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At the center of each of these cases hovers a black hole of unknowableness. There is no way to understand why these men did what they did, or even to verify that they did it.

Don’t be so quick to believe that Andreas Lubitz committed suicide

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 3:37 PM

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By Jeff WiseMarch 27

Jeff Wise is a New York-based magazine writer and author of the "The Plane That Wasn't There: Why We Haven't Found MH370" and "Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger."

What, exactly, are we talking about, when we talk about a man who deliberately flies a plane carrying 149 other human beings into the side of a mountain?

In a sense, we’re talking about a suicide. That’s a common enough thing. Plenty of people carry it out — 40,000 each year in the United States alone. You could also say we’re talking about murder, and that’s true, too. The other 149 people on board Germanwings 9525 had their lives taken from them, just as the 16,000 Americans murdered each year have.

Or you could invoke the specter of murder-suicide, that increasingly familiar explosion of self-consuming, purposeless annihilation — the disgruntled postal employee, the trench-coat-wearing high schooler, the well-armed moviegoer.

These violent acts strike seemingly indiscriminately. But they occur often enough that we can find a sense of understanding. We can draw up psychological profiles of attackers and study patterns of behavior to understand causes.

We know much less about pilots who fly their planes into the ground, because it’s so unusual.

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Germany’s Bild newspaper reported that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps told a former girlfriend he was planning a big gesture. (Reuters)

Though pilots are under increasing stress,  their mental health is carefully vetted. To become a commercial pilot, one must undergo physical and psychological screening. Additionally, pilots are a self-selecting group. They’ve earned their way to the cockpit through hard work, discipline and a willingness to take on as their regular daily routine an activity that many people consider too dangerous to do at all. In my experience interacting with pilots — I’m a recreational flier and an aviation journalist, so I run into quite a few — they tend to exhibit what psychologists call an “internal locus of control,” meaning that they believe that whatever obstacles lie before them can be tackled using their own resources.

How, then, could such a pilot kill himself along with all his passengers?

It’s almost impossible to say, because such a thing has only happened a very few times. And in none of them did the pilot leave behind a note, or offer any words of explanation to be picked up by the cockpit voice recorder.

In 2013, the captain of a plane flying from Mozambique to Angola waited until his co-pilot got up to go to the bathroom, locked the cockpit door, then set the autopilot to fly the plane into the ground. Rumors circulated that he had suffered marital problems, and that his son had recently died, but none have been verified, and the Mozambique authorities have failed to issue an official report.

In 1999, the first officer of an EgyptAir flight from New York to Cairo waited until the captain went to the bathroom, then disengaged the autopilot, throttled back the engine, and pointed the nose toward the ocean. The captain reappeared, asked “What’s happening?” and wrestled for control of the yoke until the plane struck the water, killing everyone aboard. It was later speculated that the first officer had been traumatized by his wartime experiences.

In 1997, the captain of a Silkair flight from Jakarta to Singapore disconnected the flight data recorder as the plane was cruising at 35,000 feet over Sumatra, then put it into a steep dive. Though he had apparently run up considerable debts, a Singaporean investigation subsequently found no evidence that he was suicidal.

Many suspect that MH370, which disappeared just over a year ago en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, was spirited away by a suicidal captain who also locked his first officer out of the cockpit. But Malaysian investigators found no evidence that the captain was suicidal, and with no debris found on the sea surface, and no wreckage on the seabed where experts calculated the plane should have wound up, that theory remains as tenuous as any other.

At the center of each of these cases hovers a black hole of unknowableness. There is no way to understand why these men did what they did, or even to verify that they did it. Indeed, Indonesian officials dispute that the SilkAir crash was a suicide, as do Egyptian officials in the case of EgyptAir.

Perhaps, then, we have been too quick to accept the proposition laid out this week by the French public prosecutor in Marseille: that 27-year-old first officer Andreas Lubitz, who came up through the ranks of a recreational gliding club as a teenager and had managed to secure his dream job as a first officer on a subsidiary of prestigious Lufthansa, would, calmly and without a word or even an exclamation of fear or rage, fly himself, his passengers and crewmates to their collective destruction.

I don’t mean to say that Lubitz did not carry out the deed that he stands accused of. He may well have. Recent reports in the German media indicate that he had been treated for psychiatric problems, and that he had a doctor’s note declaring him unfit for work on the day of the crash. Even so, that is a long way from explaining why he would commit mass murder. Until the evidence against him is fully revealed as absolutely rock-solid, we should retain a glimmer of doubt regarding his culpability.

Because what is being judged here isn’t just the guilt or innocence of one man. We are judging the validity of the premise that pilots are fundamentally trustworthy people. This notion has been the bedrock of world aviation since the first passenger took to the air. If we don’t trust pilots, we don’t trust the system itself. We should think carefully before we decide to take that step.

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What We Know So Far About Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 3:30 PM

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In the face of mounting evidence that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz may have intentionally crashed Flight 9525 into the French Alps on Tuesday, every detail of the 27-year-old's life is being scrutinized. There's a lot of information being reported right now, but only some of it is official and only some of it appears to have immediate bearing on Tuesday's tragedy. In an effort to cut through the rampant speculation, here's a breakdown of all the information about Lubitz that has emerged so far:

What We Officially Know

* Lubitz appears to have programmed the plane's descent into the mountain.

Swedish flight tracking service FlightRadar24 detected through satellite data that the plane's autopilot was manually switched to a cruising altitude of 100 feet, the lowest possible setting.

The change happened after the pilot left the cockpit, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said Thursday.

"The interpretation we can give at this time is that the co-pilot, through a deliberate act, refused to open the door of the cockpit to the commander, and activated the button that commands the loss of altitude," Robin said.

* Lubitz locked the cockpit door and didn't respond to the pilot's calls to be let back in.

The flight voice recorder captured the pilot repeatedly asking to be let back into the cockpit. "You can hear the commanding pilot ask for access to the cockpit several times," Robin said. "He identifies himself, but the co-pilot does not provide any answer."

* On the cockpit voice recording, Lubitz can be heard breathing normally up until the moment of impact.

This suggests that he was conscious and hadn't suffered a medical emergency, Robin said Thursday.

* Lubitz took a break from his training six years ago, according to Germanwings CEO Carsten Spohr.

Spohr said Thursday that German privacy regulations don't allow him to elaborate on the reasons for the interruption in Lubitz's training.

* Lubitz passed all medical and training exams, Spohr said.

* Several doctor's notes were found in Lubitz's apartment, including one that was torn up, suggesting that he was ill and he concealed this information from his employer.

“The fact that [documents] were found, including sickness notes that were torn up, still valid, and that covered the day of the act, supports... the assumption that the deceased had concealed his condition from his employer and colleagues,” Duesseldorf prosecutors said Friday.

We don't know what kind of health issues Lubitz did or did not have, and doctor's notes are given in Germany for all kinds of illnesses, including minor ones, Reuters reports.

* No suicide note was found in Lubitz's apartment.

* Lubitz had visited Duesseldorf University Hospital twice in the past two months.

The hospital denied reports that Lubitz was seeking treatment for depression.

What's Been Reported Based On Anonymous Sources Close To The Investigation

* Lubitz was reportedly seeking treatment for vision problems, and didn't tell his employer.

That's what official sources with knowledge of the investigation told The New York Times.

The Times also notes that "one person with knowledge of the investigation said the authorities had not ruled out the possibility that the vision problem could have been psychosomatic."

* Numerous psychiatric medications were reportedly found in Lubitz's apartment.

That's what an anonymous "high-level investigator" told the German newspaper Die Welt Am Sonntag. The investigator also said that Lubitz had seen several neurologists and psychologists.

* Lubitz had a note from a psychiatrist excusing him from work during a period that included the day of the crash.

That's what an anonymous source close to the investigation told The Wall Street Journal.

What's Been Widely Reported Yet May Or May Not Actually Be Meaningful

* Lubitz was reportedly unhappy about his working conditions.

German tabloid newspaper BILD spoke to a woman who says she once dated Lubitz. She says she met Lubitz while working as a stewardess on flights with him, and that he was upset about his working conditions.

"We always talked a lot about work, and at that point he'd become another person, he'd get very worked up about our working conditions," she told BILD. "Too little money, anxiety about the contract, too much pressure."

* He reportedly used to yell at his girlfriend, and once shut himself inside the bathroom during a fight.

* He reportedly once told his girlfriend, "One day I'll do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember it."

It's unclear from his ex-girlfriend's remarks to BILD whether Lubitz was talking about the airline system, or something broader.

"I never knew what he meant by that, but now it takes on a new meaning," she said.

* He piloted gliders at a flying club near the crash site when he was 14.

Lubitz traveled to the French town of Sisteron, about 30 miles away from the crash site, regularly between 1996 and 2003, a member of the flying club told the French digital TV station Télé.

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Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Hid Illness From Airline, Says Prosecutor

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 3:29 PM

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BERLIN—Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot who crashed an airliner into a French mountainside, was being treated for depression, a fact he apparently successfully concealed from his employer, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

Mr. Lubitz had been excused from work by his treating psychiatrist for a period that included the day of the crash, this person told The Wall Street Journal, but decided to ignore the advice and reported to work.

His motive remained unclear, but another person familiar with the investigation said he didn’t have a terminal illness.

While Mr. Lubitz had sought to conceal his depression from Germanwings, there was no direct evidence that the fear of losing his flying classification as being fit to fly—due for renewal in July—triggered his actions, though “this would be a plausible explanation,” the first person said.

The person said there was no evidence that Mr. Lubitz was under mind-altering medication that could have clouded his judgment in the cockpit.

“When someone makes the same decision five or six times all leading toward one specific end you have to assume they are acting intentionally,” the person said, alluding to Mr. Lubitz’ lack of reaction when urged by the pilot to open the locked cockpit door.

Earlier Friday, a German prosecutor said Mr. Lubitz was being treated for a medical condition that he had apparently concealed from the airline, but didn’t provide any details on what it was.

The lead French prosecutor Brice Robin said Thursday that he suspected Mr. Lubitz locked the captain of Germanwings Flight 9525 out of the cockpit, programmed the A320’s descent and slammed it into an alpine ridge at 400 miles an hour on Tuesday, killing all 150 people onboard. He said Mr. Lubitz showed a “willingness to destroy this aircraft.”

A spokesman for Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, said on Friday that Mr. Lubitz was “without a doubt a credible person with a clean background.” He said Lufthansa will now consider whether it needs to change its screening procedures.

German prosecutors said that a search of Mr. Lubitz’ Düsseldorf apartment on Thursday uncovered several doctor’s notes, included one excusing him from work for a period covering the day of the crash.

“The fact that [documents] were found, including sickness notes that were torn up, still valid, and that covered the day of the act, supports…the assumption that the deceased had concealed his condition from his employer and colleagues,” the prosecutor said.

Separately, the University Hospital in Düsseldorf said Mr. Lubitz had visited the hospital in February and was last there on March 10 for diagnostic checks. It said it had handed his medical records to the prosecutor.

The hospital said Mr. Lubitz had not sought treatment there for depression.

The person familiar with the case said Mr. Lubitz was undergoing treatment for depression elsewhere in the Rhineland area of western Germany.

Under German law, a doctor isn't required to inform the patient’s employer about any illness, nor should the note excusing him or her from work include any information about the patient’s condition.

Hans-Peter Hartung, the head of University Hospital’s department of neurology, said that while doctors in Germany weren't required by law to inform the police or a patient’s employer if the condition seemed like it could pose risks for others, they had discretion to do so.

“We are entitled under the balance of risks, and if there are looming problems, to breach medical confidentiality” by contacting the police or a patient’s employer, Mr. Hartung said.

Jochen Lamp, spokesman for the German association of psychiatrists, said only very unusual circumstances would prompt a psychiatrist to breach medical confidentiality as legal consequences of such a move can be severe.

Mr. Lubitz, a keen runner who competed in several half-marathons, had a more ancient medical history too.

Germany’s Federal Aviation Office said Friday Mr. Lubitz’s medical certificate showed he had an unspecified medical condition requiring regular checks. It wasn’t clear whether this condition related to Mr. Lubitz’ recent complaints.

A spokesman for the agency said whether the record’s “specific regular medical examination,” also known as the SIC, related to mental or physical health was confidential information.

Mr. Lubitz’s medical certificate was last renewed in July 2014. The certificate, which is required for a pilot license, is updated annually.

Friday’s revelations about Mr. Lubitz’ depression could cast new light on an unexplained break in his pilot training a year after it began in 2008. This gap lasted for “a number of months,” Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said this week.

A Lufthansa spokesman said the airline had “no indication of burnout” or any other mental problem concerning Mr. Lubitz. The spokesman said that due to medical confidentiality rules, the airline only sees whether a person passed physical and mental fitness tests.

“We don’t have the physical and mental health files of our people. Those are with doctors,” the spokesman said. “We have only the formal view that somebody fulfilled the needed requirements.”

People who knew Mr. Lubitz described him as quiet, pleasant and responsible, and Lufthansa said it had no indication why he would have deliberately crashed the aircraft. People who saw him recently said he didn’t appear burdened.

The police on Thursday searched Mr. Lubitz’s apartment in a quiet, middle-class neighborhood about 20 minutes from the center of Düsseldorf. The search lasted 3½ hours and ended around 8:30 p.m. local time, a spokesman for the police said. Police took out two cardboard boxes and one large plastic bag with material.

The person familiar with the case said Mr. Lubitz shared the Düsseldorf apartment with his girlfriend, whose last name—Goldbach—appears on the mailbox alongside Mr. Lubitz’ name.

Ms. Goldbach, whose first name the person wouldn't reveal, is on the list of witnesses the German prosecutor’s office is planning to interview but isn't a suspect. There are no other suspects in the case beyond Mr. Lubitz, the person said.

Neighbors said they sometimes saw Mr. Lubitz on the street wearing his pilot’s uniform. One neighbor who asked not be identified said he knew Mr. Lubitz in passing, sometimes accompanied by a woman, and characterized him as very shy.

Mr. Lubitz was officially registered as residing with his parents in Montabaur, western Germany, the local council said in a statement Friday.

The mayor of the association of communities at Montabaur, Edmund Schaaf, declined to divulge personal information about Mr. Lubitz.

“We ask the media to treat his family with respect and for balanced reporting because we still don’t know all of the circumstances surrounding the event,” Mr. Schaaf said in a statement.

ENLARGE

A photo of Andreas Lubitz’s flat in Düsseldorf, according to police, taken on Friday. Photo: Ellen Emmerentze Jervell for The Wall Street Journal

— Monica Houston-Waesch,Ellen Emmerentze Jervell and Daniel Michaels contributed to this article.

Corrections & Amplifications: 
A photo of a mountain setting featuring a man originally described by photo agency Zuma as Andreas Lubitz has been removed from a video and slideshow that appeared with this article because the agency cannot confirm the identity of the person (March 27, 2015)

Write to William Boston at william.boston@wsj.com and Andrea Thomas at andrea.thomas@wsj.com

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Ex-girlfriend says Germanwings co-pilot was planning a horrifying act

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 3:22 PM

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MONTABAUR, Germany (AP) — A German hospital denies reports that it treated Andreas Lubitz for depression, but it does confirm that he’s been a patient there over the past two months.

The hospital in Duesseldorf says he was last there for a “diagnostic evaluation” on March 10. That’s exactly two weeks before he flew a Germanwings jetliner into a mountain in the French Alps, killing 150 people.

Prosecutors say he appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from the airline, including having been excused by a doctor from work on the day of the flight.

An ex-girlfiend of Lubitz says he was a tormented and erratic man. The 26-year-old Germanwings flight attendant told a German newspaper he would wake up from nightmares screaming, “we’re going down”.

She said Lubitz told her last year that he was planning an act so heinous his name would be remembered for ever. “One day I will do something that will change the whole system, and then all will know my name and remember it,” she said Lubitz told her.

“I never knew what he meant, but now it makes sense,” said the ex-girlfriend, who did not give her real name to Bild.

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Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's ex-girlfriend speaks to Germany tabloid

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 3:21 PM

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A woman identifying herself as the ex-girlfriend of the man accused of crashing Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps told Germany's leading tabloid that he said one day he would "do something" and then "everyone will know my name."

"I didn't know what he meant by that at the time, but now it's obvious," the 26-year-old flight attendant told the German newspaper Bild.

She told the newspaper she was in a relationship with Andreas Lubitz in 2014. The newspaper didn't name the woman but referred to her using a pseudonym, Maria W., in an article published Saturday.

A picture emerged Friday of Lubitz as a man who hid evidence of an illness from his employers - including a torn-up doctor's note that would have kept him off work the day authorities say he crashed Flight 9525 into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board.

Maria told Bild that Lubitz said he was receiving psychiatric treatment but didn't speak about his illness. She said she was afraid of him.

"He would suddenly freak out in conversations and yell at me," she told Bild. "At night he would wake up screaming 'we are crashing' because he had nightmares. He could be good at hiding what was really going on inside him."

Lubitz "became a different person" when they talked about work, Maria said, adding that pressure about his job and how little money he was earning would upset him.

In Germany Friday, searches conducted at Lubitz's homes in Duesseldorf and in the town of Montabaur turned up documents pointing to "an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment," but no suicide note was found, said Ralf Herrenbrueck, a spokesman for the Duesseldorf prosecutors' office.

They included ripped-up sick notes covering the day of the crash, which "support the current preliminary assessment that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and colleagues," Herrenbrueck said in a statement.

Doctors commonly issue employees in Germany with such notes excusing them from work, even for minor illnesses, and workers hand them to their employers. Doctors are obliged to abide by medical secrecy unless their patient explicitly tells them he or she plans to commit an act of violence.

Prosecutors didn't specify what illness Lubitz may have been suffering from, or say whether it was mental or physical. German media reported Friday that the 27-year-old had suffered from depression.

The Duesseldorf University Hospital said Friday that Lubitz had been a patient there over the past two months and last went in for a "diagnostic evaluation" on March 10. It declined to provide details, citing medical confidentiality, but denied reports it had treated Lubitz for depression.

Neighbors described a man whose physical health was superb and road race records show Lubitz took part in several long-distance runs.

"He definitely did not smoke. He really took care of himself. He always went jogging. ... He was very healthy," said Johannes Rossmann, who lives a few doors from Lubitz's home in Montabaur.

People in Montabaur who knew Lubitz told The Associated Press that he had been thrilled with his job at Germanwings and seemed very happy.

On Friday, no one was seen coming or going from his family's large slate-roofed two-story house in Montabaur as more than 100 journalists remained outside. Mayor Edmund Schaaf appealed to the media to show "consideration."

"Independent of whether the accusations against the co-pilot are true or not, we have sympathy for his family," he said.

Germanwings said that both pilots on the plane had medical clearance, and it had received no sick note for the day of the crash. Medical checkups are done by certified doctors and take place once a year.

A German aviation official told the AP that Lubitz's file at the country's Federal Aviation Office contained a notation that meant he needed "specific regular medical examination." Such a notation could refer to either a physical or mental condition but the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information, said Lubitz's file did not specify which.

German media have painted a picture of a man with a history of depression who had received psychological treatment, and who may have been set off by a falling-out with his girlfriend. Duesseldorf prosecutors, who are leading the German side of the probe, refused to comment on the anonymously sourced reports.

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Germanwings plane crash: Andreas Lubitz 'split up with girlfriend one day before tragedy'

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 3:17 PM

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The co-pilot who flew a Germanwings plane into the Alps killing everyone on board had broken up with his fiancée just one day earlier, it is being reported.

Andreas Lubitz and his unnamed girlfriend had been together seven years and were due to marry sometime in 2016, according to French media.

But the day before the tragedy that cost the lives of Lubitz and 149 other people, the relationship was ended, the French TV channel ITélé claims.

Although it had already been reported that they had broken up, the short time period between that happening and the crash could shed new light on the horrific incident.

Lubitz was also a "connoisseur" of the Alpine region where the fatal accident took place, the channel reports, as he used to come to the area for gliding between 1996 and 2003.

The reports come after it emerged today he may have hidden an illness from his airline.

Searches of the two homes of Lubitz, who deliberately crashed Germanwings Airbus A320 into the French Alps, had not yielded any claim of responsibility or any sort of suicide note, the prosecutors said.

But Dusseldorf prosecutor Ralf Herrenbrueck added that torn-up sick notes were found which "supports the assumption that the deceased concealed his illness from his employer as well as his work environment".

The searches came after startling revelations from French prosecutors that black box cockpit voice recordings indicated that Lubitz put the aircraft into a descent and refused to allow his captain back into the cockpit before the crash.

All 150 people on board, including three Britons, died in the crash on Tuesday.

The black box evidence has thrown the spotlight on not only Lubitz's state of mind but just how much Germanwings and its parent company Lufthansa, as well as aviation administrators, knew of the 28-year-old's fitness to fly.

A German aviation official told Associated Press that Lubitz's file at the country's Federal Aviation Office contained a "SIC" note, meaning that he needed "specific regular medical examination".

However, neighbours described a man whose physical health was superb.

Johannes Rossmann, who lived a few doors down from Lubitz's home in Montabaur, said: "He definitely did not smoke.

"He really took care of himself.

"He always went jogging.

"I am not sure whether he did marathons, but he was very healthy."

Earlier, France's prime minister called on Lufthansa to provide all information about Lubitz.

Manuel Valls said that Lufthansa should give the maximum of information "so that we can understand why this pilot got to the point of this horrific action".

Speaking on French TV Mr Valls said that nothing would be ruled out until the end of a full investigation.

According to German newspaper Bild, Lubitz was going through a "personal life crisis", while the Der Spiegel newspaper said he had taken a break in training because of "burnout syndrome".

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Andreas Lubitz: Authorities quiz those who knew pilot

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 3:09 PM

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• Patrick Sondenheimer was the pilot of the doomed flight, says a man who says he's a relative
• Ripped medical-leave notes found at his home indicate the co-pilot hid an illness, officials say
• A remembrance ceremony is held for the crash victims in Digne-les-Bains, France

(CNN)Investigators continued to work Saturday to piece together the secret life of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who officials say was hiding an illness from his employers. He had been declared "unfit to work" by a doctor.

They are expected to question his relatives, friends and co-workers as they try to pin down what could have prompted the seemingly competent and stable co-pilot to steer a jetliner into a mountainside on Tuesday.

As their efforts continued, dozens of people attended a remembrance ceremony for the victims of the crash at a church in a nearby town, Digne-les-Bains. There were 150 people on board Germanwings Flight 9525, including Lubitz.

Relatives of the victims and local residents also gathered Saturday afternoon by a simple stone memorial set up near the crash site, in the village of Le Vernet. Flowers have been laid there, in the shadow of the snow-covered peaks of the French Alps.

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Mental health speculation

Much attention has focused on Lubitz's state of mind, with some media reports speculating that he may have had mental health issues.

Investigators found a letter in the waste bin of his Dusseldorf, Germany, apartment saying that Lubitz, 27, wasn't fit to do his job, city prosecutor Christoph Kumpa said Friday. The note, Kumpa said, had been "slashed."

Just what was ailing Lubitz hasn't been revealed. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported Friday that Lubitz suffered from mental illness and kept his diagnosis concealed from his employer.

A subsequent New York Times report on Saturday, citing two officials with knowledge of the investigation, said Lubitz sought treatment before the crash for vision problems that might have put his career at risk. According to those unnamed officials, Lubitz also was being treated for psychological issues.

A Dusseldorf clinic said he'd gone there twice, most recently 17 days ago, "concerning a diagnosis." But the University Clinic said it had not treated Lubitz for depression.

German investigators said they still have interviews and other work to do before they can reveal what they gleaned from the records found in the apartment and at his parents' home in the town of Montabaur.

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But the fact that investigators found "ripped, recent medical leave notes, including for the day of the offense, leads to the preliminary conclusion that the deceased kept his illness secret from his employer and his professional environment," prosecutors said.

Germanwings corroborated that assertion, saying it had never received a sick note from Lubitz.

Authorities left Lubitz's apartment Friday night with boxes of papers and evidence folders after spending about 90 minutes inside.

Investigators exchange information

Dusseldorf police said Saturday that a small team of French investigators had arrived in the city and that they were sharing information.

Jean Pierre Michel, lead investigator for the French inquiry, told French TV from Dusseldorf that the French team would work in "full transparency" with their German counterparts.

"We will interview people related to the investigation in the coming days. The hearings will be conducted in the coming days and weeks," he said, according to CNN's French affiliate BFMTV.

Asked by a journalist about reports of Lubitz's possible mental illness, he replied: "The elements of the investigation are strictly confidential and we cannot address these matters today."

No scenario can yet be ruled out, including mechanical failure, "as we do not have the necessary evidence," he said.

The German tabloid newspaper Bild said Saturday it had interviewed an ex-girlfriend of Lubitz. The woman is not named in the story and CNN has not been able to verify the report independently.

According to Bild, the ex-girlfriend said Lubitz was a very nice and sensitive man who needed a lot of care and attention, and he was very troubled. She said he would get into fights with her.

The newspaper also cited the ex-girlfriend as saying that Lubitz had bad dreams that his plane was going down.

Relative names flight captain

Patrick Sondenheimer was the pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, according to Reiner Sondenheimer of Dusseldorf, Germany, who says he is a relative of Patrick's.

Patrick Sondenheimer is the pilot believed to have been locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot, Lubitz.

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CNN spoke to Reiner Sondenheimer at his Dusseldorf apartment. Also at the apartment was a woman who did not provide her name but said she was Patrick Sodenheimer's relative. That woman also said that Patrick Sondenheimer was on the doomed flight.

Reiner Sondenheimer declined to say anything else, other than the family wanted time to grieve.

The pilot has not been named by German authorities.

Another Germanwings pilot who once flew with Lubitz, Frank Woiton, told WDR, a local broadcaster belonging to CNN's German affiliate ARD, that his impression of Lubitz was that he was "friendly" and that there was "nothing suspicious."

Woiton also said Lubitz "was a good pilot and had a good command of the plane."

Woiton's first job after he found out about the crash was the route Dusseldorf-Barcelona-Dusseldorf -- the same route as had been taken by Germanwings Flight 9525 a day earlier.

He was praised in German media for the emotional announcement he made to passengers before takeoff, in which he said the crew, like everyone else on the plane, wanted to get home safely to their families.

Perilous recovery operation

At the scene of the crash, two helicopters were being deployed above the mountainside by recovery crews Saturday. The weather has improved after high winds Friday made their complex task even more treacherous.

Lt. Col. Xavier Vialenc, a spokesman for the Gendarmerie, told CNN there were about 40 officers at the crash site Saturday.

Once at the crash site, recovery workers spend all day working there, he said. Back in Seyne-les-Alpes at the end of the day, they can see a psychologist if they choose and have a debriefing session with all the workers.

Vialenc said the operations were going well so far and that the progress made was meeting their expectations.

Yves Naffrechoux, captain of rescue operations at Seyne-les-Alpes, told CNN on Friday that rescuers have found bodies at the rugged crash site, but few of them are intact.

Officials with experience traversing the French Alps are helping technicians who don't have alpine skills, he said.

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"Since they don't know the mountains, you need to provide them with equipment, you need to hold them with rope, give them crampons so they can work well and as precisely as possible, so that no evidence, no body part could escape their vigilance," Naffrechoux said.

The mountainous terrain where the Germanwings jet went down is difficult to access.

Germanwings said it was setting up a family assistance center in Marseille, France, to welcome relatives of the victims and keep them informed. It is expected to open on Saturday or Sunday.

It could be weeks before all the bodies are recovered, identified and released to the families, authorities said.

Airline: Lubitz passed initial tests

What could have prompted Lubitz to deliberately destroy the aircraft, killing everyone on board, remains the focus of investigators in Germany.

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He had passed medical and psychological testing when he was hired in 2013, said Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings.

Spohr also told reporters that Lubitz had "interrupted" his pilot training, which he began in 2008. That break lasted several months, he said, but added that such an interruption isn't uncommon. Spohr didn't give a reason for the break.

While the ailment Lubitz had sought treatment for hasn't been revealed, that he was declared unfit for work is an important detail, aviation analysts say. Pilots are required to maintain their fitness to fly and must tell their airline if they're found unfit, CNN aviation analyst David Soucie said.

Who was co-pilot Andreas Lubitz?

Although authorities have recovered the cockpit voice recorder, the flight data recorder remains missing. It could shed crucial details about what happened inside the cockpit, authorities say.

Banging and screaming

Lubitz was the co-pilot on Tuesday's flight between Barcelona, Spain, and Dusseldorf when he apparently locked the captain out of the cockpit, then activated a control causing the plane to descend toward rugged terrain.

Germanwings said the plane dropped for about eight minutes from its cruising altitude of 38,000 feet before crashing.

The only sounds, authorities said, were those of pounding on the cockpit door, Lubitz's steady breathing and, eventually, screaming passengers.

Lubitz and 149 other people on board the plane died in an instant, authorities say. Most were from Germany and Spain.

Mother, daughter among 3 American victims

Safety measure change

Meanwhile, the European Aviation Safety Agency issued a temporary recommendation that cockpits always be staffed by at least two crew members.

Lufthansa and other German airlines have already adopted the rule, the airline said, with implementation expected almost immediately.

A pilot aboard a Germanwings flight Friday spoke out at the beginning of the trip to "reassure passengers that there will be two people present in the cockpit at all times."

Lufthansa will now keep two crew members in cockpits

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Vladimir Putin's formative German years

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 2:43 PM

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Anyone who wants to understand Vladimir Putin today needs to know the story of what happened to him on a dramatic night in East Germany a quarter of a century ago.

It is 5 December 1989 in Dresden, a few weeks after the Berlin Wall has fallen. East German communism is dying on its feet, people power seems irresistible.

Crowds storm the Dresden headquarters of the Stasi, the East German secret police, who suddenly seem helpless.

Then a small group of demonstrators decides to head across the road, to a large house that is the local headquarters of the Soviet secret service, the KGB.

"The guard on the gate immediately rushed back into the house," recalls one of the group, Siegfried Dannath. But shortly afterwards "an officer emerged - quite small, agitated".

"He said to our group, 'Don't try to force your way into this property. My comrades are armed, and they're authorised to use their weapons in an emergency.'"

That persuaded the group to withdraw.

But the KGB officer knew how dangerous the situation remained. He described later how he rang the headquarters of a Red Army tank unit to ask for protection.

The answer he received was a devastating, life-changing shock.

"We cannot do anything without orders from Moscow," the voice at the other end replied. "And Moscow is silent."

That phrase, "Moscow is silent" has haunted this man ever since. Defiant yet helpless as the 1989 revolution swept over him, he has now himself become "Moscow" - the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

"I think it's the key to understanding Putin," says his German biographer, Boris Reitschuster. "We would have another Putin and another Russia without his time in East Germany."

The experience taught him lessons he has never forgotten, gave him ideas for a model society, and shaped his ambitions for a powerful network and personal wealth.

Above all, it left him with a huge anxiety about the frailty of political elites, and how easily they can be overthrown by the people.

Putin had arrived in Dresden in the mid-1980s for his first foreign posting as a KGB agent.

The German Democratic Republic or GDR - a communist state created out of the Soviet-occupied zone of post-Nazi Germany - was a highly significant outpost of Moscow's power, up close to Western Europe, full of Soviet military and spies.

Putin had wanted to join the KGB since he was a teenager, inspired by popular Soviet stories of secret service bravado in which, he recalled later, "One man's effort could achieve what whole armies could not. One spy could decide the fate of thousands of people."

Initially, though, much of his work in Dresden was humdrum.

Among documents in the Stasi archives in Dresden is a letter from Putin asking for help from the Stasi boss with the installation of an informer's phone.

And there are details too of endless Soviet-East German social gatherings Putin attended, to celebrate ties between the two countries.

But if the spy work wasn't that exciting, Putin and his young family could at least enjoy the East German good life.

Putin's then wife, Ludmila, later recalled that life in the GDR was very different from life in the USSR. "The streets were clean. They would wash their windows once a week," she said in an interview published in 2000, as part of First Person, a book of interviews with Russia's new and then little-known acting president.

The Putins lived in a special block of flats with KGB and Stasi families for neighbours, though Ludmila envied the fact that: "The GDR state security people got higher salaries than our guys, judging from how our German neighbours lived. Of course we tried to economise and save up enough to buy a car."

East Germany enjoyed higher living standards than the Soviet Union and a former KGB colleague, Vladimir Usoltsev, describes Putin spending hours leafing through Western mail-order catalogues, to keep up with fashions and trends.

He also enjoyed the beer - securing a special weekly supply of the local brew, Radeberger - which left him looking rather less trim than he does in the bare-chested sporty images issued by Russian presidential PR today.

East Germany differed from the USSR in another way too - it had a number of separate political parties, even though it was still firmly under communist rule, or appeared to be.

"He enjoyed very much this little paradise for him," says Boris Reitschuster. East Germany, he says, "is his model of politics especially. He rebuilt some kind of East Germany in Russia now."

But in autumn 1989 this paradise became a kind of KGB hell. On the streets of Dresden, Putin observed people power emerging in extraordinary ways.

In early October hundreds of East Germans who had claimed political asylum at the West German embassy in Prague were allowed to travel to the West in sealed trains. As they passed through Dresden, huge crowds tried to break through a security cordon to try to board the trains, and make their own escape.

Wolfgang Berghofer, Dresden's communist mayor at the time, says there was chaos as security forces began taking on almost the entire local population. Many assumed violence was inevitable.

"A Soviet tank army was stationed in our city," he says. "And its generals said to me clearly: 'If we get the order from Moscow, the tanks will roll.'"

After the Berlin Wall opened, on 9 November, the crowds became bolder everywhere - approaching the citadels of Stasi and KGB power in Dresden.

Vladimir Putin had doubtless assumed too that those senior Soviet officers - men he'd socialised with regularly - would indeed send in the tanks.

But no, Moscow under Mikhail Gorbachev "was silent". The Red Army tanks would not be used. "Nobody lifted a finger to protect us."

He and his KGB colleagues frantically burned evidence of their intelligence work.

"I personally burned a huge amount of material," Putin recalled in First Person. "We burned so much stuff that the furnace burst."

Two weeks later there was more trauma for Putin as West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived in the city. He made a speech that left German reunification looking inevitable, and East Germany doomed.

Kohl praised Gorbachev, the man in Moscow who'd refused to send in the tanks, and he used patriotic language - words like Vaterland, or fatherland - that had been largely taboo in Germany since the war. Now they prompted an ecstatic response.

It's not known whether Putin was in that crowd - but as a KGB agent in Dresden he'd certainly have known all about it.

The implosion of East Germany in the following months marked a huge rupture in his and his family's life.

"We had the horrible feeling that the country that had almost become our home would no longer exist," said his wife Ludmila.

"My neighbour, who was my friend, cried for a week. It was the collapse of everything - their lives, their careers."

One of Putin's key Stasi contacts, Maj Gen Horst Boehm - the man who had helped him install that precious telephone line for an informer - was humiliated by the demonstrating crowds, and committed suicide early in 1990.

This warning about what can happen when people power becomes dominant was one Putin could now ponder on the long journey home.

"Their German friends give them a 20-year-old washing machine and with this they drive back to Leningrad," says Putin biographer and critic Masha Gessen. "There's a strong sense that he was serving his country and had nothing to show for it."

He also arrived back to a country that had been transformed under Mikhail Gorbachev and was itself on the verge of collapse.

"He found himself in a country that had changed in ways that he didn't understand and didn't want to accept," as Gessen puts it.

His home city, Leningrad, was now becoming St Petersburg again. What would Putin do there?

There was talk, briefly, of taxi-driving. But soon Putin realised he had acquired a much more valuable asset than a second-hand washing machine.

In Dresden he'd been part of a network of individuals who might have lost their Soviet roles, but were well placed to prosper personally and politically in the new Russia.

In the Stasi archives in Dresden a picture survives of Putin during his Dresden years. He's in a group of senior Soviet and East German military and security figures - a relatively junior figure, off to one side, but already networking among the elite.

Prof Karen Dawisha of Miami University, author of Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, says there are people he met in Dresden "who have then gone on… to be part of his inner core".

They include Sergey Chemezov, who for years headed Russia's arms export agency and now runs a state programme supporting technology, and Nikolai Tokarev head of the state pipeline company, Transneft.

And it's not only former Russian colleagues who've stayed close to Putin.

Take Matthias Warnig - a former Stasi officer, believed to have spent time in Dresden when Putin was there - who is now managing director of Nordstream, the pipeline taking gas directly from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea.

That pipeline symbolised what was seen, until recently, as Germany's new special relationship with Russia - though the Ukraine crisis has at the very least put that relationship on hold.

Putin-watchers believe events such as the uprising on Kiev's Maidan Square, have revived bad memories - above all, of that night in Dresden in December 1989.

"Now when you have crowds in Kiev in 2004, in Moscow in 2011 or in Kiev in 2013 and 2014, I think he remembers this time in Dresden," says Boris Reitschuster. "And all these old fears come up inside him."

Inside him too may be a memory of how change can be shaped not only by force, or by weakness - but also by emotion. In 1989 he saw in Dresden how patriotic feeling, combined with a yearning for democracy, proved so much more powerful than communist ideology.

So when wondering what Vladimir Putin will do next, it's well worth remembering what he's lived through already.

One thing seems sure. While Vladimir Putin holds power in the Kremlin, Moscow is unlikely to be silent.

Listen to Chris Bowlby's documentary The Moment that Made Putin on BBC Radio 4 this Sunday at 13:30 and afterwards on the BBC iPlayer

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What drives people to murder-suicide?

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 2:41 PM

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The question has been raised - is 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz a mass murderer for bringing down a plane full of passengers, killing everyone on board?

Reports of a "mass murder" investigation in France and pictures of German policemen carting bags of evidence from his parents' home suggest that officials are determined to find out.

But this appears to be a case of murder-suicide, which is very different and extremely rare.

In these incidents, one person wishing to end their life takes the lives of others - in this case, complete strangers - at the same time.

The statistics show that most murder-suicides happen in domestic settings, and involve a man and his spouse.

Murder-suicides involving pilots or in gun massacres are, in fact, much, much rarer.

What drives people to these acts is therefore virtually impossible to determine because there is no common theme and the perpetrators don't leave notes explaining their actions.

In contrast to the motivations of a suicide bomber, which are intentionally well-publicised, those behind a murder-suicide are usually more difficult to fathom.

No-one, of course, can pretend to know what was in Lubitz's mind as he locked the cockpit door and instigated the plane's devastating descent.

'Inexplicable'

Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, says it's unlikely we will ever know.

"It's possible something will emerge, but in most suicides people leave clues or a message.

"Incredibly extreme events like this are sometimes just inexplicable."

Despite this, the media has been quick to point the finger at Lubitz's history of depression.

German newspapers have also reported that he had received psychiatric treatment and may have been experiencing a "personal life crisis".

In reality, there is a multitude of factors, feelings and personality traits which could push someone to such an extreme course of action.

Alcohol problems, drug misuse, broken relationships or marriages, personality disorders, work stresses - in the past or at the time of the act - can all play a part.

Mental health charities agree, and have been queuing up to plead for more understanding about depression, and less sensationalist language.

They say the vast majority of people with depression do not hurt anyone, and research shows that their risk is primarily to themselves.

Stigma danger

Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of mental health charity Sane, says: "There are thousands of people with a diagnosis of depression, including pilots, who work, hold positions of high responsibility and who present no danger whatsoever.

"We do not know what part depression played in this tragedy but it is a condition that should never be trivialised."

Charities said there was a danger that mental health problems could be stigmatised by coverage of the crash, making people more afraid to talk about their experiences.

Dr Paul Keedwell, consultant psychiatrist and specialist in mood disorders, also says mental health problems are not a sufficient explanation for what happened.

"Among cases of murder-suicide in general, the rate of previously diagnosed depression varies from 40% to 60%, depending on the context."

But he does say that of those who are depressed, very few are being treated for it.

It is clear that men find it particularly difficult to seek help if they have a history of mental illness.

In the UK, for example, 75% of suicides are in men.

Lubitz passed the tests set by his employer which indicated he was fit to fly, but it has since come to light that he may have been hiding an illness from them.

This illness and his seeming inability to talk about it or come to terms with it may hold some small clue to his actions.

But, in reality, there is never going to be an adequate explanation for murder-suicides - particularly for the families of those killed.

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Germanwings crash: Who was co-pilot Andreas Lubitz?

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 2:41 PM

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Andreas Lubitz, the young co-pilot believed to have caused the Germanwings plane crash, started flying as a teenager.

He first took to the skies as a member of a gliding club in his hometown of Montabaur in west Germany, before fulfilling his ambition of becoming a professional pilot.

Friends and neighbours have described him as a "quiet" but "fun" character, who was enjoying his job.

A picture from his now defunct Facebook page shows him smiling happily in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

But on the morning of 24 March the 27-year-old's career took a dark turn.

Mr Lubitz has been accused by French prosecutors of intentionally flying an Airbus 320 into the French Alps, with 150 people on board.

Investigators have been poring over his background, trying to ascertain his exact mental state in the days leading up to the disaster.

Police found torn-up sick notes in his homes, including one covering the day of the crash.

Duesseldorf University Hospital confirmed that Mr Lubitz had attended the hospital in February 2015 and most recently on 10 March, for diagnostic evaluation. However the hospital denied reports that he was being treated there for depression.

State prosecutors in Duesseldorf who are examining the medical documents found at his home have not said which illness or illnesses they relate to.

Despite assertions from friends that he was in good spirits, German media said aviation authority documents suggested he had suffered from depression and required ongoing assessment.

The Bild newspaper reported that he may have been going through a "personal life crisis" at the time of the crash.

Keen runner

Mr Lubitz lived at his parents' home in Montabaur, a small town near Frankfurt of about 12,500 people. His father worked in banking and his mother was a church organist.

Their house has become a scene of intense media interest and officers have been patrolling the quiet cul-de-sac to keep reporters and photographers away from the front door.

A computer was removed from the property along with several boxes containing pieces of potential evidence. His flat in Duesseldorf was also searched.

Mr Lubitz's passion for flying started at an early age. He was about 14 years old when he joined the LSC Westerwald glider club in Montabaur.

He learned to fly in a sleek white ASK-21 two-seat glider and went on to obtain his full licence, according to the club's chairman Klaus Radke.

He was also a keen runner and had competed in several races.

In 2007, he graduated from high school and was accepted as a Lufthansa trainee the following year, enrolling at the company's training school in Bremen.

Mr Lubitz had a break in training about six years ago, lasting several months, according to Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr.

Mr Spohr has refused to disclose the reason for this gap, but said his suitability was assessed again and Mr Lubitz resumed his studies.

According to Bild, the interruption was caused by psychiatric problems and he was forced to repeat classes several times before he eventually completed his training.

The newspaper said he suffered a serious depressive episode when he finished in 2009 and went on to receive treatment for a year-and-a-half.

It was recommended by a doctor that he needed special regular medical inspection, and a relevant note was added to his aviation authority file as well as to his pilot's licence, the paper reports.

In 2013 he joined Lufthansa's low budget airline Germanwings. He initially worked as a flight attendant before starting his role as co-pilot.

His duties would have included monitoring instruments, communicating with air traffic controllers and sharing control of the aircraft with the captain. He would have also been expected to steer the plane during the pilot's breaks, or if he or she became ill.

'Very happy'

Lufthansa said Mr Lubitz had flown a total of 630 hours before Tuesday's fatal crash.

He underwent a regular security check on 27 January and it found nothing untoward. Previous security checks in 2008 and 2010 also showed no issues, the local government in Duesseldorf said.

"He was 100% fit to fly without any restrictions or conditions," Mr Spohr said.

Those who knew Mr Lubitz have described him as an affable young man, who gave no indications he was harbouring any harmful intent.

Klaus Radke told the Associated Press that he saw him last autumn, when he returned to the club to renew his glider licence.

"He seemed very enthusiastic about his career. I can't remember anything where something wasn't right," he said.

Peter Ruecker, a long-time member of club, also insisted Mr Lubitz seemed "very happy" during their last meeting.

"I'm just speechless. I don't have any explanation for this. Knowing Andreas, this is just inconceivable for me," he said.

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No One Sees Easy Way Out on Ukraine

Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 2:35 PM

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BRUSSELS — Hardly anyone expects Ukraine to get better before it gets worse, or for the latest set of commitments in last month’s cease-fire agreement to be kept.

Instead, senior Western diplomats and analysts are predicting a further escalation of tensions, including the placing of Russian nuclear weapons in newly annexed Crimea; more unrest in cities like Mariupol and even Odessa; more advances by Russian-supported rebels against an under-gunned and dispirited Ukrainian Army; and attempts to destabilize the Western-leaning government in Kiev, beginning with President Petro O. Poroshenko.

Mr. Poroshenko, weakened by the loss of Crimea and a large, contiguous chunk of eastern Ukraine, faces Western demands for economic overhauls, increased energy prices and a crackdown on corruption to justify billions in loans and aid. He also confronts new challenges from oligarchs like Igor V. Kolomoisky over control of energy companies and private militias with flexible loyalties to the state, or what’s left of it.

The West, which claims to be united, is actually divided over Russia’s actions in Ukraine and how to respond.

Having hailed the revolution in Kiev as a defeat for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the United States and Europe are indeed united in one matter: refusing to defend Ukraine militarily.

But they disagree on much else: whether to provide Kiev with arms; whether to give Kiev massive economic aid and for what benchmarks; whether the cease-fire agreement reached in Minsk, Belarus, last month is being implemented.

The disputes were clear this week at the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum.

Europeans, led by Germany and France, oppose supplying even defensive arms to Kiev, believing it would prompt Russian escalation.

Washington is not convinced. Nor is the NATO supreme commander, Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, who said that the West must respond to Russia’s continuing supply of troops and arms to the rebels. The West “should consider all our tools in reply,” he said. “Could it be destabilizing? The answer is yes. Also inaction could be destabilizing. Is inaction an appropriate action?”

General Breedlove’s outspokenness and readiness to publicize evidence of Russian intervention have not endeared him to European officials or some in Washington who do not want to be pushed into difficult decisions.

Europeans say that key elements of the Minsk agreement, like the withdrawal of heavy weapons, are proceeding; American officials disagree. “We continue to see disturbing evidence of air defense, command and control, resupply equipments coming across a completely porous border, so there are concerns whether Minsk is being followed or not,” General Breedlove said.

Victoria Nuland, assistant secretary of state for European affairs, said the pro-Russian separatists possessed more sophisticated weapons than the Ukrainian Army. “We’ve seen, month on month, more lethal weaponry of a higher caliber” brought into Ukraine, she said.

“The No. 1 thing,” she added, “is for Russia to stop sending arms over the border so we can have real politics.”

The European Union has rolled over financial sanctions against Moscow, but its foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, wants to lift sanctions, though subject to “the situation on the ground.”

Russia faces large loan payments by year’s end that exceed its foreign-currency reserves, making some officials wonder whether Moscow will escalate or try to accommodate, hoping to get European Union sanctions lifted.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former American national security adviser, is not sanguine. Predicting Russian nuclear weapons in Crimea, he said, “I’m not sure that at this stage we have succeeded in convincing the Russians that we are prepared to deter the kind of steps they are adopting.”

He wants to balance deterrence and accommodation, but he suggests instead that “the Russians may pursue an assertive policy towards Ukraine just far enough to avoid a military confrontation but produce the result of the total collapse of the Ukrainian economy, the wasting of billions of dollars.” Despite sanctions, Russia “remains a major power and therefore achieves a major change in the geopolitical situation in Europe.”

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» The Germanwings tragedy: inside the mind of a pilot
27/03/15 23:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. As a qualified pilot and psychiatrist, I am certain that no prior psychological test to Andreas Lubitz would have predicted his actions French prosecutors have reported that f...

» Meredith Kercher murder: Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito acquitted
27/03/15 22:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Italy’s highest court clears pair definitively, ending case that began in November 2007, when body of Leeds University student was discovered in Perugia The trial of Amanda Kn...

» World War 3: Russian Jets Lead NATO Fighters On First Supersonic Chase Of ... - The Inquisitr
27/03/15 22:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The Inquisitr World War 3: Russian Jets Lead NATO Fighters On First Supersonic Chase Of ... The Inquisitr World War 3 may not have arrived just yet, but Russian jets raised the frighte...

» UPDATE 1-US Republican lawmaker says Clinton wiped clean email server - Reuters
27/03/15 22:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Washington Times UPDATE 1-US Republican lawmaker says Clinton wiped clean email server Reuters (Adds comments from committee's chairman and from its top Democrat). WASHINGTON, Ma...

» Celebrating John F. Burns, War Reporter and Witness to Era-Defining Events
27/03/15 22:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent has written his last dispatch for The New York Times — for now.

» Benghazi Committee: Clinton Wiped Server After Emails Deleted - BuzzFeed News
27/03/15 22:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. BuzzFeed News Benghazi Committee: Clinton Wiped Server After Emails Deleted BuzzFeed News “We learned today, from her attorney, Secretary Clinton unilaterally decided to wipe her...

» The Saturday Profile: Once Imprisoned in a Foreign Land, an American Fights for the Wrongly Accused
27/03/15 22:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Eric Volz turned a wrongful conviction in Nicaragua into a vocation, helping other Americans imprisoned overseas.

» michel garroté - Google Search
27/03/15 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Michel Garroté | Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/</a> michel .garrote Cached Similar Michel Garroté is on Facebook. Join Facebook to ...

» The Strange official version of the A320 crash Andreas Lubitz
27/03/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Blog Michel Garroté. Michael Withers   -   German investigators raided two homes copilot A320 Germanwings Andreas Lubitz Düsseldorf, where he had an apartment; and Montabaur, Rhineland-Palat...

» Germanwings Co-Pilot Was Muslim Convert
27/03/15 20:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Conservative Byte. The liberal media doesn’t want to touch this, but this certainly makes sense and is the mantra of the converts. Check it out: Police have reportedly found an “item of signifi...

» andreas lubitz and islamic-jihadist circles - Google Search
27/03/15 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results FB page hails pilot who deliberately crashed plane as ... www. jihad watch.org/.../fb-page-hails-pilot-who-deliberately... Cached Jihad Watch Loading... 22 hours ago - Exposing the role that Is...

» andreas lubitz, world champion in flight simulator - Google Search
27/03/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results In the news Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz called 'a hero' in sick Facebook tribute page mirror.co.uk ‎ - 1 day ago The Facebook page - called Andreas Lubitz , world champion in Flig...

» Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz called 'a hero' in sick Facebook tribute page
27/03/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS Feed for ministry127.com. A sick Facebook tribute page calling the Germanwings co-pilot who deliberately crashed a plane into the French Alps 'a hero' has been set up. The page - called Andreas Lubitz,...

» At Least 2 People Missing After East Village Explosion, Officials Say - New York Times
27/03/15 13:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times At Least 2 People Missing After East Village Explosion, Officials Say New York Times While firefighters continued to work Friday morning to extinguish smoldering p...

» Germanwings victims' families could be in line for £100m compensation
27/03/15 13:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Lawyers believe that any case will depend on whether Germanwings knew in advance of Andreas Lubitz's mental health problems and why the airline had failed to ground him.

» Murders of South African whites hidden by fraudulent ‘natural death’ certificates
27/03/15 13:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. According to newspaper reports recently unearthed by several rights groups in South Africa, murders of South African whites are being disguised by issu...

» Barack Obama Drug Policies Talks With 'Wire' Creator David Simon - Lauderdale Daily News
27/03/15 13:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Lauderdale Daily News Barack Obama Drug Policies Talks With 'Wire' Creator David Simon Lauderdale Daily News Barack Obama Drug Policies : President Barack Obama in an interview w...

» Russian TV Report On Ukrainian Choir Leader
27/03/15 13:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian TV report on the leader of a Ukrainian choir in the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk showed her denouncing the uprising against former Ukrainian President Vik...

» Poland To Charge Russian Controllers Over 2010 Plane Crash
27/03/15 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Poland plans to bring charges against two Russian air traffic controllers over a plane crash in 2010 that killed 96 people, including then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

» The Latest: French police recover remains of plane crash victims; 'not a single body intact'
27/03/15 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Business. 4:40 p.m. (1540 GMT, 11:40 a.m. EDT) French police working to recover remains from the Germanwings crash site say so far they have recovered between 400 and 600 pieces of remains from the 150 peo...

» Germanwings co-pilot's torn sick note, romantic breakup provide clues in crash probe
27/03/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing Investigators scour co-pilot's home for plane crash motive Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz ripped up a doctor’s note excusing him from work on the day he crashed a crowded passenger plan...

» Germanwings co-pilot's torn sick note, romantic breakup provide clues in crash ... - Fox News
27/03/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Germanwings co-pilot's torn sick note, romantic breakup provide clues in crash ... Fox News Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz ripped up a doctor's note excusing him fr...

» Is The Georgian Government Living On Borrowed Time?
27/03/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Two recent developments have highlighted the erosion of popular support in recent months for Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream coalition. But no rival political force curre...

» Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
27/03/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a priest who publicly blessed a group of fighters heading to eastern Ukraine, encouraging them to battle government troops ...

» Co-pilot of Germanwings aircraft was Depressed and on Psycho SSRI Drugs
27/03/15 12:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Andreas Lubitz was the co-pilot on board the Germanwings aircraft en route Barcelona to Dusseldorf. Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who deliberate...

» Germanwings crash: Small army of specialists extract debris and bodies from site
27/03/15 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Germanwings crash: Small army of specialists extract debris and bodies from site Germanwings crash: Small army of specialists extract debris and bodies from site. Report by Claire Lomas. Fr...

» Captured IS Militants Explain Why They Fought
27/03/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Islamic State fighter spoke softly, his voice unbroken by adolescence.  A prisoner of Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units) forces, he sent a message to his family asking for forgiv...

» Internet outages reveal gaps in US broadband infrastructure
27/03/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 11:35 a.m. EDT. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- When vandals sliced a fiber-optic cable in the Arizona desert last month, they did more than time-warp thousands of people back to an era before...

» Two Ukrainian Officials Detained On Corruption Charges To Be Released
27/03/15 12:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A court in Kyiv has refused to sanction the arrest of two top officials detained on corruption charges.

» Andreas Lubitz hid illness and tore up sick note, says prosecutor – video
27/03/15 12:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. German prosecutors say on Friday they have evidence that the Germanwings pilot who is suspected of deliberately crashing flight 4U9525 in the French Alps had hidden an il...

» Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's Facebook page memorialised by social network site
27/03/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS Feed for ministry127.com. The co-pilot Andreas Lubitz who flew 150 people to their deaths on board Germanwings Flight 9525 has had his Facebook page memorialised by the social network. Memorialising an...

» Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz tore up sick note for day he crashed jet
27/03/15 10:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Pilot Andreas Lubitz might have been suffering a 'personal crisis' after failed relationship, it was claimed last night   He had suffered from depression and 'burnout' and was once...

» 2,526,7292,526,7292015-03-21#Putin
27/03/15 02:52 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,526,729 2,526,729 2015-03-21 #Putin #Russia Russia Hosting Europe’s Neo-Nazis, Nationalists and Anti-Semites, Putin Supporters All by Paul Goble | Putin’s Priorities – Propaganda over People and Even National Defense by Paul Goble: Vla...

» Guardsman Accused of Trying to Join ISIS in Libya
26/03/15 21:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Federal authorities arrested the 22-year-old man at a Chicago-area airport, saying he was also helping plan an attack on an American military base.

» Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Read a Poem at Richard III’s Reburial
26/03/15 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Was ever a crowd in this humor wooed? Actor Benedict Cumberbatch read a poem Thursday to the somber group that gathered for the reburial of King Richard III. The poem was written by British Poet Laur...

» Andreas Lubitz, Germanwings co-pilot, described as ‘normal young man’ - video
26/03/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Neighbours and fellow flight enthusiasts express shock at news Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz may have deliberately crashed a plane into the French Alps, killing 150...

» Germanwings Faces Legal Fallout from Plane Crash
26/03/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In the minutes before their plane slammed into a mountainside in the French Alps this week, many of the passengers on Germanwings Flight 9525 witnessed a terrifying scene at the front of the aircraft...

» Mulitple Injuries Reported After Building Collapse in New York City's East Village - People Magazine
26/03/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. People Magazine Mulitple Injuries Reported After Building Collapse in New York City's East Village People Magazine Police and firefighters are on the scene of a building collapse that ...

» Russian Police Probe Death Threat Against Ekho Moskvy Radio Host
26/03/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Moscow police are investigating alleged death threats received by a journalist for Ekho Moskvy radio, one of Russia's few remaining platforms for criticism of the Kremlin.

» DEA agents' 'sex parties' included alleged cartel prostitutes, report says - Los Angeles Times
26/03/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. CNN International DEA agents' 'sex parties' included alleged cartel prostitutes, report says Los Angeles Times Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration allegedly had sexual enco...

» WorldViews: A Ukrainian governor’s billions couldn’t save him from being fired
26/03/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Ihor Kolomoisky, one of Ukraine's most powerful oligarchs and a staunch backer of Kiev during the last year of conflict in th...

» Blast, fire rips building in NYC's East Village; 4 hurt - USA TODAY
26/03/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. USA TODAY Blast, fire rips building in NYC's East Village; 4 3 hurt USA TODAY NEW YORK -- A five-story apartment building collapsed Thursday after an explosion touched off a raging sev...

» At Least 1 Dead, 3 Injured in I-35 Bridge Collapse - KFDX
26/03/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. KFDX At Least 1 Dead, 3 Injured in I-35 Bridge Collapse KFDX Emergency crews are on the scene of a major bridge collapse on I-35 near Salado. According to TxDOT, I-35 is closed i...

» Possible explosion, fire at building in New York's East Village - Los Angeles Times
26/03/15 21:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Los Angeles Times Possible explosion, fire at building in New York's East Village Los Angeles Times A possible explosion injured at least a dozen people, some critically, in New ...

» US Seeking Political Solution in Yemen, Despite Unrest
26/03/15 21:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammed Javad Zarif, have discussed unrest in Yemen, where Iranian-backed Shi’ite Houthi rebels are trying to oust Preside...

» NATO Chief Dismisses Latest Russian Allegations as More Propaganda
26/03/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The head of NATO is dismissing the latest allegations by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who accused the West of trying to undermine his rule and destabilize his country. “It̵...

» DEA 'Sex Parties' Funded by Drug Cartels, IG Report Says
26/03/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. Senior Drug Enforcement Administration agents working overseas allegedly participated in “sex parties” with prostitutes funded by drug cartels, according to a newly-released Dep...

» dr tobias heisig - Google Search
26/03/15 20:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Dr. Tobias Heisig - Partner - CEVEYGROUP | XING <a href="https://www.xing.com/profile/" rel="nofollow">https://www.xing.com/profile/</a> Tobias _ Heisig Cached Translate this page Partner - ‎...

» andreas lubitz and tobias heisig - Google Search
26/03/15 20:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane, Says ... <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3272268/posts?page" rel="nofollow">www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3272268/posts?...

» CEVEYGROUP: Tobias Heisig
26/03/15 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Tobias Heisig Tobias Heisig Psychologist PhD Theology certified management consultant BDU Trainer and consultant since 1993 Managing Director of CEVEY CONSULTING GmbH Partner of SMARTinSALES GmbH Partner of C...

» tobias kru, aka tobias heisig - Google Search
26/03/15 19:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story .     Search Results Tobias Heisig Profiles | Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/public/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/public/</a> Tobias - Heisig Cached Facebook Loadin...

» Who was the first officer who voluntarily A320 crashed?
26/03/15 19:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Blog Michel Garroté. Michael Withers   -   Andreas Lubitz, 28, co-pilot Germanwings A320 that crashed Tuesday, March 24, 2015, making 150 victims, voluntarily rushed the plane against the mountai...

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26/03/15 19:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» andreas lubitz was with tobias heisig - Google Search
26/03/15 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane, Says ... <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3272268/posts?page" rel="nofollow">www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3272268/posts?...

» Gayreisen Marenas Resort**** gay friendly
26/03/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Village Reisen. Kategorie 4 Lage: Das Hotel liegt direkt am goldenen Strand des Atlantik, zwischen Miami Beach und Fort Lauderdale, in Sunny Isles. Sunny Isles Beach ist bekannt bei Strandliebhabern...

» Mystery Surrounds Possible Motive for Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz
26/03/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MONTABAUR, Germany—The man suspected of flying himself and 149 people to their deaths on Tuesday was a quiet, 27-year old German who had a passion for gliders and competitive running, and an unexplained...

» Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Appears to Have Deliberately Crashed Plane
26/03/15 19:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . PARIS—Andreas Lubitz was alone in the cockpit, breathing in silence, as his captain pounded on a locked door. Those chilling sounds—captured in a black-box recording—have left French investi...

» Andreas Lubitz, Germanwings co-pilot, blamed for crash - CNN
26/03/15 19:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. CNN Andreas Lubitz, Germanwings co-pilot, blamed for crash CNN Montabaur, Germany (CNN) [Breaking news alert, posted at 5:17 p.m. ET Thursday]. Police searched Germanwings Flight 9525 ...

» Third American Victim Identified in Germanwings Plane Crash
26/03/15 19:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke identified Robert Oliver as the third American citizen killed in the Germanwings plane crash. He provided no further details Thursday, but O...

» 2,526,7272,526,7272015-03-26» Russian president accuses Western security services of deliberately
26/03/15 18:44 from Mike Nova - Google+
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» Israel in push to counter Iran deal
26/03/15 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Intelligence minister Yuval Steinitz leads lobbying effort as world powers and Tehran work on outline agreement

» Pentagon propaganda leaflet shows jihadists being fed into meatgrinder - with 60,000 of them airdropped around Raqqa stronghold
26/03/15 17:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The Pentagon has launched a propaganda program in Syria aimed at creating fissures among Islamic State fighters by dropping 60,000 leaflets at the center of the militants' power base. T...

» Putin: Western Intel Services Aiming to Destabilize Russia
26/03/15 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Vladimir Putin says that Western intelligence services have set it as their goal to destabilize Russia especially during upcoming elections, according to the Kremlin’s website. ...

» Military intervention in Yemen a defensive move: Arab League sec-general - Ahram Online
26/03/15 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Ahram Online Military intervention in Yemen a defensive move: Arab League sec-general Ahram Online Arab League secretary-general Nabil El-Araby on Thursday stressed that the regional m...

» Egypt and Saudi Arabia to Lead Ground Operation in Yemen, Officials Say
26/03/15 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt) — Egyptian security and military officials say Saudi Arabia and Egypt will lead a ground operation in Yemen against Shiite rebels and their allies after a campaign of a...

» German Court Rejects Claim to Nazi-Looted Artwork
26/03/15 17:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A German court has rejected the claim of a family member to the estate of the son of one of Adolf Hitler’s main art dealers, clearing the way for a vast collection of Nazi-looted artwo...

» Putin: Western Intel Services Aiming to Destabilize Russia - Voice of America
26/03/15 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Voice of America Putin: Western Intel Services Aiming to Destabilize Russia Voice of America President Vladimir Putin says that Western intelligence services have set it as their...

» Andreas Lubitz, Germanwings Co-pilot, Showed No Warning Signs Before Crash, Airline Says
26/03/15 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The co-pilot, accused of deliberately crashing a plane into the Alps. was considered “100 percent flightworthy,” the head of Lufthansa said.

» Why is Hollywood suffering another gay panic attack?
26/03/15 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Will Ferrell’s new film Get Hard is underpinned by an uneasy homophobia that takes comedy back to a pre-bromance era In the new Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard, an app...

» Italian physicist's book on Einstein's relativity theory becomes surprise hit
26/03/15 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Sette Brevi Lezioni di Fisica (Seven Brief Lessons in Physics), by Carlo Rovelli, promoted alongside Fifty Shades of Grey in Italian bookstores A book explaining Einstein’s th...

» North Korea says it has arrested two South Korean spies
26/03/15 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said late on Thursday it had arrested two South Koreans based in the Chinese border city of Dandong, accusing them of spying for South Korea.

» Richard III's Remains Buried Amid Pomp
26/03/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A maligned monarch found under a parking lot was buried in pomp, as Britain embraced comeback King Richard III, a long-reviled ruler who is experiencing a remarkable posthumous renaiss...

» AP Exclusive: Iran may run centrifuges at fortified site
26/03/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:43 p.m. EDT. LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The United States is considering letting Tehran run hundreds of centrifuges at a once-secret, fortified underground bunker in exchange for l...

» Iraqi forces aim to retake Tikrit from Islamic State - Washington Post
26/03/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Iraqi forces aim to retake Tikrit from Islamic State Washington Post March 26, 2015 Shiite paramilitary commander Hadi al-Amiri inspects troops in the Iraqi town of Ouja, near Ti...

» British man robbed and murdered in Turkish nightclub 'honeytrap'
26/03/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Andrew Smyth, 32, of Surrey, is feared to have been a ‘honeytrap’ victim - before his body was found dumped in undergrowth four miles away from a nightclub where he had been.

» Kremlin Envoy: Over 1,500 North Caucasians Fighting Alongside IS
26/03/15 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Kremlin envoy added that the ideology of the "previously active" group the Caucasus Emirate could serve as a breeding ground for the spreading of IS ideology in the N...

» Woman jailed for falsely accusing two soldiers of trying to rape her because she was ashamed about drunken cocaine-fuelled threesome
26/03/15 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Nicole Richess, 20, of Bournemouth, Dorset, had sex with the two servicemen at a friend’s house and then her own home after a night out.

» US general: No decision to shield US-trained rebels in Syria - Washington Post
26/03/15 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. TODAYonline US general: No decision to shield US-trained rebels in Syria Washington Post WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in the Middle East says he'd like his forces to protect the...

» Letter From Europe: No One Sees Easy Way Out on Ukraine
26/03/15 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The West, which claims to be united, is actually divided over Russia's actions in Ukraine and how to respond.

» Britain mourns a monster – because he was a king. Richard III’s burial was absurd
26/03/15 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. He may have been a child-murdering tyrant, but he was a king. So, in a nation where we still think like subjects, not citizens, thousands came to humble themselves before his ...

» Russian president accuses Western security services of deliberately trying to destabilise the country before elections
26/03/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Vladimir Putin vowed that Russia would stand firm in the face of attempts to isolate the country politically and economically at a meeting of the Federal Security Service earlier today.

» Russia faces ‘hostile forces’, says Putin
26/03/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. President’s first big speech since his absence includes claims of west using NGOs to undermine him

» National Guard Soldier Accused of Conspiring to Support Islamic State
26/03/15 16:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. U.S. authorities arrested an Army National Guard soldier and his cousin on charges related to a plot prosecutors allege would have involved the soldier traveling to join Islamic State ...

» How Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked pilot out of cockpit
26/03/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz used this safety system designed after the 9/11 terror attacks to crash the Germanwings Airbus after his captain took a toilet break leaving him alone on ...

» Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was 'on suicide mission' parents learn
26/03/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Andreas Lubitz, pictured, graduated from the Lufthansa fight training school in September 2013, before getting a job with their subsidiary Germanwings as a co-pilot.

» WorldViews: Amnesty International says Hamas committed war crimes, too
26/03/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. JERUSALEM — After a dozen reports by human rights groups charging that Israel had committed war crimes during its air and gro...

» The plot to oust Speaker John Bercow is just crude revenge
26/03/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The Commons Speaker has riled his enemies with reforms that seek to hold ministers more to account, for which he deserves praise not sacking John Bercow does not find it diffi...

» Arab foreign ministers agree on unified military force: Egyptian TV
26/03/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Egypt on Thursday on a draft resolution to form a unified Arab military force, Egyptian state TV said.

» Naples police officers arrested after horror car chase kills shopkeeper
26/03/15 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Claudio Vitale, 41, and Iacopo Nichetto, 34, are under police guard in hospital after being arrested on suspicion of theft and attempted murder after a robbery in Naples yesterday.

» German Pilots Cast Doubt on Blaming of Co-Pilot for Crash
26/03/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. German pilots reacted with anger and confusion on Thursday after French and German statements said the co-pilot on the Germanwings crash earlier this week deliberately slammed the plane into the Fren...

» Why the U.S. Is Fighting Besides Iran in Iraq and Against It in Yemen
26/03/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Just to set the scene: In Iraq on Wednesday, U.S. warplanes began providing air cover to Iranian-backed militias in Tikrit, in a joint effort against the Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria (ISIS...

» Highway bridge collapses in Texas, one death reported - Reuters
26/03/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. WSB Atlanta Highway bridge collapses in Texas, one death reported Reuters AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A bridge under construction in Salado, Texas collapsed onto several vehicles o...

» Schock leaves Congress with sadness, humility: 'I know that God has a plan for ... - Chicago Tribune
26/03/15 16:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chicago Tribune Schock leaves Congress with sadness, humility: 'I know that God has a plan for ... Chicago Tribune Before yielding back his time, Schock also issued an apology: “...

» Cameron, Rouhani Discuss Nuclear Talks
26/03/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. British Prime Minister David Cameron had a “cordial” and “substantive” phone call with President Hasan Rouhani during which they reaffirmed their commitment to securing a deal in negot...

» Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot deliberately crashed plane, officials say - CNN
26/03/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot deliberately crashed plane, officials say CNN What questions do you have about the crash? Post on Twitter with the hashtag #GermanwingsQs. W...

» From Parking Lot to Cathedral, England's Richard III is Comeback King
26/03/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Richard III is England's comeback king.   The 15th-century monarch was killed in battle, buried in anonymity, vilified for centuries and discovered under a parking lot. On Thursday, he wa...

» Arab foreign ministers agree on unified military force: Egypt TV - The Daily Star
26/03/15 16:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Daily Star Arab foreign ministers agree on unified military force: Egypt TV The Daily Star Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (C) attends the foreign ministers of the Arab Lea...

» How Pilots Are Screened for Depression and Suicide
26/03/15 16:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. While it’s not clear exactly why Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed into a French mountainside, the black box from the cockpit raises questions about whether mental health issues were involved, and how ...

» Argentine court throws out appeal of decision clearing Fernandez
26/03/15 16:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Last month's court decision that cleared Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez of charges that she tried to derail the investigation into a deadly 1994 bomb...

» Germanwings crash prompts airlines to introduce cockpit 'rule of two'
26/03/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Some airlines say they will change rules to ensure two crew are always in cockpit after Airbus A320 pilot is locked out before crash Some airlines are to change their rules to...

» U.S. Airstrikes Back Iraqi Army in Push to Take Tikrit
26/03/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Iraq’s regular army took a lead role in the battle to capture Tikrit, as Iranian-backed Shiite militias withdraw from the front lines—a U.S. condition for launching airstrikes against ...

» Oil Markets Blow Yemen Crisis Out of Proportion
26/03/15 15:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes in Yemen, causing oil prices to jump on fears over Middle East instability. The markets clearly reacted with concern over the rising violence in the Arabian Peninsula...

» Shi’ite Militias Reportedly Back Out of Iraq Campaign After U.S. Airstrikes
26/03/15 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Three key Shi’ite militias pulled out of the Iraqi assault on the Islamist-held city of Tikrit in protest of U.S. airstrikes supporting the campaign, according to a new report. The New York Tim...

» Президент России
26/03/15 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . 2 /3 Фото пресс-службы Президента Рос ...

» Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz DELIBERATELY crashed plane into French Alps
26/03/15 09:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Black box voice recorder reveals final chilling moments of Airbus A320 Prosecutor: 'Death was instant.  Y ou only hear screams in final seconds'     Co-pilot was named to...

» Andreas Lubitz: Who is Germanwings co-pilot who 'intentionally' set plane on descent? - Europe - World
26/03/15 09:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The information released by authorities investigating the crash about the pilots has been sparse. However, what we do know about Lubitz is that the 28-year-old was from Montabaur, a town in the district seat ...

» What we know so far about the pilot and co-pilot of Germanwings FL 4U9525; Update: French prosecutor says co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy the aircraft'; Update: Identified as Andreas Guenter Lubitz, a German national
26/03/15 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Twitchy. Editor’s note: This post has been updated. After last night’s bombshell report from the New York Times alleging that either the co-pilot or pilot had been locked out of the cockpit of ...

» Germanwings Plane Crash: Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Attempted To ‘Destroy Aircraft’
26/03/15 09:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Hollywood Life. &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;c2=6035310&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;c3=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;c4=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;c5=...

» Germanwings 9525 Plane Crash: Top 5 Conspiracy Theories
26/03/15 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Heavy.com. Germanwings flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 on board. Black box audio implies it was intentionally done by co-pilot Andreas Lubitz . Here are the top 5 cons...

» Andreas Lubitz: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
26/03/15 09:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Heavy.com. (Twitter) Andreas Lubitz was the co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 who reportedly intentionally crashed the plane into the French Alps and killed all 150 people on board. Here’s what you...

» andreas lubitz - Google Search
26/03/15 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results In the news Germanwings Co-Pilot Named as Andreas Lubitz Wall Street Journal ‎ - 55 mins ago FRANKFURT—The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps on Tues...

» Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane, Says Prosecutor
26/03/15 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Barcelona’s El Prat airport was a scene of grief Tuesday as family members of the flight’s passengers arrived there. Associated Press … A student who knew some of the German students involve...

» Who was King Richard III?
26/03/15 08:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . King Richard III, whose remains were discovered below a modern parking lot in 2012, is finally getting a farewell fit for Medieval royalty. VPC A woman uses her mobile phone to take a photograph of a poster s...

» США готовят в России цветную революцию – новая стратегия Вашингтона
26/03/15 00:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Совет безопасности РФ проанализи&#...

» Cockpit voice tape studied in Airbus crash; NYT says pilot locked out - Reuters
26/03/15 00:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Cockpit voice tape studied in Airbus crash; NYT says pilot locked out Reuters SEYNE-LES-ALPES/PARIS (Reuters) - Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from...

» Cockpit tape recovered. Will it unravel the Germanwings crash mystery
26/03/15 00:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News | Breaking US News and International News Headlines - GlobalPost. Cockpit tape recovered. Will it unravel the Germanwings crash mystery? This post has been generated by Page2RSS

» США ввели санкции против российского террориста - Украинское национальное информагентство
26/03/15 00:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Полит.ру США ввели санкции против российского террориста Украинское национальное информагентство Государственный департамент США объявил в среду о внесении гражданина Р...

» Investigator: Audio Retrieved From Plane
26/03/15 00:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Rémi Jouty, director of France’s Bureau of Investigation and Analysis, confirmed that audio of voices had been recovered from the black box in the crash of the Germanwings plane in the Fre...

» Arrests in Ukraine Are Seen on Live TV
26/03/15 00:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The head of the Ukrainian state emergency service, Serhiy Bochkovsky, and his deputy, Vasiliy Stoyetsky, were arrested and charged with corruption during a televised government meeting.

» Европарламент одобрил кредит Украине на сумму €1,8 млрд - РБК
26/03/15 00:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Европарламент одобрил кредит Украине на сумму €1,8 млрд РБК Депутаты Европарламента проголосовали за выделение Украине кредита на сумму €1,8 млрд. Эти средства должны пойти на ...

» Ukraine’s stability under threat after president fires pro-Kiev tycoon
25/03/15 23:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko dismissed one of the country’s most powerful oligarchs from a regional governorship W...

» К расследованию убийства Бориса Немцова подключат лингвистов - Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ
25/03/15 23:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. К расследованию убийства Бориса Немцова подключат лингвистов Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Мне известно, что некий гражданин Путин Владимир Владимирович называл Немцова и ему подобных на...

» Two of Russia’s Greatest Misfortunes – Roads and Fools – Once Again Come Together
25/03/15 23:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 24 – Even though the Russian government currently repairs less than one...

» Бунт Коломойского
25/03/15 23:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Бунт Коломойского Противостояние верховной киевской власти и губернатора Днепропетровска. Причины и возможные последствия.... From: Радио Свобода Views: 0 3 0 ratings Time: 00:00 ...

» Russia Grants New Broadcast License To CNN
25/03/15 23:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has issued a new broadcast license to CNN, nearly three months after the international news station went off the air due to restrictions on foreign-owned media.

» Russia fails in bid to stop UN staff benefits for all gay couples - Reuters
25/03/15 23:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Russia fails in bid to stop UN staff benefits for all gay couples Reuters "We must speak plainly about what Russia tried to do today: diminish the authority of the U.N. Secret...

» Russia is flexing its muscles in Central America - Business Insider
25/03/15 23:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Russia is flexing its muscles in Central America Business Insider Russia has once again started to flex its muscles in a bid to rebuild its influence in the Central A...

» How do you thaw US-Russia relations? Launch them into the frozen depths of space
25/03/15 23:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will spend a year together on the International Space Station and conduct research into the feasibility of a manned Mars mission Their respective co...

» How do you thaw US-Russia relations? Launch them into the frozen depths of ... - The Guardian
25/03/15 23:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian How do you thaw US- Russia relations? Launch them into the frozen depths of ... The Guardian Their respective countries may be going through one of the worst periods of h...

» Российский генерал попал под обстрел на востоке Украины, а сотрудник РЕН ТВ получил ранения - NEWSru.com
25/03/15 23:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ИС "Профи-Ньюс" Российский генерал попал под обстрел на востоке Украины, а сотрудник РЕН ТВ получил ранения NEWSru.com Представитель Вооруженных сил России в Совместном центре по к...

» Ukraine pleads to restructure its debts quickly
25/03/15 23:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Finance minister Natalie Jaresko wants to see debt cut and interest on remainder reduced so Ukraine can move towards stability Ukraine could be forced into a damaging default unless ...

» Kremlin heads for collision course with Ukraine over debt haircut
25/03/15 23:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Kiev's finance minister insists the country has no choice but to restructure $3bn owed to Moscow

» Jordan, Russia Sign $10 Billion Deal on Nuclear Power Plant - ABC News
25/03/15 23:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Moscow Times Jordan, Russia Sign $10 Billion Deal on Nuclear Power Plant ABC News Jordan signed a $10 billion deal with Russia on Tuesday to build the kingdom's first nuclear powe...

» Before Crimea, Half of Russia’s Most Successful Young Wanted to Emigrate Rather than Seek Political Change, Gudkov Says
25/03/15 23:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 24 – Fifty percent of the most entrepreneurial and successful young Rus...

» Andrei Piontkovsky: “Putin’s Concept of the ‘Russian World’ Threatens All Territories with a Russian Population”
25/03/15 23:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - Institute of Modern Russia. The Institute of Modern Russia introduces a series of interviews with Russian and Western experts on the situation in Russia, its relationship with the West, and the futu...

» Russia Warns US Against Sending Missile Defense System to South Korea - DefenseNews.com
25/03/15 23:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. DefenseNews.com Russia Warns US Against Sending Missile Defense System to South Korea DefenseNews.com Moscow — Russia on Tuesday warned the United States against sending a ballistic m...

» Drive from Europe to the US? Russia proposes world's greatest superhighway - CNN
25/03/15 23:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Drive from Europe to the US? Russia proposes world's greatest superhighway CNN According to a March 23 report in The Siberian Times, Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin ha...

» Powerful Ukrainian Governor Kolomoyskiy Resigns
25/03/15 23:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to dismiss a powerful oligarch as governor of one of the country's regions.

» Iran Rules Out Snap Nuclear Inspections
25/03/15 23:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Iranian official has reacted to comments by the head of the UN nuclear agency demanding snap inspections of Iran's nuclear sites.

» Lavrov Calls For End To U.S. Embargo Against Cuba
25/03/15 23:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called for an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba.

» Invisible army: the Russian soldier sent to fight in Ukraine
25/03/15 23:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Moscow denies its soldiers are crossing the border but 20-year-old conscript Dorji Batomunkuev, who was seriously injured near Donetsk, tells a different story. He talks to Elena Kos...

» Russia Fails to Stop UN Extending Staff Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
25/03/15 23:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia has failed in a bid to stop the United Nations extending staff benefits to all same-sex couples after a UN General Assembly budget committee voted 80 to 43 against the ...

» Мавр сделал своё. Пётр Порошенко отправил Игоря Коломойского в отставку - Аргументы и факты
25/03/15 23:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Аргументы и факты Мавр сделал своё. Пётр Порошенко отправил Игоря Коломойского в отставку Аргументы и факты Опальный олигарх, согласно официальному заявлению, сам попросил президен...

» Обыск в Lifenews связали со статьей о финансировании Навального Кремлем - Forbes Россия
25/03/15 23:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Forbes Россия Обыск в Lifenews связали со статьей о финансировании Навального Кремлем Forbes Россия Обыск в редакции LifeNews, проведенный Следственным комитетом России 24 марта, м...

» Ukraine's Poroshenko Fires Oligarch Kolomoisky From Key Regional Post
25/03/15 23:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. KIEV - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has fired billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of a key region in the east after a raid by armed men on the Kiev offices of a st...

» Мэрия Москвы: место убийства Немцова статуса мемориала не имеет - Вести.Ru
25/03/15 23:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Полит.ру Мэрия Москвы: место убийства Немцова статуса мемориала не имеет Вести.Ru Мэрия Москвы отреагировала на заявления оппозиционера Ильи Яшина об осквернении импровизированного...

» Pro-Kremlin Activists Trash Memorial to Murdered Opposition Leader Nemtsov
25/03/15 23:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Activists from a pro-Kremlin movement have trashed a makeshift memorial to opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead as he crossed Moscow's Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridg...

» Stoltenberg: NATO massively stepping up military presence in Europe
25/03/15 22:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from euronews. As Russia and China have invested heavily in military equipment in recent years, NATO is massively stepping up its military presence in Europe. “We are implementing the biggest reinforcemen...

» Obama reportedly snubs NATO chief as Russia makes new threats against allies
25/03/15 21:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing Uproar over Obama snubbing NATO chief President Barack Obama reportedly will not meet with NATO's new secretary general when he is in Washington this week, despite requests from the alliance chief...

» Kneel Before Putin: Obama Snubs NATO Chief As Russia Grows More Aggressive
25/03/15 21:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Kneel Before Putin: Obama Snubs NATO Chief As Russia Grows More Aggressive. “President Barack Obama has yet to meet with the new head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and won&#...

» One pilot locked out of cockpit before crash -- Report
25/03/15 21:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Rescue workers sift through debris on the mountain slopes March 25, 2015, after the crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320 over the French Alps. (Photo: French Interior Ministry) Evidence collected from the coc...

» Stoltenberg: NATO massively stepping...
25/03/15 21:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Google News. Stoltenberg: NATO massively stepping up military presence in Europe euronews  - ‎2 hours ago‎ As Russia and China have invested heavily in military equipment in recent years, ...

» Obama reportedly snubs NATO chief as Russia makes new threats against allies - Fox News
25/03/15 21:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Fox News Obama reportedly snubs NATO chief as Russia makes new threats against allies Fox News The report of Obama's snub comes amid Russia's growing willingness to test NATO's milita...

» Russian UTair Passenger Plane Requests Emergency Landing at St. Petersburg Airport
25/03/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russian airline UTair said on Wednesday one of its Boeing 737 airplanes had requested an emergency landing at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport, a spokeswoman for the company s...

» СБУ: правоохранители готовят полную зачистку Одесской области - РИА Новости
25/03/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости СБУ: правоохранители готовят полную зачистку Одесской области РИА Новости По словам главы СБУ, правоохранительные органы готовятся к "очередному этапу контртеррори...

» Putin Fires Disgraced Russian Governor Accused of Bribe-Taking
25/03/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday fired the governor of Russia's far-eastern Sakhalin region, who faces up to 15 years in prison on a charge of large-scale bribe-taking.

» Gagauz Election and Its Outcome May Not Be Legitimate, Chisinau Says
25/03/15 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 25 – Andrey Volentir, secretary of Moldova’s Central Election Commissio...

» One Professional Russian Troll Tells All
25/03/15 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ever wonder what the daily life of a Russian Internet troll is like? Dmitry Volchek of RFE/RL's Russian Service talks to a young blogger who recently spent two months wor...

» Шведские министры сбивчиво упрекнули ВВС РФ в «неподобающем поведении» - Ридус
25/03/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Ридус Шведские министры сбивчиво упрекнули ВВС РФ в «неподобающем поведении» Ридус Два истребителя Су-27 и два бомбардировщика Ту-22М пролетели вблизи шведских островов Готланд и Б...

» Why are a Few Non-Russians from Russia Fighting for Moscow in Ukraine?
25/03/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 25 – The exact number of non-Russians from Russia who are fighting for ...

» ‘A Calm Before the Storm?’ – Russia’s Radical Right Refocusing on ‘Fifth Column,’ SOVA Says
25/03/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 25 – Positive developments with regard to radical extremist Russian nat...

» Порошенко назвал делом чести наказание убийц сотрудника СБУ в Волновахе - Газета.Ru
25/03/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН Порошенко назвал делом чести наказание убийц сотрудника СБУ в Волновахе Газета.Ru Расследование убийства сотрудника службы безопасности Украины в Волновахе Донецкой области д...

» Russia unveils plans for Europe-US superhighway - USA TODAY
25/03/15 21:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. USA TODAY Russia unveils plans for Europe-US superhighway USA TODAY Plans for a new high-speed transport corridor that could potentially link London and U.S. cities by rail and superh...

» Falkland Islands' fears for Russia-backed invasion - CNBC
25/03/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNBC Falkland Islands' fears for Russia -backed invasion CNBC The Russian embassy in London said in a statement, after U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond criticized Russia over Cri...

» Осквернившие мемориал Немцова могут повторить судьбу Pussy Riot - Московский комсомолец
25/03/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Московский комсомолец Осквернившие мемориал Немцова могут повторить судьбу Pussy Riot Московский комсомолец Идея соратников Бориса Немцова привлечь активистов, разгромивших мемориа...

» Study: More Hong Kong Millionaires Seek to Emigrate
25/03/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Some lawyers in Hong Kong say increasing numbers of residents are filing paperwork to emigrate, a trend that has the potential to echo a previous outflow of Hong Kong citizens in the late...

» Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Twitter’s Broken Windows
25/03/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Users who spew verbal violence create a culture of online abuse that then strays into the offline world.

» Kyrgyzstan Bans IS, Designates It As Terror Group
25/03/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Kyrgyzstan has designated the Islamic State (IS) group as a terrorist organization, and banned its activity in the republic, the Kyrgyz intelligence agency, the State Com...

» Moscow Realizing It Can’t Control Islam in Russia the Way It Would Like, Malashenko Says
25/03/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, March 25 – Moscow is beginning to recognize that it cannot control Islam in R...

» French: Terror Attack on Plane Unlikely
25/03/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Bernard Cazeneuve, the French interior minister, said Wednesday that terrorism was “not a privileged hypothesis at the moment” in the Airbus A320 crash.

» U.S. Losing 'Information War' to Russia, Study Claims
25/03/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The United States is losing an information war to Russia, Islamic State and other rivals, says a new report that calls for a strengthening in U.S. counter-propaganda efforts a...

» Mikhail Khodorkovsky Sets Conditions for His Return to Russia
25/03/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the self-exiled Russian tycoon-turned-opposition figure who spent 10 years in jail, says he will only return to Russia when it becomes dangerous for the ...

» Совбез: США могут попытаться провести в России «цветную революцию» - Известия
25/03/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Совбез: США могут попытаться провести в России «цветную революцию» Известия Соединенные Штаты Америки будут помогать союзникам и партнерам противостоять российской политике. Об...

» Polish general: Russia is trying to wage hybrid warfare in our country - Business Insider
25/03/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Polish general: Russia is trying to wage hybrid warfare in our country Business Insider Poland is increasingly anxious that Russia may employ the same type of hybrid ...

» США ввели санкции против преемника Доку Умарова - Аргументы и факты
25/03/15 21:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Аргументы и факты США ввели санкции против преемника Доку Умарова Аргументы и факты Министерство финансов США ввело ограничительные меры в отношении одного из лидеров северокавказс...

» Picasso Valued at $140M to be Auctioned in NYC
25/03/15 21:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A radiant masterpiece by Pablo Picasso from the 1950s will lead an auction in May where it could top $140 million. "Women of Algiers (Version O)" will be offered at Christie's on May 11. ...

» Report Cites ‘Significant Gap’ in FBI's Intelligence Goals, Practices
25/03/15 20:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Citing a “significant gap” in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) intelligence goals and actual practices, a new report contends the bureau should beef up its ranks of analysts an...

» Сложный треугольник: Тегеран, Москва и Вашингтон
25/03/15 20:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Сложный треугольник: Тегеран, Москва и Вашингтон Госсекретарь США Джон Керри вновь встречается завтра в Швейцарии со своим иранским коллегой Джавадом Зари... From: Голос Америки V...

» News Analysis: Ukraine Risks 'Feudalization' As Conflict With Oligarchs Boils Over
25/03/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A devastating economic crisis, an open conflict with Russia, and now a war between Kyiv and one of Ukraine's leading oligarchs. Is Kyiv making a serious effort at breakin...

» Neurotic, open, extrovert – are you a British regional stereotype?
25/03/15 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. With Britain’s personality types now charted on a map, our panel of writers from Lincolnshire, Newport, Orkney and London consider whether they match up to their birthplace Co...

» Opinion: A Fourth Arab Country Melts Down
25/03/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Reports on Wednesday that the president of Yemen has fled his country underline the latest crisis to strike the state system in the Middle East. Three other Arab nations – Libya, Syria an...

» Ghani Thanks Americans For Sacrifice, Warns About Islamic State
25/03/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has thanked the United States for its involvement in what has become the longest foreign war in U.S. history.

» NEWS GUIDE: The crisis in Yemen as president flees Aden home - MiamiHerald.com
25/03/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. MiamiHerald.com NEWS GUIDE: The crisis in Yemen as president flees Aden home MiamiHerald.com Yemen's embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has fled his palace in the southe...

» Dozens Arrested in Raids to Stem Illegal Influx of Kosovars
25/03/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The European authorities arrested 77 people accused of running a network smuggling in immigrants from Kosovo to countries in Western Europe.

» U.S. providing surveillance to Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State in Tikrit
25/03/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. BAGHDAD — Drones from the U.S.-led coalition are providing surveillance and intelligence to Iraqi troops as they struggle to ...

» Yemen’s President Flees Country by Sea Amid Rebel Advance
25/03/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (SANAA, Yemen) — Yemeni security and port officials say that President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has left the country by sea, on a boat from the port of Aden, as Shiite rebels and their allies ad...

» Interior Ministry Names Nine Chechens Allegedly Fighting In Syria
25/03/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Security authorities in Chechnya have released the names of nine individuals from the republic who are believed to be fighting in Syria.

» Woman who had baby cut from belly released from hospital - Chron.com
25/03/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chron.com Woman who had baby cut from belly released from hospital Chron.com LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman whose unborn baby was cut from her womb by a stranger with a ...

» The Big Personality Test: Wales – land of hills rain and neuroses?
25/03/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. According to new figures, Welsh people are more neurotic, extroverted and unconscientious than the Scots and the English Age: As a national identity, about 1,600 years old; as...

» US soldier Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with desertion
25/03/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Solider who spent five years in Taliban captivity faces life in prison, after being was freed last year in a prisoner swap with five Guantánamo Bay detainees The longest-held ...

» Official: US military to charge Bergdahl with desertion
25/03/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says the Army sergeant who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years will be court martialed on char...

» Yemeni president flees Aden palace as rebels seize control of city
25/03/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 file photo, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, President of Yemen, sits after addressing the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. h...

» Lavrov: Russia 'welcomes' improved relations between US, Cuba
25/03/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Lavrov: Russia 'welcomes' improved relations between US, Cuba Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Russian Foreign Minister Sergei L...

» Ukraine Arrests 2 Officials as Nation Watches on TV
25/03/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The director of the emergency services ministry and his deputy were handcuffed at a meeting and face charges of embezzlement and abuse of power.

» Booz Allen Contractor, 2 Other Americans Die in Airbus Crash
25/03/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc contractor Yvonne Selke and two other U.S. citizens were among 150 people killed when a Germanwings Airbus crashed in a remote Alpine region in France, the U.S. St...

» Ghani Addresses Congress, Eager to Rebuild Afghan-US Ties - New York Times
25/03/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times Ghani Addresses Congress, Eager to Rebuild Afghan-US Ties New York Times WASHINGTON — Ashraf Ghani, the new president of Afghanistan, addressed a joint meeting of ...

» Iranian nuclear talks 'not in the endgame' despite nearing deadline
25/03/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. This week’s discussions may lead to an initial agreement but any deal unlikely to be made public until details are fine-tuned in June, says senior European official Even if a ...

» Richard III DNA tests uncover evidence of further royal scandal
25/03/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Latest genetic tests reveal another break in the male line, potentially undermining the legitimacy of the entire House of Plantagenet When scientists revealed last year that a...

» Passenger bus blown up by mine in east Ukraine, three killed
25/03/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - Three people were killed and six injured on Wednesday when a passenger bus struck a landmine in eastern Ukraine where government forces have been battling Russian-back...

» Terror Convict: My Mother and the FBI Violated My Rights - ABC News
25/03/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Terror Convict: My Mother and the FBI Violated My Rights ABC News A radical Muslim convert from Virginia serving a 25-year sentence for supporting terrorism is suing the FBI and his ow...

» US Soldier Charged With Desertion, Misbehavior Before Enemy​
25/03/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. military prosecutors have formally charged Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. Army sergeant traded for five Taliban prisoners last year, with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy...

» Kremlin critic says under pressure not to return to Russia
25/03/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Ilya Ponomaryov said on Wednesday he was under pressure from state authorities not to return to Russia after reports that the country's prosecutors as...

» What Did Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Get in Washington This Week? - U.S. News & World Report
25/03/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U.S. News & World Report What Did Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Get in Washington This Week? U.S. News & World Report Three-day visit to Washington was marked with pledges of ref...

» 2nd black box missing from German airlines crash - USA TODAY
25/03/15 19:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. USA TODAY 2nd black box missing from German airlines crash USA TODAY Officials investigating the crash of a German airliner that killed 150 people have been able to extract critical au...

» Afghan president Ashraf Ghani thanks American people in speech to Congress (VIDEO)
25/03/15 19:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. Hailing a revived 'partnership,' Ghani presented a sharp contrast to his predecessor Hamid Karzai whose relations with Washington grew bitter and mistrustful in his final years in office...

» Moscow says new U.S. national security strategy is anti-Russian
25/03/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's federal Security Council on Wednesday criticized as "anti-Russian" the new U.S. national security strategy, which lists Moscow's aggression in its neighbori...

» Wiretapping Tightens Stranglehold On Macedonian Media
25/03/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. While Russia is waging a war against journalism, a more quiet assault on media freedom is taking place in Macedonia, a small, landlocked Western Balkan nation of 2 millio...

» Court Blocks Jihadist Website Used to Recruit Turks to Islamic State
25/03/15 19:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The court said that the website, Takva Haber, and its affiliate video site, Takva Tube, were spreading “terror propaganda.”

» The Red Cross: ‘Ebola Started In Silence and Will End With Our Words’
25/03/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the mysterious disease that had earlier swept through the tiny village of Meliandou, in Guinea’s southern forested region, had been ide...

» A tale of 2 Ferguson deaths: 1 well known, 1 anonymous
25/03/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:47 p.m. EDT. FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Along a short stretch of winding road through a nondescript apartment complex, two memorials of stuffed animals mark the spots where young men died....

» Ben Carson: Obama Is a 'Psychopath' - The Root
25/03/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Root Ben Carson: Obama Is a 'Psychopath' The Root I would like to receive The Root email newsletter. I would like to receive The Chatterati email newsletter. Sign Up. The Roo...

» How widespread are discriminatory practices of Ferguson MO police department
25/03/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOAvideo. How widespread are discriminatory practices of Ferguson MO police department Host Carol Castiel and VOA Congressional Correspondent, Cindy Saine, talk with first - term Congresswoman A...

» What is the status of the race relations in America today?
25/03/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOAvideo. What is the status of the race relations in America today? Host Carol Castiel and VOA Congressional Correspondent, Cindy Saine, talk with first - term Congresswoman Alma Adams, a Democ...

» Whats behind the delays regarding the nomination of Loretta Lynch for US Attorney General
25/03/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOAvideo. Whats behind the delays regarding the nomination of Loretta Lynch for US Attorney General Host Carol Castiel and VOA Congressional Correspondent, Cindy Saine, talk with first - term Co...

» Ukraine's president sacks oligarch from post as regional governor
25/03/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Ihor Kolomoisky is removed after the businessman sends armed guards to the HQ of national oil company Ukraine’s president has sacked powerful oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky from his...

» Germany — and one small town — mourns 16 teenagers killed in Germanwings plane crash
25/03/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. One town of about 38,000 people in a traditional mining region is small enough for many people to be touched directly by the tragedy. read more

» FBI told its cyber surveillance programs have actually not gone far enough
25/03/15 18:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In-house 9/11 Review Commission calls for further expansion of informant and cyber surveillance networks but largely ignores domestic intelligence gathering An in-house review...

» Two top Ukrainian officials just got busted on live TV
25/03/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. read more

» Bergdahl to be charged with desertion - USA TODAY
25/03/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Bergdahl to be charged with desertion USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years after leaving his remote post in Afg...

» Ben Carson Refers To Obama As A 'Psychopath' - CBS Local
25/03/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS Local Ben Carson Refers To Obama As A 'Psychopath' CBS Local Dr. Ben Carson addresses the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland,...

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25/03/15 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Booz Allen Hamilton: Strategy and Technology Consulting ... www. boozallen .com/ Cached Similar Booz Allen Hamilton Loading... Booz Allen Hamilton is a leading provider of management and techno...

» American crash victims: US government contractor, daughter
25/03/15 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Americans were presumed dead in the plane crash in the southern French Alps, including a U.S. government contractor and her daughter, the State Department said Wednesday. Identif...

» Yvonne And Emily Selke Named As American Victims In Germanwings Flight 9525 Crash
25/03/15 18:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International Business Times. Yvonne and Emily Selke of Nokesville, Virginia, were identified Wednesday by their husband and father as the two Americans aboard the Germanwings flight that crashed Tuesday i...

» flight 9525 selkey - Google Search
25/03/15 18:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Yvonne And Emily Selke Named As American Victims In ... International Business Times - 5 hours ago Yvonne and Emily Selke of Nokesville, Virginia, were identified ... aboard the Germanwings fli...

» Who Really Killed Boris Nemtsov?
25/03/15 18:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. The body of killed Russian opposition leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov lies on Bolshoi Moskvoretsky bridge near St. Basil cathedral on February 28, 2015 in central Moscow, Ru...

» 2,526,6962,526,6962015-03-25The lengthy report, “The FBI: Protecting the Homeland in the 21st Century
25/03/15 13:47 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,526,696 2,526,696 2015-03-25 The lengthy report, “The FBI: Protecting the Homeland in the 21st Century,” is perhaps the most detailed, public examination to date of the FBI’s post-9/11 capabilities, highlighting the successes and limit...

» FBI adapts to face terrorism threats but still faces challenges, report finds
25/03/15 12:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . FBI Director James Comey. A new report commissioned by Congress highlights the bureau’s post-9/11 successes and limitations. (Cliff Owen/AP) The FBI improved its ability to fight terrorism in the years ...

» Report Notes Gains by F.B.I. Since 9/11, but Cites Weaknesses, Too
25/03/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. has made great strides since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, but urgently needs to improve its intelligence capabilities and hire more linguists to counter the rapidly evolving thr...

» FBI Lagging Behind US Terrorism Threat, Report Says - New York Times
25/03/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NPR FBI Lagging Behind US Terrorism Threat, Report Says New York Times WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. urgently needs to improve its intelligence capabilities and hire more linguists to ...

» Turkey unveils Great Synagogue as Jewish population fades
25/03/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. EDIRNE, Turkey (Reuters) - When the domes of Edirne's abandoned Great Synagogue caved in, Rifat Mitrani, the town's last Jew, knew it spelled the end of nearly two millennia of Jewish ...

» Former top Mubarak era official freed after acquittal: state news agency
25/03/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CAIRO (Reuters) - Habib al-Adly, who served as interior minister under president Hosni Mubarak, was freed from prison on Wednesday after being cleared of graft charges last week, the s...

» It’s difficult being a doctor in the age of the empowered patient
25/03/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. As a GP, I know that people differ in their approach to serious illness. Some want to make their own choice about treatment, even if it runs counter to the experts’ advice Goo...