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» Is Russia overstretching itself? - Aljazeera.com
02/01/15 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Aljazeera.com Is Russia overstretching itself? Aljazeera.com In 1783, Russia and the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, which would later become part of modern day Republic of Georgia, signed...

» НАТО открыло контактный центр в Казахстане - Mail.Ru
02/01/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Mail.Ru НАТО открыло контактный центр в Казахстане Mail.Ru Об этом сообщает портал ERR со ссылкой на пресс-службу эстонского МИД. Мандат контактного посольства будет действовать дв...

» Window on Eurasia: Except for ‘Selfie’ and ‘Fake,’ New Russian Words This Year Reflect Hatred of Ukraine and West, Linguist Says
02/01/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, January 2 – The boom in linguistic borrowings from English into Russian came ...

» Window on Eurasia: Putin Putting Russia at Risk by Cutting Vodka Prices, Anti-Drinking Group Says
02/01/15 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, January 2 – Vladimir Putin may have improved his own political health by anno...

» Russia oil output hits post-Soviet high - CNBC
02/01/15 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNBC Russia oil output hits post-Soviet high CNBC Russia's 2014 oil output hit a post-Soviet record high average of 10.58 million barrels per day (bpd), rising by 0.7 percent helped b...

» Главы МИД РФ, Германии, Франция и Украины обсудили ситуацию на Донбассе - Вести.Ru
02/01/15 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Вести.Ru Главы МИД РФ, Германии, Франция и Украины обсудили ситуацию на Донбассе Вести.Ru Главы МИД РФ, Украины, Германии и Франции Сергей Лавров, Павел Климкин, Франк-Вальтер Штай...

» Armenia Joins Russia-Led Eurasian Economic Union
02/01/15 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Armenia officially joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on Friday, banding together with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus in a Moscow-led project meant to counterbalance the...

» Ленин «с нами» в Нью-Йорке
02/01/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Ленин «с нами» в Нью-Йорке Советские символы в интерпретации американских художников Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/video/lenin-museum-nyc/258... From...

» Russia Says Strict Judges Responsible For Spike In Pretrial Detentions
02/01/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia says the recent rise in pretrial pre-trial detentions is due to the increasing severity of judges toward towards people accused of minor offenses.

» Russian Battle Robots Near Testing for Military Use
02/01/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Machine-gun wielding battle robots are going to be tested in Russia's Astrakhan region for use by the country's Strategic Missile Forces, the Interfax news agency reported Fri...

» PM Netanyahu Re-elected as Head of Israel's Likud Party
02/01/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been re-elected reelected as head of his conservative Likud party as he gets ready for early elections in March. Netanyahu trounced his sole ...

» 'Dozens arrested' after failed Gambia coup - Telegraph.co.uk
02/01/15 12:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk 'Dozens arrested' after failed Gambia coup Telegraph.co.uk Several dozen military personnel and civilians were arrested, and a large cache of weapons and explosives wer...

» Deadly New Year: Tragedies mar festivities around the world
02/01/15 12:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News.   A stampede during Shanghai’s New Year’s Eve celebrations has killed more than 36 people. For many people around the world, New Year ...

» What to Watch for on the Economy in 2015
02/01/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. From the Fed’s expected move on rates to the direction of oil prices, here are some key indicators for the health of the global economy in the new year.

» Judge: Clerks Have Duty to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses - NBC 6 South Florida
02/01/15 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBC 6 South Florida Judge: Clerks Have Duty to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses NBC 6 South Florida A federal judge says that Florida's county court clerks have a legal duty to i...

» Florida man charged with beheading mother
02/01/15 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Christian Gomez, 23, had apparently plotted mother’s murder for two days because she had asked him to do chores A man from Florida has been charged with first-degree murder af...

» Federal judge: All Florida counties must allow same-sex marriage - Fox News Latino
02/01/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS News Federal judge: All Florida counties must allow same-sex marriage Fox News Latino A U.S. federal judge said Thursday that starting Jan. 6, all Florida counties must issue...

» Web Freedom Is Seen to Be Growing as a Global Issue in 2015
02/01/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Supporters of anti-corruption figure Aleksei Navalny in Moscow. The government had Facebook block a page on a planned rally, but copycat pages popped up.

» US man decapitates mother with axe on New Year's Eve - Channel News Asia
02/01/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. US man decapitates mother with axe on New Year's Eve Channel News Asia A US man killed his mother on New Year's Eve by chopping off her head with an axe. PHOTOS. FBI crime scene ...

» Former NY governor Mario Cuomo dies at 82 - USA TODAY
02/01/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Former NY governor Mario Cuomo dies at 82 USA TODAY ALBANY, N.Y. -- Mario Cuomo, the three-term New York governor and father of the state's current governor, died Thurs...

» The best speech Mario Cuomo ever gave - Washington Post (blog)
02/01/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The best speech Mario Cuomo ever gave Washington Post (blog) Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo died Thursday at age 82. While many politicos remember him best for a race he didn't make ...

» Mario Cuomo, Former New York Governor, Dies at 82
02/01/15 12:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Mario Cuomo, a former three-term Mario Cuomo, the three-time governor of New York and father of current governor Andrew Cuomo, has died. He was 82. He was hospitalized Nov. 30 to treat a ...

» Cuba Again Arrests Artist Seeking Dissidents’ Release
02/01/15 12:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Tania Bruguera, who advocates free speech in her native country, was arrested for the third time in two days.

» Mario Cuomo, three-term governor of New York, dies aged 82
02/01/15 12:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Former governor had been ill for some time Democrat flirted with running for presidency Dies on the day his son Andrew is inaugurated for second time Mario Cuomo, the former g...

» Ex-NY Gov. Mario Cuomo, famed for oratory, dies at 82
02/01/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 11:43 a.m. EST. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Mario Cuomo, a son of Italian immigrants who became an eloquent spokesman for a generation of liberal Democrats during his three terms as governor o...

» What's being said about Mario Cuomo's death
02/01/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 11:43 a.m. EST. Reaction to the death of former three-term Gov. Mario Cuomo, who died Thursday hours after his son, Andrew, was sworn in for his second term as governor"...

» As David Cameron mixes in Times Square, Ed Miliband finds himself in Kent
02/01/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. While David Miliband saw in 2015 in New York with actor Patrick Stewart and a host of models, his brother, the Labour leader Ed Miliband, posed for a picture in Nigel Farage's favourite...

» Daily News staffer takes Polar Bear plunge at Coney Island - New York Daily News
02/01/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Daily News Daily News staffer takes Polar Bear plunge at Coney Island New York Daily News What better way to start off the new year than to do something ridiculous? To t...

» Bodies found, officers injured in W.Va. traffic stop - Staunton News Leader
02/01/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Staunton News Leader Bodies found, officers injured in W.Va. traffic stop Staunton News Leader Two Lewisburg police officers were injured in they incident when they stopped two v...

» Russian Military Academic Ensemble - Sex Bomb (Red Army Choir) - YouTube
02/01/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Uploaded on Oct 23, 2011 Академический Ансамбль песни...

» You're A Sex Bomb! Red Army Ups The Tempo
02/01/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Katie Stallard, Russia Correspondent Russia's Red Army Choir have a long and distinguished history, specialising in rousing, patriotic marching songs, but there is another, more surprising side to their re...

» Barack Obama Singing Get Lucky by Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell) - YouTube
02/01/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 24, 2013 We're back. Here's Obama singing the song of the summer. Choose the next dub! Click to tweet: http://clicktotweet.com/crv6i Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/baracksdubs Follo...

» Daft Punk - Get Lucky Lyrics - YouTube
02/01/15 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Apr 19, 2013 Daft Punk's Newest Release from the album Random Access Memories EDIT: Thank you so much for 5 million views!! CLICK HERE FOR BEST GRAMMYS MOMENT! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e...

» Iranian Official Urges Saudis To Curb Falling Oil Prices
02/01/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Iranian Foreign Ministry official says falling oil prices will hurt Middle Eastern countries and Saudi Arabia's decision not to reduce production is a mistake.

» Thousands Take Part In Bandera March In Kyiv
02/01/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Thousands of Ukrainians marched in Kyiv to mark the birthday of controversial World War II anti-Soviet insurgent Stepan Bandera.

» Kerry And Lavrov Discuss Ukraine, Mideast Crises
02/01/15 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the various crises in the Middle East.

» Medical marijuana a challenge for legal pot states
02/01/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 9:28 a.m. EST. SEATTLE (AP) -- A year into the nation's experiment with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference...

» Russians Worried, Defiant Amid Financial Crisis
02/01/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Despite dire predictions about Russia's economy for 2015, many Russians welcomed the New Year with cheers and hopes for a better future. With the sinking value of the ruble, some people s...

» Medical Marijuana a Challenge for Legal Pot States - ABC News
02/01/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Medical Marijuana a Challenge for Legal Pot States ABC News A year into the nation's experiment with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestli...

» Immigrants to Seek California Driver Licenses - ABC News
02/01/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. San Francisco Chronicle Fox News Immigrants to Seek California Driver Licenses ABC News California on Friday will start taking driver's license applications from the nation's lar...

» Air of non-hostile hostilities in Cuba may be changing for U.S. diplomats
02/01/15 11:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MEXICO CITY — The top American diplomat at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana lives in high style, in a 35,000-square-foot ...

» Foreign Minister Of EU President Latvia To Visit Kyiv, Moscow
02/01/15 11:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The foreign minister of Latvia, which now holds the European Union presidency, plans to visit Kyiv and Moscow early this month.

» Marches Mark Birthday Of Ukrainian Nationalist Leader
02/01/15 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Torchlit parades marked the 106th anniversary of the birth of controversial Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera on January 1st. Thousands marched in Kyiv, while a...

» Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo Dies
02/01/15 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Mr Cuomo was a leading figure in the Democratic Party but refused to run for the US presidency.

» Facebook defamation: man wins lawsuit over estranged wife's domestic violence post
02/01/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. West Australian court awards a Bunbury teacher $12,500 after his former partner was found to be unable to prove domestic violence allegations A West Australian man has success...

» Chechen Commanders Tasked With Tracking Specific Suspects
02/01/15 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Kremlin-backed head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, says he is implementing a new tactic in the fight against militants.

» Sony hackers may still have access to computer systems
02/01/15 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. News report says investigators are unable to confirm eradication of those responsible for cyber-attack linked to The Interview Sony Entertainment is unable to confirm that hac...

» Euro Starts New Year at New Low
02/01/15 11:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. It sank as far as The euro fell to $1.2035, the lowest since mid-2010, while the dollar climbed close to its highest level in nine years against a basket of major currencies.

» Veteran Chechen IS Militant Reported Killed In Kobani
02/01/15 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Chechen militant and veteran of the Russo-Chechen conflict has been reportedly killed fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in the northern Syrian town of Kobani.

» Details emerge of deadly stampede
02/01/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Shanghai authorities on Friday Shanghai authorities released details about 32 of the three dozen New Year's revelers killed in a stampede on the city's waterfront Wednesday night. waterfro...

» China Removes Senior Diplomat in Graft Probe - Wall Street Journal
02/01/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Wall Street Journal China Removes Senior Diplomat in Graft Probe Wall Street Journal China's dismissal of a senior diplomat signals that President Xi Jinping's antigraft campaign...

» Computer glitch prevents US’ most advanced F-35 fighter jet from firing until 2019
02/01/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. The Pentagon’s fighter jet F-35 may not be fully operational until 2019 due to a newly discovered computer glitch. The $400 billion ultra-sophisticated...

» The best crime novels – review roundup
02/01/15 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Black Valley by Charlotte Williams, The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Ferdinand von Schirach, The Zig-Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths, The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride and Th...

» North Korea leader's sister marries son of senior official: Yonhap
02/01/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SEOUL (Reuters) - The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has married the son of one of the country's most powerful officials, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, citing unnam...

» One in four parents is secretly thinking of divorce, shock study finds
02/01/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Relationship counsellors have dubbed today 'Divorce Day' as it is the time when most couples file for divorce. The stress of Christmas and the start of the New Year, are the catalyst fo...

» What to watch for in Washington in 2015 - The Week Magazine
02/01/15 11:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Week Magazine What to watch for in Washington in 2015 The Week Magazine Look for debates — and possible court proceedings — on Obama's immigration and Affordable Care Act pol...

» Mystery of Oscar Wilde's wife's death solved by author's grandson
02/01/15 11:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The death of the famous author's wife has been the subject of speculation for over a century. Now the writer's grandson believes he has solved the mystery after finding her medical reco...

» Cologne cathedral to switch off lights in protest at anti-Muslim march
02/01/15 11:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. March by Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West is latest in a series of anti-Muslim protests in Germany Cologne Cathedral, cathedral, one of Germany’s most ...

» Prince Andrew named in US lawsuit over underage sex allegations
02/01/15 11:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In case related to banker Jeffrey Epstein, woman alleges in court filing that she was forced to have repeated ‘sexual relations’ with duke A woman who claims that an American ...

» Ukrainian Channel Under Fire Over Russian New Year's Concert
02/01/15 11:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's biggest television channel is under fire after broadcasting a New Year's Eve concert featuring Russian singers who have publicly supported separatists in easter...

» Turkish leftist group claims responsibility for Istanbul police attack
02/01/15 11:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish far-left group DHKP-C has claimed responsibility for a grenade attack on police near the Turkish prime minister's office in Istanbul.

» Turkish leftist group claims responsibility for Istanbul police attack - euronews
02/01/15 11:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Turkish leftist group claims responsibility for Istanbul police attack euronews ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Turkish far-left group DHKP-C has claimed responsibility for a grenade attack o...

» 'Brothers, They Didn't Like Our Faces:' Pro-Kremlin Songsters Croon Against Sanctions
02/01/15 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. In a bizarre New Year's performance on Russian state TV, singers led by Iosif Kobzon complain of sanctions and their threat to mankind's love of song.

» Princess Cristina of Spain appeals against tax fraud charges
02/01/15 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Forty-nine-year-old is first member of Spanish royal family ordered to stand trial since monarchy was restored in 1975 Lawyers representing Princess Cristina of Spain have lod...

» Russia Invites Syrian Opposition Leaders For Talks
02/01/15 11:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has invited Syrian opposition figures to Moscow for talks later this month aimed at setting up a meeting with officials from the government of Syrian President Bas...

» Florida Man Charged With Decapitating Mom With Ax - NBCNews.com
01/01/15 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. WPTV.com ABC Action News Florida Man Charged With Decapitating Mom With Ax NBCNews.com A schizophrenic Florida man chopped off his mother's head with an ax because she kept naggi...

» Russia Ends Express-Visa Program For Kaliningrad
01/01/15 13:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has stopped issuing short-term, three-day visas for visits to the exclave of Kaliningrad.

» Kim Jong-un reveals North Korea WILL talk to South Korea
01/01/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. People watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivering a speech, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Kim, in a nationa...

» Pope Urges United Fight Against Slavery, Human Trafficking
01/01/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Pope Francis urged people of all religions and cultures on Thursday to unite to fight modern slavery and human trafficking, saying in his first Mass of 2015 that everyone had a God-given ...

» Ukraine Says Rebels Keep Up Attacks Into New Year
01/01/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukrainian separatists carried out sporadic attacks on government forces as the New Year began, wounding three soldiers, the Kyiv military said, as President Petro Poroshenko told the nati...

» Abbas Trades Stalemate for Confrontation in ICC Move
01/01/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has entered into his most serious confrontation yet with Israel by signing onto the International Criminal Court. His decision on Wednesday gives the c...

» Beyond marriage, challenges ahead for gay rights groups
01/01/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 11:42 a.m. EST. NEW YORK (AP) -- Even as same-sex marriage edges closer to becoming legal nationwide, gay rights advocates face other challenges in 2015 that may not bring quick victori...

» Man with automatic weapon detained near Istanbul palace: media
01/01/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A man carrying an automatic weapon was detained near the Turkish prime minister's office in Istanbul on Thursday after he threw a homemade bomb at police, local me...

» India PM Replaces Soviet-style Planning Body
01/01/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. India has scrapped its 65-year-old Planning Commission, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused of stifling growth with Soviet-style bureaucracy, replacing it on Thursday with a bo...

» AirAsia QZ8501: Flight attendant is first victims buried - BBC News
01/01/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. BBC News AirAsia QZ8501: Flight attendant is first victims buried BBC News The first victim of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, found in the Java sea after a crash on Sunday, has been laid...

» Man arrested after attack on Erdogan's office - Washington Post
01/01/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Straits Times Man arrested after attack on Erdogan's office Washington Post ISTANBUL — Turkish police say they subdued a man Thursday after he threw grenades and fired a weapon at ...

» Jim Crow-Era Shooting Revisited in New Documentary - ABC News
01/01/15 13:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chron.com Jim Crow-Era Shooting Revisited in New Documentary ABC News On a sticky hot Sunday in August 1952, a wealthy black woman named Ruby McCollum walked through the "co...

» Seoul welcomes Kim Jong Un's openness to a summit - USA TODAY
01/01/15 13:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Seoul welcomes Kim Jong Un's openness to a summit USA TODAY A top South Korean official on Thursday cautiously welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's unexpected sta...

» What US Intelligence Predicted the World Would Look Like in 2015 - The Atlantic
01/01/15 13:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The Atlantic What US Intelligence Predicted the World Would Look Like in 2015 The Atlantic Nine months before the September 11 attacks—and just days after the Supreme Court halted the ...

» LAPD shooting was gang related and not attack on police, officials say
01/01/15 13:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Police back away from ambush claim as prosecutors say patrol car was driving by just as suspect starting shooting at fleeing rival gang in car Prosecutors say an incident in w...

» December 31, 2014
31/12/14 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A look at the best news photos from around the world.

» CDC reports we're in this season's flu epidemic, 15 child deaths - USA TODAY
31/12/14 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. AL.com CDC reports we're in this season's flu epidemic, 15 child deaths USA TODAY Flu season can pose a dangerous threat to kids. Fifteen child deaths from the flu have been repo...

» Pope condemns alleged corruption in Rome, says city needs 'moral renewal'
31/12/14 18:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned on Wednesday administrators and criminals in Rome who allegedly pocketed public funds meant to help poor migrants, saying the eternal ci...

» New Year's celebrations around the world
31/12/14 18:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Photo gallery: 2015 new year celebrations

» Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber lose delay bid - Reuters
31/12/14 18:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS Local Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber lose delay bid Reuters BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday denied defense requests to move and delay the start of...

» Latin American Leftist Exiles Hold Faith in Maduro's Venezuela
31/12/14 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Venezuela's aging community of fugitives from 1970s South American dictatorships are staying loyal to their revolutionary roots and defending President Nicolas Maduro at one of his "Chavi...

» Pope Says Celebrants Should Remember Life’s Fleetingness
31/12/14 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has presided over a solemn prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica on New Year’s Eve, using his homily to stress life’s fleetingness. The spiritual ...

» Putin Praises 'Return Home' of Crimea
31/12/14 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the ‘return home’ of Crimea in a New Year’s address to the nation, saying the event ‘will remain a very important epoch in domestic history for...

» Cuban Blogger: Husband Freed, Others Still Detained
31/12/14 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A prominent opposition blogger in Cuba said her husband was freed by the authorities overnight but several dissidents were still in custody on Wednesday, a day after they were arrested in...

» The Soup and Soul Kitchen | The New York Times
31/12/14 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. The Soup and Soul Kitchen | The New York Times This soup kitchen has a grand piano. And sometimes Broadway performers stop by to sing and play. Only at the Church of the Holy...

» US Drone Rules Remain in Hangar in 2014
31/12/14 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States missed a year-end deadline for publishing new rules on remote-control aircraft, delaying an eagerly awaited step toward using drones in everything from farming to packag...

» Pope says celebrants should remember life's fleetingness - Washington Post
31/12/14 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Fox News Lynchburg News and Advance Pope says celebrants should remember life's fleetingness Washington Post VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has presided over a solemn prayer service Lynch...

» Italy's President Says He Will Resign Soon
31/12/14 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano, said he would resign soon, kicking off a period of political uncertainty that could prove to be a crucial test for the young government of Prime M...

» Sony Makes 'The Interview' Available on Cable, Satellite Systems - Wall Street Journal
31/12/14 18:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. VentureBeat Sony Makes 'The Interview' Available on Cable, Satellite Systems Wall Street Journal Sony Pictures has signed new deals making the “Interview” available to rent or bu...

» FBI bulletin: Sony hackers threaten 'news media organization' - Fox News
31/12/14 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. FBI bulletin: Sony hackers threaten 'news media organization' Fox News The hackers behind the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment are turning their cyber-sights to an unnamed n...

» Russia's Putin praises Crimea's "return home" in New Year address
31/12/14 18:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Russia's Putin praises Crimea's "return home" in New Year address Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Crimea's "return home" in his New Year address. Report by ...

» At least 35 dead, 42 injured in Shanghai New Year's stampede: CCTV
31/12/14 18:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. (Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed and 42 were injured in a stampede during a New Year’s celebration on the Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai, official Chinese govern...

» Report: 35 killed, 42 injured in Shanghai stampede
31/12/14 18:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:35 p.m. EST. SHANGHAI (AP) -- Thirty-five people have been killed in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in downtown Shanghai, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency is reporting....

» 35 killed and 42 injured in stampede at Shanghai’s New Year celebrations
31/12/14 18:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Chinese reports says injuries occurred at riverfront Bund area, which has become overcrowded during big events in the past Thirty-five people have been killed in a stampede du...

» 35 killed in New Year's celebration stampede in Shanghai - CNN
31/12/14 18:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS News 35 killed in New Year's celebration stampede in Shanghai CNN (CNN) -- At least 35 people were killed in a stampede at a New Year's celebration in Shanghai, China, state ...

» Study claims more than 80% of 'dark net' traffic is to child abuse sites
31/12/14 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Research claims that paedophilia sites using Tor’s ‘hidden services’ technology attract many more visits than drug markets and whistleblower sites More than 80% of so-called “...

» Idaho toddler shoots and kills his mother inside Walmart - video
31/12/14 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Police in Idaho say a two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after finding the weapon in her handbag. The young boy reportedly grabbed the small-calibre...

» Nine dead in related homicides in western Canada city
31/12/14 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CALGARY (Reuters) - Nine people have been killed in three related incidents in Edmonton in what police in the western Canadian city said was likely an act of domestic violence and the ...

» Filmmaker Stone Accuses U.S. Of Instigating Ukraine Crisis
31/12/14 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone, who is working on a documentary film about recent events in Ukraine, says he believes the February 20 shootings in Kyiv that left dozens dead...

» Russia Critics Omitted From Putin's New Year's Greetings
31/12/14 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued his New Year's greetings to fellow world leaders and dignitaries, but Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is not among the do...

» Gunmen Kill Three, Officers Shoots Comrades In Afghanistan
31/12/14 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Afghan officials say gunmen traveling in vehicles loaded with explosives killed a policeman and two civilians when police stopped them on a road in the eastern province o...

» Brothers arrested after 'luring their mother to a ritual sacrifice' in India
31/12/14 10:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The brothers were among ten people arrested for the murder of Budhabai Dore, 65, after she was found in a shallow grave in Nashik, Maharashtra, India.

» Pussy Riot activist arrested after pro-Alexei Navalny protests in Moscow
31/12/14 10:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Masha Alyokhina arrested with more than 100 protesters in Moscow after all-night demonstration against jailing of anti-Putin figurehead’s brother Twenty activists including Ma...

» Here’s Where Scientists Believe the Ebola Epidemic Started
31/12/14 10:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. NEW YORK — A team of researchers think they may have pinpointed how the Ebola epidemic in West Africa started — with a small boy playing in a hollowed-out tree where infected bats lived. ...

» Merkel tells Germans not to attend anti-Islam rallies - Washington Post
31/12/14 09:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Herald Sun Merkel tells Germans not to attend anti-Islam rallies Washington Post BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned the country's citizens not to participate in ...

» What the Moscow protests mean for Putin - CNBC
31/12/14 09:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNBC What the Moscow protests mean for Putin CNBC The price of the U.S dollar rose against the Russian ruble on Wednesday morning after a night of protests near the Kremlin that ...

» Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Is Hospitalized for Tests - NBCNews.com
31/12/14 09:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Is Hospitalized for Tests NBCNews.com DUBAI — Saudi Arabia's elderly King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday ...

» War and Peace on Radio 4: a ripping adaptation to grip a hungover nation
31/12/14 09:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Radio 4 has cleared its New Year’s Day schedule to make way for a 10-hour, action-heavy adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel, starring John Hurt, Simon Russell Beale and Les...

» Italy saves 970 migrants abandoned by smugglers
31/12/14 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8:44 a.m. EST. ROME (AP) -- The Italian Coast Guard has safely rescued 970 migrants after smugglers abandoned them on a cargo ship in rough seas....

» Cargo ship carrying 900 illegal migrants docks in Italy
31/12/14 09:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Children were among the 900 migrants found on board the Moldovan-flagged Blue Sky M as emergency services came to their aid in the port of Gallipoli, Italy.

» Oil Falls Below $56, Heads for Biggest Annual Drop Since 2008
31/12/14 09:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Oil dropped below $56 a barrel on Wednesday and was heading for its biggest annual decline since 2008, pressured by weakening demand and a supply glut prompted by the U.S. shale boom and ...

» Red Star 3.0: North Korea Launches Its Own OS
31/12/14 09:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Computer users can now download an operating system designed by the secretive state which closely resembles Apple's OS X.

» Two-Year-Old Boy Shoots Dead Mother At Walmart
31/12/14 00:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Sky News US Team A two-year-old boy has accidentally shot dead his mother at a Walmart store after a gun fired when he reached in her purse. The shooting in Hayden, Idaho, about 40 miles (64km) northeast o...

» Путин-матрешка. Что внутри?
30/12/14 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Путин-матрешка. Что внутри? Когда люди в России прозреют? Разговор с принципиальным собеседником. Главный редактор еженедельника... From: Радио Свобода Views: 822 66 1 0 ratings T...

» Pro-Navalny Protest in Moscow – A Chronology in Tweets
30/12/14 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A political rally erupted Tuesday in Moscow following sentencing in the case against opposition activist Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg.

» Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Detained Near Rally - Wall Street Journal
30/12/14 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Detained Near Rally Wall Street Journal The latest ruling seemed to balance between the risk of turning Mr. Navalny into a...

» Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny arrested hours after sentencing - CNN
30/12/14 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. TheBlaze.com Wall Street Journal Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny arrested hours after sentencing CNN The brothers denied charges of embezzling 30 million rubles ($540,000) from a Russia...

» Разгон "народного схода" на Манежной
30/12/14 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Разгон "народного схода" на Манежной 30 декабря "народный сход" в поддержку Алексея и Олега Навальных на Манежной площади Москвы через два часа... From: Радио Свобода Views: 301 1...

» Russian police arrest 100 after protests at Alexei Navalny sentence
30/12/14 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Demonstrators outside the Kremlin denounce the jailing of Alexei Navalny's brother as attempt to silence Russia's opposition

» Делегация правительства Украины посетит Германию 7 января - Коммерсантъ
30/12/14 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ЛІГА.net Делегация правительства Украины посетит Германию 7 января Коммерсантъ Украинская правительственная делегация во главе с премьер-министром Арсением Яценюком планирует 7 янв...

» Moscow Police Squash Opposition Protest Over Navalny Verdict
30/12/14 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. More than a thousand people gathered on Moscow's Manezh Square on Tuesday in a show of support for convicted opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but riot police quickly suppress...

» Watch: Moment Alexei Navalny arrested at Russia anti-corruption rally
30/12/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Police arrest Alexei Navaln, Vladimir Putin's chief political foe, and more than 100 protesters at Moscow's Red Square following his brother's impriso...

» Venezuela accuses US of starting oil war to 'destroy' Russia and Venezuela - Al Jazeera America
30/12/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Venezuela accuses US of starting oil war to 'destroy' Russia and Venezuela Al Jazeera America The boom in U.S. shale oil production has pushed down oil prices worldwide, from ...

» Лукашенко: «Деньги, власть и собственность — стабильность любого государства» - ИА REGNUM
30/12/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. TUT.BY Лукашенко: «Деньги, власть и собственность — стабильность любого государства» ИА REGNUM Надо подумать, как помочь людям, у которых боль и острая нужда. Об этом 30 декабря за...

» 2014: от аннексии Крыма до борьбы с Эболой
30/12/14 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. 2014: от аннексии Крыма до борьбы с Эболой События, которые были в заголовках мировых новостей в 2014 году Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/video/yearen...

» Get Ready, America: Russia Wants a New Stealthy, Long-Range Bomber - The National Interest Online
30/12/14 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The National Interest Online Get Ready, America: Russia Wants a New Stealthy, Long-Range Bomber The National Interest Online There is little concrete information about the new Russian...

» Американцы вновь с оптимизмом смотрят в будущее
30/12/14 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Американцы вновь с оптимизмом смотрят в будущее Новогодний опрос у елки возле Белого дома Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/video/yearender-sports/257942...

» Павел Ивлев: Кремль вновь глобально проиграл
30/12/14 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Павел Ивлев: Кремль вновь глобально проиграл Адвокат Павел Ивлев, бывший сотрудник компании «ЮКОС» назвал приговор братьям Навальным «откровенным... From: Голос Америки Views: 9 3...

» Заложники Навальные: брат за брата
30/12/14 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Заложники Навальные: брат за брата Дело Навальных, страхи власти и возможности оппозиции обсуждают общественные активисты Сергей Шаров-Делон... From: Радио Свобода Views: 236 10 0...

» 'Russia Without Putin': Conviction of Putin Foe Ignites Massive Anti-Gov't ... - TheBlaze.com
30/12/14 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. TheBlaze.com ' Russia Without Putin': Conviction of Putin Foe Ignites Massive Anti-Gov't ... TheBlaze.com MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin's chief political foe was convicted al...

» Venezuela Confirms Recession, Highest Inflation in Americas
30/12/14 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Venezuela confirmed Tuesday that it had entered a recession while inflation remained the highest in the Americas, and President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government blamed political foes...

» Op-Ed Contributor: Aleksei Navalny and Russia’s Protesters Face a Tough Battle
30/12/14 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Apathy is the greatest threat to the Russian opposition.

» Doubts surface over North Korea's culpability in Sony attack - BDlive
30/12/14 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Doubts surface over North Korea's culpability in Sony attack BDlive THE PLOT THICKENS: People queue outside the Los Feliz 3 Cinema in Los Angeles, California, to by tickets for T...

» The Art World's Patron Satan - New York Times
30/12/14 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. New York Times The Art World's Patron Satan New York Times Reputations in the art world are forged over many years across countless fairs, openings, reviews and dinners. Although laype...

» Gazpromneft Refinery Charged With Polluting Moscow
30/12/14 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian prosecutors have opened an administrative case against a Gazprom-owned refinery in Moscow, blaming the company for polluting air in the capital.

» Putin Foe Alexei Navalny Detained by Police
30/12/14 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. MOSCOW — Police have detained President Vladimir Putin’s chief foe, who has broken the terms of his house house his arrest to attend a protest of several thousand just outside the Kremlin. The unsanc...

» Are Former Employees, Not North Korea, to Blame for the Sony Hack? - Vanity Fair
30/12/14 20:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Vanity Fair Are Former Employees, Not North Korea, to Blame for the Sony Hack? Vanity Fair Though the F.B.I., and later President Barack Obama, placed blame for the hack which de...

» Greek ferry tragedy: survivors accounts
30/12/14 20:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Greek ferry tragedy: survivors accounts Ten passengers dead, dozens unaccounted for and no-one able to say with any certainty how many people were on board the Norman Atlantic w...

» Displaced Ukrainians celebrate New Year's far from the bombs
30/12/14 20:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Displaced Ukrainians celebrate New Year's far from the bombs Displaced by the conflict in the East of Ukraine, dozens now live in a volunteer centre in the capital Kiev, where t...

» U.S. calls for release of Americans in Iran, denies swap deal
30/12/14 20:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States called on Tuesday for the release of U.S. citizens held in Iran, but denied a report that Washington had proposed a prisoner exchange for a for...

» Cuba's Yoani Sanchez Says Husband, Another Dissident Detained - Newsweek
30/12/14 20:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Newsweek Cuba's Yoani Sanchez Says Husband, Another Dissident Detained Newsweek Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez works on her laptop at her home in Havana February 9, 2011. ...

» Russian Riot Police Disperse Moscow Navalny Rally, Arrest Protesters
30/12/14 20:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian riot police have dispersed an unsanctioned rally at Moscow's Manezh Square, near the Kremlin, after thousands of demonstrators gathered to protest a court ruling ...

» Police Chief Defends Shooting of Armed Teen in Berkeley, Mo. - Wall Street Journal
30/12/14 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Police Chief Defends Shooting of Armed Teen in Berkeley, Mo. Wall Street Journal Multiple witnesses said they saw a black teenager pull a gun on a Berkeley, Mo., poli...

» U.S. Congressman 'Deeply Troubled' By Raid Of RFE/RL In Azerbaijan
30/12/14 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The leading Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs says he is "deeply troubled" by Azerbaijan's December 26 raid on RFE/RL's Baku bureau and subsequent f...

» Sony Hack: FBI Stands By Conclusion That North Korea Was Behind Attack - Variety
30/12/14 20:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Variety Sony Hack: FBI Stands By Conclusion That North Korea Was Behind Attack Variety With a major security firm casting doubt on whether the massive hacking attack on Sony Pict...

» Man shoots dead sick wife in hospital before killing himself - Daily Mail
30/12/14 20:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Daily Mail Man shoots dead sick wife in hospital before killing himself Daily Mail A New Hampshire man shot his wife dead in hospital early Tuesday morning before turning the gun...

» US to Station 150 Tanks, Armored Vehicles in Europe
30/12/14 20:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States plans by the end of next year to station around 150 tanks and armored vehicles in Europe for use by U.S. forces training there, according to a U.S. military commander. S...

» Doubts on N. Korea claim? FBI briefed on theory Sony hack was inside job - Fox News
30/12/14 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Business Recorder CBS News Doubts on N. Korea claim? FBI briefed on theory Sony hack was inside job Fox News A security firm has brought new evidence to the FBI that it claims po...

» US investigators suspect North Korea hired hackers for Sony hack - Sydney Morning Herald
30/12/14 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Financial Post US investigators suspect North Korea hired hackers for Sony hack Sydney Morning Herald US investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside ...

» FBI still believes North Korea is responsible for Sony hack - CBS News
30/12/14 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS News FBI still believes North Korea is responsible for Sony hack CBS News In the face of skepticism from some cyber experts, the FBI continues to stand by its original assert...

» Tony Blair doubts Ed Miliband can win 2015 general election
30/12/14 20:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Former Labour PM claims public opinion has not shifted left and ‘a traditional leftwing party’ always loses to rightwing party Tony Blair has cast doubt on the likelihood of L...

» BBC Delays Airing of Documentary on Charles and Camilla
30/12/14 20:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. “Reinventing the Royals” focuses on the hiring of a public-relations professional to restore the reputation of Prince Charles after the 1997 death of his wife, Diana.

» Economist: Long Painful Recession in Store for Russia
30/12/14 20:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia's battered currency fell sharply again this week after a government report showed the economy had shrunk in November, the first such decline in five years. The Russian government r...

» Ukraine president Poroshenko to meet Putin, Obama in peace talks - South China Morning Post (subscription)
30/12/14 20:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. South China Morning Post (subscription) Ukraine president Poroshenko to meet Putin, Obama in peace talks South China Morning Post (subscription) Ukraine's Western-backed leader Petro P...

» UN rejects Palestinian resolution to end Israel's occupation
30/12/14 20:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:34 p.m. EST. UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late Tuesday, a blow to effor...

» US Rejects Palestinian Statehood Resolution at UN
30/12/14 20:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States, as expected, on Tuesday voted against a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on Palestinian statehood that demanded Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories. ...

» UN security council rejects Palestinian statehood bid
30/12/14 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Defeated resolution called for end to Israeli occupation within three years and for independent state of Palestine to be established within 1967 borders The United Nations Sec...

» Resolution for Palestinian State Fails in Security Council
30/12/14 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A draft resolution that set a deadline to establish a sovereign Palestinian state failed on Tuesday to receive the nine votes that are needed for adoption in the 15-member United Nations body.

» Canada police: 9 dead in 3 crime scenes
30/12/14 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:34 p.m. EST. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Police say they are investigating the deaths of seven adults and two young children at three separate but connected Edmonton-area crime scenes....

» UN Security Council Rejects Palestinian Resolution
30/12/14 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Tuesday rejected a Palestinian draft resolution, strongly opposed by the United States, that sought peace with Israel within a one-year time frame. The reso...

» Michael Grimm has decided to resign from Congress: sources - New York Daily News
30/12/14 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Daily News Michael Grimm has decided to resign from Congress: sources New York Daily News WASHINGTON — Rep. Michael Grimm has decided to resign from Congress in the wake...

» U.N. Seeks Clues on Death of Ex-Chief
30/12/14 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.N. called on any nation with information that may shed light on the 1961 death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld to disclose it after new evidence emerged in the past few yea...

» Sir Winston Churchill, the Muslim convert? - Independent Online
30/12/14 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Independent Online Sir Winston Churchill, the Muslim convert? Independent Online London - He was fascinated by the Middle East and held Islam in high regard. But Sir Winston Churchill'...

» Putin Foe Alexei Navalny Found Guilty of Fraud
30/12/14 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a ha...

» Jeb Bush and Chris Christie atop GOP presidential poll - USA TODAY
30/12/14 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Tampabay.com Chicago Sun-Times Jeb Bush and Chris Christie atop GOP presidential poll USA TODAY Gov. Chicago Sun-Times Chris Christie held his ground in a new CNN poll on 2016 Re...

» Ebola risk to others extremely low: Nicola Sturgeon - video
30/12/14 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. The risk to the public of contracting Ebola is extremely low, says Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, after a healthcare worker in Scotland is diagnosed with the...

» Bishop Who Killed Cyclist Previously Charged With DUI, Marijuana Possession - Chinatopix
30/12/14 19:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chinatopix Bishop Who Killed Cyclist Previously Charged With DUI, Marijuana Possession Chinatopix (Photo : Reuters / Richard Clement) A "ghost bike" memorial marks the ...

» Google to blame for Gmail shutdown, say Chinese state media
30/12/14 19:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. World’s biggest email service largely inaccessible within China since 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown in June Google’s unwillingness to obey Chinese law is to b...

» Travelling gangs of foreign criminals are exploiting budget airlines and visa free travel to commit 'burglary blitzes' in Britain and Europe
30/12/14 19:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Organised criminals are flying in crooks from eastern Europe for short-term crime sprees, then shipping them out before they can be tracked by police, said the chief of Europol.

» HIV alert issued in California after porn actor tests positive
30/12/14 19:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The Department of Public Health said the male actor tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS after engaging in unprotected sex with several other male actors during two separate f...

» National lab docked for 'performance failure' stemming from radiation leak at ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
30/12/14 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. National lab docked for 'performance failure' stemming from radiation leak at ... Minneapolis Star Tribune ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The contractor that runs one of the nation's premie...

» Feds dock Los Alamos lab in performance review - San Francisco Chronicle
30/12/14 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Feds dock Los Alamos lab in performance review San Francisco Chronicle ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The contractor that runs one of the nation's premier national laboratories has los...

» Euronews: New Year, new hope as Ukraine paves way for NATO membership ... - Kyiv Post
30/12/14 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Kyiv Post Euronews: New Year, new hope as Ukraine paves way for NATO membership ... Kyiv Post Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures as he speaks during the annual press-confere...

» Fifth of Britons admit they would chop off a finger if it meant they could have the perfect body shape as experts warn of obsession with dieting
30/12/14 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Woman Running in the Park, Seattle, Washington, USA BRHK0M nature, energy, autumn, exercise, jogging, women, America, women, Washington, Washington, clothes, fitness, women, women, exer...

» Will Europe survive 2015, the year of all elections?
30/12/14 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Ballots in the EU – including Britain – won’t clarify the question of integration or invent the politics we need for the 21st century In 2015, European voters could decide if ...

» After Stormy 2014, Putin's Russia Braces For Fateful New Year
30/12/14 19:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Ukraine crisis in 2014 brought Vladimir Putin's Russia to loggerheads with the West. With so many of Russia's gambles still up in the air, 2015 could be a year of rec...

» Female Islamic State police squad tortured woman for breastfeeding in public
30/12/14 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The al-Khansa brigade, the female religious police in Raqqa, the insurgency's de facto capital in Syria, is said to use the bear trap-like device to punish women who defy their strict l...

» Documents Reveal Details of F.B.I. Inquiry Into Nevada Senator
30/12/14 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — It was one of Capitol Hill’s most salacious scandals, featuring a senator’s affair with a campaign aide, an outraged husband, tens of thousands of dollars in hush money, illicit...

» Mr. Grimm Should Go Now
30/12/14 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Seven weeks to the day after his re-election to Congress, Representative Michael Grimm, a Republican of Staten Island, pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion . That should be more than enough to persuade Mr. Gr...

» Michael Grimm, in a Reversal, Will Resign From Congress
30/12/14 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — Michael G. Grimm , the Republican Party’s lone congressional representative in New York City, announced late on Monday that he would resign effective Jan. 5, two weeks after he pleade...

» When J.F.K. Secretly Reached Out to Castro
30/12/14 18:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > The Upshot. President Obama’s surprise effort to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, concurrent with an economic embargo, recalls the two-track approach — economic and sometimes mi...

» How Cuba Talks Were Shaken by the Release of Bergdahl
30/12/14 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — Of all the tense moments in the year and a half of secret negotiations to free Alan P. Gross from Cuba, none may have matched a meeting in Ottawa early last June between a two-person White ...

» Boehner Stands By Scalise in Furor Over Racist Group
30/12/14 18:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner on Tuesday expressed “full confidence” in Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 3 Republican leader in the House, as he sought to quell a ra...

» Police Respect Squandered in Attacks on de Blasio
30/12/14 18:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Mayor Bill de Blasio has spent weeks expressing his respect and admiration for the New York Police Department, while calling for unity in these difficult days, but the message doesn’t seem to be sinking...

» Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Seized at Rally After Suspended Sentence in Fraud Case
30/12/14 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — The police in Moscow briefly detained the anticorruption crusader and political opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny on Tuesday as he tried to join an unauthorized, antigovernment rally, just h...

» Rapprochement With Russia? - NYTimes.com
30/12/14 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The ruble’s dramatic decline threatens to plunge Russia into a full-scale economic crisis. President Vladimir Putin has attempted to minimize the difficulties and deflect blame toward the West, but the ...

» Russia Has To Slash Military Spending To Balance The Budget - Forbes
30/12/14 15:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. BBC News Russia Has To Slash Military Spending To Balance The Budget Forbes This is not going to make Vladimir Putin happy: it appears that the only way that the Russian government can...

» Georgian Priest Feared Missing After Greek Ferry Fire
30/12/14 15:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Georgian priest is one of nearly 40 people feared missing after a fire on a Greek ferry in the Adriatic Sea.

» Ukraine's top intelligence agency deeply infiltrated by Russian spies
30/12/14 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mashable. KIEV, Ukraine – On a morning earlier this year, Ukraine’s top intelligence officials woke up to discover that the country's spy agency had been ransacked and torched by intruders who ...

» Ukraine Economy Set to Drop 7.5% in Full-Blown Financial Crisis - Businessweek
30/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Moscow Times Ukraine Economy Set to Drop 7.5% in Full-Blown Financial Crisis Businessweek Ukraine's economy will shrink 7.5 percent this year, after the conflict with eastern separ...

» Islamic State Magazine Lauds Sydney Hostage-Taker, Calls For More 'Lone Wolf' Attacks
30/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The latest issue of the Islamic State’s magazine, "Dabiq," includes a foreword praising the actions of Man Haron Monis, the man who held 17 people hostage in a cafe in Sy...

» The Positive Side of Low Oil Prices
30/12/14 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In a year of plummeting oil prices and the dismay it brings to producers and traders, two senior economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) haven’t taken their eyes off the bright side...

» Hacker fakes German minister's fingerprints using photos of her hands
30/12/14 15:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Jan Krissler used high resolution photos, including one from a government press office, to successfully recreate the fingerprints of Germany’s defence minister It’s an old cli...

» Sailors Killed Trying To Secure Crippled Ferry
30/12/14 15:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. As concerns are expressed about the accuracy of Norman Atlantic passenger manifests, two seamen die trying to secure the ship.

» Police officers who violate citizens' rights must be punished. Accountability is the only way forward
30/12/14 15:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. I was a cop, and I know that the police are subject to a different quality of justice than they sometimes mete out to black and brown people There is one criminal justice syst...

» North Korea may have hired outside hackers for Sony attack, says US
30/12/14 15:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Investigators consider possibility Pyongyang contracted out ‘contracted out’ some of work in last month’s cyber-attack on Sony Pictures US investigators believe that North Kor...

» President Obama Focused on ‘Long-Term’ Projects in Final Two Years
30/12/14 15:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama says, as he enters the final two years of his presidency and with the economy stronger at any time since taking office in 2009, he is able to focus on what he calls...

» TIME Remembers the Leaders Who Died in 2014
30/12/14 15:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Since the very first issue of TIME, the Milestones section has marked important moments of the week and celebrated the lives of those who died recently. Staffers, critics and those who knew the late,...

» Russia says new US sanctions may hamper dialogue on Iran, Syria - Reuters UK
30/12/14 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Russia says new US sanctions may hamper dialogue on Iran, Syria Reuters UK MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a widening of U.S. sanctions against Moscow...

» Russia: Sanctions Imposed on 4 Officials
30/12/14 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians tied to allegations of human rights abuses. Two officials — Deputy Prosecutor General Victor Grin and Andrei Strizhov, an investigator...

» Pussy Riot call for protest over Alexei Navalny sentencing - video
30/12/14 15:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk band, has released a music video urging protest against the sentencing of Alexei Navalny. The Kremlin critic has been given a suspen...

» Journalist Who Survived IS Prison Describes Psychological Abuse, Torture
30/12/14 15:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A journalist who survived detention in an Islamic State (IS) prison in Syria has told RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq about the horrific torture and psychological abuse to which...

» Russia Warns U.S. Sanctions Could Harm Cooperation On Iran, Syria
30/12/14 15:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has warned the United States that the widening of sanctions under the Magnitsky Act could hinder cooperation on Iran's nuclear program, the Syria conflict, and oth...

» Small plane crashes feet from home, killing pilot - WWMT-TV
30/12/14 15:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Small plane crashes feet from home, killing pilot WWMT-TV CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- A small plane crashed just feet away from a home south of Denver, killing the pilot. The Cessn...

» US army veteran reflects on time in Afghanistan
30/12/14 15:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. US army veteran reflects on time in Afghanistan On the eve of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Douglas Livermore, former U.S. Army officer and Special Forces captain, refle...

» Watch Pussy Riot Fly Off On Broomsticks in New Protest Video
30/12/14 15:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. At first, Pussy Riot’s new video of protest looks like a sexy perfume commercial. It is actually a call to action, asking Russian dissenters to demonstrate outside the Kremlin Tuesday for the s...

» U.N. envoy to be represented at January 26-29 Syria talks in Moscow
30/12/14 15:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Syria envoy Staffan De Mistura will be represented at talks about Syria in Moscow between Jan. 26 and Jan. 29, his spokeswoman Juliette Touma told Reuters on Tu...

» France, Germany Urge Checks on Jihadists' Travel
30/12/14 15:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. France and Germany, traditionally among the fiercest defenders of document-free travel within the 26-nation Schengen travel zone, are calling for changes to counter the increasing number ...

» House GOP leader once addressed white supremacists
30/12/14 15:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:08 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a revelation that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach out to minorities in 2016, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has acknowledged tha...

» US flu epidemic claiming young lives - NEWS.com.au
30/12/14 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NEWS.com.au US flu epidemic claiming young lives NEWS.com.au US health officials say the country has hit a flu epidemic threshold as a mutated strain sweeps the nation, claiming ...

» Sony hack: sacked employees could be to blame, researchers claim
30/12/14 15:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Exchanges in secretive web forums point to former employees with a grudge, researchers claim, and could explain how hackers knew how to navigate Sony’s systems Security expert...

» NYC mayor, police union heads to meet amid rift - Lincoln Journal Star
30/12/14 15:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NYC mayor, police union heads to meet amid rift Lincoln Journal Star NEW YORK (AP) — New York's mayor is aiming to clear the air with police unions after rancor brewed over the s...

» IS Releases Interview With Captured Jordanian Pilot
30/12/14 15:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The hard-line Islamic State group has released what it said was an interview with a Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed during U.S.-led coalition bombing in eastern...

» US Airstrike in Somalia Kills Al-Shabab Intelligence Chief
30/12/14 15:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Somali government says al-Shabab's intelligence chief was killed in a U.S. airstrike near the town of Saakow. A statement issued Tuesday by Somalia's National Intelligence and Securit...

» Four people have been killed in a bus crash in Germany
30/12/14 15:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Four people have been killed in a bus crash in Germany Police have said at least four have been killed and 40 injured in a bus crash in Germany. Report by Gabriella Darlington. From: ODN Vi...

» LAPD now unsure if police car shooting was targeted attack on officers
30/12/14 15:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Detectives now say it’s uncertain whether the two suspects who opened fire near a police cruiser on Sunday night were aiming for the officers inside the vehicle LAPD declares ...

» Isis claims to publish interview with captured Jordanian pilot
30/12/14 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Islamic State’s online magazine carries purported interview with Muath al-Kasaesbeh, whose jet crashed last week Islamic State (Isis) has released what it says is an interview...

» Low Oil Prices Pushing Venezuela Towards Default
30/12/14 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Low oil prices are putting major oil producers in a squeeze. The Russian central bank has been forced to cough up foreign exchange in order to defend itself from a currency crisis . But it may be Ven...

» Chinese repression of dissent intensifies under ruthless Xi Jinping
30/12/14 15:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Series of moves to curb personal freedoms and free speech demonstrate China’s drift towards a new authoritarianism China’s drift towards a new authoritarianism under the unsmi...

» Putin foe avoids jail but decries Kremlin for punishing his brother
30/12/14 14:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MOSCOW— The opposition activist widely considered Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable political foe avoided pr...

» U.S. names more Iran targets for sanctions
30/12/14 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on nine new targets, saying the entities and people targeted had supported Iran's efforts to avoid sanctions and b...

» Society's secretary-general remanded in custody for seven days - Bahrain News Agency
30/12/14 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Bahrain News Agency Society's secretary-general remanded in custody for seven days Bahrain News Agency Manama, Dec. 30. (BNA)-- Bahrain attorney general Nayef Yousef Mahmoud announced ...

» 2014: a good year for democracy?
30/12/14 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A record 1.5 billion people voted in 2014, but the democratic process can be fragile at best and corrupt at worst, and is not in itself a recipe for positive change More than ...

» Home prices rise, but more slowly - CBS News
30/12/14 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Forbes Fox Business Home prices rise, but more slowly CBS News The good news for American property owners is that home prices continued to rise in October. Now, the not-so-good n...

» Turkey suspends corruption prosecutors
30/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Action taken against officials who led inquiry that led to the dismissal of four ministers

» U.S. to station 150 armored vehicles in Europe
30/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States plans by the end of next year to station around 150 tanks and armored vehicles in Europe for use by U.S. forces training in Europe as part of the...

» FBI Fixated on North Korea for Sony Hack Despite New Evidence
30/12/14 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Bureau keeps publicly condemning Pyongyang for the Sony hack. But privately, it is listening to other theories, including those about an inside job. In spite of mounting evidence that the North Korean reg...

» WorldViews: What if North Korea didn’t hack Sony?
30/12/14 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Anyone who follows North Korea will be familiar with the wild fake stories that come out of the country. Remember when Kim Jo...

» Man Drives Two Hours With Knife In His Head
30/12/14 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A Brazilian motorcycle taxi driver made his way to hospital with a 30cm blade sticking out of his skull after getting into a row.

» US Slaps Sanctions on More Iranian Targets
30/12/14 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on nine new targets, saying the entities and people targeted had supported Iran's efforts to avoid sanctions and backed the government's hum...

» Verdict against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny galvanises opposition
30/12/14 14:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A court has handed Russia’s most prominent opposition figure a suspended sentence and jailed his brother on fraud charges they say are politically motivated. The case will onl...

» Stylometry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
30/12/14 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Stylometry is the application of the study of linguistic style , usually to written language, but it has successfully been applied to music [ 1 ] and to fine-art paintings ...

» stylometry - Google Search
30/12/14 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Stylometry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Stylometry Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... Stylometry is the application of the study of linguistic style, usually to written language,...

» New Study May Add to Skepticism Among Security Experts That North Korea Was Behind Sony Hack
30/12/14 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Bits. A number of private security researchers are increasingly voicing doubts that the hack of Sony ‘s computer systems was the work of North Korea. President Obama and the F.B.I. last week accused ...

» A New Script: Clues In Sony Hack Point To Insiders
30/12/14 12:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Security Ledger. Clues from an investigation of the hack of Sony Pictures now point to at least one former employee, according to Norse Security. A strong counter-narrative to the official account...

» New Research Blames Insiders, Not North Korea, for Sony Hack
30/12/14 12:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A leading cyber security firm says it has evidence that contradicts the government’s allegation that North Korea was behind the debilitating cyber attacks against Sony Pictures. Researchers fro...

» Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Brother Jailed
30/12/14 12:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Alexei Navalny says the court is "torturing the families of opponents" as his brother is imprisoned and he gets a suspended term.

» Putin Aide: IS Poses Serious Security Challenges In Mideast And Beyond
30/12/14 12:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria and Iraq poses a serious security threat to the ...

» The Path of the Ebola Virus Outbreak | The New York Times
30/12/14 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. The Path of the Ebola Virus Outbreak | The New York Times A look at how the disease spread far beyond Meliandou, Guinea in just a few months. Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit...

» US, China, Other Nations Searching for Missing Airliner
30/12/14 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States, China and other countries have dispatched rescue ships to the Java Sea to help Indonesia search for the missing AirAsia passenger jet that crashed during a storm Sunday...

» Russia's State-Controlled VTB Bank Gets Kremlin Bailout Funds
30/12/14 12:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's state-controlled VTB bank has received the first tranche of a $2.6 billion bailout from the Russian government.

» Lawyer says U.S. offered prisoner swap for ex-Marine held in Iran
30/12/14 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DUBAI (Reuters) - A lawyer for an Iranian-American former U.S. Marine jailed in Tehran was reported on Tuesday as saying the United States had sought his release through a prisoner swa...

» Witness the Tragic Aftermath of AirAsia Flight QZ8501
30/12/14 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency confirmed Tuesday that searchers had discovered debris from the missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 and the bodies of 40 passengers in the Java Sea. The Singa...

» BBC Postpones Documentary After Royals Reportedly Intervene
30/12/14 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The BBC said Wednesday it was postponing a controversial documentary about the royal family that was produced without the cooperation of Buckingham Palace. According to a report from the Radio Times ...

» Putin Critic Breaks House Arrest To Join Rally
30/12/14 12:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has tweeted he has broken his house arrest just hours after being given a suspended jail sentence.