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December 11, 2014

C.I.A. Director, Admitting Agency Mistakes, Calls for End to Interrogation Debate
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:30 PM

WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on Thursday acknowledged problems and misstatements during the agency’s former interrogation program as he called for an end to a rancorous debate over brutal interrogation tactics.

Mr. Brennan, in a rare news conference at C.I.A. headquarters, said agency leaders “still fundamentally disagree” with a Senate report that concluded that waterboarding and other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques produced no valuable intelligence.

“There was very valuable intelligence obtained from individuals who had been, at some point, subjected to E.I.T.'s,” Mr. Brennan said.

He would not say whether he believed that the agency tortured any of the terrorism suspects it held and questioned for years. A Senate report this week described instances of prisoners’ being chained to walls for days, waterboarded until they lost consciousness and locked in small boxes.

“I will leave to others how they might want to label those activities,” Mr. Brennan said. “For me it was something that is regrettable.”

Mr. Brennan’s speech came a day after Democratic members of the committee criticized him for the agency’s response to the report. They said the C.I.A.'s response is at odds with a separate, internal review overseen by a former director of the agency, Leon E. Panetta, which they claim is far more critical of the detention and interrogation program. President Obama halted the program in 2009.

“My fervent hope is that we can put aside this debate and move forward,” Mr. Brennan said.

Mr. Brennan was a senior C.I.A. official in 2002 when the detention and interrogation program was put in place. He has said publicly that he opposed the brutal interrogation methods that C.I.A. interrogators used against Qaeda suspects, including the drowning technique known as waterboarding.

Mr. Brennan would not say whether he ever raised objections to the interrogation techniques. “I was not in the chain of command,” he said.

C.I.A. Director Forcefully Defends Agency in Rare Public Speech by By MARK MAZZETTI and MATT APUZZO
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:29 PM

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John O. Brennan made a case that the detention program provided valuable intelligence in the hunt for senior Qaeda leaders.

CIA torture report: British spy agencies discussed redactionsby Rowena Mason, political correspondent
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:29 PM

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David Cameron says UK intelligence only discussed influencing the Senate report on the grounds of national security

Britain’s spying agencies did discuss redactions to the CIA torture report on the grounds of national security but not to cover up their own actions, David Cameron’s deputy official spokesman has said.

Downing Street said talks had taken place between the UK intelligence agencies and their US counterparts about influencing the contents of the Senate report that revealed brutal and ineffective methods used by the CIA.

Pope Francis snubs the Dalai Lama at Nobel Peace Prize event - Telegraph.co.uk
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:29 PM

Obama Cautious on More Russia Sanctions Unless Europe Agrees by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:28 PM

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President Barack Obama expressed caution on Thursday about the possibility of the United States adding more sanctions against Russia for its incursion into Ukraine because it could cause divide Washington and Europe. With some lawmakers on Capitol Hill considering more sanctions, Obama told the President's Export Council that the current path he is taking, in which the United States operates largely in lockstep with Europe, eventually will force Russian President Vladimir Putin to...

Ukraine Premier Raises Risk of Default
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:28 PM

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Lawmakers gave initial approval to the early outlines of an economic overhaul aimed at stabilizing the country’s finances, as Western backers prepare a new aid package

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Live Updates: CIA Director Faces The Media
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:28 PM

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John Brennan defends the CIA after a damning report criticised the agency's use of torture during the interrogation of detainees.

CIA Spymaster Responds To Interrogation Report
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:27 PM

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The CIA's spymaster is holding a rare news conference to confront the controversy surrounding his agency's interrogation of terrorism suspects after 9/11.

Russia's Putin visits India to boost energy, trade tiesby AFP news agency
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:24 PM

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Gay marriage doesn’t equal equality. Here are 5 things still to fight for by Julie Bindel
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:24 PM

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Ditching the word ‘tolerance’ and challenging the problems of marriage would be a good start if we are to end discrimination

The legalisation of gay marriage and this week’s change in the law that allows lesbians and gay men to convert a civil partnership into a marriage have been viewed by many as pinnacles of our liberation – signs that inequality and discrimination have been consigned to the past. This is not the case.

Never has there been such a wide chasm between social attitudes and the law on lesbian and gay issues. Now we have total legal equality with heterosexuals, it is clear how education and awareness-raising aimed at the gay and straight communities has been neglected. So long as two women kissing in a trendy London venue can be told to stop because it is a “family restaurant” – as happened just last week – it remains obvious that, for some, our relationships are not seen as “normal” or familial.

Kim Jong-un back on duty – in pictures by Guardian Staff
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:24 PM

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North Korean leader has been making up for lost time since emerging from an unexplained absencein October. Here he is on a selection of outings in undated photographs released by the official news agency KCNA

Russia-Turkey Pipeline Has Economic, Strategic Motivesby webdesk@voanews.com (Dorian Jones)
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 5:23 PM

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Russia's decision to cancel a gas pipeline to Bulgaria in preference to Turkey is being heralded as an important victory for Ankara in its ambitions to become a regional energy hub. But there are growing doubts over how advantageous the pipeline will be for Turkey. The memorandum of understanding signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart to build a natural gas pipeline to Turkey could be a major step towards achieving a strategic goal for Ankara, according...

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The Myth of the Russian Oligarchs
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:26 PM

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Moscow’s most popular joke today is unfunny: “Next year Putin, the ruble, and a barrel of oil will converge at just over 63.” Allow me to translate: The ruble will soon be trading at 63 to the dollar, or nearly double what the dollar was worth in Russia a year ago (meaning most Russians will be roughly 50 percent poorer); a barrel of oil will fall to $63 a barrel, roughly 2005-level prices, devastating the Russian economy; and President Vladimir Putin will turn 63. All three predictions are depressingly realistic: The Russian economy appears headed for disaster just as certainly as Mr. Putin will most likely celebrate his next birthday in October 2015. And more likely than not, he will still be president of Russia then.

Conventional wisdom — or conventional hope — among many of the people who would like to see the end of the Putin regime has long been that a turn for the worse in the Russian economy will make the moneyed elite turn on the Russian president. Journalists, pundits and Mr. Putin’s political opponents in Russia have predicted that Western sanctions and the economic disaster they hasten will result in a coup d'état staged by oligarchs. There is just one problem with that argument: There are no oligarchs anymore.

When Mr. Putin became acting president 15 years ago this month, Russia was an oligarchy — indeed the oligarchs, a small group of men who had grown very rich in the preceding decade, were instrumental in picking Putin out of obscurity and installing him at the helm. But within months, he made the oligarchs an offer they could not refuse: give up all of their political power and some of their wealth in exchange for safety, security and continued prosperity, or else be stripped of all power and assets.

He meant it. The media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky, who rejected the new rules, was forced into exile in the summer of 2000, and uber-oligarch Boris Berezovsky followed him a few months later. When the richest man in Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, refused any such bargain, he was jailed and his company was taken away. The process of destroying the Russian oligarchy was completed.

In the 11 years since Mr. Khodorkovsky’s arrest, Mr. Putin has consolidated power into what the political scientist Karen Dawisha calls “kleptocratic authoritarianism.” Its essential characteristic is all-encompassing corruption, which makes all the moneyed men of the Russian elite — and they are all men, and all moneyed — profoundly interdependent. Many of them have held public office during this time, but it has invariably been subject to three interlocking conditions: They had to pay to get into office, and though they could use the office for accumulating greater wealth, they could not use it to wield or gain political power.

Giving up any pretense of independent political action has remained a condition for staying wealthy and safe. When the billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov tried, and rather modestly, to test this condition by reshaping an essentially pro-Kremlin but populist political party three years ago, he was yanked back harshly. Faced with the threat of losing his assets, he then fell back into line. In the new era of economic hardship, he has stayed in line: In his most recent demonstration of loyalty to the Kremlin, a media company Prokhorov owns has just kicked the tiny, embattled independent television company Dozhd (Rain) TV out of a temporary studio on its property.

Over these years of helping Mr. Putin solidify his regime, the Russian rich have not only become entrenched in this corrupt system, but they have lost the very ability to form and pursue a political agenda. Those who predict an imminent coup — a coup by oligarchs as independent actors who can form a coalition to pursue their economic interests — are far off the mark. Imagine, rather, a large number of spiders all living in a single web. As the economy takes a dive, they are compelled simply to hold on for dear life. As the web begins to shrink, they can kick off it some of their weaker comrades — as has already happened with two major Russian entrepreneurs, Vladimir Yevtushenkov and Maxim Nogotkov, whose companies were taken away from them by men richer and more powerful than they. Meanwhile, Mr. Putin, who still sits in the middle of the intricate system he has woven over the course of 15 years, faces no such risk.

Russia’s economic troubles probably mean that the moneyed elite will suffer, with more of its members going into exile or even to jail while their assets are redistributed. As for the rest of the Russian population, more than 140 million people, bad economic news is just bad economic news: It spells out-of-control inflation and real daily hardship. But neither the self-cannibalizing rich nor the newly poor are likely to pose a challenge to Mr. Putin’s power.

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Sony Hack Reveals Email Crossfire Over Angelina Jolie and Steve Jobs Movie
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:17 PM

LOS ANGELES — Salaries of its top executives. Unpublished scripts. Sensitive contracts. Aliases that stars use to check into hotels.

Those are just some of the disclosures from a devastating hacking attack on Sony’s movie studio last month. But among all of the information that has spilled forth, perhaps nothing has riveted Hollywood more — and laid bare the machinations at the highest levels of the film industry — than a humiliating email exchange between Amy Pascal, Sony’s co-chairwoman, and the producer Scott Rudin overAngelina Jolie and a planned Steve Jobs biopic.

On Wednesday, Sony was scrambling to cope with the fallout from the incendiary emails posted byGawker, the tabloid news site, that revealed an ugly internal battle over “Jobs,” an Aaron Sorkin-scripted biopic of the Apple co-founder. Mr. Rudin, who is widely known for his razor-toothed missives and temper, was upset that his favored director for the picture, David Fincher, was being pulled by Ms. Jolie toward a competing Sony movie, a remake of “Cleopatra” with Ms. Jolie in the title role.

Mr. Rudin referred to Ms. Jolie as “a minimally talented spoiled brat” and pressured Ms. Pascal to shelve “Cleopatra.”

Ms. Pascal at times tried to calm Mr. Rudin, whose company is supported financially under a deal with Sony, writing, “This doesn’t need to get crazy.”

By the end, however, “Jobs” had moved to Universal, and Mr. Rudin, according to the emails, told Ms. Pascal that she had “behaved abominably, and it will be a very, very long time before I forget what you did.”

Ms. Pascal then wrote a lieutenant to “get rid of him,” an apparent reference to Mr. Rudin’s deal.

Ms. Pascal declined a request to discuss the exchange. A spokesman for Ms. Jolie said she had no comment.

“This is not about salacious emails being batted around by Gawker and Defamer,” Mr. Rudin said on Wednesday. “It’s about a criminal act, and the people behind it should be treated as nothing more nor less than criminals.”

For Michael Lynton, the chief executive of a music, television and movies unit called Sony Entertainment, the hacking scandal has ensnared him and his company at a time when he was supposed to be on a victory lap. Some in the film industry have speculated that he soon planned to climb the corporate ladder into a job that would add to his responsibilities, perhaps to coincide with a planned move of his home base from Los Angeles to New York.

Mr. Lynton declined through a spokesman to address that talk on Wednesday, but one person briefed on his plans said no change in his corporate responsibilities was in the works.

Recently, Mr. Lynton had won a battle with the activist investor Daniel S. Loeb, who sought improved profitability. The studio announced layoffs, cut its budget, recruited fresh executive talent, and secured much-needed outside movie financing. In early November, Sony confidently projected that revenue would rise by a third over the next three years.

But now Mr. Lynton is instead scrambling to advise both his superiors at the Sony Corporation in Japan and his employees on the studio’s Culver City, Calif., lot as to the extent of the damage and of steps he and they must take to contain it over the coming weeks and perhaps years.

Some computer systems remain down for fear of reinfecting them, and the studio could be two to three months away from restoring all of them.

The studio is insured against at least some of its losses. The final tab is likely to be much less than the $100 million-plus estimates that have been floated by outsiders, one person briefed on the studio’s situation said.

People briefed on Mr. Lynton’s movements said he returned at midweek from a long-planned trip to Japan, where he discussed business strategy and the breach. On Friday, he is expected to address a rare mass gathering of employees.

A veteran of the publishing industry, Mr. Lynton was named chairman of Sony Pictures, a post he still holds, in 2003. In April 2013, the studio said it had renewed his employment contract, but did not disclose its terms.

Executives at Sony say Mr. Lynton has been methodically but quietly engaged since the beginning of the attack — a posture that matches his notably cerebral approach to studio management. At his studio, marching orders are for a rapid return to business as usual.

In that spirit, the studio has rejected any notion that it should scrap “The Interview,” a planned comedy, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, about the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, though hackers who identified themselves as the Guardians of Peace appear to cite the film as a reason for the attack.

On Wednesday, senior movie executives at Sony insisted that “The Interview” would be released as planned on Christmas, but acknowledged that additional security had been ordered for a premiere on Thursday in downtown Los Angeles.

Security experts and law enforcement continue to search for the attackers, who may never be found.

“Attribution is very difficult until there has been a full analysis and even then, it can be impossible,” said Liam O’Murchu, a senior security research manager at Symantec, the security company.

Speaking at a cybersecurity conference on Tuesday, Joseph Demarest, the assistant director with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cyber division, said only, “There is no attribution to North Korea at this point.”

The attacks on Sony were orchestrated by command and control centers across the world, including computers at a convention center in Singapore and one at Thammasat University in Thailand, as well as others in Cyprus, Poland, Italy, the United States and Bolivia.

Mr. Lynton and other senior Sony executives have so far not spoken publicly, but memos to employees have been leaked to the media. On Sunday — perhaps in an effort to counter reports that Sony had been lax with its computer security — Mr. Lynton sent a companywide bulletin quoting Kevin Mandia, the chief executive of Mandiant, an online security firm hired to help Sony recover.

“The scope of this attack differs from any we have responded to in the past,” Mr. Mandia wrote. “The bottom line is that this was an unparalleled and well-planned crime, carried out by an organized group, for which neither SPE” — Sony Pictures Entertainment — “nor other companies could have been fully prepared.”

Representatives from the F.B.I., which has been leading the investigation into the culprits, were on Sony’s Culver City lot on Wednesday to brief employees about online security. Some Sony employees have watched in recent days as their identities have been stolen; the leaked information has been used to open false mortgage accounts and even buy women’s handbags at Beverly Hills boutiques.

The crisis recalled an episode 20 years ago when about 200 pages of the studio’s financial documents were leaked to the trade publication Variety. Alan J. Levine, then Sony’s chief operating officer, threatened legal action if the numbers were printed; with that, and some backdoor bargaining, the problem was nipped.

“I couldn’t even dream of how big a nightmare this might be,” Mr. Levine said on Wednesday. “This could actually just be the tip of the iceberg.”

Correction: December 10, 2014

An earlier version of this article misspelled, in one instance, the surname of the chief executive of the online security firm Mandiant. His name is Kevin Mandia, not Mandiant.

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Putin and Modi Reaffirm Bond Between Russia and India
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:14 PM

NEW DELHI — As expected, the longtime allies Russia and India signed a raft of agreements here at their leaders’ annual summit meeting on Thursday, expanding their usual set of projects to an ambitious agenda that includes joint manufacture of military helicopters and production of nuclear reactors.

But the most intriguing event of the day occurred across town in a private dining room at a luxury hotel, where Sergei Aksyonov, the barrel-chested prime minister of Crimea, the Ukrainian territory annexed this year by Russia, signed a memorandum of understanding with a group of Indian businessmen who have named themselves the “Indo-Crimean Partnership.”

Mr. Aksyonov, 42, organized a paramilitary force on the Crimean Peninsula early this year as pro-Western protests rose in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, and he was one of the first people to be singled out by the United States for sanctions. He traveled to India on a plane that carried Russian officials attending the summit meeting, and was flanked by senior Russian diplomats, whom he credited with arranging the event. Interfax, the Russian news agency, said it was Mr. Aksyonov’s “first international visit.”

But both Indian and Russian officials said Mr. Aksyonov had not come as part of the official Russian delegation, and a spokesman for India’s foreign minister said he had not been consulted about the planned event. Russia’s embassy in New Delhi had invited reporters to the event with Mr. Aksyonov, then announced hours later that the press event had been canceled.

As for Mr. Aksyonov, he said he had come to India so he could follow up on an overture from Gul Kripalani, a Mumbai seafood merchant.

“Business is looking for the best place — a place that is calm, where you can protect your capital, where it is possible to increase your economic indicators,” Mr. Aksyonov said. “So Crimea is a priority place.”

For President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the brief visit to India served a crucial function this year, reassuring his domestic audience that Russia has not been too damaged by its growing isolation from the West. The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is enjoying a period of global celebrity after sweeping the general election six months ago. He has also attracted rapt attention from Washington — President Obama has agreed to visit on India’s Republic Day in January, a date that required him to reschedule his State of the Union address. India has rarely surveyed such a range of potential partners.

In comments on Thursday, Mr. Modi lingered on the subject of historic loyalty, which has bound India and Russia even as their joint agenda stagnated. Decades after the Bangladesh war in 1971, many officials still bring up Soviet Russia’s support when America was allied with Pakistan.

“The steadfast support of the people of Russia for India has been there even at difficult moments in our history, it has been a pillar of strength,” Mr. Modi said. “India, too, has always stood with Russia through its own challenges.”

Mr. Modi publicly reassured Mr. Putin that “even if India’s options have increased,” Russia would remain India’s top defense supplier, ensuring a predictable flow of income as Russia weathers falling oil prices and a weak economy. In response, Mr. Putin pledged to supply India with 20 nuclear reactors, and Russia’s state oil company agreed to supply Essar, a private company, with a 10-year, fixed-price contract for oil that one official said was worth $5 billion.

The agreements suggest that the relations between the two countries are more robust than many think, said Nandan Unnikrishnan, a senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.

“Given Russia’s isolation by the West and the slump in the economy, people thought it would fail to infuse any energy into the Indo-Russian deal,” he said. “But that is not what has happened.”

The visit of Crimea’s leader, however, remained the most surprising part of the day. Mr. Kripalani, the Mumbai businessman who invited Mr. Aksyonov to New Delhi, said that five Indian businessmen were present at the meeting of the Indo-Crimean Partnership but that the group had 204 members.

Mr. Kripalani runs a Mumbai business called the Pijikay Group of Companies, with what he said was an annual trade of $174 million in frozen shrimp. Crimea’s trade isolation, he said, had created a significant opportunity.

“We look at Crimea as an open door, welcoming Indian business,” Mr. Kripalani said. “I thought I would go and pick the low-hanging fruit.”

He confessed to a touch of nervousness on Thursday, because, as he put it, “our intentions might be misunderstood.” He said he and his associates “are not involved in politics, we know nothing about politics.”

“Look, I found this door open to me, and I went into it,” he said. “If the Indian government is not against it, why should I be against it?”

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Putin and Modi Reaffirm Bond Between Russia and Indiaby By ELLEN BARRY
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:12 PM

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The most surprising event during a summit meeting in New Delhi, however, was a simultaneous visit by the prime minister of Crimea to meet with Indian businessmen.

Suicide bomber strikes school attached to French cultural centre in Kabul by Agencies in Kabul
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:12 PM

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At least one person was killed and 15 others wounded in the attack in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital city

A suicide bomber has struck a high school attached to the French cultural centre in Kabul killing at least one person and wounding 15 others, officials said.

“I firmly condemn this terrorist attack, which killed several people and injured many,” French foreign minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement, adding that no French nationals had died.

California utility: Tens of thousands lack powerby By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:12 PM

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting tens of thousands of power outages in San Francisco Bay Area as one of the windiest and rainiest storms in five years hit Northern California....

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Column: US Falls Short on Human Rightsby webdesk@voanews.com (Barbara Slavin)
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:11 PM

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On the same day that the Senate Intelligence Committee released its blockbuster report on CIA interrogation practices after 9-11, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring December 10 “Human Rights Day.” The date was chosen because on December 10, 1948, the majority of nations then comprising the United Nations, including the U.S., adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Fifth among its 30 provisions is this blanket admonition: “No one shall be subjected to...

US Navy Tests New Laser Weapon in Persian Gulfby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:11 PM

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The U.S. Navy says it has, for the first time, successfully tested an experimental laser weapon aboard a ship deployed in the Persian Gulf. The Office of Naval Research has released a video showing the weapon in action during the tests. The weapon, which utilizes a solid-state infrared beam of energy to cripple or destroy targets, was tested over the past few months aboard the USS Ponce in the Persian Gulf. The Navy says the system performed...

Guantanamo Bay Detainee Details ‘Sadistic’ Abuseby Noah Rayman
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:10 PM

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A man detained in Guantanamo Bay for nearly 13 years has said he was subjected to “dirty and sadistic” abuse at the prison, days after a Senate report revealed the extent of the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation tactics.

In a first-person account for the human rights organization Reprieve and published on CNN, Samir Naji from Yemen says he was deprived of sleep, drugged, and forced to watch pornographic footage or videos of other prisoners being abused.

Naji, a Yemeni who was accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, was cleared for release in 2009 but remains in detention along with 135 other inmates.

“The dirty and sadistic methods I endured — which were then taken directly to Abu Ghraib — achieved nothing, except to shame that American flag hanging in the prison corridor,” he says in the account. “America cannot keep hiding from its past, and its present, like this. Our stories, and our continued detention, cannot be made to disappear.”

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Ukraine: Chechen muslim Death Battalion joins Russia's ...

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18 hours ago - Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have formed their own 'Death Battalion' to join the insurgency in east Ukraine.

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Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukraine - YouTube
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 2:07 PM

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Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukraine
Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukraine
Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukraine

Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have formed their own 'Death Battalion' to join the insurgency in east Ukraine. Reuters reported seeing dozens of the armed men in camouflage uniforms...

The Chechen 'Death Battalion' fighting with Ukraine's rebels: Fighters from Russian republic now on both sides of the civil war

Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have formed their own 'Death Battalion' to join the insurgency in east Ukraine.
The 300 or so volunteers say they are mostly former state security troops in the mainly Muslim region, where Moscow has fought two bloody wars since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Reuters reported seeing dozens of the armed men in camouflage uniforms chanting 'Allahu Akbar' as they trained in the snow in their camp outside Donetsk, east Ukraine.

Seasoned Chechen fighters, whose combat experience often dates back to the 1994-96 and 1999-2000 wars, fight on both sides in Ukraine, adding to the complexity of a conflict taking on the character of a Cold War proxy war.
The West says regular Russian troops are involved in the fighting, while Russia accuses Europe and the U.S. of engineering a coup in Kiev and supporting its new pro-West regime.

'This is volunteer battalion Death,' said the deputy commander of the group, who only gave his nickname 'Stinger'.
He spoke to Reuters at a former tourist camp outside the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, east Ukraine, which he and his men have turned into their base.
'There are about three hundred of us in Donetsk region. We have battlefield experience from 10 to 20 years starting from 1995,' said the man, in his forties, a pistol fixed to his thigh.
He had a little Chechen flag in green, white and red stitched to his cap and spoke Russian with a strong Caucasus accent. Several cars with Chechen registration plates were parked in the camp.

Russia sides with east Ukraine's rebels but denies sending troops to reinforce them. Some fighters on the ground admit to being former Russian servicemen, or 'on leave'. Moscow says any Russians fighting there are volunteers.
Chechnya's own separatist insurgency, in which the republic sought independence from the Russian Federation, was eventually squashed after two bloody wars, but unrest still simmers among Caucasian Islamist groups.
Gunmen attacked a police post and captured a building in the regional capital of Grozny last week and at least 20 people, including ten police and ten suspected militants, were killed in gunbattles that ensued.
Violence erupted hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin had been due to give a major speech in Moscow, a symbolic challenge to the man credited for the Russia's victory in the second Chechen war.
Re-establishing Moscow's control over Chechnya and then introducing an uneasy peace under Ramzan Kadyrov, whom critics and rights campaigners accuse of heavy-handed tactics and human rights violations, is seen by Mr Putin's supporters as a key achievement.

In Ukraine, Stinger's men are sworn enemies with another group of Chechens who fight on the opposite side of the conflict and support the Kiev government troops.
Some of them have Western passports after fleeing Russia following the two wars. They say Moscow is theirs and Kiev's joint enemy and that Chechnya is occupied by Russia.
Stinger, however, said Chechnya was being destroyed in the wars of 1990s and became peaceful again only when some local leaders allied with the Kremlin.
Some of those in the 'Death' unit said they had initially fought against Russia in Chechnya but later switched sides and were amnestied by a former Kremlin-allied head of the region, Ramzan's father, Akhmet Kadyrov.
'Now we are (former) soldiers and officers of the Russian army, of Russian special forces, mostly veterans of war campaigns,' Stinger said.

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Internal affairs questions officer in Eric Garner chokehold death for two hours as NYPD begins its own investigation
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 1:59 PM

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The NYPD Internal Affair Bureau has began its own investigation into whether Daniel Pantaleo broke department protocol
Investigation could take weeks
Pantaleo says he didn't use a chokehold on Eric Garner - but video evidence appears to refute that

By Michael Zennie for MailOnline

Published: 10:56 EST, 11 December 2014 | Updated: 10:57 EST, 11 December 2014

Internal affairs investigators from the New York Police Department have questioned officer Daniel Pantaleo for two hours in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Pantaleo was cleared last week of criminal charges after a Staten Island, New York, grand jury declined to indict him.

But now the NYPD is beginning its own investigation over whether Pantaleo broke departmental rules when he arrested Garner on July 17 for illegally selling cigarettes on the street, according to DNA Info.

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Daniel Pantaleo was questioned for two hours by the NYPD's internal affair bureau on Monday about the death of Eric Garner

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Dying: Eric Garner lost consciousness after he was put into an alleged chokehold by Pantaleo in July. He later died at a hospital

In amateur video taken of the arrest, Pantaleo appeared to put Garner in a chokehold before forcing him to the ground holding him down while he was being cuffed.

Garner, a father of six, passed after exclaiming 'I can't breathe!' He then died after being taken to the hospital.

His last words became a rallying cry for thousands of protesters who took to the streets in New York and other cities after Pantaleo was not indicted.

Chokeholds are banned by the NYPD, though Pantaleo denies using one on Garner - despite video evidence that has been widely interpreted otherwise.

The medical examiner found that Garner, who was 6-foot-3 and 350lbs, died of a Heart attack resulting from compression of neck and of chest and 'prone positioning during physical restraint by police' resulted in his death.

However, his asthma, obesity and other health problems were also blamed for his death.

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Garner, who was 6-foot-3 and 350lbs, died from neck and chest compression and being forced to lay on the ground during his arrest, a medical examiner found. His health problems contributed to his death

Investigators with the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau questioned Pantaleo for two hours on Monday, according to DNA Info.

'He pretty much told the same story he did to the grand jury, his actions, his thoughts, during the Garner encounter,' a police source told the news site.

The 29-year-old cop has been pulled off the streets and stripped of his badge and gun pending the outcome of the investigation. He still works at the NYPD on desk duty.

The investigation will likely take weeks, or even months, to conclude.

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Chechen 'Death Battalion' fighting with Ukraine's rebels
Thursday December 11th, 2014 at 1:54 PM

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Deputy commander says he has about 300 men in his volunteer battalion
They have made a former tourist camp outside Donetsk into their base
Most are former state security troops from the restive Chechen Republic
They face other Chechens implacably opposed to Moscow on Kiev's side

By Reuters and Damien Gayle for MailOnline

Published: 03:41 EST, 10 December 2014 | Updated: 08:40 EST, 10 December 2014

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Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have formed their own 'Death Battalion' to join the insurgency in east Ukraine.

The 300 or so volunteers say they are mostly former state security troops in the mainly Muslim region, where Moscow has fought two bloody wars since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Reuters reported seeing dozens of the armed men in camouflage uniforms chanting 'Allahu Akbar' as they trained in the snow in their camp outside Donetsk, east Ukraine.

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Seasoned fighters: Pro-Russian separatists from the Chechen 'Death Battalion' walk during a training exercise in the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine

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Well drilled: The fighters hold their weapons in formation at their training camp just outside Donetsk

Seasoned Chechen fighters, whose combat experience often dates back to the 1994-96 and 1999-2000 wars, fight on both sides in Ukraine, adding to the complexity of a conflict taking on the character of a Cold War proxy war.

The West says regular Russian troops are involved in the fighting, while Russia accuses Europe and the U.S. of engineering a coup in Kiev and supporting its new pro-West regime.

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'This is volunteer battalion Death,' said the deputy commander of the group, who only gave his nickname 'Stinger'.

He spoke to Reuters at a former tourist camp outside the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, east Ukraine, which he and his men have turned into their base.

'There are about three hundred of us in Donetsk region. We have battlefield experience from 10 to 20 years starting from 1995,' said the man, in his forties, a pistol fixed to his thigh.

He had a little Chechen flag in green, white and red stitched to his cap and spoke Russian with a strong Caucasus accent. Several cars with Chechen registration plates were parked in the camp.

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In training: Seasoned Chechen fighters, whose combat experience often dates back to the 1994-96 and 1999-2000 wars, fight on both sides in Ukraine, adding to the complexity of the conflict

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Divided region: In Ukraine, Stinger's men are sworn enemies with another group of Chechens who fight on the opposite side of the conflict and support the Kiev government troops

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'This is volunteer battalion Death': The deputy commander of the group, who only gave his nickname 'Stinger', told Reuters the unit was made up of around 300 Chechens with 10 to 20 years battlefield experience

Russia sides with east Ukraine's rebels but denies sending troops to reinforce them. Some fighters on the ground admit to being former Russian servicemen, or 'on leave'. Moscow says any Russians fighting there are volunteers.

Chechnya's own separatist insurgency, in which the republic sought independence from the Russian Federation, was eventually squashed after two bloody wars, but unrest still simmers among Caucasian Islamist groups.

Gunmen attacked a police post and captured a building in the regional capital of Grozny last week and at least 20 people, including ten police and ten suspected militants, were killed in gunbattles that ensued.

Violence erupted hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin had been due to give a major speech in Moscow, a symbolic challenge to the man credited for the Russia's victory in the second Chechen war.

Re-establishing Moscow's control over Chechnya and then introducing an uneasy peace under Ramzan Kadyrov, whom critics and rights campaigners accuse of heavy-handed tactics and human rights violations, is seen by Mr Putin's supporters as a key achievement.

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Hand to hand combat: Two Chechen fighters practice their wrestling in the snow while their comrades watch

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Physical training: The men jog along the snow-covered roads of the war-torn region

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Phew... But by this point they seem to have slowed slightly to rather less than a jog...

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Lots to work on: The formation appears to break up as the faster fighters speed off around the corner

In Ukraine, Stinger's men are sworn enemies with another group of Chechens who fight on the opposite side of the conflict and support the Kiev government troops.

Some of them have Western passports after fleeing Russia following the two wars. They say Moscow is theirs and Kiev's joint enemy and that Chechnya is occupied by Russia.

Stinger, however, said Chechnya was being destroyed in the wars of 1990s and became peaceful again only when some local leaders allied with the Kremlin.

Some of those in the 'Death' unit said they had initially fought against Russia in Chechnya but later switched sides and were amnestied by a former Kremlin-allied head of the region, Ramzan's father, Akhmet Kadyrov.

'Now we are (former) soldiers and officers of the Russian army, of Russian special forces, mostly veterans of war campaigns,' Stinger said.

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10/12/14 15:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says the Russian punks have been creating original songs and videos with JD Samson Pussy Riot are reportedly collaborating in the studio with members of...

» Rights Advocates Urge Punishment After Report on CIA Terror Interrogations
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Human rights activists are calling for the prosecution of officials involved in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's use of extreme interrogation methods on suspected terrorists. Ben Em...

» Russian President to Visit India For 1-Day Summit
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India for a one-day annual summit Thursday that will seek to reinvigorate a once-close relationship that has lost some of its spark in recent ...

» Homes Of Alleged Militants' Families Torched In Chechnya
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Residents of Russia's Chechnya region say the authorities are carrying out Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov's orders to destroy the homes of relatives of alleged mili...

» Chechens loyal to Russia fight alongside east Ukraine rebels
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. OUTSIDE OF DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), dozens of armed men in camouflage uniforms from Russia's republic of Chechnya train in snow in a camp...

» Azerbaijani, Georgian, Turkish Foreign Ministers Meet In Kars
10/12/14 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey are meeting in the eastern Turkish city of Kars on December 10.

» Ya'alon: Obama administration 'won't be around forever' - Ynetnews
10/12/14 15:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Haaretz Ya'alon: Obama administration 'won't be around forever' Ynetnews Defense minister caught recording saying that after Obama, Israel will resume settlement building; US env...

» Azerbaijani Lawyer May Be Disbarred For Defending Rights Activists
10/12/14 15:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A well-known Azerbaijani lawyer says he could be disbarred for defending prominent human rights activists and oppositionists.

» Russian PM Medvedev says sanctions harmful for both Russia and West
10/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that Western sanctions over Ukraine were harmful for the Russian economy, but that Western economies were also affec...

» CIA Interrogations Report Triggers Prosecution Calls
10/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A top UN human rights envoy and human rights groups are calling for the prosecution of U.S. officials involved in what a Senate report called the "brutal" CIA interrogat...

» Pirate Bay Goes Offline After a Raid in Sweden - TIME
10/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME Pirate Bay Goes Offline After a Raid in Sweden TIME Neij and Sunde, the two co-founders of the file-sharing website, A file picture of Fredrik Neij (C) and Peter Sunde (2nd ...

» How Ebola attacks the body
10/12/14 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. How Ebola attacks the body More than 6300 people have now died from Ebola in the three hardest hit nations in west Africa, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the Wor...

» Medvedev Enlists Russian Companies in Bid to Halt Ruble Drop
10/12/14 15:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the government is urging large companies to even out their sales of foreign revenue as officials try to stem the ruble’s slide to a record and the central ban...

» Rouble fall, sanctions hurt Russia's economy: Medvedev
10/12/14 15:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Katya Golubkova and Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:07am EST MOSCOW (Reuters) - The weakness of the rouble is hurting Russia , which has lost tens of billions of dollars because of sanctions i...

» Medvedev To Russians: Don't 'Panic' Over Ruble's Fall
10/12/14 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called on Russians "not to panic" and to keep their savings in rubles despite of the Russian currency's sharp decline.

» A Top Target of China’s Antigraft Campaign Gets Life in Prison
10/12/14 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Liu Tienan was one of the first and most visible targets of the push by President Xi Jinping to take down both “tigers” and “flies” — powerful and minor officials.

» World media react to CIA torture report - USA TODAY
10/12/14 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. USA TODAY World media react to CIA torture report USA TODAY Newspapers around the world led their front pages with the explosive story Wednesday, with British publications The Guardian...

» Shrien Dewani arrives back in the UK after murder trial collapses - video
10/12/14 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Shrien Dewani arrives at Gatwick Airport from Cape Town on Wednesday morning. He is thought to be heading back to his family home in Bristol after his trial for arranging...

» Ebola virus
10/12/14 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Ebola virus The United Nations' coordinator on Ebola has hailed widespread progress in the fight against the deadly virus, but warned the outbreak was still surging in western S...

» Britain presses Turkey over detention of suspected British jihadis
10/12/14 15:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. David Cameron asks for closer cooperation over intelligence on UK citizens suspected of trying to join Islamic State in Syria Britain is requesting that its intelligence agenc...

» Israel's defense minister behind closed doors: Obama administration won't last ... - Haaretz
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Haaretz Israel's defense minister behind closed doors: Obama administration won't last ... Haaretz Moshe Ya'alon tells Yeshiva students U.S. blocking new settlement plans but boa...

» Suicide attack on Iraqi military base kills 9
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A suicide attack outside a military base in Samarra, north of Baghdad, killed nine people and wounded 15 others Wednesday, security officials said.

» Im Ready for Hillary - Politico
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Politico Im Ready for Hillary Politico Most Popular. Top Stories, Videos & Photos. Michael Hayden Is Not Sorry · Budget bill shows GOP's new muscle · Gruber: I'...

» Belarusian Journalist Alesin Released But Must Stay In Minsk
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Belarusian journalist arrested on suspicion of treason and espionage has been released from custody but ordered not to leave Minsk.

» Pope urges global war on human trafficking - The Daily Star
10/12/14 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Daily Star Pope urges global war on human trafficking The Daily Star Pope Francis waves to the crowd during his general audience at St Peter's square on December 10, 2014 at the Va...

» Airlines body calls for U.N. to regulate anti-aircraft weaponry
10/12/14 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. GENEVA (Reuters) - Global airlines body IATA has called on the UN to regulate anti-aircraft weaponry in a similar way to chemical weapons following the shooting down of a commercial ai...

» Russian FSB Chief: Islamic State Is A 'Terrorist International'
10/12/14 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's Federal Security Service head Aleksandr Bortnikov mentioned the threat of Islamic State alongside the threat of the Caucasus Emirate -- which he did not name spe...

» Ukrainian troops to continue observing truce: Kiev military
10/12/14 15:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian government forces will continue to observe a truce in the country's east after a significant reduction in shelling by separatists on Tuesday's "Day of Silenc...

» Britain calls on NATO help in submarine hunt: media
10/12/14 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - NATO patrol planes helped Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast after a submarine's periscope was spotted, in a search reminiscent of the Cold War,...

» Prince William, Kate wrap up NYC visit with black-tie gala, Sept. 11 museum visit - CTV News
10/12/14 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CTV News Prince William, Kate wrap up NYC visit with black-tie gala, Sept. 11 museum visit CTV News NEW YORK -- Prince William and his wife, Kate, wrapped up their first visit to...

» This Billionaire Just Paid $4 million for a Nobel Medal Only to Give It Back to the Seller
10/12/14 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. One of the richest men in Russia, Alisher Usmanov, has come forward as the anonymous buyer of James Watson’s Nobel medal, which was sold for more than $4 million at an auction at Christie’s in New Yo...

» For Modi, Putin’s visit a sign of India’s potential during U.S.-Russia tensions
10/12/14 15:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. NEW DELHI — Just over a year ago, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was hailed as a statesman for his role brokering a Syrian...

» Ukraine Cease-Fire Holds for 2nd Day
10/12/14 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian rebels are largely honoring a declared halt in hostilities for a second consecutive day in eastern Ukraine. Only sporadic gunfire was reported early Wed...

» The CIA torture report: what you need to know – video
10/12/14 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. A landmark report released on Tuesday shows the full extent of the CIA's interrogation and detention programs enacted after 9/11. The Guardian's Spencer Ackerman and Trev...

» Russian Opposition Activist Mokhnatkin Sentenced Again
10/12/14 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian opposition activist has been convicted in absentia of assaulting police and sentenced to four years and six months in prison.

» World facing Armageddon unless Obama and Putin 'defrost' icy relationship - Daily Mail
10/12/14 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Daily Mail World facing Armageddon unless Obama and Putin 'defrost' icy relationship Daily Mail Russian elder statesman Mikhail Gorbachev today warned of the threat of Armageddon...

» Obama on 'The Colbert Report': The President Steals the Show from Stephen ... - Crossmap
10/12/14 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Crossmap Obama on 'The Colbert Report': The President Steals the Show from Stephen ... Crossmap Perhaps what is, or what possibly will be as well in the future, most talked about...

» Rectal rehydration and standing on broken limbs: the CIA torture report's grisliest findings
10/12/14 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Parts of the CIA interrogation programme were known, but the catalogue of abuse is nightmarish, especially knowing much more will never be revealed CIA’s brutal and ineffectiv...

» Russia says small military mission in east Ukraine at Kiev's request: RIA
10/12/14 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian general said on Wednesday a small Russian military mission in eastern Ukraine is there at the invitation of Kiev and is assisting the OSCE security group i...

» Torture report: Harsh reality for U.S.
10/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The senate report leaves little doubt that some CIA practices would -- by any international standard -- be defined as torture, writes CNN's Tim Lister. So has the U.S. lost the moral high ...

» Tajik Man Accused Of Recruiting Militants For Syria Released With Fine
10/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Tajik man accused of being a member of a gang that recruited young men to fight in Syria was released on December 10 after being ordered to pay a fine, RFE/RL's Tajik S...

» Russia scraps plan for Eye of Sauron art installation
10/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Eye of Sauron will not now gaze over Moscow after opposition from the Russian Orthodox Church thwarted project The Eye of Sauron will not, after all, gaze out over Moscow this...

» Brooklyn: moment synagogue knife attacker is shot by police - video
10/12/14 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Police shoot and kill a man they say stabbed a rabbinical student in the head in a Brooklyn synagogue on Tuesday. An exchange can be heard between the man and police, who...

» Obama Avoids Taking Sides on Effectiveness of C.I.A. Techniques
10/12/14 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The debate over interrogation techniques has left President Obama facing an uncomfortable choice between two allies: the C.I.A. director versus Democrats on the committee that produced the ...

» Analysts Weigh Nigeria/Russia Arms Deal
10/12/14 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Nigeria has turned to Russia to buy heavier weapons following a recent strain in relations with the United States. After the U.S. rejected a request for Cobra attack helicopters, Nigeria ...

» The Ebola epidemic
10/12/14 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the deadliest ever, health officials say.

» If homosexuality isn’t illegal, why is there a gay crackdown in Egypt?
10/12/14 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A bath house raid instigated by complicit media looks like a bid to distract attention from bigger economic and political issues The arrest of at least 25 men during a massive...

» ISIS release images of execution after man found guilty of sodomy
10/12/14 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Jihadists From the Islamic State (ISIS) Have Killed a Man Found Guilty of the Crime of Homosexuality. ISIS Military Gather To Execute Man Found Guilty Of Being Homosexual The accused ma...

» Royal Couple Wraps New York Visit
10/12/14 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine enjoyed a gala dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Tuesday night, ending their three-day trip to the United States. The event was to m...

» Dogs, elephants, chimps and parrots use natural remedies to treat digestive problems
10/12/14 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The theory, known as zoopharmacognosy, has been spotted in macaws in Brazil, elephants in Kenya and even dogs and cats in the UK and US.

» Venezuela's Poor Sour on Maduro as Prices, Shortages Sting
10/12/14 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Packing potatoes at his vegetable stand on a sun-baked street in Caracas's hillside Catia slum, Jesus Jimenez fondly recounts voting for late president Hugo Chavez. Like millions in Venez...

» CIA chiefs accuse Senate of 'cherry-picking' evidence in inquiry
10/12/14 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. In a 2,500 word rebuttal ex-CIA leaders, including George Tenet and Porter Goss, argued the CIA's interrogation program saved lives by leading to the capture of top Al Qaeda militants.

» NATO fighter jets intercept Russian military aircraft
10/12/14 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. NATO fighter jets intercept Russian military aircraft A new video has emerged of NATO fighter jets intercepting a number of Russian military planes over the Baltic Sea. . Report by Sarah Ke...

» Peru to Charge Greenpeace Activists for Stunt at Ancient Nazca Drawings
10/12/14 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Peru is planning to criminally charge Greenpeace activists who are said to have damaged the world-renowned Nazca lines by leaving footprints in the desert nearby during a publicity stunt. Peru’...

» Protests continue for fourth night in Berkeley and Oakland
10/12/14 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Demonstrators protest against police killings of unarmed black men, in the wake of grand jury decisions not to charge white police officers For the fourth night in a row, prot...

» U.S. launches 20 airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
10/12/14 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States launched 20 airstrikes against Islamic State militants in recent days, military officials said in a statement on Wednesday.

» Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ain dead after being hit with tear gas
10/12/14 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Ziad Abu Ain died shortly after the incident on Wednesday near the West Bank village of Turmus Aya.

» Malala Yousafzai accepts Nobel peace prize with attack on arms spending
10/12/14 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Pakistani education activist was jointly awarded prize with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi The Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai has used her Nob...

» Turkmenistan: Desperately Seeking Diversification
10/12/14 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. RFE/RL's Turkmen Service had a roundtable to discuss whether the recent decision to suspend Russia's proposed South Stream gas pipeline could mean Turkmen gas would final...

» Senate report on CIA torture could lead to prosecutions of Americans abroad
10/12/14 14:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Human rights groups say actions on foreign soil could fall under legal jurisdictions of those countries those countries’ legal jurisdictions or the ICC in The Hague US officia...

» Protesters in Georgia, Moldova Demand Release Of Ismayilova
10/12/14 14:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. About 50 protesters have demonstrated outside Azerbaijan's embassy in Tbilisi, demanding that Azerbaijan's government release Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journal...

» Revisiting the First Chechen War
10/12/14 14:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. RFE/RL's North Caucasus service chief talks about the 'personal apocalypse' that was the First Chechen War.

» How Effective Is Screening for Ebola at Airports?
10/12/14 14:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa escalated over the summer, the World Health Organization recommended airport screening as a way to contain spread of the disease. WHO advised that all people leav...

» Iran's Supreme Leader Criticizes U.S. After Torture Report
10/12/14 14:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Twitter account associated with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has posted a message that said the U.S. Senate report into CIA torture showed the U.S. gov...

» Drug violence, climate change create ceaseless wave of Latin American refugees
10/12/14 14:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Drug-fueled gang violence and extreme weather linked to climate change are forcing tens of thousands of people in Latin America to flee their home...

» Report Unleashes Global Criticism Of CIA Interrogation Methods
10/12/14 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The release of a U.S. Senate report on CIA interrogation techniques has resulted in widespread criticism about the actions of CIA agents and contractors in the years afte...

» Britain has 'masses of space' and without migrants the NHS would be in 'dire straits'
10/12/14 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Stephen Nickell, a board member of the Office for Budget Responsibility, said just 10 per cent of the country has been 'urbanised' and played down concerns about immigration.

» Overseas, Torture Report Prompts Calls for Prosecution
10/12/14 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Jihadist web postings called for retaliation, and the United States warned citizens in Thailand and Afghanistan about hostile reactions.

» World facing Armageddon unless Obama and Putin 'defrost' icy relationship
10/12/14 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Former President of the Soviet Union Mikahil Gorbachev enjoys the view of Brandenburger Gate before attending a symposium on security in Europe 25 years after the fall of the "Wall" in ...

» OPEC slashes oil production estimate - USA TODAY
10/12/14 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY OPEC slashes oil production estimate USA TODAY The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, slashed its estimate of how much crude oil it will need to pr...

» Gorbachev on U.S.-Russia Relations: ‘We May Not Live Through These Days’
10/12/14 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, called Wednesday has called for a U.S.-Russia summit to thaw relations between the two countries in the wake of the Ukraine crisis. Gorbachev, ...

» Under pressure to give commercial drones greater access to US skies, FAA ... - U.S. News & World Report
10/12/14 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Under pressure to give commercial drones greater access to US skies, FAA ... U.S. News & World Report WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says it is granting four companies permissi...

» David Cameron pays first visit to Auschwitz with warning
10/12/14 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Prime Minister David Cameron is shown the Birkenau extermination camp in Poland, during a personal visit that he made to the former concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau for the...

» Cornwall man left fighting for life after acid is thrown in his face in his home
10/12/14 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The victim, named locally as father-of-one Andreas Christopheros, 29, suffered life-threatening injuries after the corrosive substance was thrown in his face at his home in Truro, Cornw...

» Putin's visit to India: Don't focus on the rhetoric
10/12/14 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Asia. By Ravi Agrawal, CNN updated 10:36 AM EST, Wed December 10, 2014 India's PM Narendra Modi meets Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS group leaders summit in Brazil, on July 16, 20...

» Putin's visit to India
10/12/14 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. In the space of six weeks, with great displays of importance, India's capital will have hosted two world leaders who no longer speak with each other: the presidents of Russia and the Unite...

» Islamic State suicide bombing kills 12 Shi'ite militia fighters
10/12/14 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomb and mortar attack by Islamic State militants killed 12 Shi'ite militia fighters north of Baghdad on Wednesday and a series of bombings in the Iraqi c...

» Palestinian minister dies after West Bank protest
10/12/14 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Palestinian minister dies after West Bank protest A Palestinian minister died shortly after being hit and shoved by Israeli soldiers during a protest in the occupied West Bank,. Report by S...

» Obama administration grants five more drone permits, continues case-by-case ... - Washington Times
10/12/14 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Washington Times Obama administration grants five more drone permits, continues case-by-case ... Washington Times In this photo June 7, 2014, photo released by BP Alaska, Unmanne...

» Alisher Usmanov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
10/12/14 13:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov ( Uzbek : Alisher Usmonov , Алишер Бурханович &...

» alisher usmanov - Google Search
10/12/14 13:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Alisher Usmanov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Alisher _ Usmanov Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Uzbek: Alisher Usmonov, Алиm...

» Five Things You Might Not Know About Alisher Usmanov
10/12/14 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's richest man is in the news for buying a Nobel Prize gold medal for millions of dollars -- and giving it back to the U.S. scientist who won it. Here are some othe...

» Alan Rusbridger appointed chair of The Scott Trust
10/12/14 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Award-winning editor-in-chief to stand down after 20 years The Scott Trust, which safeguards the editorial future and independence of the Guardian, has appointed Alan Rusbridg...

» Israel moots security cooperation with Lebanese military
10/12/14 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Wednesday it was exploring the possibility of cooperating with the Lebanese army to counter Sunni Islamist militants, even though the two...

» ТАСС: Армия и ОПК - Генштаб РФ: ИГ превращается в ключевое звено радикального ислама в ближневосточном регионе
10/12/14 13:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ИТАР-ТАСС. МОСКВА, 10 декабря. /ТАСС/. Организац&...

» Russia's Chief Of Staff: U.S. Provided Financial, Technical Aid To IS
10/12/14 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's chief of General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, said on December 10 that the United States had provided financial and technical assistance to the Islamic State (IS) mi...

» Mugabe appoints ‘The Crocodile’ as deputy
10/12/14 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Emmerson Mnangagwa’s appointment makes him a frontrunner to succeed Zimbabwe’s president

» Malala Receives Nobel Peace Prize In Oslo
10/12/14 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Malala Yousafzai - who was shot by Taliban gunmen on a bus - says she will campaign "until I see every child in school".

» Kerry to meet Israel's Netanyahu in Rome on Sunday
10/12/14 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on developments in Israel and the West ...

» A mental health manifesto: five things that need to change
10/12/14 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. With the general election looming, we asked the Centre for Mental Health – a Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal charity – what needs to change Click here to donate to the ...

» Uzbek president asks Putin to help fight radical Islam in Central Asia
10/12/14 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan urged Russia on Wednesday to help protect Central Asia against what it said would be a rising threat from militant Islam as U.S. forces draw down their ...

» Israel's Livni joins opposition head to challenge PM
10/12/14 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Former Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni and the center-left parliamentary opposition leader will jointly challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Marc...

» Key Moments in the Torture Debate | The New York Times
10/12/14 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. Key Moments in the Torture Debate | The New York Times The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on C.I.A. interrogation tactics added a new chapter to the nati...

» US personnel brace for torture backlash worldwide - USA TODAY
09/12/14 23:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. USA TODAY US personnel brace for torture backlash worldwide USA TODAY "There are some indications that the release of the report could lead to a greater risk that is posed to U.S....

» Kurdish Official Calls For Power Decentralization In Iraq
09/12/14 23:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A senior Kurdish official has called on Iraq's central government to give up authority to local power centers, and potentially allow the creation of an autonomous Sunni A...

» Report Says C.I.A. Used Media Leaks to Advantage
09/12/14 23:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The agency leaked classified material to reporters to shape the perception that its detention and interrogation program was an effective tool in thwarting terrorism, according to a Senate r...

» Obama unveils new curbs on racial profiling in US
09/12/14 23:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Guidelines come amid growing nationwide debate about racial justice and treatment of minorities by law enforcement agencies The Obama administration has issued guidelines that...

» Outgoing US Defense Chief Hagel Makes First Baghdad Visit - Businessweek
09/12/14 23:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Businessweek Outgoing US Defense Chief Hagel Makes First Baghdad Visit Businessweek U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to the media after visiting troops at Camp Buehring in the...

» TIME’s Best Photojournalism of 2014
09/12/14 23:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In 2014, TIME’s commitment to photojournalism remained as strong as ever, as the magazine assigned photographers to stories all across the U.S. and in Afghanistan, Brazil, Burma, Central African Repu...

» GOP's Issa ready for final assault on 'Obamacare' - STLtoday.com
09/12/14 23:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. STLtoday.com GOP's Issa ready for final assault on 'Obamacare' STLtoday.com WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the Obama administration's harshest congressional critics will get a final hi...

» Male bonding lowers stress levels and is more relaxing than evening with the wife
09/12/14 22:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Men feel less threatened by outsiders when in a male group and this bravado prevents them getting stressed, said scientists from the University of Gottingen, Germany.

» Islamic State in Syria beheads man for blasphemy
09/12/14 22:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT (Reuters) - The militant Islamic State group beheaded a man in northern Syria after accusing him of blasphemy, a militant website and a rights group said on Tuesday.

» Student Stabbed In Head At Synagogue
09/12/14 22:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A knife-wielding man has stabbed a student in the head inside a New York City synagogue before being fatally shot by police.

» The Bolt: Shostakovich's banned ballet – in pictures
09/12/14 22:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The Bolt, a controversial 1931 ballet by Dmitri Shostakovich, is the focus of a new exhibition at GRAD: Gallery for Russian Arts and Design that runs until 28 February 2015 Co...

» Laws of Men: In Saudi Arabia, guardian system leads to abuse
09/12/14 22:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. JEDDAH — Saudi women live under their country’s guardianship system, which requires all females to be legally controlled their entire lives by a male guardian. Because ...

» Obama's shifting views on torture: how the candidate lost his way as president
09/12/14 22:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Only the most cynical could have guessed in 2008 that it would be Obama’s own administration that stood in the way of the torture report’s publication When a fiery young presi...

» Prince Charles condemns graphic images of murder by terror groups
09/12/14 22:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Britain's Prince Charles looks back at Archbishop Habib of Basra, Iraq, as he listens to members of the Iraqi Christian community in London, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Prince Charles met me...

» Pope Francis prays for the Immaculate Conception
09/12/14 22:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Pope Francis prays for the Immaculate Conception Pope Francis leads a prayer at the statue of Virgin Mary during the annual feast of the Immaculate Conception at Piazza di Spagn...

» Billionaire bought James Watson’s Nobel prize medal in order to return it
09/12/14 22:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Alisher Usmanov wants medal to remain with Watson and for money he paid for it to be donated to scientific research The richest man in Russia and a major shareholder in Arsena...

» Torture Report: Here’s What Dianne Feinstein Said
09/12/14 22:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Sen. Dianne Feinstein called the practices detailed in the declassified report on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation program a “stain on our values and on our history.” The Calif...

» CIA torture report reveals waterboarding and sleep deprivation
09/12/14 22:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. One suspect died of hypothermia while naked chained to a floor, in brutal methods worse than the agency previously reported at CIA 'black sites' or Guantanamo Bay.

» ISIS Mass Beheading Video Took 6 Hours to Film and Multiple Takes
09/12/14 22:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria’s (ISIS) video of the beheading of 22 Syrian soldiers took between four and six hours to film and used equipment that cost around $200,000, a new analysis ...

» Rolling Stone threw a rape victim to the misogynist horde
09/12/14 22:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In trying to distract from its shoddy journalism, Rolling Stone has made Jackie an anti-feminist rallying point – bogus proof that women lie about rape to ruin men’s lives The...

» Andrei Lugovoi wanted for Alexander Litvinenko's murder hired as a TV CONSULTANT
09/12/14 22:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Andrei Lugovoi gestures during a press conference with Dmitry Kovtun (not pictured) in the RIA Novosti news agency in Moscow, Russia, 01 November 2007. Lugovoi, accused in the United Ki...

» ISIS compile checklist of how to treat kidnapped sex slaves
09/12/14 22:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. A document issue by ISIS explains in sickening detail exactly who can be made a sex slave, when a woman should be beaten, and under what circumstances it is justified to rape prepubesce...

» Tycoon to return Nobel medal to Watson
09/12/14 22:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Russian billionaire praises work of DNA biologist ostracised for linking intelligence to race

» Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Oslo to receive their awards
09/12/14 22:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Oslo to receive their awards Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi say their Nobel Peac...

» Here’s something else you can pin on Russia
09/12/14 22:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. MOSCOW — A new doping scandal is prompting speculation among Russian officials about what other misdeeds the international community will accuse Moscow of committing. read more

» CIA interrogation techniques were not effective, says Senate intelligence chair - video
09/12/14 22:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Chair of the Senate intelligence committee, Dianne Feinstein, announces on Tuesday the release of an extensive report into 'enhanced interrogation' techniques used by the...

» Lawyers Believe Torture Report Will Help Prosecution of CIA Agents in Europe
09/12/14 22:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The lawyers of those who’ve spent years in U.S. detention centers like Guantánamo Bay did not expect any surprises in the Senate’s torture report, which described the CIA’s tactics as “brutal”; the p...

» CIA torture was ineffective, Senate report concludes - USA TODAY
09/12/14 22:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY CIA torture was ineffective, Senate report concludes USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The CIA's interrogation of suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks was far more brutal t...

» CIA 'torture' programme: Key findings of the US Senate report
09/12/14 22:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. CIA 'torture' programme: Key findings of the US Senate report A Senate report says the CIA lied to the White House and used "brutal" and "ineffective" torture techniques on al-Qaeda suspect...

» CIA's Improvised Interrogation Was Amateurish
09/12/14 22:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The Bush administration should have turned to the FBI to develop the interrogation programme, instead of CIA psychologists.

» John McCain Responds to Torture Report | The New York Times
09/12/14 22:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. John McCain Responds to Torture Report | The New York Times Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, commended the release of the Senate torture report, saying “the truth ...

» Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call for Action on Children’s Rights
09/12/14 22:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Indian and Pakistani winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have called on political and religious leaders to make children’s rights a priority, and to improve the lives of millions...

» Dewani leaves South Africa after honeymoon murder acquittal
09/12/14 22:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Dewani leaves South Africa after honeymoon murder acquittal British businessman Shrien Dewani flew out of South Africa on Tuesday, a day after he was acquitted of murdering his ...

» Few campus sex assaults reported to police
09/12/14 22:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 9:47 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Only a fraction of campus sexual assault victims go to police. Senators on Tuesday grappled with the thorny issue of why some just let their college ha...

» London sparkles with Christmas splendour
09/12/14 22:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. London sparkles with Christmas splendour London is glowing with that festive feeling as a Christmas tree from Norway - a traditional gift since 1947 - stands proud in Trafalgar ...

» Hunger in UK at alarming levels: Top priest
09/12/14 22:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. The head of the Church of England has expressed shock over the scale of hunger in the UK, calling for reforms aimed at providing support for the have-n...

» Kerry Warns Senate Against Curbs on Fighting ISIS
09/12/14 22:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. With a vote pending, Secretary of State John Kerry urged Congress not to set geographic or time limits on the campaign against the Islamic State.

» Tension Mounts Over Haiti's Electoral Impasse
09/12/14 22:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Obama administration and the United Nations are pressuring Haiti's government to resolve a long-festering dispute over postponed elections in the face of anti-government protests acro...

» Kerry urges flexibility in U.S. war powers against Islamic State
09/12/14 22:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any congressional authorization of U.S. military force against Islamic State should be flexible and not limit the fight to Iraq and Syria, U.S. Secretary of Stat...

» Obama tries to reassure immigrants to register - STLtoday.com
09/12/14 22:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. STLtoday.com Obama tries to reassure immigrants to register STLtoday.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to reassure immigrants that if they regis...

» Obama makes immigration pitch in Nashville - Charlotte Observer
09/12/14 22:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Obama makes immigration pitch in Nashville Charlotte Observer NASHVILLE, Tenn. - President Barack Obama traveled here Tuesday to make a pitch for his controversial immigration ac...

» Kenya to Probe Al-Jazeera Death Squad Documentary
09/12/14 22:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Kenyan government says it may prosecute the makers of a documentary alleging that Kenya uses death squads against radical Islamists. Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television aired the progra...

» This graphic shows that torture is a global problem
09/12/14 22:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. 79 out of the 155 countries that have adopted the UN Convention Against Torture are violating it, activists say. read more it. read more

» U.S. Senate Confirms Ambassador To Afghanistan
09/12/14 22:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Senate has approved President Barack Obama's nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.

» CIA interrogation report marks another hit for U.S. global standing
09/12/14 22:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. LONDON — Born out of the horror over the 9/11 attacks, the CIA’s secret program of detention and interrogation was intended t...

» U.S. Moves to Penalize Venezuelan Officials
09/12/14 22:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.S. government moved closer to hardening sanctions on Venezuelan officials for alleged human rights abuses after Senate lawmakers passed a bill that now heads to the lower house, ...

» Venezuela president blasts 'insolent' sanctions vote by U.S. Senate
09/12/14 22:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday night railed against the U.S. Senate for passing a bill that would impose sanctions on government officials found to...

» Putin Headed to India for Trade, Energy Talks
09/12/14 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian President Vladimir Putin is headed to India on a trip aimed at expanding trade and energy cooperation. Putin is expected to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursd...

» Shrien Dewani Expected To Arrive Back In UK
09/12/14 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The 34-year-old businessman is expected to return to Britain after a South African judge dismissed the case against him.

» Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Talking to Kids About Sex
09/12/14 22:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. If you treat teenagers as if they’re responsible, they can live up to that.

» Министр обороны: два самолета сбиты над Венесуэлой - РИА Новости
09/12/14 22:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Министр обороны: два самолета сбиты над Венесуэлой РИА Новости Один самолет был сбит в районе города Элорса в штате Апуре. Где был сбит второй самолет не уточняется. По...

» Russian Tycoon Usmanov To Give Back Auctioned Nobel Medal
09/12/14 22:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's richest man has said he had bought James Watson's Nobel Prize medal in order to return it to the U.S. scientist.

» Abu Dhabi Investors Buy Scotland Yard
09/12/14 22:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The new owners are expected to transform the property into apartments, office space and a hotel by 2017. The police force will move to Victoria Embankment.

» Мощный взрыв произошел в офисном здании в центре Одессы, пострадавших нет - Коммерсантъ
09/12/14 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Подробности Мощный взрыв произошел в офисном здании в центре Одессы, пострадавших нет Коммерсантъ Мощный взрыв произошел в офисном здании в центре Одессы 10 декабря. Об этом сообща...

» Ukraine Live Day 296: Bomb Explodes in Odessa at Volunteer Center to Support Troops
09/12/14 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here . An archive of our liveblogs can be found here . For an overview and analysis of this developing s...

» Russian Ties Complicate US Sanctions - Wall Street Journal
09/12/14 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russian Ties Complicate US Sanctions Wall Street Journal Cuban industry uses Russian trucks; the police ride (real nice Italian) Moto Guzzi motorcycles; the privately-owned cabs are o...

» Russian military ramps up flights near Western airspace - CNN
09/12/14 22:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Russian military ramps up flights near Western airspace CNN Then on Sunday, the Russians again flew about a dozen aircraft including bombers and transport planes on the same route...

» В Киеве рассказали о мотиве Интерпола не объявлять Януковича в розыск - РБК
09/12/14 22:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. День В Киеве рассказали о мотиве Интерпола не объявлять Януковича в розыск РБК Интерпол не объявляет в международный розыск бывшего президента Украины Виктора Януковича, говоря о т...

» Продлим мораторий на разгром науки?
09/12/14 22:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Продлим мораторий на разгром науки? Владимир Путин и реформа фундаментальной науки - обсуждают ученые: биофизик Андрей Цатурян, философ Игорь... From: Радио Свобода Views: 2223 19...

» Путин: в Конституции России возможны изменения, продиктованные жизнью - BFM.Ru
09/12/14 22:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. BBC Russian Путин: в Конституции России возможны изменения, продиктованные жизнью BFM.Ru Конституция России должна быть «живой» и в ней возможны изменения, продиктованные жизнью. Т...

» Russia Update: Prison Riot in Chelyabinsk; Police Surround Building
09/12/14 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Welcome to our column, Russia Update , where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic po...

» Pentagon Chief Hagel In Rare Iraq Visit
09/12/14 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit to Iraq, the first visit by a Pentagon chief since December 2011, when the United States...

» Window on Eurasia: Moscow Renews Push toward a Single Muslim ‘Patriarchate’
09/12/14 22:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, December 9 – The Russian government has never been pleased by the fact that i...

» Меркель стало плохо от голода - Дни.Ру
09/12/14 22:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Дни.Ру Меркель стало плохо от голода Дни.Ру 12:42 / 09.12.2014 Германия, Здоровье, Меркель, слабостьКанцлер Германии почувствовала недомогание и прервала общение с прессой из-за сл...

» Belarusian Journalist Charged With Treason, Espionage
09/12/14 22:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Relatives of Belarusian journalist and military expert Alyaksandr Alesin say he has been charged with high treason and espionage. Alesin's relatives told RFE/RL late on D...

» Putin To Court India Amid Strains With West
09/12/14 22:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes an official visit to India on December 11 that will produce Russian offers of increased participation in India's nuclear power indu...

» Russia Capital Control Angst Widens Moscow-to-London Spread - Businessweek
09/12/14 22:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Businessweek Russia Capital Control Angst Widens Moscow-to-London Spread Businessweek Vladimir Putin, Russia's President, who said last month he has no plans to limit the flow of capi...

» Russia admits action to buoy rouble - BBC News
09/12/14 22:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Russia admits action to buoy rouble BBC News Russia's central bank has admitted it intervened to support the rouble in foreign currency markets last week spending a total of ...

» Россия ответит на американские ПРО - Вестник Кавказа
09/12/14 22:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Россия ответит на американские ПРО Вестник Кавказа Глава МИД России Сергей Лавров заявил сегодня, что настойчивая работа США по созданию глобальной системы ПРО в Европе...

» Russia's Lavrov says Moscow concerned by German leaders - Yahoo News
09/12/14 22:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Deutsche Welle Russia's Lavrov says Moscow concerned by German leaders Yahoo News German leaders have historically had close ties with Russia , but public opinion supports Merkel's in...

» Russian Authorities Say Jail Riot Quashed
09/12/14 22:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian authorities say they have quashed a riot at a pretrial detention center in the Ural mountains city of Chelyabinsk.

» Belarusian Border Guards Resume Checking Russian Vehicles
09/12/14 22:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Belarusian customs officers have resumed checking vehicles entering from Russia, a move that reflects tension between the neighbors.

» Putin Gives Hermitage Museum Fabergé Egg for 250th Anniversary
09/12/14 22:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. President Vladimir Putin has presented St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum with a Fabergé egg to mark the institution's 250th anniversary.

» Russian Man Gets Beaten to Death at Doctor's Appointment
09/12/14 22:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Moscow police on Tuesday were searching for a man suspected of having brutally beaten and killed a 62-year-old patient during a routine visit to his doctor's office.

» Трагедия безумия первого лица | Андреевский блог | Статьи
09/12/14 22:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Каспаров.Ru. update: 09-12-2014 (15:12) - Андрей Андреевич, давайте l...

» Путин поблагодарил правительство за оперативную реакцию на послание Федеральному собранию - ИТАР-ТАСС
09/12/14 22:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Аргументы и факты Путин поблагодарил правительство за оперативную реакцию на послание Федеральному собранию ИТАР-ТАСС МОСКВА, 9 декабря. /ТАСС/. Президент РФ Владимир Путин поблаго...

» "Южный поток" в творческом поиске
09/12/14 22:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. "Южный поток" в творческом поиске Карикатуры Сергея Елкина в анимации Ссылка на источник. From: Радио Свобода Views: 301 22 0 0 ratings Time: 00:14 More in News & Politics

» European Officials Concerned At Azerbaijani Journalist's Detention
09/12/14 22:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Senior EU and Two top officials from the Council of Europe officials expressed concern on December 9 have released public statements expressing concern over the detention...

» Azeri Activist's Lawyer Says Client Being Heavily Medicated
09/12/14 22:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A lawyer for jailed Azerbaijani rights activist Arif Yunus told RFE/RL his client is heavily medicated but continues to worry about the fate of his wife, Leyla, who is al...

» Russia, Hungary Sign Deal To Complete Nuclear Plant
09/12/14 22:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia and Hungary have signed deals to finish construction of the Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary.

» Turkey Rebuffs EU Criticism Over Foreign Policy Role
09/12/14 22:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Turkey hit back on Tuesday at European Union accusations that it has drifted apart from the bloc on foreign policy, saying Ankara had been kept out of decision-making despite making major...

» Ukraine, on Anti-graft Drive, Mulls Selling Stakes in State Firms
09/12/14 21:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukraine will conduct audits of state companies with a view to selling stakes on international markets, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Tuesday, as part of the new government's dri...

» NATO Prepositions Weapons In Poland for Attack on Russia - Center for Research on Globalization
09/12/14 21:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. NATO Prepositions Weapons In Poland for Attack on Russia Center for Research on Globalization On July 24th, the Times of London did not headline as this news-report is headlined, but ...

» Washington's Frozen War Against Russia - CounterPunch
09/12/14 21:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Washington's Frozen War Against Russia CounterPunch For over a year, the United States has played out a scenario designed to (1) reassert U.S. control over Europe by blocking ...

» French Hostage, Kidnapped by Islamic Militants in 2011, Is Freed
09/12/14 21:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. President François Hollande said that Serge Lazarevic had been the last French hostage anywhere in the world.

» Russia Capital Control Angst Widens Moscow-to-London Spread - Bloomberg
09/12/14 21:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Bloomberg Russia Capital Control Angst Widens Moscow-to-London Spread Bloomberg While returns on the two bonds are affected equally by swings in the ruble, investors who hold the note...

» The EU Must Prepare for a Cold Peace With Russia - Carnegie Europe
09/12/14 21:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Deutsche Welle The EU Must Prepare for a Cold Peace With Russia Carnegie Europe For more than two decades, the main goal of the EU's Russia policy was to help the country transform: f...

» Москвича избили в очереди в поликлинике, мужчина скончался - ИД Алтапресс
09/12/14 21:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Москвича избили в очереди в поликлинике, мужчина скончался ИД Алтапресс 8 декабря в следственные органы поступило сообщение о гибели в одном из медицинских учреждений столицы 62-ле...

» Russia's Lavrov Says Moscow Concerned by German Leaders
09/12/14 21:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia said on Tuesday it was concerned by the behaviour of German leaders and warned that Europe would suffer if Berlin stopped playing a constructive role in relations between Moscow an...

» Opera Star Under Fire For Backing Ukraine Separatists
09/12/14 21:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Opera star Anna Netrebko is under fire for backing separatists in eastern Ukraine.

» Lavrov: U.S. Didn't Ask Us To Coordinate With Assad Over IS
09/12/14 21:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the United States did not ask Moscow to facilitate contacts with the Assad government in Damascus regarding air strikes ag...

» Cracks Are Showing in Russia's Customs Union - The Moscow Times
09/12/14 21:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Moscow Times Cracks Are Showing in Russia's Customs Union The Moscow Times A new agreement between Eurasian Economic Union members Russia , Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia will go...

» В Чечне неизвестные в масках жгут дома родственников террористов. Местные жители подозревают, что это силовики - NEWSru.com
09/12/14 21:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК В Чечне неизвестные в масках жгут дома родственников террористов. Местные жители подозревают, что это силовики NEWSru.com В Чечне неизвестные люди в масках начали сжигать дома ...

» U.S. Announces Military 'High Alert' Ahead Of CIA Report
09/12/14 21:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Secretary of Dense Chuck Hagel has announced a worldwide military “high alert” for U.S. forces just hours before the release of a Senate report on CIA secret interro...

» В Нью-Йорке полицейский застрелил мужчину, напавшего на прихожан синагоги с ножом - ИТАР-ТАСС
09/12/14 21:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Lenta.ru В Нью-Йорке полицейский застрелил мужчину, напавшего на прихожан синагоги с ножом ИТАР-ТАСС НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 9 декабря. /Корр. ТАСС Иван Пильщиков/. В нью- йоркском районе Брукли...

» Murderous Stray Dogs Stalk Moscow Park With Grisly History
09/12/14 21:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Moscow's Bittsevsky Park has been the scene of a series of gory killings in recent years, and now human perpetrators seem to have been joined by stray dogs in bringing about v...

» French Hostage’s Plea to Hollande
09/12/14 21:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Video of the French hostage Serge Lazarevic retrieved in November from the SITE Intelligence Group showed him appealing to the French president for his release, complaining of ill health.

» US Tightens Security Ahead of CIA Torture Report Release
09/12/14 21:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Senate Intelligence Committee will release a 6,000-page report on torture which is said to detail such extreme interrogation techniques as confinement in small places, sleep deprivat...

» Falling Ruble Curbs International Travel From Russia
09/12/14 21:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The crumbling value of the ruble currency is raising the cost of air travel and train journeys out of Russia, forcing major transport companies to either hike prices or close ...

» EU hopes to start gas deliveries bypassing Russia by 2019 - RT
09/12/14 21:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT EU hopes to start gas deliveries bypassing Russia by 2019 RT The energy security of European customers could be at risk, as instead of the planned South Stream gas pipeline Russia ...

» Suspect in poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko hired for Russian TV series
09/12/14 21:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Production company says Andrei Lugovoi recruited as consultant for show on murder of former KGB agent in London A Russian production company has hired a man charged with the murder o...

» Putin Wants East Ukraine To Stay Ukraine's Problem - International Business Times
09/12/14 21:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. International Business Times Putin Wants East Ukraine To Stay Ukraine's Problem International Business Times As a new ceasefire begins Tuesday between Ukraine and pro- Russia separati...

» Senate Report: CIA Misled Officials About 'Brutal' Interrogation Methods
09/12/14 21:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A U.S. Senate report has concluded that the CIA used interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists that were “brutal” and “far worse” "brutal" and "far worse" tha...

» Russia 'Gravely Concerned' over Israeli Presence in Syria While Expanding ... - Breitbart News
09/12/14 21:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Breitbart News Russia 'Gravely Concerned' over Israeli Presence in Syria While Expanding ... Breitbart News Russia is one of the last remaining allies of Syrian President Bashir al-As...

» Planned giant Eye of Sauron installation in Moscow condemned by Orthodox Church
09/12/14 21:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. A Russian Orthodox Church spokesman decried the installation, to be affixed to the 21st floor of a skyscraper, as a ‘symbol of the triumph of evil’ The Russian Orthodox Church has wa...

» Obama Makes Appearance on 'Colbert Report'
09/12/14 21:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama made a guest appearance on a recent taping of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report." Colbert Report. During the interview with host Stephen Colbert, Obama defended his ...

» Spanish prosecutor urges trial of Duke of Palma for fraud
09/12/14 21:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Princess Cristina of Spain’s husband should be tried for fraud and embezzlement, but there’s no basis for charges against her, a prosecutor said yesterday in a corruption probe that has ...

» США поддерживают новое правительство Украины
09/12/14 21:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. США поддерживают новое прави&...

» Усманов на аукционе купил нобелевскую медаль за 4,1 млн долларов - Полит.ру
09/12/14 21:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская Правда в Украине Коммерсантъ Усманов на аукционе купил нобелевскую медаль за 4,1 млн долларов Полит.ру Российский предприниматель Алишер Усманов на аукционе Christie'...