintaining order in the region.
The security forces in the southeast were plagued with "inactivity, helplessness and even criminal betrayal," Turchynov said, according to The New York Times. "It is hard to accept but it’s the truth. The majority of law enforcers in the east are incapable of performing their duties."
UPDATE: 5/1/14 11:00 AM ET
Protesters accuse prosecutor's office of charging people with fake crimes
Reuters — Pro-Russian protesters stormed the prosecutor's office in the separatist-held city of Donetsk on Thursday, lobbing stones and smashing windows after accusing the office of working for the Western-backed government in Kyiv.
Donetsk, a city of about 1 million people in Ukraine's industrial east, is at the center of an armed uprising across the steel and coal belt by mainly Russian-speakers threatening to secede from Ukraine.
The violence, in a city already largely under the control of separatists, underscored the shifting security situation and suspicions in the region.
"The prosecutor's office was issuing criminal orders from Kyiv against its own people, charging them with separatism and other fake crimes," said one protester, a 43-year-old man from Donetsk who gave his name as Igor.
Interfax-Ukraine news agency said the protesters had allowed security officers inside the building to leave, but that some were wounded. A Reuters reporter saw blood on the ground.
Pro-Russian separatists in the city have declared a "People's Republic of Donetsk" and say they will hold a referendum on secession on May 11.
Police in the east have largely given up without a fight when confronted with protesters armed with clubs and often well-organized gunmen in masks and military fatigues. But officers often continue to work, in tacit cooperation with separatist leaders who want to maintain order.
UPDATE: 5/1/14 10:05 AM ET
Pictures from the seizure of the prosecutor's office in Donetsk
Journalist Olaf Koens appears to be at the scene:
UPDATE: 5/01/14 9:40 AM ET
Pro-Russian protesters storm prosecutor's office in Donetsk
Reuters — Pro-Russian protesters stormed the prosecutor's office in the separatist-held city of Donetsk on Thursday, lobbing petrol bombs and stones, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
The violence broke out when protesters gathered outside the office accusing the prosecutors of working for the pro-Western government in Kyiv, which Donetsk is threatening to break from in a referendum on May 11.
Protesters entered the building, and television pictures showed police filing out.
UPDATE: 5/01/14 8:45 AM ET
Ukraine detains Russian military attache for spying
Reuters — Ukraine said on Thursday it had detained Russia's military attache to Kyiv on suspicion of spying and ordered him to leave, as the ex-Soviet republic wrestles with an armed uprising it says is orchestrated by Moscow.
In a statement, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said the unnamed diplomat was detained on Wednesday while undertaking "intelligence activities."
Ukraine accuses Russia of orchestrating the fall of towns and cities across its industrial east to pro-Russian separatists over the past month, spearheaded by well-organized gunmen in masks and military fatigues.
Russia denies having any part in the rebellion, but has warned it reserves the right to intervene to protect ethnic Russians — following its annexation of Crimea in late March — and has massed tens of thousands of troops on its western frontier with Ukraine.
"The military-naval attache of the embassy of the Russian Federation in Ukraine is declared persona non grata in connection with his actions, which are not in accordance with his diplomatic status," the ministry said. The diplomat was ordered to leave, though the statement mentioned no deadline.
There was no immediate response from Moscow, which like Kyiv is observing the May 1 holiday. Ukraine's pro-Western leaders conceded on Wednesday they were "helpless" to counter the fall of government buildings and police stations to the separatists in the Donbass coal and steel belt of eastern Ukraine, source of around a third of the country's industrial output.
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More on the IMF loan
The International Monetary Fund's board signed off on a $17 billion two-year aid program for Ukraine on Wednesday to help the ex-Soviet republic recover after months of turmoil.
The aid will unlock further credits from other donors of about $15 billion, intended to help Ukraine stabilize its economy amid its worst civil turmoil since independence in 1991.
The decision from the IMF's 24-member board, which includes representatives from Russia and the United States, clears the way for an immediate disbursement of $3.2 billion to Ukraine's cash-strapped government, allowing it to meet looming obligations and avoid a potential debt default. Of that first tranche, $2 billion will be targeted at supporting the budget.
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So, everyone agrees: There is no military solution
Reuters — Russia's President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed in a phone call on Wednesday that the Ukrainian crisis can only be solved through "peaceful means," the Kremlin said in a statement.
"The Russian President noted, in particular, the fundamental importance of the soonest and unconditional implementation by the Kyiv authorities of the provisions of the Geneva statement of April 17 to de-escalate tensions in the country," it added.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out military intervention in the dispute with Russia over Ukraine and said she was counting on a diplomatic resolution to Europe's worst crisis since the Cold War ended.
In a speech to about 1,200 people in Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital, ahead of the European parliamentary elections next month, Merkel said the lessons of two world wars in the last century could not be forgotten.
"Would we have learned anything 100 years after the start of World War I and 75 years after the start of World War II if we resorted to the same methods? No," said Merkel, whose country has a deeply pacifist streak after those wars.
"I'll continue working towards a good partnership with Russia," said Merkel.
"We will not resolve our conflicts in Europe with military means. Military solutions can be excluded," she added to loud applause.
UPDATE: 4/30/14 3:25 PM ET
Putin's stride
Reuters — Vladimir Putin has "walked the walk" since the West imposed new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but not in the way Barack Obama intended.
Announcing sanctions against Russian companies and individuals this week, the US president used the phrase in urging the Kremlin leader to do more than just "talk the talk" when it comes to finding a diplomatic solution to the standoff.
In a move that seemed designed to mock Obama's choice of words, state television lingered on Putin striding with knowing confidence across a vast hall to deliver his verdict on the sanctions to reporters during a visit to neighboring Belarus.
Completely unruffled, Putin denied US charges that Russian troops are in Ukraine, blamed the crisis on the West and ratcheted up the war of words by warning that Moscow could bar some Western companies from involvement in Russia's economy.
"It was handing out those pies on the Maidan that paved the way to the crisis," he said, referring to a visit in which US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland offered food to anti-government protesters on Kyiv's main square in December.
There is no overt sign that the asset freezes and travel bans imposed by the United States and European Union, reinforced by moves by Japan and Canada, are having any effect on Putin.
And Western Kremlin watchers remain deeply uneasy about forecasting just what the president might do next in Ukraine.
He may think he has little reason to be the one to "blink" first; although the annexation of the Crimea peninsula and the massing of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine have left East-West relations more tense than at any time since the Cold War, Putin's popularity has soared in Russia.
A poll on Wednesday showed 82 percent of Russians support the former KGB spy's actions, his highest rating since 2010.
The sanctions were considered so mild in Russia that share prices rose in Moscow when they were announced. Moscow also regards the European Union and the United States as divided over how to handle the crisis, largely because the EU is heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas and has more trade with Moscow.
Some Russians say Putin's position may even be hardening.
"The sanctions have an impact on Putin but not necessarily the impact intended. The West wants to deter him, make him back down, split him from his entourage, set the 'oligarchs' against him, make the Russian people mistrust and topple him," said Dmitry Trenin, head of the Moscow Carnegie Center think-tank.
"In my view it will not work. Sanctions could contribute to Russia being more of an adversary to the US - poorer, less connected to the world and less predictable."
UPDATE: 4/30/14 2:55 PM ET
What is Lavrov doing in Latin America?
From Senior Correspondent Simeon Tegel in Lima, Peru:
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was on tour in … Latin America.
Russia has growing trade ties with the region, currently worth some $13 billion a year. Yet the timing of Lavrov’s trip is a mystery, with Ukraine still at boiling point and with the EU and US launching a second round of sanctions against Moscow on Monday.
The purpose of the trip was to strengthen bilateral cooperation and trade, according to the official Voice of Russia radio, yet that may bring up more questions than it answers.
One thing Lavrov is unlikely to do, as he visits Cuba, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Nicaragua this week, is drum up support for Russia’s stance over Ukraine.
Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua might all be Russian allies, but none is in a position to offer anything more than verbal backing for Moscow.
"Nicaragua supports the initiative of the Russian Federation to find peaceful solutions in [...] Syria, Ukraine, not the outcome of scorched earth and destruction," Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortegasaid Tuesday.
Nicaragua is one of the tiniest and poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere, whose weight on the world stage equals, with respect, that of a feather. If anything, Lavrov visiting Managua now only serves to underline Russia’s isolation on the international stage.
Meanwhile, the regimes in Cuba and particularly protest-wracked Venezuela each probably have their hands full dealing with internal problems.
All three have also been noticeable for their silence in response to Putin’s recent attempts to establish Russian military bases in Latin America. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua even said that it would be against his country’s constitution to allow foreign military bases in Venezuela.
The center-left governments of Peru and Chile are both democratic and respectful of the United Nations charter. You can probably bet the house on it, that neither will be publicly backing Moscow over Ukraine.
UPDATE: 4/30/14 1:15 PM ET
'There were no orders from Kyiv'
Reuters — The police of Luhansk had already stacked sandbags to the ceiling of their HQ in anticipation of trouble, during a month in which government buildings and police stations had tumbled to armed separatists across Ukraine's industrial east.
But nothing had prepared them for the assault they faced on Tuesday night by gunmen armed with automatic rifles, petrol bombs and stun grenades.
The city's police chief, Vladimir Ruslavsky, had little choice but to cede command, showing the assailants the letter of resignation they demanded, signed and faxed to the Interior Ministry in Kyiv, said Tatyana Pogukai, a spokeswoman for the local police.
The city government, prosecutor's office and television center had already fallen, in a major advance for pro-Russian separatists in their three-week-old uprising against the pro-Western government in Kyiv.
"I was here all night," Pogukai told Reuters on Wednesday. "I slept on the floor."
"The station constantly sent messages that we were being stormed, that they were throwing grenades, but there was no answer," she said of the national police leadership in Kyiv.
"There are no orders from Kyiv. None at all. There's a feeling that for Kyiv, Luhansk and the Luhansk police station simply don't exist."
The account of Tuesday's takeover in Ukraine's easternmost provincial capital, an hour's drive from the Russian border, reinforces the sense of a region slipping decisively from the grasp of a central government cobbled together barely two months ago amid the worst civil turmoil in Ukraine since independence in 1991.
Where it leads will likely be known after May 11, when the region's self-declared "People's Republic of Donetsk" holds a referendum on secession, echoing events in Crimea before its annexation by Russia in late March.
Ruslavsky's officers never fired back, copying their comrades across this steel and coal belt who have sooner or later given up in the face of angry crowds armed with clubs and chains, often backed by well-organized gunmen in masks and military fatigues.
Some officers left, handing in their weapons, while others stayed and could be seen carrying out their duties on Wednesday in an uneasy cohabitation with the separatists. The ground floor windows of the headquarters were smashed and there were dents in the main gate.
Approached by a reporter, the police directed questions to a man in civilian clothing who was talking and laughing with officers on the street. He gave his name as Denis, and was unarmed but held a two-way radio.
"Criminals are still criminals, despite the revolution," he said, explaining why the separatists would allow police to keep working. "The police have the data, the professional skills, and if you drive them off you'll have chaos."
Another separatist, who declined to be identified, said the men who carried out Tuesday's operation were loyal to Valery Bolotov, a retired military officer now one of the leaders of the separatist "Army of the Southeast."
Bolotov was named on a list of people slapped with sanctions by the European Union on Tuesday, in an as yet fruitless attempt by Western countries to slow the uprising.
The surrender and in some cases defection of the police represents a formidable blow to Kyiv, which plans an election for president on May 25 but now has little control in parts of the east.
This week's sudden capture of Luhansk, along with neighboring Donetsk province which they have mostly held for weeks, gives separatists effective sway over the entire Donbass, the prized coal region where giant steel smelters and heavy plants produce around a third of Ukraine's industrial output.
Many native Russian speakers in the east feel aggrieved at events over the past five months in Kiev, where protests toppled Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovych in a tug-of-war between the West and Russia over the strategic direction of the former Soviet republic.
Ukraine's armed forces have held off any large-scale operation to wrest back control, both because of a lack of training and equipment and out of fear of triggering an invasion by tens of thousands of Russian troops massed on the border.
UPDATE: 4/30/14 11:25 AM ET
An updated map of the unrest in Ukraine
UPDATE: 4/30/14 11:05 AM ET
Ukraine's security forces are 'helpless,' says president
Recent reports from eastern Ukraine indicate a police force largely standing on the sidelines, unable or unwilling to intervene when pro-Russian separatists clash with pro-Ukrainian protesters.
Ukraine's acting president told regional leaders that security forces in eastern Ukraine were "helpless" in their task of protecting civilians.
"I would like to say frankly that at the moment the security structures are unable to swiftly take the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions back under control," Oleksander Turchynov said,according to the BBC.
"More than that, some of these units either aid or co-operate with terrorist groups," he added.
What's behind the police force's inefficiency? Senior Correspondent Dan Peleschuk reports from Donetsk:
Ivan Varchenko, a Kharkiv councilman from the pro-government Fatherland Party, says the new, revolutionary conditions in Ukraine have caught a largely corrupt and underprepared police force by surprise.
He partly blames ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, whose support base was in the Donetsk Region.
“In reality, much of the police force we have in Ukraine today was oriented toward several specific activities: to defend the Yanukovych ‘family’ and protect oligarchs’ businesses,” Varchenko, a member of the council’s human rights committee, said in a recent interview.
“They understood that they were perfectly suited to that — to pressure local businessmen into paying bribes, for instance,” he added. “But now when they need to be fighting bandits, they’re showing their inability.”
Read more about how eastern Ukraine's passive police force is fueling the crisis.
UPDATE: 4/30/14 10:50 AM ET
Ukraine's military is on high alert
Reuters — Ukraine's armed forces are on full military alert in case of a Russian invasion, the country's acting president said on Wednesday, reiterating concern over Russian troops massed on the border.
"I once again return to the real danger of the Russian Federation beginning a land war against Ukraine,"Oleksander Turchynov told a meeting of regional governors in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"Our armed forces have been put on full military readiness," he said.
Russia says it has no plan to invade eastern Ukraine following its annexation of the Crimean peninsula in March, but Turchynov's remark made clear the pro-Western government in Kiev saw no reason to reduce the readiness of its armed forces.
Kyiv, however, accuses Moscow of orchestrating an armed uprising in the industrial east by Russian-speaking separatists who have seized government buildings in a strong of towns and cities, largely unopposed by police.
Ukrainian soldiers stand near a tank at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk on April 29, 2014.
UPDATE: 4/30/14 10:15 AM ET
Masked gunmen take another town in the Donbass region
Reuters — Masked gunmen in military fatigues took control of a government building in another Ukrainian town on Wednesday, as pro-Russian separatists tightened their grip on a swathe of the country's industrial east largely unopposed by police.
Local media reports said the gunmen turned up at first light, and were later seen by a Reuters photographer to be controlling entry to the building in the town of almost 300,000 people. They refused to be photographed.
The heavily armed men wore the same military uniforms without insignia as other so-called "green men" who have joined pro-Russian protesters with clubs and chains in seizing control of a string of towns across Ukraine's Donbass coal and steel belt abutting the border with Russia.
A police official in nearby Donetsk, the provincial capital where separatists have declared a "People's Republic of Donetsk," said separatists were also in control of the Horlivka police division, having seized the regional police HQ earlier in April.
Wednesday's takeover followed the fall of government buildings on Tuesday further east in Luhansk, capital of Ukraine's easternmost province, driving home just how far control over the densely populated region has slipped from the pro-Western central government in Kyiv.
"They've taken them. The government administration and police," the police official said of Horlivka.
The town sits just north of Donetsk, where mainly Russian-speaking separatists have called a referendum on secession for May 11.
Many hope to follow Crimea's break from Ukraine in late March and subsequent annexation by Russia, following the overthrow of Ukraine's then Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych in late February in a tug-of-war between the West and Russia over the strategic direction of the former Soviet republic.
The Donbass region is home to giant steel smelters and heavy plants that produce around a third of Ukraine's industrial output.
An armed uprising began there in early April, with Kyiv almost powerless to respond for fear of provoking an invasion by tens of thousands of Russian troops massed on the border.
Oleksander Turchynov, Ukraine's acting president until an election on May 25, reiterated on Wednesday that police were incapable of reasserting control in the region.
"Our main task is to prevent the terrorist threat from spreading to other regions of Ukraine," he told a meeting of regional governors in Kyiv.
"The Russian leadership is doing everything to prevent the election. But the election will take place on May 25," he said.
Authorities in Kyiv said security forces had "liquidated" three separatist checkpoints near the eastern town of Slovyansk, a separatist stronghold, and the gunmen manning them had disappeared. The information could not be independently confirmed.
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How a Boston College research project could send Gerry Adams to prison
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:47 AM

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Adams denies involvement in McConville's death. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
LONDON, UK — Gerry Adams, arguably the world’s most recognizable face of Northern Irish republicanism, was arrested Wednesday night in connection with the 1972 murder of a woman wrongly suspected of informing on the Irish Republican Army. He can be held until Friday without charge under the 2000 Terrorism Act.
Adams has been president of Sinn Fein, the republican movement’s political wing, since 1983. He has always denied being part of the Irish Republican Army, the paramilitary group responsible for a campaign of bombings and murder during the 30-year sectarian conflict known as “the Troubles.”
Allegations have circulated for years about Adams’s links to the IRA and the murder of Jean McConville, a 37-year-old mother of 10 who was kidnapped in front of her children and later shot. However, police are now acting now on information obtained from a series of recorded interviews known as the “Boston Tapes,” a project of Boston College that has spiraled out of the university’s control.  
What are the Boston Tapes?
The Boston Tapes are a series of recordings started in 2001 as an oral history of the Northern Irish conflict. Researchers recorded candid interviews with former paramilitaries from both republican and loyalist factions. Participants were told that the tapes wouldn’t be made public until after their deaths.
How did they end up in police hands?
When IRA member Brendan Hughes became the first of the interviewees to die in 2008, it emerged that he had implicated Adams in McConville’s death in his interview. The Northern Ireland police filed a lawsuit against Boston College to obtain the tapes of Hughes’s interview and that of Dolours Price, an IRA member who died last year and also named Adams. After a long court battle, the university was ordered to hand them over.
How can the university reneg on its promise of confidentiality?
The initial contract interviewees were meant to sign stipulated that anonymity would be protected “to the extent American law allows.” That phrase was somehow omitted from the final version, and Boston College authorities have admitted that they never actually checked the contract with lawyers to ensure that their promises of confidentiality were valid.
What’s happened as a result of the tapes’ release?
In March, police arrested former IRA member Ivor Bell in connection with McConville’s murder as a result of information in the tapes. Bell, now 77, denies any involvement. In addition to Bell and Adams, five other people have been detained and questioned.
What’s next?
The remaining tapes are locked away in a vault in Boston College. Many participants have asked for theirs back.
The project's authors are suing Boston College, saying they would never have agreed to conduct the interviews had they known the participants' confidentiality wouldn't be ensured. Researcher Anthony McIntyre — himself a former IRA paramilitary — says the tapes’ fallout has been worse than his 17 years in prison.
“To me, personally, it’s the single most devastating thing that ever happened to me,” he told the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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One man shot dead in clashes in Ukraine's Odessa-police
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:42 AM

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KIEV May 2 (Reuters) - One man was shot dead in clashes between pro-Russian protesters and supporters of Ukrainian unity in the largely Russian-speaking port city of Odessa, local police said on Friday.

Police said in a statement protesters had thrown petrol bombs, paving stones and "explosive devices" during the clashes in the southern city, and that the man had been shot in the chest, puncturing his left lung.

He died before the ambulance reached him. (reporting by Natalia Zinets, writing by Elizabeth Piper, editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)

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Ukraine's tug-of-war between Russia and the West lurched to the central southern coastal city ofOdessa on Friday, with around a thousand rival protesters involved in violent clashes in the city center. A demonstration calling for the country's unity marched ...

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KIEV May 2 (Reuters) - One man was shot dead in clashes between pro-Russian protesters and supporters of Ukrainian unity in the largely Russian-speaking port city of Odessa, local police said on Friday. Police said in a statement protesters had thrown ...

Molotov cocktails in Ukraine's Odessa as pro- and anti-Maidan rallies clash

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Gunfire was heard in Odessa's downtown as two rival rallies met, police having failed to draw them apart. Over 2,000 protesters pelted each other with Molotov cocktails and smoke grenades. Pavements were dismantled to get the stones for the fight, like it ...

Pro-Ukrainians, pro-Russians clash in Odessa

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Hundreds of pro-Russian militants swinging batons and wearing helmets on Friday attacked a rally of 1,500 people in Ukraine's southern port city of Odessa demonstrating for national unity, an AFP journalist said. Police intervened to try to break up the ...

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Odessa is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants and has been relatively clear of the unrest that has wracked the east of the country. However, it is strategically located close to the border with Moldova and its breakaway state of Transdniestr, ...

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Smoke grenades and Molotov cocktails were hurled between the two groups, and shots were heard in downtown Odessa as the rival rallies met, according to local Ukrainian media. Russia's RT channel claims over 2000 protesters took part in the incident.

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ODESSA, May 02. /ITAR-TASS/. Mass riots are reported from the central square in Ukraine's Black Sea city of Odessa on Friday. The riots were instigated by aggressively behaving supporters of the current Kiev authorities and fans of the local football club ...

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Molotov cocktails in Ukraine’s Odessa as pro- and anti-Maidan rallies clash — RT News
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:36 AM

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Published time: May 02, 2014 13:48
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A fatality and injuries have been reported as rival rallies clash in Ukraine's port-city of Odessa. A pro-unity demonstration, which included nationalists and football fans, ran into a rally preaching greater autonomy for the regions.
Gunfire was heard in Odessa's downtown as two rival rallies met, police having failed to draw them apart. Over 2,000 protesters pelted each other with Molotov cocktails and smoke grenades. Pavements were dismantled to get the stones for the fight, like it was done in Kiev during the Maidan protests.
As the fire brigade arrived at the scene, the driver was forced out of the vehicle by the enraged football fans and had to flee, as a live stream showed.
At least one person died in the stand-off due to a gun-shot wound, according to the regional Interior Minister. Reports in Twitter suggest the killed person was one of the football fans. Injuries are reported on the both sides. Local media reported that there were three killed, however the reports have been yet unconfirmed.
Around 1,500 supporters of the Kiev authorities gathered at Sobornaya Square in central Odessa. They were accompanied by fans of the local football club, Chernomorets.
Some of the people in the group were wearing the ultra-nationalist Right Sector movement insignia. They were also armed with chains and bats and carried shields, as an Itar-Tass correspondent on the ground reported.
The group tried to march through the city, chanting “Glory to Ukraine”, “Death to enemies”, “Knife the Moskals (derogatory for Russians)”.
The procession was then confronted by several hundred pro-federalization activists. Fighting erupted as a result, with members of the rival groups throwing stones at each other and at police, who tried to stop the violence. The pavements are spattered with blood.
Nationalists mingling with football fans hijacked a fire truck, which they used in an attempt to ram the defense of the rival rally, Itar-Tass reported.
Odessa, the Black Sea coastal city in Ukraine, has been among the southeast Ukrainian cities swept by massive protests, both pro- and anti-government, following the February coup in Kiev.
At the end of March thousands were rallying in Odessa, questioning the legitimacy of the coup-imposed government and demanding referendum on granting more freedoms to the regions.
Before the radical far-right group arrived in Odessa, rallies supporting the Kiev authorities numbered only several hundreds of people, while the pro-federalization rallies opposing Kiev gathered thousands.
Last week, local police chief, Petr Lutsuk, demanded the expulsion of recently-arrived radicals from the city.
"A large number of people had gathered in Kiev, and it was decided to send these groups to Odessa. We do not need them. They came and created a volatile situation," he said.
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Митинги в Одессе переросли в массовую драку - Чрезвычайные новости, 31.03 - YouTube
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:32 AM

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Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:26 AM

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Столкновения в Одессе между сторонниками единства Украины и пророссийскими активистами продолжаются, есть информация минимум о семерых пострадавших и одном погибшем. Тело участника проукраинского митинга накрыли флагом Украины. По данным некоторых средств массовой информации, число погибших может быть значительно выше - до четырех человек.
Слышны выстрелы, звуки взрывов шумовых гранат. Очевидцы заметили у сепаратистов огнестрельное оружие. 
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СБУ установила личность диверсанта "Абвера" из "группы Стрелка"
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:24 AM

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Контрразведка Службы безопасности Украины установила реальное имя и фамилию одного из ключевых участников преступной диверсионной "группы Стрелка".
"Диверсантом с позывным "Абвер" ("Адлер"), который фактически является правой рукой "Стрелка", является гражданин РФ Здрилюк Сергей Анатольевич. Это лицо имеет также паспорт гражданина Украины", - сообщила пресс-служба СБУ.
В сообщении отмечено, что Здрилюк родился в Винницкой области, длительное время проживал в Крыму.
"Именно на территории АР Крым он прошел специальную подготовку и 12 апреля 2014 в составе "группы Стрелка" прибыл в Донецкую область для участия в масштабной диверсионной операции и терроризирования мирного населения.
СБУ установила, что "Абвер" вместе с членами разведывательно-диверсионной группы в составе более 30 человек под командованием Стрелкова 13 апреля 2014 совершили вооруженное нападение на сотрудников СБУ, во время которого погиб один сотрудник СБУ и трое были ранены.
Также установлена причастность "Абвера" к похищению в Донецкой области представителей ОБСЕ.
В рамках уголовного производства СБУ принимает все меры для задержания этого преступника и привлечения его к ответственности.
Напомним, ранее в Сети появились были опубликован телефонные переговоры сепаратистов в Славянске с их российским руководством, перехваченные Службой безопасности Украины. Позывной "Нос", в частности, отдавал приказания позывному "Адлеру" об оружии, которое нужно передать посланному человеку, договаривались о дальнейших действия и отчитывались о том, что "покрошили" серьезную группу.

Two Ukrainian soldiers, one insurgent killed in Sloviansk fighting; one protester killed in Odessa (LIVE UPDATES)
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:21 AM

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Editor's Note: Early on May 2, an anti-terrorist operation initiated by the Ukrainian government resumed in Sloviansk, a Donetsk Oblast city of 125,000 people that has been occupied by Russian-backed armed insurgents since April 12. The insurgents also hold administrative buildings in more than a dozen other cities in Donetsk Oblast and in Luhansk. The anti-terrorist operation that aims to liberate the east resumed on April 22 after it had been suspended for several days due to an April 17 Geneva agreement to de-escatate the situation reached by Ukraine, Russia, the European Union and the United States.
Turchynov: Many dead among insurgents in Sloviansk
May 2, 5:45 p.m. -- Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said the Ukrainian forces' attack on the checkpoints in Sloviansk on May 2 left "many insurgents dead, wounded and arrested."
"The operation doesn't unroll as fast as we want it to, and is significantly complicated by the fact that the terrorists' bases are located in the crowded cities and the terrorists themselves hide behind the civilians, take hostages and shoot from the windows of apartment buildings," Turchynov said.
According to Turchynov, a group of Russian terrorists was stopped by Ukrainian border guards when it tried to get into Ukraine on the night of May 1.
The soldiers who succeeded in the operation will be rewarded by the president elected on May 25, as the interim president has no authority to do that, Turchynov added.
"The offensive on the terrorists goes on," said Turchynov.

Ukrainian soldiers stand at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 km from the center of the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, on May 2, 2014. Ukraine's military lost two helicopters and two servicemen on May 2 in a deadly offensive launched just before dawn against pro-Russian rebels holding the flashpoint town of Slavyansk, insurgents and authorities said. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV
One protester reportedly killed in Odessa
May 2, 4:55 p.m. -- One person was reportedly killed in a standoff between participants of pro-Ukrainian rally and pro-Russian activists that attacked them in Odessa. The killing is reported by Odessa news website <a href="http://www.o1.ua" rel="nofollow">www.o1.ua</a>. The body lies on the ground, covered by Ukrainian flag. Channel 5 reported that up to 20 people were injured.

Photo by <a href="http://www.o1.ua" rel="nofollow">www.o1.ua</a>.
Kyiv denies accusations of non-fulfilling Geneva accords
May 2, 4:45 p.m. -- The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has denied Russia's accusations of not fulfilling the Geneva agreements of April 17.
"We reject Russia's attempts to accuse Kyiv of allegedly not fulfilling the agreements. We state that despite calls of the international community, the Russian Federation has taken no steps to de-escalate the situation and fulfill the Geneva agreements," the ministry said in a statement on May 2.
"Russia strongly supports the terrorist groups that operate in the eastern regions of Ukraine, endangering civilians, seizing hostages and building the atmosphere of terror and violence," the ministry also said.
AntiMaidan attacks pro-Ukrainian rally in Odessa
May 2, 4:20 p.m. -- Several hundred of pro-Russian activists attacked the rally for Ukraine's unity in Odessa. The rally gathered some 1,000 participants, most of them being the fans of local football team.
The pro-Ukrainian protesters fought back.
Shots were fired, and some noise grenades were used in the clash. Police was seen interfering in the clash. Live stream showed at least one person severely injured.
Live stream of the clash in Odessa can be found here.
Separatists deny that Ukrainian forces took over Sloviansk
May 2, 4:12 p.m. -- The pro-Russian protesters in Sloviansk are keeping almost the entire city under control except several streets in the suburbs, a source from the self-defense headquarters told Interfax.
"The security forces controlled by Kyiv have failed to take the city but have taken only a couple of streets in the suburbs. The city itself is still fully controlled by the self-defense forces," he said.
Shooting is still heard in the city, but no large-scale combat activities are under way now, he said.
Insurgents release journalists captured in Sloviansk
May 2, 3:15 p.m. -- Three teams of journalists, including the crews of SkyNews, BuzzFeed and CBS were released in the afternoon of May 2 after spending several hours in captivity.
According to BuzzFeed reporter Mike Giglio, who was taken captive with his Ukrainian tranlator Olena Glazunova, the reporters were held captive in the occupied central police office of Sloviansk for three hours before they were released. The insurgents took them captive as the journalists were on their way to Sloviansk.
Reuters: EU watches eastern Ukraine 'with growing concern'
May 2, 3 p.m. -- The European Union said it was watching events in eastern Ukraine with growing concern, calling on pro-Russian separatists to leave occupied buildings and release people they were holding. "We are following with growing concern the events in eastern Ukraine," Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, told reporters.
National Guard: Sloviansk almost cleared
May 2, 2:40 p.m. -- Ukrainian National Guard Commander Stepan Poltorak has said that the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast has been practically cleared of terrorists.
"Through their professional actions, National Guard soldiers have practically cleared Sloviansk of the terrorists, many of whom were professionally trained," the Ukrainian Interior Ministry quoted him as saying on Friday. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry demands to stop military operation
May 2, 2:40 p.m. -- Russia's Foreign Ministry called on the West to give up the "destructive" policy on Ukraine and urged Kyiv to stop the "punitive operation" in the east of the country.
"This will allow a real process of de-escalation to begin," the ministry said in a statement.
Suspects in shooting helicopters detained
May 2, 1:30 p.m. -- Four insurgents from a roadblock in Sloviansk were detained by Ukrainian law enforcers. The men are suspected in shooting at the Ukrainian military helicopter earlier in the day.

Photo released by Defense Ministry of Ukraine shows four insurgents suspected of shooting at Ukrainian military helicopter detained.
In the morning of May 2 the pro-Russian insurgents of Sloviansk have brought down two Ukrainian military helicopters, using rocket launchers, and opened gunfire at another helicopter.
Putin's spokesman condemns operation in Sloviansk
May 2, 1 p.m. -- Dmitriy Peskov, spokesman of Russian President Vladimir Putin, told RIA Novosti that the military operation that Ukrainian authorities conducted in Sloviansk 
"While Russia is taking steps to de-escalate the conflict, Kyiv authorities have launched a punitive operation that destroyed the last hope for Geneva Accords to be effective," Peskov said.
One insurgent dead, one wounded
May 2, 11:51 a.m. -- One insurgent was killed and one was wounded in Sloviansk during the Ukrainian military operation on the morning of May 2, press secretary for Sloviansk insurgents Svitlana Khorosheva told Slavgorod.com.ua website.
Insurgents' leader in Sloviansk asks citizens to stay home
May 2, 11:40 a.m. -- Self-proclaimed mayor of Sloviansk Vycheslav Ponomariov released a video address to local citizens, asking the women and children to stay home, the men who have weapons to help defend the city from Ukrainian army.
"We were attacked. Our city is sieged, there are losses," Ponomariov says. "I think we will defend the city. Thank you for attention, thank you for help. We will win."
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed 
May 2, 11 a.m. -- Defense Ministry informed that two soldiers of Ukrainian army were killed in Sloviansk during an operation that meant to block the city. The count of helicopters taken down has rised to two. Earlier it was reported that one helicopter was down and one has crash-landed in Sloviansk.
The army has blocked the entrances to Sloviansk and has retaken the local TV tower from the insurgents.
A video showing second Ukrainian helicopter being shot down and capturing some of the locals' reaction to it:
Expert warns of provocations with casualties
May 2, 10:50 a.m. -- Former soldier and military expert Dmitry Tymchuk, who runs the Kyiv-based Center of Military and Political Research, has warned that the insurgents in Sloviansk plan to stage a provocation, leaving some people dead, to imitate the "crimes" of Ukrainian military. 
The provocation was planned on May 1, wrote Tymchuk, and originally meant to imitate the attack of the Right Sector, the militant nationalist group that is often mentioned by Russian media and officials as a dangerous anti-Russian group.
Insurgents call citizens to appeal to Putin for help
May 2, 10:30 a.m. -- Separatists' ham radio has called citizens of Sloviansk to come to the main square and record a video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin for help, according to Simon Shuster, Time reporter in Moscow.
Military helicopter shot down in Sloviansk, a pilot killed
May 2, 10 a.m. -- Anti-terrorist operation was resumed in Sloviansk at 4:30 a.m. on May 2, according to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
One Ukrainian military helicopter was taken down by the Russian-backed protesters, another crash landed in Slovyansk. One pilot was killed, another taken captive by rebels, State Security Service of Ukraine said. One Interior Troops officer was wounded.

A wounded Ukrainian pilot taken captive by insurgents in Slovyansk. Photo by Russian journalist Oleksandr Kots, instagram.com/sashakots
A video by Russian LifeNews TV network shows the captured helicopter pilot brought to insurgents in Sloviansk. As he gets first medical aid, one of the insurgents is heard to offer to kill him, but is not supported by others.
Insurgents have also opened fire at the helicopter with medics, who came to take care of the wounded. One doctor was wounded.
Avakov reported that nine roadblocks established by the pro-Russia protesters were taken over by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian police, National Guard and army participate in the operation.
As of now, the city is completely blocked by Ukrainian forces.
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The Right Lessons From Chernobyl
Friday May 2nd, 2014 at 11:20 AM

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Twenty-eight years after Unit 4 at the Chernobyl power plant in what was then Soviet Ukraine erupted into a volcano of radioactivity, its name has become synonymous with the nightmarish side of nuclear power. It is also the site today of an extraordinary international project, the construction of a vast steel shield to cover the leaky concrete ‘‘sarcophagus’’ in which the highly radioactive remains of the reactor are to be entombed for at least 100 years.
The construction of what is called the New Safe Confinement by an international team of engineers and workers is already almost a decade behind schedule, and current plans call for it to be completed by 2017. Given the decrepit state of the sarcophagus, it is a race against time. Add to that the uncertainty and near-bankruptcy of Ukraine, and Chernobyl continues to stand as a fearsome testament to the dangers of nuclear power — more powerful than Three Mile Island before it or Fukushima after it.
Yet it is also noteworthy that these civilian nuclear disasters did not and have not overcome the allure of nuclear power as a source of clean and abundant energy. Only Germany succumbed to panic after the Fukushima disaster and began to phase out all nuclear power in favor of huge investments in renewable sources like wind and sun. One consequence has been at least a temporary increase in greenhouse emissions as Germany has been forced to fire up old coal- and gas-powered plants.
The dangers of nuclear power are real, but the accidents that have occurred, even Chernobyl, do not compare to the damage to the earth being inflicted by the burning of fossil fuels — coal, gas and oil. The latest dire warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should leave no doubt that reducing carbon emissions must be an urgent priority and that nuclear energy must be part of the mix.
It leaves no doubt, either, that the world must do what it can to increase energy efficiency and harness sun, wind, ocean currents and other renewable sources to meet our ever-expanding needs for energy. But the time when these can replace all fossil and nuclear fuels is still far off, and in the meantime nuclear energy remains an important means of generating electricity without adding to the steadily increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
For much the same reason, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, an independent group formerly known as the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, urged policy makers this week to pay attention to the withering away of America’s fleet of 100 nuclear reactors. In the past year and a half, four power companies have announced the early retirement of five nuclear reactors, which supplied 4.2 percent of America’s total nuclear generating capacity. Two are in California and one each in Florida, Wisconsin and Vermont. Another company is considering closing as many as three financially struggling reactors in Illinois.
The reasons for the shutdowns vary. In some cases, competition from cheap natural gas and from nearby wind farms has forced reactors to operate at a loss. In other cases, a marginal plant’s economic viability has been jeopardized by the cost of replacing steam generators to extend the life of a plant or by the cost of upgrading safety systems to meet new requirements imposed after the disaster in Fukushima.
Whatever the reasons, these sobering trends, if left unattended, will make it harder for the United States to meet its goal of reducing carbon emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The center notes that since 1990 nuclear power has consistently supplied about one-fifth of the nation’s electricity and more than 60 percent of all zero-carbon electricity.
The watchword here and in the world at large should be prudence. Prudence in the design, maintenance and operation of all nuclear facilities. Prudence also in the sense that policy makers not be spooked into shutting down a vital source of clean energy in a warming world. The great shield over Chernobyl should also entomb unfounded fears of using nuclear power in the future.
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» Одесса Сейчас Коктели Молотова 2 05 2014 - YouTube
02/05/14 12:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 2, 2014 ПОДПИШИСЬ НА НОВОСТИ http://loo.gl/NdSd
» Molotov cocktails in Ukraine’s Odessa as pro- and anti-Maidan rallies clash — RT News
02/05/14 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RT - News. Published time: May 02, 2014 13:48 Edited time: May 02, 2014 15:22 Image from <a href="http://twitter.com" rel="nofollow">twitter.com</a> @RT_com A fatality and injuries have been re...
» Митинги в Одессе переросли в массовую драку - Чрезвычайные новости, 31.03 - YouTube
02/05/14 12:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Apr 1, 2014 "Чрезвычайные новости" - информ&#...
» Массовая драка в центре Одессы - YouTube
02/05/14 12:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Видео массовых столкновений в Одессе: есть раненые и погибшие
02/05/14 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Украины 24 часа в сутки : ЛІГАБізнесІнформ. Столкновения в Одессе ме ...
» СБУ установила личность диверсанта "Абвера" из "группы Стрелка"
02/05/14 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ПОДРОБНОСТИ: Все новости. Контрразведка Службы безопа&#...
» Two Ukrainian soldiers, one insurgent killed in Sloviansk fighting; one protester killed in Odessa (LIVE UPDATES)
02/05/14 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. Editor's Note: Early on May 2, an anti-terrorist operation initiated by the Ukrainian government resumed in Sloviansk, a Donetsk Oblast city of 125,000 people tha...
» The Right Lessons From Chernobyl
02/05/14 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Twenty-eight years after Unit 4 at the Chernobyl power plant in what was then Soviet Ukraine erupted into a volcano of radioactivity, its name has become synonymous with the nightmarish side of nuclear power....
» Why Economics Failed - NYTimes.com
02/05/14 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . On Wednesday, I wrapped up the class I’ve been teaching all semester: “The Great Recession: Causes and Consequences.” ( Slides for the lectures are available via my blog .) And while teachin...
» U.S. and Germany Fail to Reach a Deal on Spying
02/05/14 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The effort to remake the intelligence relationship between the United States and Germany after it was disclosed last year that the National Security Agency was tapping Chancellor Angela Mer...
» A Heinous Crime, Secret Histories and a Sinn Fein Leader’s Arrest
02/05/14 12:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BOSTON — For years, the researchers painstakingly recorded and transcribed oral histories from many of the leaders of the factions caught up in the Troubles in Northern Ireland. They pledged absolute se...
» A Surge Forward on Marriage Equality
02/05/14 12:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In a landmark 5-to-4 ruling in June, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act’s denial of federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples — but, in another case from Califor...
» U.S. Sanctions Strategy, Explained - Video
02/05/14 11:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» So Far, U.S. Sanctions Over Ukraine May Be Inflicting Only Limited Pain on Russia
02/05/14 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Some background on the impact of sanctions on Russia and what could happen if the Western leaders decide to go further. Credit By Natalia V. Osipova on Publish Date May 2, 2014 Credit Alexey Druzhinin/Agence ...
» Clashes in Eastern Ukraine as Moscow Issues New Warnings
02/05/14 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — Just two days after declaring its forces “helpless” to control events in eastern Ukraine, the interim government in Kiev began what it called the “active phase” of an as...
» Putin Demands That Ukraine Pull Its Troops From Southeast
02/05/14 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Thursday that Ukraine must remove its military from the southeastern region of the country to resolve the showd...
» Ukraine crisis: why do so many politicians admire Russia's Vladimir Putin?
02/05/14 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vladimir Putin. This is the man that Alex Salmond, the Scottish National Party leader, said this week that he admired for having “restored a substantial part of Russian pride”. Mr Salmond was, ...
» In U.S., Calls To Hold Energy-Rich Baku's Feet To The Fire Over Rights
02/05/14 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. W ASHINGTON -- The United States should hold Azerbaijan accountable for its human rights record, even as the energy-rich country has come into renewed focus as a potentia...
» Georgia Tries New Tack With NATO
02/05/14 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . With the crisis in Ukraine, Georgia's efforts to join NATO have gained new energy. And while Tbilisi hasn't changed its ultimate aim -- gaining the elusive Membership Action Plan for the alliance -- it is com...
» НАТО может разместить ПРО в Грузии — Haqqin
02/05/14 11:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Haqqin. Специальный представитель гене...
» NATO’s Eastern Members Seek Bases to Deter Russian Threat
02/05/14 11:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Businessweek.com -- Top News. NATO’s newer eastern members are pushing to have alliance forces stationed permanently in their nations, a move at odds with a 1997 understanding with Russia that limits...
» Украина: испытание для НАТО
02/05/14 11:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ. В случае дальнейшей эскалации ...
» бывший посол США в России
02/05/14 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радио Свобода. x Заместитель генерального сек ...
» Want More Renewable Energy? Send in the Drones
02/05/14 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense One - All Content. When the world’s largest photovoltaic power plant went online this week in Arizona, it began generating 290 megawatts of clean green electricity that’s powering 100,0...
» D.C. ‘Insiders’ Are Wrong, NATO Could Beat Russia
02/05/14 10:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense One - All Content. “The NATO alliance is not prepared to counter a newly aggressive Russia,” or so blared the lead of the latest National Journal Security Insiders poll . Three-quarters...
» «Глобальную военную игру против НАТО Россия проиграла»
02/05/14 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from БК55: новости. Известный джазмен считает, что ...
» Russia stages first Red Square May Day parade since Soviet days
02/05/14 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia staged a huge May Day parade on Moscow's Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era on Thursday, with workers holding banners proclaiming support for President Vladimir Putin...
» Putin's Promises To Eastern Ukraine Could Bankrupt Russia
02/05/14 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . As the moniker Petrostate implies, the Russian economy and state have an extreme dependence on energy : One half of budget revenues come from taxes and levies on oil and gas. Energy exports currently bring in...
» Russia Shows Modern Military in Ukraine Crisis
02/05/14 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. WASHINGTON — An estimated 40,000 Russian troops are deployed on the Ukrainian border, poised to invade if the order comes from Moscow. These forces are part of a much larger militar...
» Russia’s economy: Tipping the scales
02/05/14 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WESTERN measures against Russia—asset freezes and visa restrictions aimed at people and firms close to Vladimir Putin—may be pinpricks, but the crisis in Ukraine has already taken its toll on Russ...
» Ukraine reintroduces conscription to counter threat of pro-Russia separatists | World news
02/05/14 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Link to video: Ukraine: pro-Russian separatists storm prosecutor's office in Donetsk Ukraine 's embattled government has announced that it i...
» Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate
02/05/14 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» US Troops Head to Latvia as Russia Progresses Against ‘Helpless’ Ukraine
02/05/14 10:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from [Untitled]. May 1, 2014 6:30pm Pro-Russian mobs have taken control of more government buildings in Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded the Ukrainian government pull back its troops from t...
» BBC News - How does Europe wean itself off Russian gas?
02/05/14 10:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. 1 May 2014 Last updated at 17:13 ET European countries are trying to break away from their dependence on Russian gas Each escalation of the crisis in Ukraine sends a jolt of nervousness fa...
» Russia as a Regional Power
02/05/14 10:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It's hard to look on the bright side of the dismemberment of a sovereign state by force of arms. But because of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the ongoing threat Vladimir Putin intends to pose to eas...
» Ukraine minister: Russia planning invasion - Europe
02/05/14 10:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE). Ukraine's foreign minister has accused Russian troops of infiltrating and destabilising the east of the country, saying Moscow plans to invade and annex other regions. In an inter...
» Merkel makes first White House visit since NSA spying scandal
02/05/14 10:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from euronews. For the first time since it emerged her mobile phone may have been monitored for years by the US, Angela Merkel is visiting the White House. Ukraine will be the focus of the talks but the spying ...
» Spying, Ukraine Are the Main Topics for Meeting Between Obama and Merkel
02/05/14 09:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Wire. On Friday morning, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet with President Obama amid a tense atmosphere that involves the ongoing situation in Ukraine as well as disagreements over the U.S...
» NATO Official: Russia Undermining Global Security
02/05/14 09:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. The United States and some of its NATO allies see Russia's intervention in Ukraine as a post-Cold War turning point, possibly ending two decades of hope that Moscow could be made a last...
» Obama and Merkel Huddle as Russia Crisis Wears On
02/05/14 09:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany — a pivotal figure in the standoff between Russia and the West — is in Washington for talks with President Barack Obama at a crucial point in the crisis. When t...
» German Businesses Urge Halt on Sanctions Against Russia
02/05/14 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated May 1, 2014 10:11 p.m. ET German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday Getty Images BERLIN— Angela Merkel is carrying a clear message from Germany's business lobby to the White House: No more sa...
» Президент России
02/05/14 09:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Глава Российского государства оп&#...
» Ukraine Launches Large-Scale Offensive to Regain Slovyansk -- Update
02/05/14 09:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Lukas I. Alpert Ukraine launched a military operation Friday to regain control of the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Slovyansk, overrunning numerous roadblocks and surrounding the city, officials sai...
» ​Ukraine army launches assault on rebel stronghold
02/05/14 09:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops along the border with Ukraine, and Friday’s developments raised the risks of a Russian military response. Ukrainian troops attacked the rebel stronghold of ...
» Ukraine Launches Military Assault On Slavyansk
02/05/14 08:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Two pilots have been killed after pro-Russian separatists shot down helicopters during the most significant government offensive so far in the east of Ukraine. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov urged l...
» Home Office says sorry for Britain's airports IT meltdown
02/05/14 08:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Nationwide fault on UK Border Force computers caused severe disruption Travellers queued for up to four hours as every British airport was affect Reports of fights breaking out at Gatwi...
» The brink of war: Military helicopter shot down by pro-Russian rebels as violence rocks Ukraine's east
02/05/14 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Around 300 pro-Kremlin activists storm prosecutor's office in Donetsk Guard of 100 police officers attacked with rocks and Molotov cocktails Officers responded with tear gas and stun gr...
» Former Director of Venezuelan Intelligence Agency Shot Dead in Caracas
01/05/14 22:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Research. Global Research, April 30, 2014 The former director of Venezuela’s primary intelligence agency has been found shot dead. Venezuelan officials said Eliézer Otaiza was shot dead s...
» Russia's 'Gay Propaganda' Law Takes Effect in Crimea
01/05/14 22:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Advocate.com - Gay News | The Advocate | The World's Leading Source for LGBT News and Entertainment. Authorities have canceled a Pride march and are planning more serious measures to eradicate the 'exp...
» Ukraine detains Russian military attaché for spying
01/05/14 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Natalia Zinets and Matt Robinson KIEV Thu May 1, 2014 11:32am EDT KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine ordered the expulsion of Russia's military attaché, saying it had caught him "red-handed" receiving classifie...
» Moscow holds first May Day parade since Soviet era | World news
01/05/14 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. The traditional May Day parade made a return to Moscow's Red Square on Thursday, gathering tens of thousands of students, labour union membe...
» Russia’s Weimar Syndrome - NYTimes.com
01/05/14 09:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON — Sergei Karaganov, a prominent Russian foreign policy expert at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, recently provided a useful summation of his vast country’s sense of humiliation an...
» Ukraine Expels Russian Naval Attaché
01/05/14 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — As pro-Russian forces extended their control over parts of eastern Ukraine, the country’s interim authorities ordered the expulsion of a naval attaché at Moscow’s embassy in Ki...
» Ukraine Says That Militants Won the East
01/05/14 09:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KIEV, Ukraine — It is by now a well-established pattern. Armed, masked men in their 20s to 40s storm a public building of high symbolic value in a city somewhere in eastern Ukraine, evict anyone still t...
» BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Russian military attache held for 'spying'
01/05/14 08:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Europe. 1 May 2014 Last updated at 06:32 ET Ukraine's special forces held an overnight military exercise in the capital Kiev A Russian military attache has been held in Ukraine on suspicion of s...
» Northern Ireland police arrest Gerry Adams over 1972 murder
01/05/14 08:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Maurice Neill and Conor Humphries BELFAST/DUBLIN Thu May 1, 2014 4:49am EDT BELFAST/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Northern Ireland police arrested Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Wednesday as part of an investigation...
» Gerry Adams arrest: Son of IRA victim says he knows who killed his mother but is too scared to tell police
01/05/14 08:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from UK headlines. “I haven’t told the police. If I told the police now me or one of my family members or one of my children would get shot. “Everyone thinks this has gone away. But it hasn ...
» Ukraine 'Detains Russian Attache For Spying'
01/05/14 07:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ukraine Mine: Militia Controls Million Weapons Updated: 11:37pm UK, Wednesday 30 April 2014 By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent, in Ukraine At the end of a completely anonymous road on the outskirts of the ...
» Sinn Fein Leader Held for 2nd Day Over IRA Killing
01/05/14 07:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: International. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams remained in police custody for a second day Thursday as detectives questioned him over his alleged role in the Irish Republican Army's abduction, killi...
» 2 inmates killed, dozens hurt as jail building partially collapses
01/05/14 07:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Justice. By Tina Burnside , CNN updated 6:14 AM EDT, Thu May 1, 2014 STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: " We don't know if they dead or alive," relative says About 600 inmates were in the building The cause o...
» Report: Worldwide Press Freedom Declines
01/05/14 07:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Washington-based democracy advocacy group says media freedom around the world has declined to its lowest levels in a decade, including in places that had been making progress. Freedom H...
» Why NATO is such a thorn in Russia's side
30/04/14 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Europe. STORY HIGHLIGHTS In cadet school, Russian pupils have questions for NATO They ask: why do you need to be on our border Putin used strategic military reasoning to annexe Crimea Among gener...
» Ukraine's restive east slipping from government's grasp
30/04/14 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . HORLIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Moscow separatists seized government offices in more Ukrainian towns on Wednesday, in a further sign that authorities in Kiev are losing control of the country's eastern indu...
» Ukraine's Acting President Warns Spread of Unrest Must Be Prevented
30/04/14 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 30, 2014 11:04 a.m. ET Efforts by the new government in Kiev to maintain control in the troubled east have stumbled amid a renewed push by militants to seize government buildings. Ukraine's acti...
» Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams arrested on suspicion of 1972 murder
30/04/14 19:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. 'Freedom fighter'-turned-politician, 65, was arrested in Co Antrim He is accused of the murder of mother-of-ten Jean McConville She was abducted and murdered by Provisional IRA and secr...
» US says Russia behind escalating violence in Ukraine
30/04/14 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. John Kerry claims Russia reneged on deal struck in Geneva two weeks ago Pro-Russian separatists today seized control of buildings in Horlivka Kerry reveals U.S. has evidence of Moscow d...
» Forty-Fifth Defendant Sentenced for Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens
30/04/14 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ENEWSPF News. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. A Dominican national was sentenced today for his role in trafficking the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U...
» Announced today Jose Caldero changes in the Police
30/04/14 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Superintendent Jose Caldero Lopez on Monday directed the game of musical chairs inside the dome of the Police, que has already made several changes, i knew this medium. Cauldron López, who was sworn in t...
» Gobernador garantiza trabajo de empleados de procuradurías – Metro
30/04/14 12:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Metro - Últimas noticias. El gobernador Alejandro García Padilla insistió el miércoles en que reducirá el tamaño del gobierno sin despedir empleados y aseguró que los servicio...
» Challenging Putin’s Values - NYTimes.com
30/04/14 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . While you can talk about Ukraine until the cows come home, this story is 95 percent about Vladimir Putin and how he has chosen to define Russia’s interests. The truth is, Russia and its neighbors need a...
» Not Getting Through to Mr. Putin
30/04/14 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The United States and the European Union announced another round of sanctions against Russia on Monday and Tuesday: the Americans against Russians close to President Vladimir Putin, including the president of...
» Ukrainian President Says Police Can’t Control Militias in East
30/04/14 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . DONETSK, Ukraine — The acting president of Ukraine said on Wednesday that the police and security officials in several regions in the eastern part of the country could not control the pro-Russian militi...
» Americans Want to Pull Back from World Stage, WSJ Poll Finds
30/04/14 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 30, 2014 12:05 a.m. ET A WSJ/NBC News poll shows that approval of President Barack Obama's handling of foreign policy sank to the lowest level of his presidency. Pictured, Mr. Obama at a news conference...
» Ukraine, Sanctions Expected to Dominate Merkel's Obama Meeting
30/04/14 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 29, 2014 9:20 p.m. ET The Ukraine crisis—and the role of further potential sanctions on Russia—will top the agenda for both Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Barack Obama when t...
» Ukraine Army on 'Full Combat Alert'
30/04/14 10:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukraine's acting president says its military is "on full combat alert" against a possible invasion by Russian troops massed on the border. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a m...
» Ukraine crisis: Small numbers, global impact
30/04/14 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Europe. Pro-Russian activists storm an administration building in the center of Luhansk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, April 29. Ukraine has seen a sharp rise in tensions since a new pro-European governme...
» Ukraine crisis: Kiev powerless as east slips out of its control | World news
30/04/14 09:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Link to video: Donetsk in east Ukraine rocked by violent clashes Ukraine 's beleaguered government appears to have lost control of law and o...
» Restive eastern Ukraine slips from Kiev government's grasp
30/04/14 09:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Marko Djurica HORLIVKA, Ukraine Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:26am EDT HORLIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Masked gunmen in military fatigues seized government offices in another Ukrainian town on Wednesday, in a further s...
» последние события в Донбассе и Крыму
30/04/14 08:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Украины 24 часа в сутки : ЛІГАБізнесІнформ. Что происходит в Харьков ...
» 1 of 6 victims shot at FedEx facility remains critical; dead...
29/04/14 19:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A 19-year-old baggage handler, who was armed ‘like Rambo,’ opened fire on his co-workers at a FedEx facility in Kennesaw early this morning, injuring six people, before killing himself. The gunman...
» ‘We Won’t Invade Ukraine,’ Russian Military Chief Tells Chuck Hagel | TIME.com
29/04/14 14:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from [Untitled]. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel received “assurance” from his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoygu, on Monday that the Kremlin would not send troops amassed on its western border wit...
» Kerry: U.S. Taped Moscow’s Calls to Its Ukraine Spies - The Daily Beast
29/04/14 13:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Landov The United States has proof that the Russian government in Moscow is running a network of spies inside eastern Ukraine because the U.S. government has recordings of their conversations, Secretary of St...
» ЦРУ перехватило указания кремлевских чиновников сепаратистам на востоке Украины
29/04/14 13:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Перехваченная информация свидет ...
» Разведка США перехватила разговоры Кремля со шпионами в Украине - В Мире
29/04/14 13:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from MIGnews.com.ua. Государственный секретарь СШh...
» 5 More Questions: Kyiv Post editor Brian Bonner's unfiltered take on Ukraine
29/04/14 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Brian Bonner left the St. Paul Pioneer Press for good in 2007, eventually returning to the Kyiv Post in Ukraine, where he was quickly reappointed chief editor of the small, independent paper. A classic, tough...
» Kyiv Post editor Brian Bonner's unfiltered take on Ukraine
29/04/14 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. April 29, 2014, 6:35 p.m. | A pro-Russian activist throws flowers from a window near a flag of the so-called "People's militia of Donbass" after she and other act...
» Лукашенко и Путин обсудят ситуацию в Украине
29/04/14 13:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ПОДРОБНОСТИ: Все новости. Сегодня в Минске об Украине бу...
» Pro-Russian Protesters Storm Offices in Ukraine's Luhansk
29/04/14 13:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. P ro-Russian demonstrators have seized the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk. Several thousand demonstrators marched on the buildi...
» Pro-Russia Activists Seize Government Headquarters in Luhansk | News
29/04/14 13:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters Pro-Russian activists attack the regional administration building in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Hundreds of pro-Russian separatists have seized the regional government head...
» The Progressive Economics Forum » The Kleptocracy of Vladimir Putin
29/04/14 13:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Progressive Economics Forum. More than one critic has noted that Russia doesn’t manufacture anything the world wants (a knock that now can be laid against Canada, especially since the dramatic fa...
» Video: Do US-EU sanctions against Russia go far enough?
29/04/14 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. The European Union widened sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine, following similar steps yesterday by the US, which called separatist v...
» Ukraine Crisis: Pro-Russia activists seize Luhansk headquarters - Europe - World
29/04/14 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Activists shouting "Referendum Russia" flew a Russian flag over the building after a number of men armed with metal bars smashed the windows and doors to gain access. The action will doubtless raise tensions ...
» EU extends sanctions against Russians over Ukraine | World news
29/04/14 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Pro-Russian activists storm an administration building in Luhansk. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP The European Union has released t...
» Ukraine: EU sanctions list – who's who | World news
29/04/14 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Kozak is one of the few well-known names on the EU sanctions list. Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP The EU s...
» What are Russia's real motivations in Ukraine? We need to understand them | Ruth Deyermond | Comment is free
29/04/14 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Ukrainian soldiers sit on top of an armoured personnel carrier at a checkpoint outside the city of Slaviansk where pro-Russian separatist re...
» Is the Mafia Europe's New Security Threat? - Room for Debate
29/04/14 11:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Responses to Europe's Mob Economy. Introduction Officials excavating toxic waste allegedly buried by the mafia in Southern Italy. Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times The strength of organized crim...
» Senate Drops Bid to Report on Drone Use
29/04/14 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The Senate has quietly stripped a provision from an intelligence bill that would have required President Obama to make public each year the number of people killed or injured in targeted ki...
» Representative Grimm’s Ex-Business Partner Has Mob Ties, Prosecutors Say
29/04/14 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Victor J. Blue for The New York Times Bennett Orfaly, who owned a restaurant with Representative Michael G. Grimm, trying to shield Ofer Biton, a former fund-raiser for the congressman, from cameras in Brookl...
» Grimm, Staten Island Lawmaker, Is Charged With Fraud
29/04/14 11:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Representative Michael G. Grimm of Staten Island; Loretta E. Lynch, the United States attorney in Brooklyn; and George Venizelos, an F.B.I. assistant director, discussed the congressman’s indictment. Pu...
» Rep. Michael Grimm - Google Search
29/04/14 11:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Rep. Michael Grimm, facing federal charges of tax and business fraud, surrenders to FBI
29/04/14 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Republicans face the prospect that the indictment could cost them their only congressional seat in New York City, as Grimm was already facing a formidable challenge from former City Council member Domenic M. ...
» Russian Defense Minister Tells Hagel Russia Will Not Invade Ukraine
29/04/14 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Pentagon says Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu has assured Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that Russian forces will not invade Ukraine. The two spoke by telephone Monday, with Hag...
» Ukraine crisis: Moscow assures Pentagon it will not invade
29/04/14 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Ukraine Crisis - Latest news and developments from Ukraine and Crimea. Mr Hagel also asked Moscow's help in "securing the release of the seven inspectors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation ...
» Russian troops deployed along Ukrainian border 'return to barracks' | News | DW.DE
29/04/14 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (pictured above, center) told US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel that the decision to pull back the troops came after Moscow had received assurances from Ukraine that i...
» Hagel asks Russians to declare their intentions in Ukraine
29/04/14 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Enlarge Photo Ukrainian government troops atop an armored personal carrier travel on a country ... more > Related Stories Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked his Russian counterpart to clarify his...
» No sign of Russian troops withdrawing from Ukraine border-NATO official
29/04/14 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BRUSSELS Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:30am EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO has seen no sign that tens of thousands of Russian troops are withdrawing from close to the Ukraine border, a NATO official said on Tuesday, desp...
» Kerry Sees Ukraine Crisis as Uniquely Putin's
29/04/14 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 29, 2014 4:55 a.m. ET Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this month. He says more sanctions may be needed. Getty Images Secretary of State John...
» NATO: No Sign Russian Troops Are Pulling Back From Ukraine
29/04/14 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 29, 2014 8:36 a.m. ET BRUSSELS—Officials of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said they saw no sign of a withdrawal of Russian forces from near the border with Ukraine and cast doubt on a Rus...
» ITAR-TASS: World - Russian defense minister reassures US colleague on Ukraine
29/04/14 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ITAR-TASS. WASHINGTON, April 29. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu gave reassurances to his US counterpart Chuck Hagel that Russia had no plans of bringing its troops to Ukraine, a s...
» Defense Minister Shoigu Concerned At U.S., NATO Military Activity | News
29/04/14 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Yevgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Hagel that Russian forces had returned to their permanent positions. The Russian defense minister has expressed concern about what he calle...
» Moscow calls US, NATO military buildup near Russian borders ‘unprecedented’ — RT News
29/04/14 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RT - News. Published time: April 28, 2014 21:58 Edited time: April 29, 2014 01:32 Russia's Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (L) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (R) (RIA Novosti / Reuters) Russia ...
» Ramzan Kadyrov Picks A New Fight
29/04/14 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T wo years after his highly publicized but inconclusive polemic with Republic of Ingushetia head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov over the disputed border between their respective repu...
» Shoigu Says Russia Won't Invade Ukraine
29/04/14 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. R ussian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has assured U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that Russia will not invade Ukraine. The two defense chiefs spoke by phone on April...
» Russia Denounces New US Sanctions
29/04/14 08:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Who's Who On Latest Sanctions US And EU List Updated: 11:00am UK, Tuesday 29 April 2014 The US has targeted seven of President Vladimir Putin's "cronies" in a new round of sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. T...
» South African 'free diver' swims NAKED just inches from deadly sharks
29/04/14 08:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Photos show Lesley Rochat swimming with Tiger sharks in South Africa Dressed in only a bikini, she comes within inches of the deadly creatures Ms Rochat, who founded AfriOceans, aims to...
» Pakistani killer murdered 3 gay men after having sex with them
28/04/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Muhammed Ejaz, 28, confessed to killing the three men he met online Members of the gay community are worried he will be seen as a hero in Pakistan's conservative Islamic society Ejaz ha...
» Russia sanctions not tough enough — yet, analysts say
28/04/14 20:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russian businessman Yuri Kovalchuk attends an Oct. 6, 2011, meeting in Moscow. (Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP) SHARE 20 CONNECT EMAIL MORE The latest sanctions announced Monday by the United States and ...
» Russia's Ukraine actions highlight its military limits
28/04/14 20:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russian troops patrol near the Ukraine border. (Photo: Pavel Golovkin, AP) WASHINGTON — Russia's successful annexation of Crimea and destabilizing efforts on Ukraine's eastern border suggest the country...
» Obama’s half-measures give Vladimir Putin little to fear
28/04/14 17:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Culture Connoisseur Badge Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyle and entertainment. More about badges | Request a badge Washingtologist Badge Washing...
» Trainee surgeon Suheil Ahmed struck off for turning hospital ward into 'porn studio'
28/04/14 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Dr Suheil Ahmed, 28, will be struck off in 28 days medical tribunal rules Police investigation found 110 images of female patients on his computer He admitted 11 counts of voyeurism and...
» Is Putin at Risk of Being Overthrown by a Coup?
28/04/14 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, April 28 – Many in Russia and the West have speculated that the combination of Vladimir Putin’s policies against Ukraine, Moscow’s increasing iso...
» Mayor in eastern Ukraine shot as pro-Russian militants gain ground
28/04/14 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Kernes has swiveled his allegiance and now maintains civil relations with the new Ukrainian government in Kiev. His city was a hotbed of pro-Russian activists, but in recent weeks Kernes and police managed to...
» U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia
28/04/14 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The new sanctions were imposed under executive orders Obama signed last month following Russia’s incursion into the Ukrainian region of Crimea. In a statement, the White House noted that a separate orde...
» U.S. sanctions Putin allies as Ukraine violence goes on
28/04/14 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The United States imposed new sanctions on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, prompting Moscow to denounce "Cold War" tactics amid more violence in ea...
» Pro-Russian mayor shot in the back in assassination attempt in Ukrainian city that has been the scene of pro-Moscow protests
28/04/14 17:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv, was shot during morning bike ride Comes day after ultranationalists clashed with protesters in the city Meanwhile, masked militants seized council ...
» U.S. Announces More Sanctions Against Russia
28/04/14 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In Manila, President Obama said new sanctions against Russian individuals and companies were “the next stage in a calibrated effort” to change President Vladimir V. Putin’s behavior in Ukrai...
» José Caldero juramenta como nuevo superintendente
28/04/14 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . El superintendente de la Policía, José Caldero López, tomó oficialmente posesión de su trabajo como jefe de la uniformada al juramentar esta mañana al cargo en una ceremonia cele...
» The War on Truth in Ukraine
28/04/14 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — For a moment last week, war seemed imminent. A day after Russia ’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, warned Ukraine ’s leaders against using force in the crisis there, the Ukr...
» Putin’s Useful Idiots - NYTimes.com
28/04/14 14:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Western intellectuals have long had a soft spot for Russia. Voltaire, the French teacher of tolerance and a great friend of Catherine the Great , said that he would gladly move to Russia, though only if its c...
» Opinion: Why Geneva accord on Ukraine is tactical victory for Russia
28/04/14 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Opinion. A masked man stands guard outside a regional administration building seized by pro-Russian separatists in Slaviansk, Ukraine. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The declaration is set to be an important t...
» U.S. targets Putin's 'inner circle' in new sanctions over Ukraine
28/04/14 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Europe. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Those sanctioned include Russia's envoy to Crimea, tech chief, deputy PM The EU will target about 15 officials The new round of sanctions comes as tensions remain hi...
» Появилось видео допроса захваченного в плен луганского активиста
28/04/14 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Украины 24 часа в сутки : ЛІГАБізнесІнформ. В интернете появилось ви ...
» One serviceman killed, one injured after explosion in Donetsk region
28/04/14 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. April 28, 2014, 6:11 p.m. | Ukraine — by Interfax-Ukraine Armed men in military fatigues stand guard in front of a regional administrative building seized l...
» Кто такой лидер самообороны в Славянске: полковник из России и любитель военной реконструкции (фото)
28/04/14 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ПОДРОБНОСТИ: Все новости. Руководитель самообороны Сл&#...
» Khodorkovsky Gets Chilly Reception In Donetsk
28/04/14 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. M ikhail Khodorkovsky spent Sunday being alternately cheered and heckled during a trip to the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Khodorkovsky, the Russian ex-tycoon who s...
» 'Russian Rambos' Sentenced In Far East
28/04/14 12:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A court in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok has sentenced six men -- nicknamed the "Russian Rambos" -- for the murder of three police officers, as well as attempt...
» U.S. Hits Putin's 'Inner Circle' In Fresh Russia Sanctions
28/04/14 12:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he United States has slapped sanctions on seven Russian officials and 17 companies it says are linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest associates, the late...
» В Славянске нашли еще одно тело со следами пыток (видео) - Новости Донбасса - Чтобы журналисты могли работать в Славянске, нужно получить разрешение у лидера местных сепаратистов Игоря Стрелкова
28/04/14 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from СЕГОДНЯ | Самые актуальные новости, мнения, комментарии. В Славянске нашли еще од ...
» ЕС ввел санкции против еще 15 граждан РФ, причастных к кризису в Украине : Новости УНИАН
28/04/14 12:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ранее запреты ЕС уже коснулись 55 гр ...
» Все подробности покушения на Кернеса - Новости Харькова - Пуля прошила градоначальника насквозь. Специалисты: работал профессионал
28/04/14 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from СЕГОДНЯ | Самые актуальные новости, мнения, комментарии. Перекрыли дорогу. Правоl...
» В Донецкой области двое военных подорвались на самодельной бомбе - Происшествия
28/04/14 12:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from MIGnews.com.ua. Во время выполнения служебных ...
» U.S., Europe Impose New Sanctions on Russia
28/04/14 11:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 28, 2014 9:58 a.m. ET WASHINGTON—The U.S. imposed additional sanctions against Russia on Monday over its intervention in Ukraine. The latest measures target seven Russian officials and 17 ...
» Ukraine: US and EU announce new sanctions against Russia - live updates | World news
28/04/14 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Luke Harding in Donetsk, one of the main flashpoints in eastern Ukraine, has details of the mayor's shooting in Kharkiv. The mayor of Kharki...
» Defending the "Obama Doctrine" - YouTube
28/04/14 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Apr 28, 2014 Jake Tapper, Maeve Reston & Jonathan Martin on Obama's response to his critics & why he doesn't seek military options.
» CrossTalk: Containment 2.0? (ft. Stephen Cohen & John Mearsheimer) - YouTube
28/04/14 09:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Apr 28, 2014 What does Washington's "containment" policy mean? What threats does it pose? Will it work against today's Russia? And does this mean Washington has declared a new Cold War? CrossTalk...
» Stephen Cohen: As US Rushes Into New Cold War, Where Is the Debate?
28/04/14 09:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Cost of trade sanctions on Russia 'price worth paying' says William Hague
28/04/14 09:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Foreign Secretary says damage to UK economy is worth it America admits sanctions have more impact on EU than on US Many fear London, where Russian oligarchs invest billions, will suffer...
» U.S. Beefs Up Military Options for China as Obama Reassures Allies in Asia
28/04/14 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 27, 2014 7:52 p.m. ET The question of security in the South and East China seas has dogged President Obama, above in Kuala Lumpur Sunday, during his Asian trip. Larry Downing/Reuters WASHINGTON—Th...
» Ukraine Mayor Gennady Kernes Shot in Attack, Kharkiv City Council Says
28/04/14 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 28, 2014 6:23 a.m. ET Gennady Kernes, mayor of Kharkiv, speaks to journalists on March 15 about unrest in the city amid pro-Russia protests. Kharkiv City Council The mayor of Ukraine's second largest ci...
» Philippines Signs Pact to Allow Greater U.S. Troop Presence
28/04/14 09:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 27, 2014 11:55 p.m. ET The new defense agreement between the Philippines and the U.S. may not be a game changer for security in the region. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to Lowy Institutes Aaron Connelly...
» Obama announces new U.S. sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
28/04/14 08:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MANILA/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama announced new sanctions against some Russians on Monday to stop President Vladimir Putin from fomenting the rebellion in eastern Ukraine, but ...
» The Russia Problem - WSJ.com
28/04/14 08:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 27, 2014 6:03 p.m. ET The U.S. and EU are saying they will impose new sanctions on Russia as early as Monday, albeit watered down again due to fears of economic harm in Europe. This continues th...
» Obama Unveils Timing of New Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine
28/04/14 08:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 28, 2014 6:58 a.m. ET President Obama give a press conference at Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila. European Pressphoto Agency MANILA—President Barack Obama announced that new U.S. sanction...
» White House defends Russia foreign policy, amid criticism Putin goes undeterred
27/04/14 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 27, 2014: Pro-Russian activists at a rally in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. REUTERS The White House on Sunday defended its foreign policy strategy on Russia, saying the international sanctions are hurting t...
» Pro-Russia Separatists Free One of Detained Observers in E. Ukraine
27/04/14 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. — Pro-Russian separatists have freed one of the eight European observers being detained in the eastern Ukraine city of Slaviansk on Sunday evening. The Swedish observer was escorted...
» Russia Tightens Grip on the Internet
27/04/14 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. WASHINGTON — These are not easy days to blog or use social media in Russia – particularly, analysts say, if you’re critical of the Kremlin’s current occupant. Russ...
» Pro-Russian forces parade detained European officers
27/04/14 13:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . “We wish from the bottom of our hearts to go back to our nations as soon and as quickly as possible,” one of the observers, German Col. Axel Schneider, said at a news conference arranged by his ca...
» Ukraine: kidnapped observers paraded by pro-Russian gunmen in Slavyansk | World news
27/04/14 13:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Link to video: East Ukraine detainees: 'we have not been touched' Eight European military observers kidnapped by pro-Russian gunmen in easte...
» Тимошенко: Путина остановит только сила США и ЕС - YouTube
27/04/14 12:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Reuters. Published on Apr 27, 2014 Юлия Тимошенко, бывший пре&...
» East Ukraine detainees: 'we have not been touched' - video | World news
27/04/14 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A group of kidnapped military observers give a press conference in Slavyansk, east Ukraine, where they are being held by pro-Russian separatists. Colonel Alex Schneider from Germany confirms the eight men hav...
» G-7 Prepares Russia Sanctions as Release of Observers Sought (2)
27/04/14 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Businessweek.com -- Top News. Group of Seven leaders said new sanctions on Russia will be imposed as soon as tomorrow, while the U.S. and the U.K. called on the government in Moscow to help release of obse...
» Video bloggers taking internet by storm and earn £20,000 a MONTH for posts
27/04/14 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Some high-profile video bloggers have up to 26million subscribers 'Vloggers' can earn up to £20,000 for adverts on their YouTube sites UK's best-known bloggers include Zoe Sugg - w...
» Captured European Monitors in Ukraine say They are Well
27/04/14 12:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A group of European monitors detained by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine appeared in public Sunday to give assurances they are not being mistreated, even as negotiations began to...
» Pennsylvania Police searching for teens who left SUV on tracks in the path of train
27/04/14 12:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Published: 20:38 GMT, 26 April 2014 | Updated: 14:19 GMT, 27 April 2014 11 shares Pennsylvania authorities are still trying to find the people who abandoned an SUV on train tracks, caus...
» "Strelok" gave interview - YouTube
27/04/14 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . "Strelok" gave interview WAR: UKRAINE-RUSSIA · 194 videos 123 Subscription preferences Loading... Loading... Working... 23 views 0     0 Published on Apr 27, 2014 Russian GRU officer Strel...
» Pro-Russian Commander in Eastern Ukraine Sheds Light on Origin of Militants
27/04/14 07:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 26, 2014 7:03 p.m. ET Pro-Russian militants stand guard outside the Ukraine Security Service building on Saturday in Slovyansk, Ukraine. The elusive commander of the pro-Russia militants who have seized...
» US, Europe Must Act Collectively Against Russia
27/04/14 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.S. and Europe must act together in levying sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine that he says threaten that country's independence an...
» Conn. school stabbing suspect under psychiatric evaluation
27/04/14 07:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Ukraine crisis: US pressures Russia on captive observers - European News | Latest News from Across Europe | The Irish Times
27/04/14 07:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Irish Times - News. US secretary of state John Kerry has urged Russia to support efforts to free military observers held by pro-Moscow forces in Ukraine . Mr Kerry also told Russian foreign minister Se...
» Obama urges united riposte to Russia for 'destabilizing' Ukraine
27/04/14 07:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KUALA LUMPUR/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday said the United States and Europe must join forces to impose sanctions on Russia to stop it destabilizing Ukraine, where armed...
» Obama: World must unite to disapprove of Russian actions in Ukraine
27/04/14 07:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Europe. Relatives and friends of a man killed in a gunfight participate in his funeral ceremony in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on Saturday, April 26. Ukraine has seen a sharp rise in ...
» For Russia, Negatives Seem to Outweigh Positives of an Invasion
26/04/14 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — Ukraine becomes more of a tinderbox by the day. Thousands of Russian troops are maneuvering along the border, with Russian fighter jets entering Ukraine’s airspace. Ukrainian leaders have...
» Ukraine’s Tymoshenko: The U.S. and E.U. ‘underestimate the real threat of this situation’
26/04/14 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Q. You must have had a hard time in 2½ years in prison. A. It is horrible to remember. I was in a special jail where psychological torture and pressure were the main goal. No normal person could survive ...
» Andrii Deschytsia: Russia Betrays Its Geneva Agreement
26/04/14 13:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 25, 2014 7:13 p.m. ET More than a week has passed since the four-party Geneva statement was signed by representatives of the European Union , the United States, Russia and the country I represent, Ukrai...
» To resist Russia, Georgia and Moldova would benefit from deeper ties to Europe
26/04/14 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Culture Connoisseur Badge Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyle and entertainment. More about badges | Request a badge Washingtologist Badge Washing...
» It is time for the West to move ahead without Russia
26/04/14 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Unfortunately, hope of a constructive relationship with Russia under Putin has vanished. A friendly rival has become, at best, an unfriendly adversary. Putin will not compromise his quest to dominate Russia&#...
» Best of the Web Today: Mutually Assured Derision
26/04/14 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . (Best of the tube tonight: Catch us on "Lou Dobbs Tonight," 7 p.m. ET on Fox Business, with a repeat showing at 10 p.m.) The U.S. State Department "has embraced the social media to re-shape public diplomacy a...
» Will Clinton run? - latimes.com
26/04/14 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Boy in Pennsylvania school stabbing spree left note about plans
26/04/14 12:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The 16-year-old boy who stabbed 21 people at his Pennsylvania high school was charged on Friday with as many counts of attempted homicide. The 16-year-old boy who stabbed 21 people at his Pennsylvania high sc...
» OSCE sends team to Ukraine to secure release of hostages - European News | Latest News from Across Europe | The Irish Times
26/04/14 12:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Irish Times - News. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has dispatched a negotiating team to try to secure the release of observers being held by pro-Russian separatists in e...
» School stabbing victim was giddy for upcoming prom
26/04/14 12:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Today's Op-Ed Headlines. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — In the days before Maren Sanchez was stabbed to death inside her high school, her focus was on the junior prom she was helping to plan for Friday n...
» Five dead in British military helicopter crash in Afghanistan
26/04/14 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KABUL Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:17am EDT KABUL (Reuters) - Five service members were killed when a British helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led coalition forces and the British Minis...
» Ukraine's PM Accuses Russian Military of Airspace Violations
26/04/14 12:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukraine's prime minister says Russian military aircraft have repeatedly crossed into Ukraine's airspace, in what he called Russian aggression designed to undermine global security. Arseni...
» U.S., G-7 allies will impose new sanctions against Russia as soon as Monday
26/04/14 11:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Post Politics. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) SEOUL -- The United States and other members of the Group of Seven will impose new sanctions against Russia as early as Monday because it continues to support sepa...
» Rep. Michael Grimm indicted, according to people familiar with case
26/04/14 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Post Politics. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.). (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call via Getty Images) Updated 9:35 p.m. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) has been secretly indicted by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, ...
» Suicides down for active-duty troops. What about veterans?
26/04/14 11:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Federal Eye. A new Pentagon report shows that suicides among active-duty troops declined by 15 percent last year, offering hope that the military’s suicide-prevention programs may be working. But at ...
» 5 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash
26/04/14 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KABUL — Five NATO troops were killed Saturday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the deadliest day for the U.S.-led coalition in at least three months. In a statement, the Ministry of Defens...
» Divided Party Waits To Hear From Rand Paul At Maine GOP Convention
26/04/14 11:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Politics - The Huffington Post. BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Unity is the theme for the state GOP's annual convention, but it's a divided party that waits to hear from U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a potential 2016 p...
» Al Qaeda chief urges Westerner kidnappings
26/04/14 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . DUBAI Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:43am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, particularly Americans, who could then be exchanged for jailed jihadists includ...
» U.S., Europe Delay Moves to Impose More Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine
26/04/14 11:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 25, 2014 10:37 p.m. ET Ukraine decided not to continue a military advance on the eastern city of Slovyansk, currently being held by pro-Russian separatists, after Russia activated the thousands ...
» G7 agrees new sanctions on Russia as observers held in Ukraine
26/04/14 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven major economies agreed to impose more sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, where armed pro-Moscow separatists have detained a group of i...
» 'Observers To Be Used As Human Shield'
26/04/14 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It Is No Longer A Game For Separatist Militia Updated: 12:32am UK, Saturday 26 April 2014 By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor in Slavyansk Their rifles were cocked. The safety catches off. Triggers were fing...
» Ukraine crisis: G7 to 'intensify sanctions' on Russia
26/04/14 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Ukraine Crisis - Latest news and developments from Ukraine and Crimea. "Today the official representatives of the OSCE are being held in inhuman conditions in the basement of the terrorists' headquarters,"...
» Military Suicides Dropped 15 Percent Last Year; Army National Guard Deaths Rose
26/04/14 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Politics - The Huffington Post. WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides among Army National Guard and Reserve members increased last year, even as the number of active-duty troops across the military who took the...
» Ukraine crisis: G7 countries agree to intensify sanctions against Russia | World news
26/04/14 07:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. The leaders of G7 major economies have agreed to intensify sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, with a US official warning some...
» Sued Eduardo Bhatia - The New Day
26/04/14 07:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Some 32 former employees of the Office of Legislative Services (OLS) sued the Senate President Eduardo Bhatia course political discrimination.  The lawsuit was filed in federal court, arguing That the co...
» Appoints Superintendent Cauldron
25/04/14 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Colonel Juan B. Rodríguez Dávila was named here Friday as associate superintendent of police by the superintendent José L. López Cauldron, During his third day in office in command of That...
» Senate Confirms Cauldron as Superintendent of Police
25/04/14 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Superintendent of Police appointed a public hearing appeared today. Videos By Antonio R. Gomez / antonio.gomez @ <a href="http://gfrmedia.com" rel="nofollow">gfrmedia.com</a> The Senate confir...
» The high cost of Puerto Rican statehood
25/04/14 18:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The General Accountability Office has just published its findings on the cost of Puerto Rico statehood and the numbers are not pretty for the U.S. and for the Island. In sum the economic and fiscal costs of s...
» With GAO report, momentum builds for Puerto Rican statehood
25/04/14 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report about the fiscal impact of Puerto Rico statehood on the federal government.  The report strongly supports the conclusion that state...
» GAO report: Another step toward statehood for Puerto Rico
25/04/14 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It has been a long road, but it’s now just a matter of days --April 3 to be precise -- before Congress finally releases the much anticipated report made on the cost of Puerto Rico becoming the nation ...
» Feeling blue in Puerto Rico
25/04/14 18:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . 24-hour news pundits may not be the most reliable sources, but even non-partisan, reputable economists and political scientists have long failed to predict the consequences, or benefits, of their favorite red...
» Democrats In Your State: Puerto Rico
25/04/14 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News. Pick a different state Puerto Rico Chair: Hon. Roberto Prats Vice Chair: Luisette Cabanas Executive Director: Dominique A. Gilormini DeGarcia
» Telescope in Puerto Rico detects strange, rapid bursts of radio waves
25/04/14 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . San Juan, Apr 25 (EFE).- The radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico detected well-defined signals like distant bursts of radio waves or brilliant explosions lasting but fractions of a second, a...
» Russia will lose, Ukraine's former PM Yulia Tymoshenko tells Vladimir Putin – video | World news
25/04/14 17:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Taíno people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
25/04/14 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Total population ancestral to mestizo population Regions with significant populations Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica Languages Taíno language , later ...
» political parties puerto rico - Google Search
25/04/14 15:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . List of political parties in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ political _ parties _in_ Puerto _ Rico ‎ Cached Similar Share View shared post Wikipedia Loading... This...
» History of women in Puerto Rico
25/04/14 15:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. The history of women in Puerto Rico traces back its roots to the Taíno , the inhabitants of the island before the arrival of Spaniards . During the Spanish colonizatio...
» Sila María Calderón - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
25/04/14 15:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman , and philanthropist who served as the seventh Governor of the Com...
» Roberto Prats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
25/04/14 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Roberto Prats Palerm (born 1966) is a former Senator of Puerto Rico , a lawyer , and a former candidate for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the elections of 2004 . ...
» Micro-Independence to Break the Status Stalemate
25/04/14 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Canal: News and Analysis Blog from the PanAm Post. For decades, Puerto Rico’s political parties have been strictly divided along island status lines. The Popular Democratic Party ( PDP) , current...
» democratic party of puerto rico - Google Search
25/04/14 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Puerto Rico : Micro-Independence to Break the Status Stalemate PanAm Post (blog) - Apr 23, 2014 Share Shared on Google+. For decades, Puerto Rico's political parties have been strictly divided along island st...
» Republican Party (Puerto Rico) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
25/04/14 14:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. The Republican Party ( Spanish : Partido Republicano ) is a political party in Puerto Rico, and the affiliate of the national Republican Party of United States . The party ...
» Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
25/04/14 14:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. The Puerto Rico Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico . Party membership consists of supporters of both the curren...
» Russia hijacks U.S. State Department’s Ukraine hashtag
25/04/14 14:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WorldViews. If war is politics by other means, Twitter is flipping the bird by other means. While Russia feuds with the U.S. and its NATO partners over the crisis in Ukraine, the official Twitter account o...
» Girl Killed at Conn. School, Boy Arrested - Connecticut
25/04/14 14:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death inside a Connecticut high school and a teenage boy has been taken into police custody. Emergency responders were called to Jonathan Law High...

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