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MOSCOW — As Russia’s relations with the world soured over the past year, performing artists here have learned a harsh lesson: Use your stage, canvas or microphone to criticize the country or its president too freely and you run the risk of being shut down.

That message is increasingly being directed at artists considered to be in violation of an unspoken moral code of the Russian regime, which seems to be taking cues from the Orthodox church.

In the past few weeks, Russian Orthodox Church leaders in Novosibirsk organized protests over the portrayal of religious symbols in an opera that led to the theater director being fired by the Russian Culture Ministry. Orthodox activists in Moscow delivered a severed pig’s head to a famous director to protest religious symbols he used in a play in one of the city’s preeminent theaters. A Russian arts council began examining ways to prevent and punish “distortions” of classic plays, and Kremlin officials proposed introducing a preliminary review process for theatrical productions — effectively, a Soviet-style censoring board.

Officials defend their actions as steps to urge Russian theater directors to exercise greater “taste, common sense and responsibility,” as Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky told Russian news outlet Moskovsky Komsomolets this month, and to “show respect for the audience, the public, to the city.” That includes censoring one’s output from within, Medinsky stressed — and not “neglect[ing] the feelings of believers.”

But the artistic community in Russia sees it as a blatant attempt at social control.

“What is happening is a total conservative revolution,” said Marina Davidova, a well-known arts critic in Russia. “We have a ministry of culture that works against culture, against art and against the entire cultural community.”

As Davidova and other critics see it, the trend toward muzzling theatrical productions on moral grounds isn’t limited to those that Orthodox church officials deem offensive. The latest flare-ups have focused on sensational uses of religious symbols onstage — and the fierce response of the faithful claiming personal injury from the episodes.

Metropolitan Tikhon, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Novosibirsk, had not even seen the production of Richard Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” when he began to complain about it in January. He filed a court case against the director and theater officials for violating a 2013 law criminalizing insulting someone’s religious feelings. He lost but told his followers to protest the theater last month.

The opera’s plot centers on the struggle between the flesh and the spirit, with the title character, Tannhäuser, appealing all the way to the pope for salvation but falling back into his old hedonistic life when he is rejected.

Timofey Kulyabin’s modernist staging features Tannhäuser as a film director producing a movie about Jesus enjoying the lusty pleasures of Venus and advertising it with a racy poster depicting a crucifix between a naked woman’s legs. It’s supposed to cause a scandal in the opera — just as it did in real life, after the image got onto the Internet.

Church officials decried the image as a “provocation.”

“All the actors who appeared naked, simulating sexual relations, even touching Christ, who is sacred for us — this is something we cannot tolerate, because it is against our conscience,” said Vakhtang Kipshidze, a spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. The opera directors should have discussed the staging with the church first, Kipshidze said, to avoid this situation.

“Of course it would be a very stupid thing to expect artists never to do anything shocking,” he said. “You have freedom of self-expression, you are free artists. But we are also a religious community. We have our religious freedom and we deserve to be respected.”

The irony of this case, according to theater director Boris Mezdrich — who was fired and replaced with a director who believes the opera was “blasphemous” — is that in context, the shocking poster was only used to make a moral point with which the church would probably agree.

“The message of this poster was very simple: that you cannot go beyond certain ethical limits. You cannot live like that, you shouldn’t. That was our message,” Mezdrich said.

“But you know, those people who brought all these charges never saw the performance,” Mezdrich said. “And in a way, the government ministers just are under the influence of the church leaders.”

The bond between the government and church leaders didn’t start with the Wagner opera in Novosibirsk. Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s close relationship with the church has been on display for years, reflected in his personal displays of faith, the Kremlin’s response to the group Pussy Riot’s 2012 shock-show in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, the Russian crusade against homosexual “propaganda” and Putin’s numerous warnings about a “moral crisis” of Western-style secularism. Even Russia’s Oscar-nominated foreign language film “Leviathan” earned the culture minister’s open disdain this year for drawing the government-church association.

But the latest incidents show that “we are getting to the critical stage of this disease,” Davidova said. “There is a link between Russia’s foreign policy and political course and what is happening in culture. Tannhäuser — there’s no criticism of the regime there. But the performance showed a free way of thinking, the free thinking of a European intellectual, and that really irritates them.”

Since the opera event, theater directors and their supporters have called for Medinsky to be fired, for Mezdrich to be reinstated, and for the church in Novosibirsk to back off from actions “which can lead to religious extremism.”

But as the war of words and street protests continues, other attempts to muzzle the country’s most experimental theatrical minds are progressing.

Several of the country’s best-known directors are being scrutinized for their modernized productions of classic Russian plays, such as Alexander Pushkin’s “Boris Godunov” and Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls.” Members of the Russian Heritage Institute’s review board — which is exploring ways to limit the interpretations of Russian classics — recently told state news service Tass that many of the productions were “distortions” and even “trash.”

Putin’s spokesman has articulated the Kremlin’s opposition to any forms of censorship, but he also maintained that the government should not have to fund projects that aren’t “appropriate.”

Theaters’ dependency on state funding makes them a prime target for restriction.

“This is absolutely comparable with Soviet times,” Davidova said. “It’s just shocking how these measures are being restored.”

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Karoun Demirjian is a reporting fellow in The Post's Moscow bureau. She previously served as the Washington Correspondent for the Las Vegas Sun, and reported for the Associated Press in Jerusalem and the Chicago Tribune in Chicago.

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11/04/15 00:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from vladislav surkov - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Was Surkov Behind The LifeNews Raid? RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty And significantly -- and this is where it gets really interesting -- he is wid...

» Кто сливает вчерашнего «героя ополчения» Игоря Стрелкова? - Луганский Радар
11/04/15 00:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from владислав юрьевич сурков - Google News. Луганский Радар Кто сливает вчерашнего «героя ополчения» Игоря Стрелкова? Луганский Радар ... свидетельствует о том, что эта травля не была стихийной волной негодова...

» Пресса России: Решительный Путин - Корреспондент.net
11/04/15 00:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Корреспондент.net Пресса России: Решительный Путин Корреспондент.net "Я думаю, что они копают под Суркова", – предположил депутат. "Независимая" напомина...

» Илья Пономарев: От меня требовали дать показания на Суркова
11/04/15 00:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Депутата Илью Пономарева могут ли&...

» Сурков, спецслужбы и гибель Немцова - Радио Свобода
11/04/15 00:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Радио Свобода Сурков , спецслужбы и гибель Немцова Радио Свобода Уголовные дела против инноваторов из созданного Дмитрием Медведевым и Владиславом Сурковым научного центра "...

» Владислав Сурков поздравил президента Южной Осетии с днем рождения - ИА "ОСинформ"
11/04/15 00:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Зеркало недели ИА "ОСинформ" Владислав Сурков поздравил президента Южной Осетии с днем рождения ИА "ОСинформ" Помощник президента РФ Владислав Сурков в своем поздравлении по...

» Из "Сколково" уезжают ученые - СЕГОДНЯ
10/04/15 23:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. СЕГОДНЯ Из "Сколково" уезжают ученые СЕГОДНЯ ... клеток, голландский онколог Антон Бернс. В ближайшее время в Университет Южной Каролины вернется директор Центра к...

» A Chechen Dragon Splits Moscow - The Moscow Times
10/04/15 23:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from vladislav surkov - Google News. The Moscow Times A Chechen Dragon Splits Moscow The Moscow Times He took a call from Kremlin spin doctor Vladislav Surkov . He mocked and threatened Politkovskaya until she ...

» Kadyrov's Menace Casts a Shadow Over Moscow - The Moscow Times
10/04/15 23:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from vladislav surkov - Google News. The Moscow Times Kadyrov's Menace Casts a Shadow Over Moscow The Moscow Times He took a call from Kremlin spin doctor Vladislav Surkov . He mocked and threatened Politkovska...

» Putin Ensuring Authoritarian Governance With An Orderly Political Succession ... - Eurasia Review
10/04/15 23:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from vladislav surkov - Google News. Eurasia Review Putin Ensuring Authoritarian Governance With An Orderly Political Succession ... Eurasia Review Alongside Medvedev, Vladislav Surkov (1964-), Vasily G Yakemen...

» СК заподозрил депутата Вороненкова в крупном мошенничестве - Славянка Инфо
10/04/15 23:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. СК заподозрил депутата Вороненкова в крупном мошенничестве Славянка Инфо Торжественный ужин, на котором присутствовали в том числе спикер Госдумы Сергей Нарышкин, певец Нико...

» Шалтай-Сливай: Полный обзор слива переписки чиновников администрации президента РФ - Украина криминальная
10/04/15 23:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Шалтай-Сливай: Полный обзор слива переписки чиновников администрации президента РФ Украина криминальная Про другую известную «башню», помощника президента Владислава Суркова...

» Who the Hell Keeps Leaking Kremlin Correspondence? - Global Voices Online
10/04/15 23:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from vladislav surkov - Google News. Global Voices Online Who the Hell Keeps Leaking Kremlin Correspondence? Global Voices Online The older generation still remembers a time when political experts debated the c...

» Год хаоса и независимости - Газета.Ru
10/04/15 23:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Газета.Ru Год хаоса и независимости Газета.Ru К первым относилась команда помощника президента Сергея Глазьева, ко вторым – другого помощника Владислава Суркова . «Политичес...

» СБУ расскажет о роли Суркова в событиях на Майдане - BBC Russian
10/04/15 23:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Цензор.Нет (Сатира) FaceNews.ua СБУ расскажет о роли Суркова в событиях на Майдане BBC Russian В феврале этого года президент Украины Петр Порошенко заявил, что бойцы спецпо...

» Duma Deputy Ponomaryov: 'I Do Not Intend To Become A Political Emigre' - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
10/04/15 23:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from vladislav surkov - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Duma Deputy Ponomaryov: 'I Do Not Intend To Become A Political Emigre' RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty On one side, there is the FSB, the GRU, and ...

» Помощник президента РФ Владислав Сурков поздравил президента РЮО Леонида Тибилова с Днем Конституции - Государственный комитет по информации и печати РЮО
10/04/15 23:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Государственный комитет по информации и печати РЮО Помощник президента РФ Владислав Сурков поздравил президента РЮО Леонида Тибилова с Днем Конституции Государственный комит...

» Шокин: приказ стрелять по Майдану отдал Янукович - NEWSru.ua
10/04/15 23:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. РБК Украина Шокин: приказ стрелять по Майдану отдал Янукович NEWSru.ua "Мы тут справку подготовили, я процитирую: "В феврале 2015-го года глава СБУ заявил, что сов...

» Шокин: СБУ докажет, что Сурков курировал работу снайперов на Майдане - Диалог.UA - Всегда два мнения
10/04/15 23:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Диалог.UA - Всегда два мнения Шокин: СБУ докажет, что Сурков курировал работу снайперов на Майдане Диалог.UA - Всегда два мнения Напомним, что 20 февраля 2015 во время церем...

» В обнуленном мире - Радио Свобода
10/04/15 23:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Радио Свобода В обнуленном мире Радио Свобода Яркий британский документалист Адам Кертис высказывает в своем недавнем фильме "Озеро горечи", показанном по Би-би-си в конце я...

» СБУ не смогла представить доказательств причастности Суркова к событиям на Майдане - Взгляд
10/04/15 23:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Взгляд СБУ не смогла представить доказательств причастности Суркова к событиям на Майдане Взгляд СБУ не предоставила генпрокуратуре Украины ни одного подтверждения тому, что...

» Генпрокуратура не в курсе причастности Суркова к расстрелам Майдана - Обозреватель
10/04/15 23:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Обозреватель Генпрокуратура не в курсе причастности Суркова к расстрелам Майдана Обозреватель На данный момент Служба безопасности Украины не подтвердила информацию, озвучен...

» Генпрокурор Украины: СБУ не доказала причастность Суркова к расстрелам Майдана - Московский комсомолец
10/04/15 23:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Владислав Сурков - Google News. Обозреватель Генпрокурор Украины: СБУ не доказала причастность Суркова к расстрелам Майдана Московский комсомолец Ранее глава СБУ Валентин Наливайченко заявил, что ведомство...

» Националистическое движение "Русские" оказалось под угрозой закрытия - Интерфакс
10/04/15 23:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Русский национализм - Google News. Националистическое движение " Русские " оказалось под угрозой закрытия Интерфакс Как сообщалось ранее, в конце марта обыски прошли сразу у четверых заявителей с...

» Russians honor slain opposition figure 40 days on - Reuters
10/04/15 23:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Рамзан Кадыров - Google News. Reuters Russians honor slain opposition figure 40 days on Reuters The main suspect, Zaur Dadaev, served with Chechen police troops who answer to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov ...

» Gideon's Spies | Gordon Thomas
10/04/15 23:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . “Literally impossible to put down.”— The New York Times “A fascinating look at a spy organization that has remained off-limits to most journalists. A first-rate nonfiction account.R...

» CIA Director Discusses ISIS, Iranian Nuclear Negotiations - Harvard Crimson
10/04/15 22:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Haaretz CIA Director Discusses ISIS, Iranian Nuclear Negotiations Harvard Crimson CIA Director John O. Brennan discusses policies in the Middle East at the Institute of Politics on Tuesd...

» CIA Director Says Iran's Economic Peril Helped Drive Nuclear Deal - New York Times
10/04/15 22:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. New York Times CIA Director Says Iran's Economic Peril Helped Drive Nuclear Deal New York Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has provided the first ...

» CIA Director Says the War on Terror May Never End - Defense One
10/04/15 22:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Defense One CIA Director Says the War on Terror May Never End Defense One Last night, Director of Central Intelligence John Brennan participated in a question-and-answer session at Harva...

» Особое мнение : Глеб Павловский
10/04/15 22:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Горячие интервью (звук) | Эхо Москвы. Гости: Глеб Павловский Ведущие: Ольга Журавлева Прямая линия с президентом - это как «Интерстеллар». Можно посмотреть, можно не посмотреть... Download audio: http://cd...

» Националистическое движение "Русские" может закрыться
10/04/15 22:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Информационное агентство Росбалт. Росбалт, 11/04/2015 01:43 МОСКВА, 11 апреля. Дk...

» Хакеры завладели личными данными клиентов Lufthansa
10/04/15 22:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Информационное агентство Росбалт. Хакеры получили доступ к личным данным участников программы накопления миль авиакомпании Lufthansa. Как сообщает Spiegel, хакеры осуществили взлом произошел с помощью так ...

» Ariel Cohen: Putin's chilling message to the West - Kyiv Post
10/04/15 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Kyiv Post Ariel Cohen: Putin's chilling message to the West Kyiv Post Vladimir Putin's 10-day disappearance shortly after the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and his triu...

» Putin’s Chilling Message to the West
10/04/15 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from New Atlanticist. April 7, 2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during a concert in Moscow March 18 to mark the first anniversary of Russia's annexation Crimea from Ukraine. (Reuters...

» ФСБ видит в «Исламском государстве» угрозу для России - Газета.Ru
10/04/15 22:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Спецслужбы видят реальную угрозу &...

» Порошенко урегулировал деятельность разведки Украины
10/04/15 22:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Украины 24 часа в сутки : ЛІГАБізнесІнформ. Закон будет способствов ...

» Holder warns DOJ staff members against soliciting prostitutes
10/04/15 21:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Current - Breaking USA News. Mar. four, 2015: U.S. Attorney Common Eric Holder addresses reporters in Washington. (Reuters) Attorney Standard Eric Holder despatched a memo to staff members of the Depar...

» Russia's Next Target - Wall Street Journal
10/04/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Russia's Next Target Wall Street Journal Russian forces on Thursday conducted a drill near Moldova, the small, Kremlin-menaced nation wedged between Ukraine and Ro...

» Украинская прокуратура расследует исчезновение документов по делам против Юлии Тимошенко - Коммерсантъ
10/04/15 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская правда Украинская прокуратура расследует исчезновение документов по делам против Юлии Тимошенко Коммерсантъ Генеральная прокуратура Украины проводит служебное расслед...

» Киев не намерен снимать экономическую блокаду Донбасса и переводить пенсии населению - Московский комсомолец
10/04/15 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Московский комсомолец Киев не намерен снимать экономическую блокаду Донбасса и переводить пенсии населению Московский комсомолец Официальный представитель МИД Украины Евгений Переб...

» Что несет Украине карьерный взлет Дмитрия Яроша?
10/04/15 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Недавнее назначение лидера украи&#...

» Ярош и Порошенко: кто кому служит? - ИА REGNUM
10/04/15 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. BBC Russian Ярош и Порошенко: кто кому служит? ИА REGNUM Казалось бы — еще недавно лидер «Правого сектора» был в команде Коломойского, грозил президенту Порошенко и начальнику Генш...

» Рогозин назвал Турчинова дебилом - Газета.Ru
10/04/15 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская Правда в Украине Рогозин назвал Турчинова дебилом Газета.Ru Вице-премьер России Дмитрий Рогозин прокомментировал в своем твиттере заявление секретарь СНБО Украины Але...

» Poland’s warning to Europe: Russia’s aggression in Ukraine changes everything | Natalie Nougayrede
10/04/15 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Five years after the Smolensk plane crash, Warsaw has grown impatient with taking a diplomatic backseat The train was trundling through the Warsaw suburbs towards the north-west. It ...

» Poland's warning to Europe: Russia's aggression in Ukraine changes everything - The Guardian
10/04/15 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Poland's warning to Europe: Russia's aggression in Ukraine changes everything The Guardian Russia's aggression against neighbouring Ukraine has changed almost everything....

» To Counter NATO in Baltic, Moscow Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons, Regnum Writer Says
10/04/15 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, April 10 – Faced with superior NATO forces in the larger Baltic Sea region an...

» Путин созвал Совбез из-за Украины и Йемена - УНИАН
10/04/15 20:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН Путин созвал Совбез из-за Украины и Йемена УНИАН Президент РФ Владимир Владимир Путин провёл оперативное совещание с постоянными членами российского Совета безопасности по Ук...

» Russia May Soon Have ‘More Blocked Websites than Working Ones,’ Legal Expert Says
10/04/15 20:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, April 10 – It is a measure of how Moscow has tightened the screws on the medi...

» One Person Killed in Fire at Rosneft Oil Refinery
10/04/15 20:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A fire broke out at the Angarsk refinery of Russia's biggest oil firm Rosneft in east Siberia on Friday, killing one worker, Rosneft said.

» ФСБ: в рядах боевиков ИГ насчитывается около 1,7 тысячи граждан России - РИА Новости
10/04/15 20:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости ФСБ: в рядах боевиков ИГ насчитывается около 1,7 тысячи граждан России РИА Новости Заместитель директора ФСБ генерал армии Сергей Смирнов заявил, что также в настоящее ...

» Pope Francis accused of blocking appointment of French ambassador to Vatican 'because he is gay'
10/04/15 20:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Liberal Catholics’ hopes for a more progressive Church under Pope Francis have taken another knock with claims that the Pontiff has refused to accept France’s new choice of Ambassador to...

» СБУ сообщает о задержании уже 40 человек в Одесском регионе - РИА Новости
10/04/15 20:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости СБУ сообщает о задержании уже 40 человек в Одесском регионе РИА Новости Пресс-секретарь Службы безопасности Украины Елена Гитлянская сообщила, что "в целом СБУ зад...

» Порошенко пообещал защитить украинцев в Приднестровье, если их обидят - Комсомольская правда
10/04/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская правда Порошенко пообещал защитить украинцев в Приднестровье, если их обидят Комсомольская правда Президент Украины Петр Порошенко за свое недолгое правление пообещал...

» Ford takes control of Russia joint venture - Reuters
10/04/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Ford takes control of Russia joint venture Reuters Ford's equity stake in Ford-Sollers, which is responsible for local production, sales and imports of Ford cars in Russia , r...

» Russian National Culture Matters But Less than Many Think, Pain Says
10/04/15 20:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, April 10 – Russian national culture is not the determinant of the country’s d...

» «Вы не цитируете Путина. Вы цитируете какой-то идиотизм» - Коммерсантъ
10/04/15 20:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Коммерсантъ «Вы не цитируете Путина. Вы цитируете какой-то идиотизм» Коммерсантъ Президент Украины Петр Порошенко прокомментировал появившуюся в начале недели информацию в СМИ о то...

» New Laws on Archives and Names Show Ukraine ‘Increasingly Diverging’ from Russia, Scholar Says
10/04/15 20:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, April 10 – “The mental gap between Ukraine and Russia is growing, and the tra...

» Майкл Макфол: Путин не заинтересован в разрешении украинского конфликта
10/04/15 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Майкл Макфол: Путин не заинтересован в разрешении украинского конфликта Бывший посол США в России считает взаимодействие с Кремлем бесполезным на данном этапе Originally published...

» Russia's Middle Class Reluctant to Blame Putin for Economic Downturn
10/04/15 20:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. It was when her nine-year-old son said he wanted to be ill to keep her home that Yekaterina Chatskaya knew the cuts at her Moscow clinic had gone too far and she was working t...

» Whoa. The Russian ruble is having a 'miracle' surge - CNNMoney
10/04/15 20:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNNMoney Whoa. The Russian ruble is having a 'miracle' surge CNNMoney The ruble collapsed last year as the Russian economy started showing serious cracks. Russia was hit hard by the d...

» After 'Interns' Star Came Out in Russia, a Mix of Fury and Shrugs - New York Times
10/04/15 20:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times After 'Interns' Star Came Out in Russia , a Mix of Fury and Shrugs New York Times MOSCOW — In February, Odin Biron, an American actor who plays a naïve American son of ...

» Analysts: Iran Deal Offers Chance to Rehabilitate Foreign Relations
10/04/15 20:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The tentative framework over Iran’s nuclear program agreed to this month is in renewed doubt over the timing of when Western sanctions should be lifted. But many analysts say the progress...

» Линия разграничения в Донбассе остается линией огня - Вести.Ru
10/04/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Вести.Ru Линия разграничения в Донбассе остается линией огня Вести.Ru В поселок Спартак, расположенный в пригороде Донецка, прибыли наблюдатели ОБСЕ. Минувшей ночью украинские войс...

» Катынь и Смоленск
10/04/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Катынь и Смоленск Что значат д...

» Iran-China Alliance Not Considered Threat to Nuclear Talks
10/04/15 20:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. State Department says it does not believe Iran’s alliance with a new multi-billion dollar China-led development bank will destabilize the ongoing Iran nuclear talks.   Iran is on...

» Senate nears veto-proof tally on Iran bill
10/04/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Washington (CNN) Senate backers of a bill the White House fears could dismantle a potential nuclear deal with Iran are closing in on a veto-proof threshold of support. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee i...

» Venezuela's president sees opportunity for better U.S. ties
10/04/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said he saw an opportunity to improve strained ties with the United States, softening his stance toward U.S. Preside...

» Ambassador: US handed Cambodia to `butcher' 40 years ago
10/04/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:13 p.m. EDT. PARIS (AP) -- Twelve helicopters, bristling with guns and U.S. Marines, breached the morning horizon and began a daring descent toward Cambodia's besieged capital. Reside...

» Ahead of World War II Anniversary, Questions Linger Over Stance of Japan's ... - New York Times
10/04/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. New York Times Ahead of World War II Anniversary, Questions Linger Over Stance of Japan's ... New York Times PELELIU ISLAND, Palau — Visiting the remote Western Pacific site of one of ...

» Probe ordered into deputies' beating of fleeing horseman - TheNewsTribune.com
10/04/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Probe ordered into deputies' beating of fleeing horseman TheNewsTribune.com HESPERIA, Calif. — A Southern California sheriff on Thursday ordered an immediate investigation after ...

» Bernice Tannenbaum, Who Fought U.N. Resolution on Zionism, Dies at 101
10/04/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Ms. Tannenbaum, a former president of Hadassah, persuaded President Ronald Reagan and the United States Senate to condemn a United Nations resolution equating Zionism with racism.

» Nordic Nations Agree On Defense Cooperation Against Russia
10/04/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Five Nordic nations have agreed to work more closely on defense after declaring Russia the "biggest challenge to European security."

» Smolensk Plane Crash Remembered On Fifth Anniversary
10/04/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Commemorations are planned in Warsaw on April 10 to mark the fifth five year anniversary of the plane crash that killed Poland's president and other senior officials.

» Obama to Meet Raul Castro at Panama Summit
10/04/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOA News. Obama to Meet Raul Castro at Panama Summit President Barack Obama is taking part in a two-day summit in Panama City, where he is expected to encounter Cuban President Raul Castro. It w...

» Top US, Cuba diplomats hold highest-level meeting in decades
10/04/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:13 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top U.S. and Cuban diplomats have met in Panama in the highest-level meeting between the two governments in more than half a century....

» Top U.S., Cuba Diplomats Hold Highest-Level Meeting in Decades
10/04/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (WASHINGTON) — The top U.S. and Cuban diplomats have met in Panama in the highest-level meeting between the two governments in more than half a century. The U.S. State Department says Secretary...

» The Daily Vertical: The Kremlin's Maidanphobia
10/04/15 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertica...

» Venezuela
10/04/15 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Venezuela Former Latin American leaders called Thursday for "free and fair" elections in Venezuela and the release of "political prisoners," in pointed criticism of the governme...

» U.S. military convoy comes under attack by suicide bomber with explosives
10/04/15 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. KABUL – A U.S. military convoy in eastern Afghanistan came under attack Friday when a suicide bomber detonated a car filled w...

» Syrian Peace Talks in Moscow End in Disarray - ABC News
10/04/15 19:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Sacramento Bee Kansas City Star Syrian Peace Talks in Moscow End in Disarray ABC News Talks between the Syrian government and the opposition ended in acrimony Friday with the parties f...

» Blackstone and Wells Fargo to Buy GE Capital's Real Estate Assets - MarketWatch
10/04/15 19:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Blackstone and Wells Fargo to Buy GE Capital's Real Estate Assets MarketWatch NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 10, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Blackstone BX, -0.03% and Wells Fargo ...

» Stallone Thanks UK Piracy Police After Arrest
10/04/15 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A British man is being questioned on suspicion of leaking films online, including Expendables 3 which cost the studio millions.

» How a sunken ship explains the U.S. military alliance with South Korea
10/04/15 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. SEOUL — Defense Secretary Ashton Carter honored slain South Korean sailors Friday in a visit to the wreckage of a naval vesse...

» No Breakthrough at Russia-Mediated Syrian Peace Talks
10/04/15 19:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Members of the Syrian government and some opposition groups ended concluded talks Friday in Russia with no signs of progress on how to end the four-year civil war. It was the second round...

» Ukrainian Tycoon Kolomoyskiy 'Invited' To Talk To Prosecutors
10/04/15 19:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's prosecutor-general says he has "invited" powerful oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskiy to answer questions regarding the attempted murder of a lawyer a decade ago.

» Ukraine Military, Rebels Accuse Each Other of Increased Attacks
10/04/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukraine's military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Friday of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old cease-fire deal. The conflict has ...

» Man jailed for branding girlfriend while she slept
10/04/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Spanish judge sentences Antonio Ricardo Lema Sanjurjo to three years in prison for causing first- and second-degree burns burning victim as she slept A man in northern Spain h...

» Vatican suspected of rejecting gay French ambassador
10/04/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Vatican has not responded to nomination of Laurent Stéfanini, a senior diplomat described as an exemplary candidate in the Italian press The Vatican has been dragging its feet...

» WorldViews: Cubans love the pope and the Catholic Church, but they’re just not that into religion
10/04/15 19:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Religion in Cuba is complicated, and a new survey on the island offers a rare snapshot of religious identity in a Communist n...

» Tsarnaev conviction undermines argument from McCain, Graham - MSNBC
10/04/15 19:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. MSNBC Tsarnaev conviction undermines argument from McCain, Graham MSNBC A jury this week convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the Boston Marathon, nearly two years to the ...

» Obama Administration Launches Cuba Charm Offensive
10/04/15 19:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A photo of the former adversaries shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shaking hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, slight smiles playing across their faces. The image o...

» China rejects Obama's criticism in islands dispute - USA TODAY
10/04/15 19:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY China rejects Obama's criticism in islands dispute USA TODAY BEIJING — The Chinese government on Friday dismissed criticism from President Obama, who said Beijing is pu...

» Will A Nuclear Deal Bring The U.S. And Iran Together?
10/04/15 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A nuclear deal would remove some long-standing barriers between Iran and the United States, but don't expect the walls to come tumbling down.

» Russia says move to cap its NATO mission has Cold War echoes
10/04/15 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - A move by NATO to cap the size of Russia's diplomatic mission at the alliance's Brussels headquarters has echoes of the Cold War, RIA news agency quoted Russian Fore...

» Ex-Blackwater guards seek new trial just days before sentencing for Iraq deaths
10/04/15 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four American former Blackwater guards, convicted in connection with the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqis in 2007, have asked a U.S. judge for a new trial just days...

» GE dismantles GE Capital; plans $90B to investors - USA TODAY
10/04/15 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY GE dismantles GE Capital; plans $90B to investors USA TODAY General Electric (GE) said today it is selling its GE Capital banking business, in the latest attempt to sim...

» Czech President Won't Attend Moscow Parade
10/04/15 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The Czech president reversed a decision to attend a military parade in Moscow next month after coming under heavy pressure, including from his own government, amid tensions between Rus...

» Podcast: Putin Flexes His Missiles
10/04/15 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Is Russia's nuclear posturing just bluster? The geopolitical equivalent of Vladimir Putin's fondness for being photographed shirtless? Or does it point to something darker?

» Iran Would Extend Deal Talks Past Deadline
10/04/15 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Iran will extend talks for a final nuclear deal with world powers beyond a June 30 deadline if the extension is required to satisfy red lines drawn this week by supreme leader Ayatolla...

» Russia Complains About NATO Reducing Delegation
10/04/15 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksei Meshkov said April 10 NATO's decision to reduce the number of Russian representatives at the alliance "smacks of a Cold War spirit"

» Obama Nears Decision on Cuba’s Status on Terror List
10/04/15 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. President Obama may remove Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. The White House also said it had not ruled out a meeting between Mr. Obama and the Cuban president at a gather...

» Obama foreign policy doctrine takes shape
10/04/15 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. US president banks on President banks on policy of engagement with erstwhile enemies Iran and Cuba

» Argentine court orders arrest of Justin Bieber over assault claim - Reuters
10/04/15 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Argentine court orders arrest of Justin Bieber over assault claim Reuters BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine judge ordered the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber if he sets fo...

» Meet the Pro-Russian ‘Partisans’ Waging a Bombing Campaign in Ukraine
10/04/15 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Soon after midnight on April 1, a separatist group calling itself the Kharkov Partisans issued another one of its video warnings to the Ukrainian government. It claimed that within the next 48 hours ...

» Can Iran Nuclear Deal Survive Many Hurdles Ahead?
10/04/15 19:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. and Iranian negotiators are working to transform a recent interim deal to limit Tehran’s nuclear ambitions into a final agreement. But analysts say there are obstacles to a final acc...

» U.S. Defense Chief Talks Tough on North Korea
10/04/15 19:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter struck a harsh tone on North Korea Friday, and said the U.S. would deploy its best equipment to the region.

» WorldViews: The U.S. and Cuba will soon agree to reopen their embassies. Here’s what happens next.
10/04/15 19:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. President Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro are expected to meet Saturday on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas, and the ...

» Israeli forces reportedly kill Palestinian in riot
10/04/15 19:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A 27-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed Friday, allegedly by Israeli forces, during a riot that grew out of a West Bank funeral procession for his cousin, with whom he is now exp...

» Obama, Raúl Castro Speak Before Summit
10/04/15 18:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro spoke on the phone ahead of their arrival in Panama for a summit of leaders from the Americas.

» Islamic State launches deadly assault in Anbar province
10/04/15 18:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. BAGHDAD — Islamic State militants launched a devastating assault on Iraqi government forces in the provincial capital of Anba...

» Islamic State launches deadly assault in Anbar province - Washington Post
10/04/15 18:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. AsiaOne Islamic State launches deadly assault in Anbar province Washington Post BAGHDAD — Islamic State militants launched a devastating assault on Iraqi government forces in the provi...

» Argentine Judge Orders Arrest Warrant for Justin Bieber - New York Times
10/04/15 18:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Argentine Judge Orders Arrest Warrant for Justin Bieber New York Times BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for Justin Bieber on Friday, sayi...

» Justice Department warns employees against frequenting prostitutes - Washington Post
10/04/15 18:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Justice Department warns employees against frequenting prostitutes Washington Post The Justice Department is sending a memo to all of its employees Friday warning them that solic...

» S&P Lowers Ukraine's Credit Rating
10/04/15 18:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Standard & Poors rating agency has downgraded Ukraine's credit rating to CC, a notch lower than the previous CCC- level, and says the outlook is negative.

» Secret Service Officer Arrested for Destruction of Property - TIME
10/04/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME Secret Service Officer Arrested for Destruction of Property TIME A secret service officer has been arrested in Washington, D.C. and charged with destruction of property. The...

» US Man Charged with Plotting Suicide Attack on Army Base
10/04/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Topeka, Kansas man has been charged in federal court with attempting to detonate a car bomb at a military base as part of a plot to support Islamic State, the U.S. Department of Justice...

» Obamas paid $93362 in federal taxes, return shows - USA TODAY
10/04/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Obamas paid $93362 in federal taxes, return shows USA TODAY WASHINGTON — President Obama and his wife paid $93,362 in federal taxes last year on a combined income of $4...

» Former US Ambassador: Putin Has Not Interest in Resolving Ukraine Conflict
10/04/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul tells VOA that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no interest in resolving the conflict in Ukraine because it serves his interest. McFaul...

» China Infrastructure Bank - World Bank Rival or Partner?
10/04/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Iran has just joined 34 other countries to become the newest member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The new development bank, launched late last year by the People’s Republic...

» Kerry to Brief US Congress on Iran Nuclear Deal
10/04/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will brief a skeptical Congress next week on a framework nuclear deal with Iran. President Barack Obama's deputy national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, ...

» Russian Ruble Touches Four-Month High
10/04/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Russian ruble rose in trading on April 10, reaching a high point for 2015.

» Same Surveillance State, Different War — The Atlantic
10/04/15 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Master Feed : The Atlantic. How government justification for mass surveillance during the war on drugs turned into rationalization for spying on citizens in the war on terror It's been a long 22 months sin...

» US Government Makes Baltimore Police Keep Surveillance With Hailstorm Device Secret: Report
10/04/15 18:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . (Newser) – Baltimore police are under orders from the US government to withhold information about secretive cellphone surveillance technology from the public and even the courts, and are encouraged to s...

» Data on police shootings limited
10/04/15 18:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Topics Officer-Involved Shootings Yesterday at 4:29 PM By Ben Poston Los Angeles Times NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Since 1985, police in North Charleston, S.C., have recorded four "justifiable homicid...

» The FBI Busts Up Another Of Its Own Terrorist Plots And Politicians Rush To Blame The First Amendment
10/04/15 18:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, Like other recent sensational “terror plots,” however, the criminal complaint unsealed yesterday demonstrates the key role of an undercover l...

» Baltimore Police Using Technology Secretly To Tap Into Thousands Of Cell Phones « CBS Baltimore
10/04/15 18:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CBS Baltimore. BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Accessing your data. Baltimore City police have been using technology to tap into thousands of cell phones. Alex DeMetrick reports the secret deal with the FBI even k...

» Tells the Facts, Names the Names
10/04/15 18:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names. “I predict that we will see a whole new wave of UAVs emerging with payloads more unusual than tasers, dart guns and paintball guns.” — Guy ...

» ISIS-Inspired Kansas Man Accused of Plotting Another Ft. Hood-Type Attack
10/04/15 18:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. A 20-year-old Kansas man allegedly joined the U.S. Army last year so he could launch an ISIS-inspired attack on American soldiers like the deadly strike on Ft. Hood, Texas, in 2009, federal...

» Florida prison system under fire amid allegations of abuse, fatal shower scalding
10/04/15 18:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The exterior of Florida State Prison near Starke, Florida.  (Reuters) Florida's state-run prison system is being hammered with allegations that guards abused and even killed inmates -- including one inci...

» San Diego’s homegrown FBI hacking hit
10/04/15 18:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . # Mobile phone and computer snooping by police, long a staple in the war against crime, got a boost here 15 years ago with the opening of the nation's first FBI-run regional computer forensics laboratory. # "...

» As encryption spreads, U.S. worries about access to data for investigations
10/04/15 17:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers takes questions at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Cybersecurity Technology Summit on April 2. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Image...

» FBI Warns of Fake Govt Sites, ISIS Defacements — Krebs on Security
10/04/15 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Krebs on Security. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that individuals sympathetic to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) are mass-defacing Websites using known vulnerabilities ...

» Baltimore Police used secret technology to track cellphones in thousands of cases
10/04/15 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Baltimore Police used secret technology to track cellphones in thousands of cases - Baltimore Sun. The Baltimore Police Department has used an invasive and controversial cellphone tracking device thousands...

» World coalition attacks botnet infecting 12,000
10/04/15 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A graphic representation of the dangers posed by botnets, stealth robotic computer networks that place malicious hardware on the computers of unsuspecting users. (Photo: Europol European Cybercrime Centre) An...

» 2015-04-10#Immigration
10/04/15 17:49 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-04-10 #Immigration Immigration Activists Hide Material Training Exec. Amnesty ‘Navigators’ In ‘Path To Power’ Immigration Activists Hide Material Training Exec. Amnesty ‘Navigators’ In ‘Path To Power’ Friday April 10 th , 2015  at  ...

» Federal Data on Police Shootings Limited | Officer.com
10/04/15 17:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story .

» FBI, international cybercrime task force beat botnet
10/04/15 17:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A new group of international cybercrime fighters claimed one of its first kills Thursday, pulling the plug on malicious servers that hijacked at least 12,000 machines, most of them in the United States. The e...

» A Former Black Panther-Turned-FBI Informant Brings a Camera Crew to Work
10/04/15 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Colorlines. Saeed Torres is a Harlem-born former Black Panther and self-described “revolutionary” who, while imprisoned in the early ’90s, began spying on his Muslim community for the FBI...

» FBI agreement requires police to hide surveillance use from the courts | Politics
10/04/15 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Police agreements with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ask officers to hide the capabilities of high-tech surveillance equipment from the courts and the public, according to records obtained by the ACLU. ...

» Fake FBI agent swindled man out of his home: lawsuit
10/04/15 17:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from | Fake FBI agent swindled man out of his home: lawsuitNew York Post. Shady Brooklyn real-estate workers conned a Flatbush man out of his home after one posed as a FBI agent and threatened to arrest him unl...

» Defense says FBI probe of accused officers was flawed
10/04/15 17:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Philly.com News. Jeremy Roebuck, Inquirer Staff Writer Last updated: Friday, April 10, 2015, 1:09 AM Posted: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 8:58 PM After seven days of testimony alleging that an elite Philadelph...

» The Boston Bombing: Was Tamerlan Tsarnaev an FBI Informant? | Global Research
10/04/15 17:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Research. Originally published by  Who What Why by Lara Turner We asked each member of our Boston Marathon Bombing reporting team to share their personal experience or perspective on one a...

» FBI: Man Plotted Suicide Bomb Attack at Kansas Military Base
10/04/15 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. A 20-year-old man accused of planning a suicide attack at Fort Riley was arrested Friday while trying to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb near the Kansas military base as part of ...

» The CIA gets a makeover
10/04/15 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from David Ignatius: Most Recent Articles and Archives. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York last month. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters) CIA...

» No time for passivity in Ukraine
10/04/15 16:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ukrainian servicemen during a training session near the eastern city of Mariupol, Ukraine on April 1. (Roman Pilipey/European Pressphoto Agency) By Editorial Board April 9 at 7:51 PM WHILE WESTERN attention i...

» Puerto Ricans who can’t speak English qualify as disabled for Social Security
10/04/15 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Hundreds of Puerto Rico’s residents qualified for federal disability benefits in recent years because they lacked fluency in English, according to government auditors. The Social Security Admi...

» The Iran deal: Anatomy of a disaster
10/04/15 16:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Charles Krauthammer: Most Recent Articles and Archives. President Obama speaks at the White House about the Iranian nuclear talks. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ASSOCIATED PRESS) “ Negotiations . ....

» Obama, Castro to hold bilateral meeting Saturday
10/04/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Obama walks across the Miraflores locks during his tour of the Panama Canal in Panama City on April 10. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) PANAMA CITY — President Obama and Cuban President Raú...

» Yemen’s War Leaves Aden Crumbling and Starving
10/04/15 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ADEN, Yemen — Rooftop snipers have emptied the streets of this dusty seaside city and swelled its hospitals and morgues. Weeks of fighting between armed groups have left nearly 200 people dead and the c...

» Czech President to Skip Controversial Moscow Victory Day Parade | News
10/04/15 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . David W Cerny / Reuters Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman (L) welcomes a group of Ukrainian Czech repatriates at Prague's Ruzyne Airport March 15, 2015. The Czech government has granted residence permits...

» Russian Ruble Falls Sharply as Incredible Rebound Falters | Business
10/04/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Vedomosti Russian ruble and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen on a table at a bank in Moscow. The Russian ruble fell sharply Friday afternoon, having surged to fresh 2015 highs in the morning, after the Central ...

» ‪Russian Capital Flight Slows Sharply in First Quarter‬ | Business
10/04/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A Gordeyev / Vedomosti Capital flight from Russia has slowed sharply. ‪Net capital outflow from Russia was $32.6 billion in the first quarter of the year, down from $72.9 billion in&...

» Russia held military exercise in Transnistria
10/04/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Military & Defense. Russia held a military exercise in an internationally unrecognized pro-Russian separatist region of Moldova on April 9, the Wall Street Journal reports citing Russian news agencies....

» White House hacking reports highlight digital cold war between US, Russia
10/04/15 16:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Christian Science Monitor | World. Reports this week about Russian involvement in computer intrusions at the US State Department and White House bring fresh attention to growing tensions between the t...

» Russia’s Next Target - WSJ
10/04/15 16:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russian forces on Thursday conducted a drill near Moldova, the small, Kremlin-menaced nation wedged between Ukraine and Romania. According to Russian news agencies, 400 Russian troops participated in exercise...

» Russia's ruble: From down-and-out to darling
10/04/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Immigration Activists Hide Material Training Exec. Amnesty ‘Navigators’ In ‘Path To Power’
10/04/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Immigration Activists Hide Material Training Exec. Amnesty ‘Navigators’ In ‘Path To Power’. Following Breitbart News’ report about the training immigration activists planned to help ille...

» Hatton Garden gem heist: Police knew about alarm but didn't attend
10/04/15 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Thieves made off with up to £200million-worth of jewels after bold break-in An alarm went off around the time the heist is thought to have started Police admit they were told of al...

» Larry Kramer’s Novel ‘The American People’ Adds a Gay Dimension to History
10/04/15 15:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Fourteen years ago, the playwright and activist Larry Kramer was preparing to die. His liver was failing, and the prognosis was grave. He summoned an old friend, Will Schwalbe, editor in chief of Hyperion Boo...

» Review: Judith Miller’s ‘The Story: A Reporter’s Journey’
10/04/15 15:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story In late 2002 and through 2003, Judith Miller, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, wrote a series of articles about the presumed presence of chemical and biological...

» Review: ‘One of Us,’ by Asne Seierstad, on Anders Breivik’s Rampage in Norway
10/04/15 15:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The nonfiction horror story told in “One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway” moves slowly, inexorably and with tremendous authority. It’s a sober book that smells ...

» NATO Caps Size of Russia’s Mission After Internal Reports of Espionage
10/04/15 15:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — For a year after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization cut back its cooperation with Russia as punishment for the country’s incursions into Ukraine , Russia’s NATO mission has ...

» Russian Nuclear Submarine Catches Fire During Repairs
10/04/15 15:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — A Russian nuclear submarine caught fire while undergoing repairs in a dry dock outside the city of Arkhangelsk and smoke billowed from it through the day on Tuesday. But emergency officials tol...

» With Details of Iran Deal Still in Flux, White House Opens Sales Effort
10/04/15 15:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — President Obama has compared the preliminary accord on limiting Iran’s nuclear program to signing a contract to buy a house, emphasizing that the deal is not done until it closes. But...

» China Is Said to Use Powerful New Weapon to Censor Internet
10/04/15 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . SAN FRANCISCO — Late last month, China began flooding American websites with a barrage of Internet traffic in an apparent effort to take out services that allow China’s Internet users to view webs...

» For Mentally Ill Inmates, a Cycle of Jail and Hospitals
10/04/15 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It was not a particularly violent crime that sent Michael Megginson to Rikers Island . He was arrested for stealing a cellphone. But in jail, Mr. Megginson, who is 25 and has been in and out of psychiatric ho...

» 9-Year-Old Girl Pregnant After Being Raped By Islamic State Group Militants
10/04/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International Business Times. A 9-year-old girl from a minority group in Iraq is pregnant after being raped by at least 10 different men with the Islamic State group, news reports said. She was seen by aid...

» 2,596,2122,596,2122015-04-10#MassGrave
10/04/15 13:47 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,596,212 2,596,212 2015-04-10 #MassGrave Hundreds of bodies found in mass grave (raw) Hundreds of bodies found in mass grave (raw) Friday April 10 th , 2015  at  11:59 AM 1 Share Hundreds of bodies found in mass grave (raw) Forensic tea...

» The Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good–for the Mullahs - Washington Wire
10/04/15 13:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Wire. By Aaron David Miller Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on April 9.  Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The agreement over Iran’s nuclear program wil...

» Opinion: Contradictions in Obama's Doctrine
10/04/15 13:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ASHARQ AL-AWSAT. I tried to ignore US President Barack Obama’s interview with the New York Times because I was sure it would be part of his propaganda campaign for the framework nuclear deal with Ira...

» US liberal groups push congressional Democrats on Iran nuclear bills - Middle East
10/04/15 13:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US progressive groups rallied on Thursday to persuade Democratic senators not to support a bill giving Congress a vote on a nuclear deal with Iran, echoing the White House's insistence that the measure could ...

» White House Takes Shot At Netanyahu On Twitter Using Iran Bomb Diagram « CBS DC
10/04/15 13:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CBS DC. Latest News WASHINGTON (CBS DC/AP) — The White House Twitter account took a shot at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, tweeting a cartoon bomb graphic nearly identical to...

» Obama’s doctrine and legacy | New York Amsterdam News: The new Black view
10/04/15 13:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Amsterdam News stories. Special to the AmNews If President Barack Obama’s intention is to forge a legacy, one mainly based on his foreign policy, he has made several decisive steps toward that goal. ...

» The White House's Netanyahu-trolling cartoon is pretty misleading
10/04/15 13:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vox - All. The White House tweeted out a cartoon on Wednesday afternoon, defending the Iran nuclear framework agreement, that was unmistakably designed to mock Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It...

» When Debating Iran's Nuclear Program, Sort Fact from Fiction | Scott Ritter
10/04/15 13:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Huffington Post | Full News Feed. American policy makers have made it a point, expressed consistently over time, to emphasize that intelligence estimates do not, in and of themselves, constitute policy...

» Poll Finds Most Americans Don't Trust Iran on Nuclear Deal - NBC News.com
10/04/15 13:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Poll Finds Most Americans Don't Trust Iran on Nuclear Deal collapse story Most Americans don't trust that Iran will abide by an eventual agreement to curtail its nuclear program and not develop an atomic weap...

» More than 100,000 fake Turkish passports given to ISIL
10/04/15 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) militants were given more than 100,000 fake Turkish passports in order to travel to Turkey and then enter Syria to join ISIL, a daily reported on Thursday. Accord...

» Obama Telephones Corker to Discuss Iran Nuke Agreement
10/04/15 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. The White House says President Barack Obama and Sen. Bob Corker have discussed the tentative agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program. Corker, a Tennessee Republican and the Senate For...

» Should the U.S. guarantee safety in the Mideast?
10/04/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Should the U.S. guarantee safety in the Mideast? - Los Angeles Times. To the editor: Professor Steven L. Spiegel's idea of the U.S. entering into formal defense treaties with Israel, Saudi Arabia and other...

» Could the Corker-Menendez bill kill an Iran deal? A top Dem supporter pushes back.
10/04/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is among the most prominent Democratic supporters of the Corker-Menendez bill on Iran. He may be one of the most important players in determining whether it passes and what it ultim...

» White House swipes at Netanyahu with tweet of Iran bomb diagram
10/04/15 13:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing Amb. Gillerman: WH 'deteriorating' relationship with Israel The White House took an apparent swipe at Benjamin Netanyahu on Twitter Wednesday, posting a diagram similar to one used by the Israeli ...

» The Arab Reaction to the Iran Deal
10/04/15 13:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from From the Potomac to the Euphrates. Saudi King Salman attends the opening meeting of the Arab Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters). My research associate, Amr Leheta, wrote this terrific po...

» Chertoff: Iran Deal Worthless Without the Right Enforcement Mechanisms | TIME
10/04/15 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Michael Chertoff was secretary of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009. He is now executive chairman of The Chertoff Group, a global security and risk-management advisory firm. How will we enforce Iranian comp...

» 5 reasons Iran nuke deal fails: Column
10/04/15 13:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Kicking the nuclear can down the road while praying Iran changes doesn't offer much hope. A handout picture made available by the official website of the Iranian Supreme Leader shows the Supreme Leader, Ayato...

» Nuke deal 'fact sheets' vary between US, Iran, others
10/04/15 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Officials and pundits have repeatedly emphasized that the devil is in the details for an Iran nuclear deal, but there may also be demons in the basics. Key disagreements about what's been decided have emerged...

» A Struggle to Secure Iraq’s Shared Past, and Perhaps Its Future
10/04/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BAGHDAD — Looted and shuttered after American troops seized Baghdad a dozen years ago, the National Museum of Iraq has officially reopened its doors — a response to Islamic State thugs’ taki...

» Differences Emerge in U.S., Iran Interpretations of Nuclear Deal
10/04/15 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from U.S. News - News. By: Shahir Shahidsaless, Contributor for Al-Monitor Al-Monitor After eight days and nights of intense negotiations, on April 2 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Federica M...

» Hundreds of bodies found in mass grave (raw)
10/04/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Hundreds of bodies found in mass grave (raw) Forensic teams examined and worked to remove hundreds of bodies found in a mass grave in Tikrit, Iraq. The victims are believed to be hundreds of soldiers killed b...

» Why is ISIS destroying Iraq’s cultural heritage? | Opinion , Commentary
10/04/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Daily Star >> Opinion. In recent months ISIS has taken to destroying priceless architecture and antiquities in northern Iraq. Since declaring a “caliphate” in June 2014 ISIS has targe...

» U.S. official: No timetable on Mosul invasion
10/04/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights U.S. official said in February that Iraqi troops could go into Mosul in April or May Officials say now that there's no timetable, an invasion could come sooner or later They note that recaptu...

» ISIS launches English radio
10/04/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . DM London ISIS has launched English-language radio news bulletins on its Iraqi broadcast service - complete with information on the latest suicide bombings and ‘martyrdom operations’. The extremis...

» US to Tehran: Hands off Yemen
10/04/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ADEN: Washington warned Thursday it would not “stand by” while Iran supports rebels in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition hit anti-government targets at the start of a third week of bombings. In t...

» The Saudi concert | The Jakarta Post
10/04/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The war within a religion in the Afro-Arab world is set to intensify if Pakistan responds positively to Saudi Arabia’s appeal and joins the military offensive against the Shia militants in Yemen. While ...

» Tensions Between Iran and Saudi Arabia Deepen Over Conflict in Yemen
10/04/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . CAIRO — Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia deepened on Thursday as Iranian leaders lashed out with rare vehemence against the continuing Saudi air campaign in Yemen , even hurling personal insults a...

» Obama’s Mindless Spin on Iran
10/04/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The latest from The Weekly Standard by Jay Cost. Widget tooltip If one were to deny Barack Obama the use of straw-man attacks, misrepresentation of facts, accusations that opponents are operating in bad fa...

» It Begins: The Shaping and Selling of Obama's Legacy
10/04/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RealClearPolitics - Articles. Perhaps it’s the field of potential and actual candidates who claim to want his job, or thoughts of a presidential library where two terms of Barack Obama history will g...

» Yazidi sex slaves 'gang-raped in public' by Isis fighters, harrowing accounts reveal - Middle East - World
10/04/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Hundreds of women and children were abducted from the town of Sinjar, in northern Iraq, and held hostage by Isis for over eight months. Some were sold to fighters as sex slaves or given as ‘prizes’...

» ISIS kills 52 men in Iraq
10/04/15 12:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Guardian Nigeria. ISIS killed 52 men, the majority Iraqi police officers,  at the al Qaim border crossing with Syria this week, according to Sohaib al Rawi, governor of Iraq’s Anbar province...

» The war against Islamic State (2): Mosul beckons
10/04/15 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Planting the Iraqi flag in Tikrit. But too many fight only for their sect IN A barren military camp near Mosul in Iraq, 500 balaclava-clad men train for urban warfare under the watchful eye of their leader, a...

» Iran is not cooperating with the deal
10/04/15 12:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from American Thinker. Like some of you, I had my doubts about all this talk of a deal with Iran.  First, I get very nervous when they cheer in the streets of Iran but worry in Israel.  Sorry, but I'd...

» Yazidi women 'gang-raped in public' by Isis fighters, harrowing accounts reveal
10/04/15 12:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of India. Yazidi women released by Isis this week were gang-raped in public by fighters and tortured by their captors, acco...

» ISIS: the mad, bloody residue of the war on terror
10/04/15 12:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Spiked. Key to the emergence of ISIS, in Cockburn’s telling, has been the civil war in Syria, a conflict that was rapidly transformed from a popular uprising against the brutal, economically struggli...

» JK Alternative Viewpoint » Blog Archive » The history of the Islamic State:rise of this Sunni terrorist group-STANLY JOHNY
10/04/15 12:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from JK Alternative Viewpoint. The veteran journalist Patrick Cockburn’s latest book traces the history of the Islamic State and identifies the reasons for the rise of this Sunni terrorist group. By STANL...

» Sweden to Join U.S.-Led Coalition Against ISIS
10/04/15 12:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Sweden to Join U.S.-Led Coalition Against ISIS. by AFP 10 Apr 2015 0 (AFP) Sweden will send up to 120 troops to northern Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish fighters as part of the U.S.-led coalit...

» 10 doctors ‘shot dead’ after refusing to treat ISIS militants
10/04/15 12:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from | 10 doctors ‘shot dead’ after refusing to treat ISIS militantsNew York Post. Ten doctors who refused to treat wounded Islamic State militants faced a familiar punishment meted out by the terror group R...

» Who Is to Blame for the Rise of ISIS — Bush or Obama?
10/04/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Christianpost.com > Church & Ministries. March 19, 2015 | 3:49 pm (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism in Wash...

» Obama Realigns American Foreign Policy
10/04/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from American Thinker. Foreign policy pundits are not quite sure about the Obama administration’s Middle East strategy. It appears that the administration is either playing a balance-of-power game in the ...

» Why Obama chose the Iran talks to take one of his presidency’s biggest risks
10/04/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A handout picture released by the White House on April 1, 2015 shows President Obama and Vice President Biden, with the national security team, participating in a secure video teleconference from the Situatio...

» Rand Paul: Kurds would fight ISIS 'like hell' if promised a country
10/04/15 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he supports creating a new nation for the Kurds in exchange for their help fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). “I think they would fight like hell if we prom...