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Russia's Economy: Good, Bad, And Everything In Between - Forbes

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Russia's Economy: Good, Bad, And Everything In Between Forbes Rosstat, Russia's state statistics service, just released figured on January 2015 industrial production. They're worth taking a close look at because they are an excellent example of how, when it comes to Russia's economy, truth is in the eye of the ... and more »

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17:34 / 17.02.2015 ДНР, Донбасс, Захарченко, УкраинаГлава самопровозглашенной Донецкой народной республики получил ранение в ногу при ... Дни.Ру Руководитель самопровозглашенной Донецкой народной республики был ранен в бою. Александр Захарченко получил ранение в ногу в ходе зачистки города Дебальцево. Неприятный инцидент с главой республики произошел в то время, когда он перебегал проезжую часть одной из ... СМИ сообщили о ранении в Дебальцеве главы ДНР ЗахарченкоРБК СМИ: глава ДНР Захарченко ранен в ДебальцевоРИА Новости СМИ: Глава ДНР Захарченко ранен в ногу в ДебельцевоИА REGNUM Вести.Ru -Газета.Ru -Утро.Ru Все похожие статьи: 70 »

Prosecutor Asks for Charges Against Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Be Dropped by By DAN BILEFSKY

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:25 PM

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The case against the former International Monetary Fund chief appeared to fall apart when five of the six plaintiffs retracted their accusations against him.

Украина: в районе Дебальцево военные попали в плен - BBC Russian

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Украина: в районе Дебальцево военные попали в плен BBC Russian Генеральный штаб вооруженных сил Украины сообщил о том, что группа военнослужащих 101-й отдельной бригады охраны и 8-го отдельного полка спецназначения попала в плен в районе города Дебальцево. В заявлении подчеркивается, что речь не идет о массовом пленении ... Минобороны Украины признало, что военные попали в плен под ДебальцевоBFM.Ru Конвой сил АТО попал в засаду на пути в Дебальцево - ГенштабЛІГА.net Киев подтвердил пленение украинских военных в районе ДебальцевоРБК РИА Новости -Московский комсомолец -Газета.Ru Все похожие статьи: 60 »

Переговоры по Дебальцево продолжаются, несмотря на обстрелы - Газета.Ru

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Covering A Violent Year In Ukraine – Interpreter Podcastby Editor

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This week on The Interpreter podcast: as the anniversary of the Euromaidan revolution arrives, Matt Sienkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Communication and International Studies at Boston College, speaks to The Interpreter’s Michael Weiss, James Miller, Pierre Vaux, and Catherine A. Fitzpatrick about the challenges of covering the crisis in Ukraine.

Also see an analysis by Matt Sienkiewicz on the role of the “Ukraine Live” coverage.

See our Ukraine front page for the latest news and analysis.

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Putin May Be Forced to Compromise on Ukraine But Only If He has “a Victory Smile’ on His Face, Oreshkin Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:24 PM

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            Staunton, February 17 – Vladimir Putin has ever fewer resources to prosecute his war in Ukraine, and consequently, eventually some kind of accord will be reached, perhaps like that in Northern Cyprus or Nagorno-Karabakh where people “aren’t shooting but they are not living in peace either,” according to Russian political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin.

            But that will happen only when Putin can achieve something that will allow him to stop with “a smile on his face” and the most likely result will be “a Transdniestria-2,” arguing that precisely because Putin has said that is not want he seeks, it is exactly what he wants and will do (nv.ua/publications/putin-skazal-chto-ne-budet-delat-vtorogo-pridnestrovya-nu-znachit-tochno-sdelaet-rossiyskiy-politolog-34809.html).

            And while “no one knows” what Putin might do if he feels cornered – and because he has nuclear weapons that is a most serious concern – Putin is “all the same a rational man, albeit insane as well. But in his insanity, he is rational” to the extent that he doesn’t want to lose his head and uses bluffs because they work.

            In an interview he gave to Viktor Stepanenko of “Novoye vremya,” Oreshkin says that the war in Ukraine will continue as long as Putin needs it to. He wants to punish Ukraine for its independent stance in order to send a message to other former Soviet republics about the limits of the permissible as far as he is concerned.

            There is another reason for assuming the war will go on for some time: Putin is someone whose style of leadership requires war.  That was true of the Soviet Union. It could prosecute wars because it could organize all the resources of the country. But under peacetime conditions, that system didn’t work, and neither does Putin’s.

            Moreover, “in [the current] situation, the only thing that Putin can do is to leave in the body of Ukraine an abscess” that he can exploit whenever he needs it, Oreshkin says.

            Consequently, the Russian analyst says, he does “not understand when Ukrainian politicians say that Donetsk must be returned … They are not fools and they understand that this is a counter-productive idea.” They say because they cannot openly say that they do not need Donetsk because then the question would arise: what are Ukrainians fighting for?

            There is a good answer to that: “they are fighting so that the Donetsk and Luhansk regime will not spread to the entire territory of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts and that they will not try to seize Odessa, Dneprpetrivsk or Kharkhiv.”  Fighting for Donetsk and Luhansk is “a good slogan,” but it is anything but a good strategy.

            Those two places have been “hopelessly lost,” and that may be for the best, Oreshkin continues.  Despite the problems they can cause, they have nowhere to go. No one in Russia wants them. And they have no future as independent states: that isn’t even in Moscow’s interests which wants them only as a lever to block Ukraine from joining NATO.

            According to Oreshkin, “Putin used the Minsk talks in order to show that he did not have any relation [to these two statelets]. He signed a paper and then the DNR people didn’t sign,” giving him the opportunity to show that he could influence them. “Western leaders gave the appearance that they believed all this.” But “that is part of the game which allows Putin to avoid losing face” and possibly using his nuclear weapons.

            With such a leader, the Russian political analyst says, it is always necessary to take into consideration his comfort level, standing up to him, on the one hand, but “always leaving a little window open,” on the other. Naturally, everyone understands that all this was orchestrated by Moscow, and “no one has any doubts about that.”

             Had things proceeded otherwise, the West could simply have insisted that Putin stop supplying arms to the Donbas militants. But that wouldn’t have corresponded to Putin’s interest because then it would have left him out of the game in Ukraine. And “it would violate his strategy if such a thing in fact exists,” Oreshkin says.

            In fact, the Russian analyst says, Putin doesn’t have a well-articulated strategy beyond what he sees as the vital need to punish Ukraine. “He cannot leave Donetsk both because he would lose control and because he would lose face. He cannot administer Donetks because the West is quite sharply limiting his ability to do so.”

            What is left is to keep the situation in a flammable condition and toss in a match when he needs to. And that, Oreshkin says, is what a Transdniestria-2 outcome looks like.

 

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A Most Violent Year by James Miller

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:24 PM

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One year ago today Viktor Yanukovych offered the people of Ukraine a deal: the government would give the protesters amnesty if they would abandon their positions in Maidan Square and elsewhere across Kiev. The protesters, who had nearly frozen in the months spent in the cold city squares, saw the deal as a way to subvert the protest. They did not leave. The government, believing that they had given the protesters a final chance to avoid bloodshed, deployed its infamous Berkut riot police to the streets. Chaos erupted, and instead of ending the crisis, the actions of the Yanukovych government on February 17-18 shook the regime to its knees.

365 days ago today, seeing the chaos in the street, we made a decision — to launch a liveblog on the events in Kiev (read it here). Ukraine was an important story for the world then not because the West would gain an ally or an economic partner, although it had sought to do both those things. The story was important because the actions of the Yanukovych government were heavily influenced by the desires of Moscow, which was bullying friends and opponents alike across eastern Europe. The crisis has continued for a year not because of political instability in Ukraine but because of the revanchist imperialism of Putin, as demonstrated by the Anschluss of Crimea and then the Russian invasion of the Donbass. Unfortunately, the crisis will continue for as long as those factors remain unchanged, but our coverage will also continue.

With three full-time writers and a small budget, The Interpreter has covered this story, and many others, relentlessly. With your continued support we will continue to do so.

Our latest live coverage of the Ukraine crisis can be found here.

In the meantime, we will be marking the one year anniversary of the Euromaidan revolution and our own coverage throughout the week with a series of reflections, analysis, and editorials, written by colleagues, experts, soldiers, activists, and other distinguished guests.

We are honored today to carry an editorial written by the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who is alarmed by the amount of international agreements Russia has broken in just one year:

Reflections On A Year Of Russian Aggression http://t.co/tb631KpAEw by Estonian President @IlvesToomas pic.twitter.com/IEY8LUnJxm

— The Interpreter (@Interpreter_Mag) February 17, 2015

Our first article in this series is a media analysis, written by Matt Sienkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Communication and International Studies at Boston College, on the importance of our “Ukraine Live” coverage and liveblogging in general. Read it here:

On Liveblogging: A Media Analysis of 365 Days Of Ukraine Coveragehttp://t.co/Ps1UV9AMW6 pic.twitter.com/fhgXYvsFJq

— The Interpreter (@Interpreter_Mag) February 17, 2015

We have also launched a podcast about what we have learned in a year of covering this crisis:

Covering A Violent Year In Ukraine – A New @Interpreter_Mag Podcasthttp://t.co/lkhy5JbGlg pic.twitter.com/YzM8nn98HP

— The Interpreter (@Interpreter_Mag) February 17, 2015

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Putin, in Reaching Out to the Right in Europe, has Not Forgotten the Left, Kubansky Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:22 PM

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            Staunton, February 17 – Vladimir Putin’s ostentatious flirting with right-wing nationalists in Europe has attracted so much attention that many have devoted too little attention to the fact that Moscow continues to work with left-wing groups there just as it did during the Cold War, according to Igor Kubansky.

 

            In a commentary on Rufabula.com today, Kybansky argues that “the victory of the left radicals in Greece shows that the priorities of the Kremlin in its search for ‘agents of influence’ has not changed a great deal since the times of the USSR” (rufabula.com/articles/2015/02/10/the-specter-of-communism-over-europe).

 

            For many in Ukraine, the West and even in Russia, he says, “it has long been a commonplace to say that “in the West, the ultra-right supports Putin,” and point to the French National Front, the Hungarian Jobbit movement, the Bulgarian Ataka party and “various Serbian organizations.”

 

            And these same commentators point to the rightwing Golden Dawn group in Greece which declares that it “does not want to see Europe slavishly subordinate to American policy” but rather a Europe to which Russia would belong” and says that Berlin and Washington organized the Maidan in Ukraine and the persecution of Orthodox Christians there.

 

            But Putin has other friends in Greece and in Europe, and they are to be found on the left. Among them is the SIRIZA group in Greece which, as Kubansky points out, “is well-known for its pro-Russian attitudes and links with [Russian] imperialists” of the Dugin variety even though it supports Gay rights, backs same-sex marriages and opposes clericalism.

 

            A clue to the reasons for Moscow’s backing of SIRIZA as well as the Golden Dawn can be found in a statement by Eurasianist leader Aleksandr Dugin who once said if he had to choose between being “with the gays against the US or with the US against the gays, [he] would choose being on the side of the gays” (arctogaia.com/public/tatu.html).

 

            That speaks volumes about Moscow’s priorities which Kybansky says reflect the fact that “Russia prefers to see in power in European countries a mix of Maoists, Trotskyites, Stalinists, and all the rest of the left” more than it wants those who are on the far right, however cozy Putin may be with them out of tactical considerations.

 

            “The most reliable allies of Russia in the foreign policy arena remain the left of various masks: North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, and other such regimes,” which were closely associated with the Soviet Union. Moreover, “Russian continues to support ‘the struggle of the Palestinian people against Israeli aggression.’”

 

            Kubansky says that he does not know whether the European far right “sincerely considers that Russia has completely changed and become a ‘traditional,’ ‘rightist’ state or whether instead [its ] prefer to close their eyes to the obvious.” And the obvious is very, very clear, the Russian analyst suggests.

 

            It is this: “present-day Russia however much it tries to convince everyone of the opposite has no relation to historical Russia.  All its roots are from the USSR and only from the USSR. It is not ‘a reborn Russian Empire.’ It is simply something Soviet,” part of the regime that began to collapse in the 1970s.

 

            And Kubansky adds as a confirming postscript the following note: “As is well known, an ultra-right party, strongly opposed to the US and sympathetic to Moscow leads in all the polls in Spain. Judging from everything,” he concludes, “the Russian Federation is preparing to take revenge for [its loss in] the Spanish civil war of 1936-1939.”

 

 

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Can Russia Survive After Ukraine? - Daily Beast

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:22 PM

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Can Russia Survive After Ukraine? Daily Beast On the day pro-Russian forces' artillery fire encircled over 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the town of Debaltseve in Eastern Ukraine, a debate was being carried out over the war's causes and consequences far from the fighting in the Altai Mountains on ... Ukraine now a 'crisis for Russia and West', says ex-MI6 bossBBC News West must learn to live with Putin, former MI6 head warnsThe Guardian Putin Fearing Russian Subservience to China Casts Wider Asia NetBloomberg The Japan Times -Iowa State Daily -PoliticsHome.com all 74 news articles »

Hungarians march in protest against Vladimir Putin visitby Matthew Day

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Clashes over Ukraine rail hub test pledges to begin weapons withdrawal by Karoun Demirjian

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:21 PM

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ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow rebels traded fire near a strategic railway hub Tuesday after a deadline to begin withdrawing heavy weapons under a cease-fire that has quieted some areas but still faces major hurdles.Read full article >>

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Russia and the West Must Begin Thinking Seriously about a World ‘After Ukraine,’ Kolerov Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:21 PM

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            Staunton, February 17 – Modest Kolerov, an outspoken champion of Russian nationalism and expansion, says that the expert community in Moscow has still not decided on what would be best for a world “after Ukraine” but that in his opinion, “the best scenario for [Russians] would be a freezing of the conflict.”

 

            Kolerov, who is editor of the Regnum news agency, says that he reaches that conclusion because of his long experience working with South Osetia, Abkhazia, Transdniestria, and Nagorno-Karabakh and because of his conviction that “the Ukraine we know today is [already] a phenomenon of the past” (regnum.ru/news/polit/1895852.html).

 

            The commentator made this and other declarations at a conference in Novgorod last week called “Russia and the West: Quo Vadis?” organized by the Russian-Polish Center for Dialogue, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia, the Polish embassy in Russia, the NATO information bureau in Russia, the Polish Institute in St. Petersburg, the Russia-Baltic Media center, the Danish Embassy in Russia and the Norwegian consulate general in St. Petersburg.

 

            Kolerov began his address by insisting that in the future “Ukraine will no longer exist” because “that Ukraine which we know today is a phenomenon of the past.” Consequently, he argued, “the life of Eastern Europe and Eurasia after Ukraine requires an honest approach from the sides participating in the process.”

 

            “When we will see tomorrow will be a different phenomenon, another Ukraine. We no longer can discuss the history of Ukraine and its interests,” Kolerov says. Those have been “sacrificed to those who sponsored, organized and continue to organize coups” against legitimate governments as was the case with the Maidan.

 

            According to the Regnum editor, “we must discuss what each of the sides – Germany, the EU and Poland sees as the immediate future of this territory,” but up to now, he insists, “not one of the sides has a model or image of the future of Eastern Europe after Ukraine.” Nor, Kolerov acknowledges, is there “any precise understanding … of the future after Ukraine.”

 

            He says that Russian policy toward Crimea, the Donbas and other territories of Eastern Ukraine “has been reactive … We know that all the previous policy of Russia toward Ukraine … was dictated” not by a considered examination of Russian national interests but by Moscow’s deference to the insistence of the West on what he calls “a dynastic policy.”

 

            As a result, until February 2014, Russia had been “losing in Ukraine.” Indeed, Kolerov says, “its entire 25-year-long policy toward Ukraine” had been a failure.

 

            Throughout that period, he says, “Ukraine through the efforts of all administrations was formally pro-Russian was in fact anti-Russian and pro-Western, and “consistently pursued a firm course involving ‘the rehabilitation of pro-Hitler, Banderite collaborationism which is now its official ideology.”

 

            Last year, Russia adopted a new course in “a series of impromptu steps in Crimea, in the Donbas, and in relation to Ukraine as a whole.” In every case, Kolerov insists, Moscow was defending itself against the attacks of others. But now the question arises: “What model of the Russia does Russia want to achieve” regarding Ukraine?

 

            There is no clear answer to this up to now, he says. “There are attempts to combine principles of various kinds: the integrity of Ukraine, the federalization of Ukraine, the right of the east of Ukraine to self-determination, military security of Russia in connection with the expansion of NATO into Ukraine which undoubtedly will occur.”

 

            The only thing on which Russians agree and about which there can be no discussion is the status of Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, Kolerov says.  “A retreat in Crimea would mark the death of Russian statehood and the national suicide of our people,” he argues. “Everyone must understand this.”

 

            According to Kolerov, “the Minsk agreements will not be observed in the first instance by the West.” And he argues that the West will continue to seek to weaken Russia by moving against it elsewhere in the post-Soviet space and in particular in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Armenia.

 

            The Regnum editor says that the EU and the US will undoubtedly seek to “impose on the region the economic model of shock therapy” and to displace Russian influent with their own by expanding NATO just as they have already done in the Baltic countries.  But, Kolerov concludes, all this is in the interests only of the US and not of Europe.

 

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Порошенко заявил о новых этапах мобилизации - BFM.Ru

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How digital detectives say they proved Ukraine attacks came from Russia by Bellingcat, Pablo Gutierrez and Paul Torpey

Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 1:20 PM

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A group of investigative journalists who specialise in image analysis say they have proved a series of key artillery strikes on Ukrainian forces in summer 2014 came from inside Russia. We focus on two attacks to show how the Bellingcat team examined satellite imagery and social media videos to support their theory

• Russia shelled Ukrainians from within its own territory, says study

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‘Lead from behind’ strategy will plague the U.S.

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Any administration's national security strategy written for public consumption inevitably involves platitudes, vacuous rhetoric and self-congratulation.

But the strategy announced for President Barack Obama's final two years in office sets new records in all these categories. As a sleep aid, it cannot be underestimated. Indeed, diverting attention from America's rapidly deteriorating global strategic posture was likely a prime objective, as were his answers at the Feb. 9 news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In her defence of the strategy, National Security Adviser Susan Rice criticized "alarmism" by Obama's critics, arguing in a speech that we do not face "existential" threats as we did in the Second World War and the Cold War.

That's true, but no thanks to Obama's policies, which have weakened the United States and in coming years will encourage aggressors rather than deter them. The president fails to grasp that the function of statecraft is precisely to be alert to small threats and crises, and to prevent them from growing to existential levels.

Obama's national security strategy is most noteworthy for its detachment from reality.

In a personal introduction, the president preens about reducing American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan from approximately 180,000 in 2009 to roughly 15,000 today. Then, ironically echoing his predecessor, he asserts that we are "leading over 60 partners in a global campaign to degrade and ultimately defeat" Islamic State.

Left unsaid is that Iraq has collapsed as a viable state, and that Islamic State, a threat equal to or worse than al-Qaida, now controls large portions of Iraq's territory. What is left over is an Iranian vassal. The prognosis for Afghanistan is little better.

These debacles are presented as achievements. In fact, I believe Islamic State would fall swiftly in the face of strong military measures and political efforts to divorce Sunni Arabs in Iraq and Syria from its sway. Instead, Iraq is devolving into a new terrorist state, as other countries in the region, from Libya to Yemen, descend into chaos and anarchy.

Obama claims we are "in lockstep with our European allies" in opposing Russian aggression in Ukraine, but Merkel and French President François Hollande actively negotiated with Moscow, while Washington appears to be sidelined. Meanwhile, NATO is badly divided over whether to provide Kyiv military aid.

Nonetheless, Obama writes that "the question is never whether America should lead, but how we lead." His truly Orwellian notion that "leading from behind" is actually leadership would warm Big Brother's heart. Sadly, our global adversaries are not deceived.

The security strategy's detachment from reality is most egregiously displayed in its discussion of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and specifically Iran's nuclear-weapons program. Obama is proud he is reducing America's nuclear capabilities, even as he admits that threats posed by "irresponsible states or terrorists" using nuclear weapons are the gravest America faces. Unfortunately, the idea that diminished U.S. capabilities will in some way induce those "irresponsible states or terrorists" to modify their own behaviour seems chilling and palpably inaccurate. Surely, a weaker America is an incentive to the irresponsible, including states like Russia and China, not a model.

On Iran, Obama says that the 2013 "interim" deal (agreed to by the UN Security Council's five permanent members and Germany) "has halted the progress of Iran's program." This is flatly untrue and as a basis for policy, it almost certainly obscures a growing "existential" threat for America and our allies. It assumes we know everything about Iran's nuclear-weapons program, which is a dramatically unrealistic characterization for both the extent of, and our confidence in, the information we actually possess.

There is simply no evidence that Iran has done anything other than make temporary, easily reversible concessions regarding uranium already enriched to reactor-grade levels. Nothing in the interim agreement even addresses the likelihood of Iran's efforts to weaponize highly enriched uranium and to develop a plutonium nuclear-weapon option. Nor does the agreement curtail its missile development program. The missile work of Iran's partner, North Korea, has already led U.S. and South Korean commanders to warn that targeting America's West Coast is within Pyongyang's reach.

Even more fundamentally, Obama's security strategy fails to acknowledge that recognizing an Iranian "right" to enrichment reverses the most basic premise of more than a decade of negotiation with Iran begun in 2003 by Britain, France and Germany. From 2003 until Obama, the West agreed that Iran had to forgo unconditionally all enrichment-related activity to assure the world its program was entirely peaceful. Obama's retreat on this critical point is comparable to the "existential" mistakes made by Western appeasers in the 1930s.

Like its bureaucratic predecessors from every administration, the 2015 national security strategy will soon lie forgotten on dusty shelves. Unfortunately, however, Obama's ongoing, accelerating failures will bedevil America for decades to come.

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

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» Vladimir Putin will keep pushing because he can see we are unprepared - Telegraph.co.uk
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mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Vladimir Putin will keep pushing because he can see we are unprepared Telegraph.co.uk In June 2012, Mitt Romney, who was hoping to be President of the United States, vi...

» Here's who backs Putin in Europe — and why - Business Insider
17/02/15 12:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Business Insider Here's who backs Putin in Europe — and why Business Insider ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin reacts after peace talks on resolving the Ukrainian crisis in Minsk...

» Putin Wins, Obama Loses, in Draft Plan for Ukraine - Center for Research on Globalization
17/02/15 12:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Center for Research on Globalization Putin Wins, Obama Loses, in Draft Plan for Ukraine Center for Research on Globalization “Russian President Vladimir Putin ; President of Ukraine, P...

» Wanted: Russian-speaking spies to help MI5 keep tabs on Vladimir Putin - Telegraph.co.uk
17/02/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Wanted: Russian-speaking spies to help MI5 keep tabs on Vladimir Putin Telegraph.co.uk Any intelligence uncovered will be fed back to teams of investigators in London, ...

» Putin: Will he go nuclear? - Telegraph.co.uk
17/02/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Putin : Will he go nuclear? Telegraph.co.uk Earlier this month, as fighting raged in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian rebels and forces loyal to the Western-backed g...

» Putin's pals: Who is helping steer the Kremlin now? - Christian Science Monitor
17/02/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Christian Science Monitor Putin's pals: Who is helping steer the Kremlin now? Christian Science Monitor Moscow — The West's response to Russia's alleged military aid to Ukraine's rebel...

» Putin's 'hands-on management': How the Russian leader makes it personal - Christian Science Monitor
17/02/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Christian Science Monitor Putin's 'hands-on management': How the Russian leader makes it personal Christian Science Monitor The Kremlin has been able to make its decisions without publ...

» Putin's net-worth is $200 billion says Russia's once largest foreigner investor - CNN (blog)
17/02/15 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Putin's net-worth is $200 billion says Russia's once largest foreigner investor CNN (blog) CNN's FAREED ZAKARIA GPS features an interview with Bill Browder, the CEO of Hermitage Capita...

» A businessman learns from a bad investment in Putin - Washington Post
17/02/15 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. New York Post 2paragraphs.com A businessman learns from a bad investment in Putin Washington Post I first met Bill Browder when he came to tell The Post's editorial board that its crit...

» Putin Fearing Russian Subservience to China Casts Wider Asia Net - Bloomberg
17/02/15 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Christian Science Monitor Business Insider Putin Fearing Russian Subservience to China Casts Wider Asia Net Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin , left, speaks with Indian Prime ...

» US 'wants to demolish Putin' in Ukraine - Press TV
17/02/15 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Kyiv Post US 'wants to demolish Putin ' in Ukraine Press TV All Washington wants “to do is to demolish Russia, demolish the name of President Putin , who has been extraordinary in his ...

» Путин и клещи для Венгрии - Радио Свобода
17/02/15 12:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from путин – Новости Google. Радио Свобода Путин и клещи для Венгрии Радио Свобода К визиту Владимира Путина , намеченному на вторник, в Венгрии готовятся очень активно. Мэр Будапешта внезапно предлагает переим...

» Foreign Minister: Putin's Upcoming Visit To Budapest Could Be Crucial - Hungary Today
17/02/15 12:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Hungary Today Foreign Minister: Putin's Upcoming Visit To Budapest Could Be Crucial Hungary Today Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Budapest could be crucial from the point o...

» Запад не понимает, кто такой Путин - Вести.Ru
17/02/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from путин – Новости Google. Вести.Ru Запад не понимает, кто такой Путин Вести.Ru Всегда интересна заграничная реакция на крупные события. Правда, часто, когда начинаешь изучать ее скрупулезно, натыкаешься на д...

» Путин уволил одного из своих советников без объяснения причин - NEWSru.com
17/02/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from путин – Новости Google. Медиагруппа "Звезда" Путин уволил одного из своих советников без объяснения причин NEWSru.com Президент Владимир Путин своим указом освободил Сергея Дубика от должности своего совет...

» Билл Браудер оценил состояние Путина в $200 млрд - Forbes Россия
17/02/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from путин – Новости Google. Snob.ru Билл Браудер оценил состояние Путина в $200 млрд Forbes Россия «Я считаю, что оно (состояние Путина ) составляет $200 млрд. После 14 лет у власти и (учитывая) суммы, которые...

» The American Education of Vladimir Putin - The Atlantic
17/02/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. The Atlantic The American Education of Vladimir Putin The Atlantic Because of his KGB history, Vladimir Putin is typically accused in U.S. media of harboring an anti-American, Cold War...

» There'll be no peace while Putin is squatting in Ukraine's living room - The Guardian
17/02/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. The Guardian There'll be no peace while Putin is squatting in Ukraine's living room The Guardian Even if the opinion polls that suggest Putin enjoys sky-high popularity in Russia today...

» Putin Fires Medvedev Ally as Kremlin Rift Grows - Newsweek
17/02/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Newsweek Putin Fires Medvedev Ally as Kremlin Rift Grows Newsweek Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially dismissed one of his ten advisors, 52-year-old Sergei Dubik, according...

» Putin Visit to Hungary Shows He Still Has Friends in Europe - ABC News
17/02/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Hungary Today Putin Visit to Hungary Shows He Still Has Friends in Europe ABC News Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to Budapest on Tuesday to meet the leader some Hungarians ca...

» Putin visit to Hungary shows he still has friends in Europe - Yahoo News
17/02/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Yahoo News Putin visit to Hungary shows he still has friends in Europe Yahoo News For Putin , now shunned by many nations around the world, the visit is important because it shows he s...

» Putin's Hungary visit aims to show it 'pays off' to be friend of Russia - analyst - euronews
17/02/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Yahoo News Putin's Hungary visit aims to show it 'pays off' to be friend of Russia - analyst euronews Orban has said that commercial ties will top the agenda during this week's talks w...

» Putin Visits EU Ally Hungary to Talk Energy - The Moscow Times
17/02/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. The Moscow Times Putin Visits EU Ally Hungary to Talk Energy The Moscow Times President Vladimir Putin arrives in Hungary on Tuesday for a rare working visit to an EU member state sinc...

» If Putin Should Proceed - Wall Street Journal
17/02/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. RT The Guardian If Putin Should Proceed Wall Street Journal Russia's President Vladimir Putin thinks the West is decadent and weak. He sees the European Union in financial crisis and N...

» Prosecutors call for Dominique Strauss-Khan to be CLEARED on pimping charges
17/02/15 12:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. 'Neither the judicial enquiry nor the hearing' proved Strauss-Kahn was guilty of procuring prostitutes for sex parties he attended in Paris, Brussels and Washington, said prosecutor Fre...

» Greek Strategy of Highlighting Germany’s Nazi Past Has Backfired
17/02/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Of all the general rules that have evolved over time for those about to ask for money, one is pretty much at the top of every list: don’t gratuitously insult the guy you’re asking ahead o...

» E. Ukraine Cease-fire Breach Traps Thousands of Civilians
17/02/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.N. human rights office says it is very alarmed by reports thousands of civilians are trapped in the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve. The agency says pitched battles between pro...

» Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial: Prosecution calls for acquittal
17/02/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. The former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn should be cleared of “pimping”, the French state prosecutor said today.

» Russia's Economy: Good, Bad, And Everything In Between - Forbes
17/02/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russia's Economy: Good, Bad, And Everything In Between Forbes Rosstat, Russia's state statistics service, just released figured on January 2015 industrial production. They're worth ta...

» 17:34 / 17.02.2015 ДНР, Донбасс, Захарченко, УкраинаГлава самопровозглашенной Донецкой народной республики получил ранение в ногу при ... - Дни.Ру
17/02/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Дни.Ру 17:34 / 17.02.2015 ДНР, Донбасс, Захарченко, УкраинаГлава самопровозглашенной Донецкой народной республики получил ранение в ногу при ... Дни.Ру Руководитель самопровозглаше...

» Prosecutor Asks for Charges Against Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Be Dropped
17/02/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The case against the former International Monetary Fund chief appeared to fall apart when five of the six plaintiffs retracted their accusations against him.

» Украина: в районе Дебальцево военные попали в плен - BBC Russian
17/02/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ Украина: в районе Дебальцево военные попали в плен BBC Russian Генеральный штаб вооруженных сил Украины сообщил о том, что группа военнослужащих 101-й отдельной бригады охр...

» Переговоры по Дебальцево продолжаются, несмотря на обстрелы - Газета.Ru
17/02/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ Переговоры по Дебальцево продолжаются, несмотря на обстрелы Газета.Ru Официальный спикер украинского генштаба Владислав Селезнев заявил, что в Соледаре проходят переговоры ...

» Covering A Violent Year In Ukraine – Interpreter Podcast
17/02/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. This week on The Interpreter podcast: as the anniversary of the Euromaidan revolution arrives, Matt Sienkiewicz , Assistant Professor of Communication and International Stud...

» Putin May Be Forced to Compromise on Ukraine But Only If He has “a Victory Smile’ on His Face, Oreshkin Says
17/02/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble             Staunton, February 17 – Vladimir Putin has ever fewer resources to prosecute his war in Ukrain...

» A Most Violent Year
17/02/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. One year ago today Viktor Yanukovych offered the people of Ukraine a deal: the government would give the protesters amnesty if they would abandon their positions in Maidan S...

» Putin, in Reaching Out to the Right in Europe, has Not Forgotten the Left, Kubansky Says
17/02/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, February 17 – Vladimir Putin’s ostentatious flirting with right-wing national...

» Can Russia Survive After Ukraine? - Daily Beast
17/02/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Daily Beast Can Russia Survive After Ukraine? Daily Beast On the day pro- Russian forces' artillery fire encircled over 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the town of Debaltseve in Eastern U...

» Hungarians march in protest against Vladimir Putin visit
17/02/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Critics say visit of Russian president to one of few remaining allies in Europe is a "failure for Hungary"

» Clashes over Ukraine rail hub test pledges to begin weapons withdrawal
17/02/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow rebels traded fire near a strategic railway hub Tuesday after a deadline to begin wit...

» Russia and the West Must Begin Thinking Seriously about a World ‘After Ukraine,’ Kolerov Says
17/02/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, February 17 – Modest Kolerov, an outspoken champion of Russian nationalism an...

» Порошенко заявил о новых этапах мобилизации - BFM.Ru
17/02/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Украина Порошенко заявил о новых этапах мобилизации BFM.Ru Украинский президент Петр Порошенко подписал указ «О сроках проведения очередных призывов граждан Украины на срочную ...

» How digital detectives say they proved Ukraine attacks came from Russia
17/02/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. A group of investigative journalists who specialise in image analysis say they have proved a series of key artillery strikes on Ukrainian forces in summer 2014 came from inside Russi...

» ‘Lead from behind’ strategy will plague the U.S.
17/02/15 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Guelph-News (from http://www.guelphmercury.com). Any administration's national security strategy written for public consumption inevitably involves platitudes, vacuous rhetoric and self-congratulation. But...

» germany security strategy - Google Search
17/02/15 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Germany says new security strategy will respond to Russia Reuters - 1 hour ago Share Shared on Google+. "Russia's actions in Ukraine fundamentally change the security ... The new strategy would mean the Germa...

» Germany Says Russian Moves Triggering Military Shift
17/02/15 12:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . (Bloomberg) -- Germany’s defense chief said Russia’s use of unconventional military force to exploit its dominance over former Soviet states will have “far-reaching consequences” as Be...

» Germany says new security strategy will respond to Russia
17/02/15 12:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BERLIN Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:46am EST BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will overhaul its security strategy in coming years in response to Russian attempts to use "power politics and military force" to assert its inter...

» Why you should never throw a lit firecracker into a manhole - YouTube
17/02/15 11:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Feb 17, 2015 CCTV shows the moment an exploding manhole cover hit children, after a boy threw a lit firecracker into a sewer - triggering the blast. Report by Claire Lomas.

» Ukraine explosion: Mortar fire collides with gas pipeline injuring journalists - YouTube
17/02/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Feb 17, 2015 Pro-Russian rebels bombarded government troops they they say are encircled in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and a plan for both sides to pull back their heavy guns stalled, pushing a fr...

» Dramatic footage shows TV crew fleeing Ukraine explosion - YouTube
17/02/15 11:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Feb 17, 2015 Dramatic footage shows the moment a TV news crew were forced to run from a huge explosion in eastern Ukraine. Report by Claire Lomas.

» Russia shelled Ukrainians from within its own territory, says study - The Guardian
17/02/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Mashable Russia shelled Ukrainians from within its own territory, says study The Guardian When Ukrainian forces came under withering attack in the east of the country last summer, sol...

» Russia Blames The West After IS Mass Beheading In Libya
17/02/15 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has said the West is to blame for events that led to the recent mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya.

» Putin Paradise Becomes Economic No-Go Zone Where Cash Rules - Bloomberg
17/02/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Christian Science Monitor Putin Paradise Becomes Economic No-Go Zone Where Cash Rules Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Nearly a year after Russia annexed Crimea, Moscow's man here, Oleg Saveli...

» Ukrainian separatists say they have captured strategic rail hub
17/02/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Pro-Russia forces claim to have seized Debaltseve, after days of fighting in defiance of a ceasefire deadline to remove weapons from the front line Ukrainian separatists claim...

» At Least 20 Dead by Electrocution in Haiti Carnival Accident
17/02/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. At least 20 people were killed during a Carnival parade in Haiti's capital early Tuesday when a music group's float hit a low-hanging power line, causing them to be electrocuted, officials ...

» How blogger Brown Moses used open-source information to analyse missile attacks on Ukraine – video
17/02/15 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Blogger and citizen journalist Eliot Higgins – aka Brown Moses – explains how he used open-source information to determine cross-border artillery attacks that appear to b...

» Russia shelled Ukrainians from within its own territory, says study
17/02/15 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Satellite images, digital detective work and social media provide strongest evidence yet of Russian crossborder shelling, according to investigation When Ukrainian forces came...

» Dulwich Hamlet hope anti-homophobia in football campaign is blueprint to others at top of game
17/02/15 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Non-league club’s friendly with Stonewall is worth celebrating, but only serves to highlight the antipathy by many at the elite level On a cold February night last Wednesday, ...

» Remembering the shelling: 'We saw a glow, they were burned alive'
17/02/15 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Ukrainian soldiers recall attacks by Grad launchers and heavy artillery – which they are convinced came from within Russia Ukrainian soldiers remember the onslaught that raine...

» Greece: Key Dates As Debt D-Day Looms Large
17/02/15 10:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The next month is critical in Greece's efforts to renegotiate its debts or face the risk of being forced to leave the euro.

» Huge explosion in Ukraine as mortar shell hits gas pipeline – video
17/02/15 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. A mortar which hit a gas pipeline in eastern Ukraine causes a major explosion. TV crews film a huge fire and clouds of smoke nine miles from the besieged town of Debaltse...

» Record flow of migrants likely this year: EU border chief
17/02/15 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WARSAW (Reuters) - A record number of migrants look set to flow into Europe this year, with human traffickers becoming increasingly aggressive as they take advantage of chaos in Africa...

» The Path Of Blood: Remembering Ukraine's Maidan Massacre
17/02/15 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Between February 18 and 21, 2014, antigovernment protests in central Kyiv descended into deadly violence. Ukrainian government forces fought fierce battles with the demon...

» CIA bought, destroyed Iraqi CWs - The Nation
17/02/15 10:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. RT CIA bought, destroyed Iraqi CWs The Nation NEW YORK - The Central Intelligence Agency, working with American troops during the occupation of Iraq, repeatedly purchased nerve-agent r...

» U.S. Intensifies Effort to Blunt ISIS’ Message
17/02/15 10:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A tiny State Department agency will be revamped and expanded to coordinate existing attempts to counter the Islamic State’s propaganda machine.

» Russian researchers expose breakthrough US spying program - Reuters
17/02/15 10:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Russian researchers expose breakthrough US spying program Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software ...

» Bryan Stevenson: If it's not right to rape a rapist, how can it be OK to kill a killer?
17/02/15 10:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. On a visit to Australia, the acclaimed US lawyer says ‘there is no natural way to systematically engage in killing another human being’ – which is why state executions dehuman...

» Video shows rampant anti-Semitism on the streets of Paris - New York Daily News
17/02/15 10:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. New York Daily News Video shows rampant anti-Semitism on the streets of Paris New York Daily News Reporter Zvika Klein of Israeli outlet NRG posted a video of the verbal abuse and phys...

» U.S. Shadow Group ‘Has Embedded Spyware in Foreign Computer Networks’
17/02/15 10:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The U.S. has succeeded in embedding virtually untouchable “implants” that are capable of spying on and even damaging foreign computer in several foreign computer networks capable of spying on and eve...

» Report bares US cyber-espionage tactics - Herald Sun
17/02/15 10:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Herald Sun Report bares US cyber-espionage tactics Herald Sun ... ​. The US intelligence agencies in question. Source: Associated Press. New research from a Russian computer secu...

» Massive Explosion As Oil Tanker Train Derails
17/02/15 10:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Investigations are under way to discover if winter storms may have caused the train to derail on a flat stretch of track.

» Battle rages for town where Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire
17/02/15 10:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being viola...

» An Indian Woman Married Her Alleged Rapist in the Prison Where He Was Being Held
17/02/15 10:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. An Indian woman in the eastern state of Orissa married a man she accused of raping her, saying it was her “own decision to marry him.” The woman’s father said the family had no choice but to accept t...

» A federal judge just put the brakes on Obama's immigration actions - Vox
17/02/15 10:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. azcentral.com A federal judge just put the brakes on Obama's immigration actions Vox Federal judge Andrew Hanen just ruled that the Obama administration has to temporarily halt i...

» Ukraine crisis: Army and rebels stall heavy arms pullout - BBC News
17/02/15 10:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. BBC News Ukraine crisis: Army and rebels stall heavy arms pullout BBC News Ukraine's government and separatist rebels have failed to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the fron...

» Huge snow storm paralyses central US as New York cold hits record low
17/02/15 10:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Government offices closed and 2,600 flights cancelled Temperature plunges to 5F in New York and 6F in the capital Ten inches of snow dumped in some areas Schools and roads als...

» Putin Visits Hungary Amid Protests
17/02/15 10:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. President Vladimir Putin is expected in Hungary on February 17 -- the Russian leader's first bilateral visit to a European Union country since June.

» Homeless Man Arrested for Texas Islamic Center Fire Says It Was an Accident ... - TheBlaze.com
17/02/15 10:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TheBlaze.com Homeless Man Arrested for Texas Islamic Center Fire Says It Was an Accident ... TheBlaze.com The homeless man arrested Monday evening in connection with Friday's fir...

» Islamic Terror Strikes During Obama's Golf Weekend - Fox News (blog)
17/02/15 10:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News (blog) Islamic Terror Strikes During Obama's Golf Weekend Fox News (blog) By: Jim Geraghty (National Review). It's As If America's Been Benched in the War Against ISIS. ...

» Ebola: the race to find a cure
17/02/15 10:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In October, scientists set out to do something unprecedented – conduct a drugs trial during an epidemic to find a treatment for a lethal disease. Could they make history and c...

» Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
17/02/15 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country's debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month ext...

» Ukraine Truce Hangs by Thread as Fighting Rages Near Eastern City of Debaltseve
17/02/15 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The fragile cease-fire in Ukraine appears to be near The fragile ceasefire in Ukraine appeared on the verge of collapse just 48 hours after it was being implemented, as separatist fighters and govern...

» Malware hidden in hard drive firmware - iAfrica.com
17/02/15 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. iAfrica.com Malware hidden in hard drive firmware iAfrica.com The company said the threat posed by the attackers, known as The Equation Group, "surpasses anything known in t...

» Video confession shown at trial over 'American Sniper' death - Lake Placid News
17/02/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Video confession shown at trial over 'American Sniper' death Lake Placid News STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — A videotaped confession by the former Marine accused in the fatal shootin...

» Rebels say cannot 'morally' stop fighting Ukraine troops in Debaltseve
17/02/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists cannot "morally" stop fighting for the town of Debaltseve in east Ukraine because it is "internal territory" and must respond to fi...

» Russian researchers find ‘US spy software’
17/02/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Kaspersky Labs said it found programs in computers used in 30 countries including Iran and China

» Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko agree steps on ceasefire: Germany
17/02/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on concrete steps with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to allow the OSCE to observe the situation in eastern Ukraine given t...

» Ukraine rebels say they cannot 'morally' stop fighting government troops
17/02/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Struggle for the rail junction of Debaltseve in east Ukraine involves ‘internal territory’ and therefore separatists will fight on despite ceasefire agreement, says spokesman ...

» The world's tallest tower block goes on sale - Telegraph.co.uk
17/02/15 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk The world's tallest tower block goes on sale Telegraph.co.uk The World One Tower is the tallest tower of three in the scheme that also includes a gym, spa and cricket p...

» Winter Storm Warning Remains In Effect Through Noon Tuesday - WBAL Radio
17/02/15 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Winter Storm Warning Remains In Effect Through Noon Tuesday WBAL Radio The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for much of the state which remains...

» US Federal Judge Blocks Obama Immigration Directives
17/02/15 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A U.S. federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling that temporarily blocks President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration.  District Judge Andrew Hanen announced the ruling Monday...

» Ukraine truce fades as sides refuse to withdraw big guns
17/02/15 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine on Tuesday, pushing a shak...

» Sissi Seeks UN Mandate on International Intervention in Libya
17/02/15 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said Tuesday the United Nations Security Council should adopt a resolution calling for international military intervention in Libya. Sissi's comme...

» Creativity and culture not open to all, review finds
17/02/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. United approach across government needed to achieve equal access, says Warwick Commission, as it warns against further cuts to arts spending The UK has too many barriers and i...

» US shadow group 'has embedded spyware in foreign computer networks' - Fortune
17/02/15 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fortune US shadow group 'has embedded spyware in foreign computer networks' Fortune This article is published in partnership with Time.com. The original version can be found here...

» American Sniper Shooter Confesses On Tape
17/02/15 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The jury hears the ex-Marine who shot Chris Kyle say: "If I did not take down his soul, he was going to take down mine."

» Ukraine: Fierce Battle As Deadline Passes
17/02/15 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A fragile ceasefire breaks down as rebels declare they have a "moral responsibility" to fight for the strategic eastern town.

» Jews ARE safe here and I will keep it that way: Cameron says the UK is 'a country Jewish people are proud to call home' after Netanyahu calls for 'mass emigration' to Israel
17/02/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Prime Minister David Cameron waits to greet the Sultan of Brunei, at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, to discuss action against Islamist extremists. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Mon...

» Millionaire Charged With Murdering His Guard
17/02/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The businessman allegedly rammed his SUV into the security worker because the gates to his luxury home were opened too slowly.

» The Daily Vertical: Putin's Hybrid War -- In Europe
17/02/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that will appear Monday through Friday. Viewers can submit suggested topics to address on Twitter @PowerVertical ...

» White House resists calls to focus on Islamist terrorism at three-day extremism summit
17/02/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Senior official says US not treating terrorists ‘as part of a religion’ GOP criticise failure to single out Islamist terrorism for particular scrutiny Plus: Anti-terrorism sum...

» History Clouds U.S.-Japan Ties
17/02/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The relationship between the U.S. and Japan is healthy but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s view of history is raising concerns in Washington, according to U.S. lawmakers visiting Tokyo.

» Prison Warned Denmark Suspect 'At Risk'
17/02/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The Danish Security and Intelligence Service said it received an alert from prison officials last year that the gunman believed to have been responsible for this weekend’s killing spre...

» White House resists calls to focus on Islamic-inspired terror at three-day ... - The Guardian
17/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Guardian White House resists calls to focus on Islamic-inspired terror at three-day ... The Guardian President Barack Obama delivers a statement on US efforts against Islamic...

» Obama wants to 'counter violent extremism'. He should look beyond Muslims - The Guardian
17/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Guardian Obama wants to 'counter violent extremism'. He should look beyond Muslims The Guardian After so many hate crimes against Muslim Americans, why is our government focu...

» Multiple deaths reported as power line falls on Haiti carnival float - Fox News
17/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Hindu Multiple deaths reported as power line falls on Haiti carnival float Fox News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A power line has fallen on a float during the annual Carnival cele...

» Copenhagen Attacks: Gunman Had 'Good Heart', Friend Says - NBCNews.com
17/02/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Copenhagen Attacks: Gunman Had 'Good Heart', Friend Says NBCNews.com COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The gunman accused of killing two and injuring five in attacks at a freedom of speech e...

» Watch the Abuse This Jewish Man Gets as He Walks Through Paris
17/02/15 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Zvika Klein, a journalist who works for the Israeli news outlet NRG, filmed himself walking the streets of Paris for ten hours one day while wearing a yarmulke. The video opens with Klein putting on ...

» Fear and silence in Libya as divisions deepen
17/02/15 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TRIPOLI (Reuters) - On the surface life looks normal in the Libyan capital. Cafes are bustling with customers sipping cappuccino, while well-stocked shops sell anything from Italian un...

» David Messerschmitt - Google Search
17/02/15 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Mystery surrounds stabbing death of young attorney inside ... Fox News - 18 hours ago Share Shared on Google+. David Messerschmitt , an associate with the international law firm DLA Piper, checked into the Do...

» 18 Dead in Haiti Carnival Float Accident
17/02/15 10:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. At least 18 people were killed and 60 injured early Tuesday in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, when a carnival float hit power lines on the second day of the annual festival, officia...

» ISIS fighters are subjecting their wives to 'brutal, abnormal' sex acts according to doctors in Syria
17/02/15 10:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. In an interview with activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, who are based in the terror group's de facto capital, doctors anonymously revealed details of the jihadis' warpe...

» Indian PM Vows to Ensure Religious Freedom
17/02/15 10:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is vowing to protect complete religious freedom in his country. The assurance comes amid criticism that his government has been slow in responding to a...

» Equation cyberspies use unrivaled, NSA-style techniques to hit Iran, Russia - Computerworld
17/02/15 10:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Computerworld Equation cyberspies use unrivaled, NSA-style techniques to hit Iran, Russia Computerworld A cyberespionage group with a toolset similar to ones used by U.S. intelli...

» Nuland In Azerbaijan At Start Of Caucasus Tour
17/02/15 09:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland has arrived in Azerbaijan on the first leg of her South Caucasus tour.

» Iranian Media Told, Again, Not to Mention Ex-President Khatami
17/02/15 09:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The spokesman for Iran's judiciary has confirmed that Iranian media remain banned from mentioning former reformist President Mohammad Khatami and publishing his comments,...

» FBI probes source of offensive graffiti at Islamic school - seattlepi.com
17/02/15 09:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. WPRO FBI probes source of offensive graffiti at Islamic school seattlepi.com WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — The FBI is investigating the source of offensive graffiti at the Islamic Sc...

» Snow Blasts Washington, DC, With Cold Front Lurking - ABC News
17/02/15 09:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. ABC News Snow Blasts Washington, DC, With Cold Front Lurking ABC News The season's first major snow storm to blast large parts of the South struck the nation's capital early toda...

» EU Set to Scale Back Ukraine Sanctions List
17/02/15 09:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The EU looks set to scale back its sanctions against former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s inner circle, according to several EU diplomats.

» Is this the 'Ocean's Eleven' of cybercrime?
17/02/15 09:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Hackers in Russia, China and Europe came together to steal from a hundred banks in 30 countries. CNN's Laurie Segall reports on the $1 billion crime.

» Who is Copenhagen shootings suspect Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein? - CTV News
17/02/15 09:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CTV News Who is Copenhagen shootings suspect Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein? CTV News Copenhagen, Denmark -- The slain gunman suspected in the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22-yea...

» FBI probes source of offensive graffiti at Islamic school - MiamiHerald.com
17/02/15 09:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. FBI probes source of offensive graffiti at Islamic school MiamiHerald.com The FBI is investigating the source of offensive graffiti at the Islamic School of Rhode Island in West ...

» Auditory Brainstem Implants help deaf children hear
17/02/15 09:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Hearing experts are breaking sound barriers for children born without hearing nerve with auditory brainstem implants. Launched in March 2014, the resea...

» Georgia Wants Saakashvhili's Extradition From Ukraine
17/02/15 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Tbilisi has urged Ukrainian authorities to extradite former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.

» Kiev, Rebels Miss Weapons Deadline
17/02/15 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Kiev and Russia-backed separatists missed a deadline to start the pullback of heavy weapons, with the government insisting a withdrawal would only happen when a cease-fire holds and th...

» Prosecution Expected to Rest in 'American Sniper' Trial - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
17/02/15 09:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Prosecution Expected to Rest in 'American Sniper' Trial NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Prosecutors are expected to rest their case in the trial of Eddie Ray Rout...

» 5 more Ukrainian forces killed
17/02/15 09:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Five more Ukrainian service members have been killed in the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said -- another sign that the truce is falling apart.

» At least 12 dead in Carnival parade accident in Haiti
17/02/15 09:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. At least 12 people were killed during Haiti's national Carnival parade early Tuesday in an accident involving an electrical shock on a float in the country's capital, the nation's communic...

» Shelling hits pipeline in Ukraine
17/02/15 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. As Ukrainian and Pro-Russian forces still battle for position, a shell has hit a pipeline in the city of Debaltseve. Nick Paton Walsh reports.

» Merkel, Poroshenko, Putin discuss Ukraine peace
17/02/15 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. With reports of fighting still going on in parts of Ukraine, leaders from Germany, Ukraine and Russia try to find peace. Mathew Chance reports.

» Latest in the aftermath of the Denmark attacks
17/02/15 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Denmark is still coming to terms with the weekend's deadly terrorist attacks in Copenhagen.

» PM Tsipras declares war at home on Greece's 'oligarchs'
17/02/15 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new anti-corruption minister is not a politician, but he is in tune with the new crusading mood.

» 2,312,0652,312,0652015-02-14 #Ukraine
17/02/15 02:07 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,312,065 2,312,065 2015-02-14   #Ukraine   #Russia Clashes in Ukraine Ahead of Cease-Fire | Ties Deepen Between Greece and Russia | Stage set for lengthy Argentine probe - Financial Times Clashes in Ukraine Ahead of Cease-Fire Saturday ...

» 2,312,0642,312,0642015-02-16#Ceasefire
16/02/15 22:03 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,312,064 2,312,064 2015-02-16 #Ceasefire #Debaltseve Why Ukraine's ceasefire is falling apart in Debaltseve Why Ukraine's ceasefire is falling apart in Debaltseve by Dan Peleschuk Monday February 16 th , 2015  at  9:51 PM GlobalPost - H...

» Why Ukraine's ceasefire is falling apart in Debaltseve
16/02/15 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. KYIV — Heavy fighting continues around the key transportation hub, and it may spell an end to the fragile truce in eastern Ukraine. read more

» Suspect sought in killing of Las Vegas mother - WCVB Boston
16/02/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. WCVB Boston Suspect sought in killing of Las Vegas mother WCVB Boston (CNN) —Las Vegas, Nevada, police have released surveillance video of a gray or silver sedan in the hunt for ...

» Jews Face Renewed Doubt Over Their Future in Europe
16/02/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Denmark will do everything it can to protect Jews, said its Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to reporters Monday. But across town, the thousands of bouquets that had been laid at the gates of a ...

» Suspect sought in killing of Las Vegas mother - Kotatv
16/02/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Kotatv Suspect sought in killing of Las Vegas mother Kotatv Las Vegas, Nevada, police have released surveillance video of a gray or silver sedan in the hunt for a suspect in the ...

» Egyptian Coptic Christians Mourn Brothers Slain by ISIS
16/02/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Read more: ISIS Sets Sights on Europe in Latest Beheading Video At least a dozen men believed to be Christians from Egypt were shown beheaded in Libya in a recent video

» Funeral held for Egyptian Christians beheaded by Isis - video
16/02/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. The families of 13 Egyptian Christians beheaded by the Islamic State (Isis) hold a funeral for their loved ones. A video released on Sunday evening claimed to show the ma...

» Man charged over 'chemical weapon' - BBC News
16/02/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. BBC News Man charged over 'chemical weapon' BBC News A man from Liverpool has been charged with attempting to obtain a chemical weapon, police have said. Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, is due...

» Honduras suspends cops assigned to U.S. embassy over missing drug cash
16/02/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - More than 20 police officers assigned to the U.S. embassy in Honduras have been suspended pending an investigation into their alleged involvement in skimming pa...

» Ukraine Truce Fades in Fight for Key Town
16/02/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Fighting for Debaltseve has become the biggest challenge to the cease-fire that went into effect at midnight Saturday and was supposed to end months of conflict.

» Spyware Embedded by U.S. in Foreign Networks, Security Firm Says
16/02/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A Russian firm says the United States has found a way to permanently embed surveillance and sabotage tools in computers in countries including Iran, Russia, Pakistan and China.

» Copenhagen shooter's neighborhood no stranger to tension - Reuters
16/02/15 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. TIME Copenhagen shooter's neighborhood no stranger to tension Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Every Dane knows of Norrebro, the Copenhagen neighborhood where police shot dead the gunman...

» The mass beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya shows the spread of the Islamic State franchise
16/02/15 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. CAIRO — The gruesome video, released over the weekend, showed 21 men wearing orange jumpsuits being led onto a beach in procession by their captors. 'We will conquer Rome, by Allah...

» False gunman warning panics Los Angeles airport passengers - WKRC TV Cincinnati
16/02/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. False gunman warning panics Los Angeles airport passengers WKRC TV Cincinnati LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police investigating a mistaken announcement that an armed man was on the loose ...

» In Ukraine, doubts about cease-fire rumble in quiet areas
16/02/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. SHCHASTYA, Ukraine — Since a cease-fire was declared Sunday, the commander of one of the Ukrainian forces’ most well-known ir...

» Craig Hicks Indicted on Murder Charges in Chapel Hill Killings - NBCNews.com
16/02/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. KY3 New York Post Craig Hicks Indicted on Murder Charges in Chapel Hill Killings NBCNews.com The suspect in the fatal shooting of three young students near the University of Nort...

» Idris Elba would make a good James Bond, says former 007
16/02/15 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Pierce Brosnan, who played spy in four films, gives his opinion as speculation grows about Elba taking over role when Daniel Craig eventually bows out He is the favoured choic...

» Sex education should be mandatory in all schools, MPs demand
16/02/15 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Ministers scolded for lack of addressing inadequate teaching despite huge demand from teachers, parents and students Sex education should be compulsory in all primary and seco...

» Search for a Permanent Alternative to HIV Drugs
16/02/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. In the Lab: Researchers have carefully tailored a study to find patients to test going off antiretroviral medication.

» Russian resurgence: how the Kremlin is making its presence felt across Europe - The Guardian
16/02/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Russian resurgence: how the Kremlin is making its presence felt across Europe The Guardian Websites and social media hum with Russian propaganda, conspiracy theories and ...

» Кремль положительно оценивает мирный процесс в Донбассе - Известия
16/02/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская правда Кремль положительно оценивает мирный процесс в Донбассе Известия Помощник президента Юрий Ушаков дал позитивные оценки ситуации на юго-востоке Украины. По мнен...

» СМИ: Путин и Порошенко в хороших личных отношениях и говорят на «ты» - Взгляд
16/02/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Взгляд СМИ: Путин и Порошенко в хороших личных отношениях и говорят на «ты» Взгляд В ходе минской встречи президент России Владимир Путин и президент Украины Петр Порошенко разгова...

» Moscow Court Rules Davydova Arrest 'Unlawful'
16/02/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Moscow City Court has ruled that the arrest of Sveltana Davydova, a woman from Vyazma who is accused of treason, was unlawful.

» Egyptian, Libyan Airstrikes Target IS in Libya
16/02/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday in swift retribution for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages on a beach, shown in a gris...

» Denmark wakes up to home-grown extremism
16/02/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Shooting leaves all parties wondering how to counter threat

» Copenhagen shootings: Cartoonist Lars Vilks goes into hiding
16/02/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Controversial cartoonist Lars Vilks has said he has gone into hiding, after a gunman stormed a free speech debate he was hosting at a cultural centre in Copenhagen on Saturday.

» From Russia with love: An energy deal for Hungary - Washington Post
16/02/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Moscow Times From Russia with love: An energy deal for Hungary Washington Post BUDAPEST — To much of the West, he is the Machiavellian strongman of a newly belligerent Russia . Bu...

» Russian gas price seen falling by up to 35% in Europe
16/02/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from EU-RussiaCentre. The price of Russian gas for most of the EU and Turkey could fall by up to 35% this year, according to reports by the Russia Ministry of Economy. The average price of gas supplied by Gazpr...

» Russia: Consultations resume on EU-Ukraine free trade agreement
16/02/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from EU-RussiaCentre. The European Commission will resume ministerial level consultations with Russia regarding the impact of the EU-Ukraine free trade agreement on the Russian economy. The resumption of the tr...

» Deepening Ties Between Greece and Russia Sow Concerns in West
16/02/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from EU-RussiaCentre. Deepening ties between Greece and Russia are sowing concerns in the West. The Russian ties to both parts of the new Greek coalition government – the leftist Syriza party and its juni...

» Reporters Tour Devastated Donetsk Airport
16/02/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukrainian separatists showed journalists the remains of the battle-scarred Donetsk airport on February 16. Shelling could be heard in the distance despite a cease-fire wi...

» With Ukrainian Troops Trapped, Cease-Fire Grows More Fragile
16/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Separatist forces apparently control a key road near Debaltseve, meaning that 8,000 Ukrainian soldiers are surrounded.

» Punishing Weather Expands Grip in US
16/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A massive winter storm is threatening vast regions of the United States from the South and Midwest to the East Coast. Michael Bowman reports from Washington, which is enduring the coldest...

» Ukrainian Forces Reported Under Fire Near Debvaltseve
16/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukrainian government forces say they came under mortar and artillery fire on February 16 despite a truce that went into effect with Russian-backed separatists a day earli...

» US, Global Partners Seek Community Support in Fighting Extremism
16/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. When it comes to fighting violent extremism, the "government does not have all the answers," a senior U.S. administration official said Monday, as he outlined plans for a White House summ...

» Международная группировка хакеров украла миллиард долларов со счетов десятка банков по всему миру - Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ
16/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Международная группировка хакеров украла миллиард долларов со счетов десятка банков по всему миру Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Не только же олигархам и их подручным жирным банковским ко...

» Канонада под Дебальцевым
16/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Канонада под Дебальцевым Украинские военные говорят, что 16 февраля их продолжали обстреливать из минометов и артиллерии, несмотря... From: Радио Свобода Views: 85 6 0 0 ratings T...

» Forces Loyal to President Seize Parts of Yemen's Economic Hub
16/02/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Forces loyal to Yemen's president said they had seized strategic buildings in the southern city of Aden on Monday after a five-hour battle, escalating a civil conflict threatening to spli...

» Train Carrying Crude Oil Derails in Eastern US
16/02/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A freight train carrying crude oil derailed in the eastern U.S. state of West Virginia Monday, sending at least one rail car into the Kanahwa River. The CSX train derailed in the early af...

» Despite Truce, Shelling Continues in Parts of Ukraine
16/02/15 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Ukraine said Sunday that the separatists had violated the cease-fire, while the rebels said that the army had initiated the fighting.

» Putin has No Interest in Peace in Ukraine Now or Ever, Eidman Says
16/02/15 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, February 15 – Vladimir Putin may organize short-lived ceasefires for various ...

» Residents of eastern Ukraine divided over chances of ceasefire holding - video
16/02/15 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Civilians in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk had mixed feelings on Sunday after a ceasefire came into effect at midnight. Although residents went about their day without the ...

» Russia: Quiet Flows The Dark Money On The Hudson - ValueWalk
16/02/15 18:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russia : Quiet Flows The Dark Money On The Hudson ValueWalk Well, a The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) investigation suggests that a sizable chunk of Russia's dark money has ended ...

» Russia's former largest foreign investor: Putin is worth $200 billion - Business Insider
16/02/15 18:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russia's former largest foreign investor: Putin is worth $200 billion Business Insider Russia's former largest foreign investor: Putin is worth $200 billion. Michael B Kelley. Feb. 15...

» Putin Evokes Tolstoy 26 Years After Soviet Troops Pulled Out of Afghanistan
16/02/15 18:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. President Vladimir Putin marked the 26th anniversary of the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Afghanistan Sunday, vindicating his country's involvement in the Afghan War and prai...

» Russia's aggression in Ukraine is part of a broader, and more dangerous ... - Business Insider
16/02/15 18:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Russia's aggression in Ukraine is part of a broader, and more dangerous ... Business Insider Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts after peace talks on reso...

» First day of Ukraine ceasefire deal still sees fighting
16/02/15 18:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Kiev and breakaway republics say ceasefire mostly being observed, but mortar fire is heard east of Luhanske Luhansk on highway to Debaltseve The fighting in east Ukraine dropped in i...

» Ex-Finance Minister Kudrin Steps Into Spotlight as Russia's Crisis Grows
16/02/15 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Alexei Kudrin took part in an anti-crisis meeting on Friday in the latest sign that the Kremlin insider turned government critic is playing a more prominent role in economic d...

» US Aviation Agency Releases Proposed Drone Rules
16/02/15 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. aviation agency published a draft of new rules that would regulate the use of small, commercial drones, if approved. The document -- nearly 10 years in the making -- requires in ...

» Police Say Suspected Copenhagen Gunman Was Born, Raised In Denmark
16/02/15 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Danish police say the suspected gunman behind fatal shootings in Copenhagen was 22 years old and born and raised in Denmark.

» Iran's Former Vice President Taken To Evin Prison
16/02/15 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iran's official IRNA news agency reported that the country's former first vice president has been taken to prison to serve a jail term for corruption

» Ukraine crisis: Shaky start for ceasefire with continued shelling outside key conflict zones
16/02/15 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. The thud of mortar and plumes of smoke rising from the fields beyond Mironovsky today suggested that Ukraine’s latest ceasefire, ceasefire, meant to have taken effect just after midnight...

» IMF deal offers Kiev incentive on reforms
16/02/15 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Aid programme for Ukraine looks underfunded, writes Anders Åslund

» Ukraine ceasefire slows - but does not stop - war in the east
16/02/15 18:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Dispatch: Ukraine peace plan 'generally' observed, but not in Debaltseve, where rebels claim ceasefire 'does not apply'

» IS Video Purports To Show Beheading Of Egyptian Christians
16/02/15 18:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Islamic State (IS) group released a video on February 15 that purports to show the militants beheading 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya.

» Спецслужбам Британии требуются русскоговорящие агенты - Вести.Ru
16/02/15 18:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Правда.Ру Спецслужбам Британии требуются русскоговорящие агенты Вести.Ru Британские службы контрразведки (MI5) и разведки (MI6) разместили на своих сайтах объявление о ...

» НАТО заявило о наличии доказательств военного присутствия РФ в Донбассе - РБК
16/02/15 18:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК НАТО заявило о наличии доказательств военного присутствия РФ в Донбассе РБК НАТО располагает данными о военном присутствии России в зоне конфликта на Украине. Об этом в интервь...

» Marc Bennetts: How Putin is priming Russia for nuclear stand-off with the West - National Post
16/02/15 18:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. National Post Marc Bennetts: How Putin is priming Russia for nuclear stand-off with the West National Post Earlier this month, as fighting raged in eastern Ukraine between pro- Russia...

» Sissi Pledges Response After Video Showing Beheading of Egyptians
16/02/15 18:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi pledged a suitable response from his government after a video emerged late Sunday purporting to show Islamic State militants beheading 21 Egyptian...

» Putin Lets Russian Consumers Feel the Pain as Economy Succumbs - Bloomberg
16/02/15 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Putin Lets Russian Consumers Feel the Pain as Economy Succumbs Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Russian households are bearing the brunt of the blowback from the crisis in Ukraine and a tails...

» Chinese Foreign Minister Pushes Iran On Nuclear Deal
16/02/15 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. China has urged Iran to come to an agreement with six world powers over its controversial nuclear program so that Tehran can focus on its economic development.

» Ukraine's Rebels Disavow Cease-Fire by Shelling Encircled Town
16/02/15 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Ukraine's rebels disavowed a new truce on Sunday hours after it took effect, saying it did not apply to the town where most fighting has taken place in recent weeks.

» Russian Opposition Applies To Hold March 1 Protest March
16/02/15 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A coalition of Russian opposition activists has applied to the Moscow authorities for permission to hold a mass demonstration in the capital on March 1.

» Пушилин: у ДНР больше нет вопросов о полномочиях Кучмы на переговорах - РИА Новости
16/02/15 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Пушилин: у ДНР больше нет вопросов о полномочиях Кучмы на переговорах РИА Новости Полпред ДНР на переговорах в Минске Денис Пушилин заявил, что они увидели документ о п...

» In Ukraine's West, Patriotism Is One Thing. Fighting's Quite Another
16/02/15 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's western regions were a driving force behind last year's Maidan protests. Since the start of the war, however, they've been criticized for a growing reluctance t...

» Heavy Armor Withdrawal in Ukraine Set to Begin Monday
16/02/15 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Withdrawal of heavy armor from the frontlines in Ukraine is set to begin Monday under terms of the cease-fire deal aimed at ending the fighting in the country's east. Sunday marked the fi...

» Russian resurgence: how the Kremlin is making its presence felt across Europe
16/02/15 18:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Moscow is influencing policy and shaping opinion all over the continent, with ties to both the far right and the hard left Coming off the early shift at Hungary’s sole nuclear power ...

» Americans Increasingly See Russia as Threat, Top US Enemy - Gallup.com
16/02/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Gallup.com Americans Increasingly See Russia as Threat, Top US Enemy Gallup.com PRINCETON, N.J. -- Russia now edges out North Korea as the country Americans consider the United States...

» Russian Government Downsizing Weakens Both Putin and the Liberals But May Help the Left
16/02/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, February 16 – Downsizing of government institutions and the firing of part of...

» Tensions Mount in Europe After Copenhagen Attacks
16/02/15 18:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Police in Denmark have jailed two people suspected of helping an assailant responsible for two shootings in Copenhagen, the motives of which are already being compared to similar Islamist...

» Copenhagen shootings: European leaders reject Netanyahu's call for Jewish migration to Israel
16/02/15 18:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. European leaders have firmly rejected Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for the continent’s Jewish community to migrate to Israel in the wake of a spate of terror attacks.

» Минское соглашение: Прекращение огня. День второй
16/02/15 18:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Минское соглашение: Прекраще&...

» As Americans See It, Russia Is Enemy Number One
16/02/15 18:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. In the eyes of Americans, Russia has surpassed North Korea as the main enemy of the United States, a new Gallup poll reveals.

» Сурков предложил снять границу между Россией и Абхазией - Газета.Ru
16/02/15 18:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Сурков предложил снять границу между Россией и Абхазией Газета.Ru Помощник президента России Владислав Сурков заявил, что страна продолжит оказывать финансовую помощь А...

» E. Ukraine Truce on Verge of Collapse
16/02/15 18:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A new cease-fire in Ukraine is teetering on the brink of collapse as Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russia separatist rebels are accusing each other of violating the truce.

» Greece bailout talks break down after Athens rejects 'irrational and unacceptable' demand from eurozone partners
16/02/15 18:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A meeting of eurozone finance ministers to discuss Greece's financial bailout has broken down amid signs that the discussions ended in discord.

» Russia Angles to Snatch $20Bln Indian Fighter Jet Deal From France
16/02/15 18:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia may be leveraging India's anger at French aerospace firm Dassault to kill a $20 billion aircraft deal, after allegations that the company seriously misled New Delhi on ...

» Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial: Five of six plaintiffs in pimping trial drop accusations against former IMF chief
16/02/15 18:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A high-profile case against disgraced former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared to be weakened today when five of the six plaintiffs in a French prostitutio...

» France, Germany, Ukraine 'Concerned' Over Fighting In East
16/02/15 18:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The leaders of France, Germany, and Ukraine have said they were "concerned" about post-cease-fire fighting in the encircled town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine.

» West must learn to live with Putin, former MI6 head warns
16/02/15 18:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Sir John Sawers says provoking the Russian president risks deepening the security crisis facing Europe Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6, has warned against stepping up pressur...

» Ukraine army and Russian-backed separatists refuse to withdraw heavy weapons
16/02/15 18:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Fighting may have slowed in eastern Ukraine but hopes of a ceasefire fully implemented hang by a thread

» Moderate to Heavy Snowfalls Threaten Large Parts of US
16/02/15 18:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A major winter storm is threatening a large part of the eastern United States with 15 to 30 centimeters of snow, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. Along with the snow, the e...

» Greek Finance Minister Says Willing to Sign Different Finance Deal
16/02/15 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Monday he had been prepared to agree to a deal with creditors that would have given Athens four to six months additional credit in return f...

» From Russia with love: An energy deal for Hungary
16/02/15 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. BUDAPEST — To much of the West, he is the Machiavellian strongman of a newly belligerent Russia. But inside the gothic revival parliament ...

» Igor Sechin: The oil man at the heart of Putin’s Kremlin,
16/02/15 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from EU-RussiaCentre. Here is published an interview with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin in which says the world economy faces “severe consequences” as a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia, which he declares “a...

» Anti-Houthi Yemenis call on Gulf Cooperation Council to intervene
16/02/15 17:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Anti-Houthi officials have called on Yemen's Gulf neighbors to intervene in the country's political crisis as the UN warned it was preparing to adopt a resolution calling on the group to...

» Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of violating ceasefire
16/02/15 17:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebels accused each other Monday of violating a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, a day before the parties are due to start withdrawing heavy weap...

» Battle persists for Ukraine railway hub, despite peace deal
16/02/15 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Intense artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists persisted Monday around a strategic town in eastern Ukraine - — fighting that threatens to ...

» As Hagel’s tenure as secretary of defense ends, a look back
16/02/15 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Chuck Hagel’s tenure as secretary of defense comes to a close Tuesday. During two turbulent years at the helm of the Pentagon, he won kudos for managing the Defense Department bureaucrac...

» Stocks hit near five-month high but Greek talks keep markets edgy
16/02/15 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Puerto Rico News - Selected Feeds Review. LONDON (Reuters) - Global shares hit their highest since September and the euro firmed on Monday with investors cautiously optimistic that euro zone finance minist...

» Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program
16/02/15 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Puerto Rico News - Selected Feeds Review. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, T...

» 2,312,0652,312,0652015-02-16The Red Stix: Links and Articles - Appendix 3: Where The Web Thugs Are
16/02/15 17:52 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,312,065 2,312,065 2015-02-16 The Red Stix: Links and Articles - Appendix 3: Where The Web Thugs Are: Inside Russia's Cyber Underworld Russian mole had access to wealth of CSIS, RCMP, Privy Council files Monday February 16 th , 2015  at...

» Analysts: Carter To Focus on Threats, Hill
16/02/15 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Key defense-minded US lawmakers are hopeful the incoming defense secretary will force Pentagon reforms, but analysts say politics at home and crises abroad will dominate his focus. ...

» Carter's Top Priorities
16/02/15 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Our roundtable of experts discuss Ash Carter's priorities as SecDef and the prospects for DoD's 2016 budget request on Capitol Hill.             

» Editorial: Ash Carter's Focus
16/02/15 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Ash Carter this week will succeed Chuck Hagel as America's new defense secretary.             

» FAA Proposes Commercial Drone Licenses to Anyone Paying $200 Fee
16/02/15 17:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: FAA Proposes Commercial Drone Licenses to Anyone Paying $200 Fee. The new FAA rules will instantly launch a billion-dollar American-based industry. About 95% of unmanned aerial vehicles in 201...

» Amb Ginsburg: Obama Claim of 'Degrading ISIS' Doesn't Match Reality
16/02/15 17:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Amb Ginsburg: Obama Claim of ‘Degrading ISIS’ Doesn’t Match Reality. by Pam Key 16 Feb 2015 38 Monday on MSNBC’s “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart,” former White House Middl...

» No Mention of ‘Christians’ In White House Statement Condemning ISIS Beheadings
16/02/15 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: No Mention of ‘Christians’ In White House Statement Condemning ISIS Beheadings. On Sunday night, White House press secretary Josh Earnest issued a statement condemning the actions of Islamic S...

» Mexican Marijuana Production Slumps in Face of US Legalization
16/02/15 17:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Mexican Marijuana Production Slumps in Face of US Legalization. by Sylvia Longmire 15 Feb 2015 235 Marijuana Some drug war observers believe that legalization measures in certain U.S. sta...

» Peter King: Russia, Iran Moving on Many Fronts Against US
16/02/15 17:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Peter King: Russia, Iran Moving on Many Fronts Against US. by Pam Key 15 Feb 2015 138 Sunday on AM 970 New York’s “The Cats Roundtable,” in discussing the chaos in Yemen with...

» ISIS Beheads 21 Christians, Promises to ‘Conquer Rome, By Allah’s Permission
16/02/15 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. ISIS Beheads 21 Christians, Promises to ‘Conquer Rome, By Allah’s Permission’ The Islamic State terror group released a video on Sunday showing the Islamic jihadis beheading 21 Egyp...

» How the Invasion of Ukraine Is Shaking Up the Global Crime Scene | VICE
16/02/15 14:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VICE RSS Feed. ​little green men They were thinking far too small. Already it has become clear that the conflict in Ukraine is having an impact on not just the regional but the global underworld. As ...

» Power Vacuum Allows Criminals to Thrive in Ukraine's East | News
16/02/15 14:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Gleb Garanich / Reuters Local residents on bicycles flee from the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Firearms stores in the separatist-held city of Donetsk in east Ukraine stand empty, the guns ...

» Eastern Ukraine Is a Mafia State. Can Kiev Impose the Rule of Law?
16/02/15 14:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The New Republic. S eparatists? Fascists? Disguised Russian special forces? Theories have multiplied to explain who exactly the armed men who have wrested control of parts of Donetsk, Luhansk (Lugansk in R...

» Eastern Ukraine criminals - Google Search
16/02/15 14:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Kiev Seeks Artists Doing Charity Work in East Ukraine as ... russia-insider.com/en/2015/01/07/2250 Cached Jan 7, 2015 - Kiev Seeks Artists Doing Charity Work in East Ukraine as Criminals . Ukraine secret poli...

» Exclusive: Meet the Pro-Russian Separatists of Eastern Ukraine
16/02/15 14:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Spend a few days riding around the separatist badlands of eastern Ukraine, and you’d have a good chance of running into Alexander Mozhaev, the fighter suspected of being a Russian government operative. ...

» GRU and Eastern Ukraine criminals - Google Search
16/02/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . More images for GRU and Eastern Ukraine criminals Igor Girkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Girkin Cached Wikipedia Loading... This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the...

» Donbass criminals - Google Search
16/02/15 14:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . #Russia began to send criminal-retsedivists in #Donbass ... liveuamap.com/.../26-january-russia-began-to-send- criminal retsedivists-in-... #Russia began to send criminal -retsedivists in # Donbass . History ...

» GRU and Donbass criminals - Google Search
16/02/15 14:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Igor Girkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Girkin Cached Wikipedia Loading... See also: Siege of Sloviansk and War in Donbass ... On 15 April, the Security Service of Ukraine (S...

» GRU and Crimea criminals - Google Search
16/02/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Crime And Crimea: Criminals As Allies And Agents <a href="http://www.rferl.org/.../" rel="nofollow">www.rferl.org/.../</a> crimea - crime - criminal ... Cached Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Load...

» Crimea criminals - Google Search
16/02/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Crime And Crimea: Criminals As Allies And Agents <a href="http://www.rferl.org/.../" rel="nofollow">www.rferl.org/.../</a> crimea ... criminals .../2... Cached Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Load...

» gru operations - Google Search
16/02/15 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Main Intelligence Directorate (Russia) - Wikipedia, the free ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Intelligence_Directorate_(Russia) Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... Administratively, it was the Third Department ...

» viktor suvorov inside soviet military intelligence - Google Search
16/02/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Inside Soviet Military Intelligence: Viktor Suvorov ... <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" rel="nofollow">www.amazon.com/</a> Inside - Soviet - Military - Intelligence -... Cached Similar <a href...

» viktor suvorov inside soviet military intelligence pdf - Google Search
16/02/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . [PDF] Inside soviet military intelligence xa.yimg.com/kq/.../ Suvorov +-+ Inside + soviet + military + intelligence . pdf Cached Similar by V Suvorov - ‎1984 - ‎ Cited by 20 - ‎ Related arti...

» The People Even James Bond Avoids
16/02/15 12:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from StrategyPage.com. January 5, 2011: There are two foreign intelligence services in todayÂ’s Russia: SVR and GRU. The first one is the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. It is the for...

» Putin’s Secret Weapon | Foreign Policy
16/02/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Putin’s Secret Weapon. There are two ways an espionage agency can prove its worth to the government it serves. Either it can be truly useful (think: locating a most-wanted terrorist), or it ca...