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July 05, 2015

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Animosity Between Sunnis and Shiites Might Doom Iraq's ISIS Fight
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:14 AM

FROM JUNE 22: Shiite Militias Backed By Iran Lead Charge Against ISIS in Ramadi 2:19

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A bloody past and centuries of mistrust between two branches of Islam are threatening to derail Iraq's bid to crush ISIS — as well as the American war plan.

The rise of Iran-backed Shiite militias battling the extremists has left the country's Sunni minority wondering what to do next.

The so-called Popular Mobilization Units made up primarily of Shiites aligned with Tehran have taken on a kind of semi-official status in Iraq's security forces, fighting at the tip of the spear during recent anti-ISIS campaigns in the cities of Tikrit and Ramadi. In some cases, they are led by men accused by the U.S. of being responsible for attacks on Americans.

But Sunni fighters are expressing dismay at the idea of being stationed with Shiites, even if both parties share a common enemy in ISIS.

"I will not fight with the Hashad," one Sunni tribal fighter said in an interview with NBC News, using the Arabic name for the Popular Mobilization Units. "They … take their orders from Iran. It's a shame on me if I fight next to an Iranian."

An eight-year war between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s left at least 500,000 people dead. Sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites in the years following the 2003 U.S. invasion killed thousands more.

Until recently, U.S. training in Iraq has focused on Shiite and Kurdish fighters battling ISIS. But the White House last month announced that 450 military trainers would be sent to Anbar province towork with Sunni tribes that feel displaced by the Shiite-led government and have not joined the fight against ISIS enthusiastically. The Sunnis are being trained at Taqqadum air base — alongside what the Pentagon describes as a "low double digit" number of Shiites serving as liaisons between militia units and the Iraqi government.

Experts say there is a portion of the Sunni population that remains anti-ISIS and is willing to fight. But the question is whether they'll be prepared to go into combat alongside the Shiite militias, including some which have a record of human-rights abuses.

It's unclear what the Iraqi government will ask of the Sunnis regarding integration with Shia on the battlefield, but senior U.S. officials have indicated that various forces would ultimately be consolidated.

FROM JUNE 10: American Troops Headed Back to Iraq to Act as Trainers 2:33

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Enmity has existed between Shiites and Sunnis for around 1,400 years, and stems from the conflicting beliefs on who should lead the faithful. According to Shiites, leadership ought to be handed down through Muhammad's descendants, such as Hussein, while Sunnis believe power should have passed first to the Prophet's companions and then a series of "caliphs" chosen by the faithful.

More than 20 percent of Iraq's population is Sunni. They have also complained of discrimination and abuse since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein's Sunni-led dictatorship and replaced it with a government dominated by the country's Shiite majority. ISIS is made up of Sunni extremists.

But while the Popular Mobilization Units insist they aren't sectarian, human rights groups have accused individual Shiite militias fighting within the structure of harassing or attacking Sunni civilians, as well as destroying their homes and businesses.

"The Sunnis in Iraq view the conflict as directly managed by Iran," said Laith Alkhouri, a director of research at security consultancy and NBC News partner Flashpoint Intelligence. "ISIS is extremely savvy at exploiting this relationship."

Alkhouri said that because Shiite militias are fighting in Sunni areas such as Ramadi, ISIS is able to frame the militias' battle against ISIS as a larger fight against Sunnis. "Because of that they're able not only to recruit, but get the tribes to pledge allegiance to ISIS," Alkhouri said about the Sunni militant group.

Shiite militias have taken a larger role in the battle against ISIS as members of Iraq's official army have reportedly fled when encountering the militants. The Popular Mobilization Units now outnumber Iraqi security forces.

"The most effective groups [in Iraq] are the groups that are linked to Iran — they are the best trained, the best armed, and they have the biggest effect on the battlefield," said Bill Roggio, editor of theLong War Journal and a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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The Popular Mobilization Units include the Badr Organization, which is financed, armed and inspired by Iran.

Its leader is Hadi al-Ameri, who is known to be close to Qassim Suleymani — head of Iran's elite special operations unit, the powerful Quds Force.

Iranian media last month published photos purporting to show al-Ameri and Suleymani together in Iraq's Anbar province.

And Abu Mahdi al-Muhandhis, the Popular Mobilization Units' operations chief, was listed by the U.S. government in 2009 as a specially-designated global terrorist. The announcement noted al-Muhandhis' ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC), which it alleged provided lethal support to Shiite groups which at the time were targeting and killing Americans and Iraqi forces.

During a visit to Tehran last month, Iraq's prime minister was photographed introducing al-Muhandhis to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

U.S. officials have recently conceded that Shiite militias will play a role in the fight against ISIS — but are careful to say that the groups are under the control of Iraq's central government.

"There are the militias that you and I are used to hearing that have close alignments with Iran," retired General John Allen, President Obama's envoy to the coalition fighting ISIS, said in May. "Those are the extremist elements, and we don't have anything to do with that."

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The Badr Organization's links to Tehran go back to the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988, when Badr members fought on the Iranian side, against Iraq.

But experts say the rise of ISIS has brought the relationship further into the open, as Badr and similar Iraqi Shiite groups see an opportunity to expand their influence with Tehran's help.

"Under the guise of fighting ISIS, they are getting all they can, while they can," Michael Pregent, a former U.S. intelligence officer who worked in Iraq between 2005 and 2010, said of Iraq's Shiite militias. "Their focus is on exerting political influence and religious influence on existing Iraqi institutions."

NBC News' Bill Neely recently visited al-Ameri on the battlefield, as his forces fought at the northern edges of Ramadi. "I take my orders from Baghdad, not Tehran," he said. "Every operation is authorized by the prime minister."

Image: Badr Organization fighters clash with ISIS near Fallujah, Iraq, on June 1

Nevertheless, a poster circulated online by the Badr Organization in March announcing the start of a campaign to take back the city of Tikrit from ISIS carried images of Al-Ameri and Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. "We're coming, O Tikrit," it announced.

The funeral of one Badr Organization fighter also underscores just how active Iran has become inside Iraq's borders.

Muhammad Hadi Dhulfiqari received a hero's goodbye after being killed while battling ISIS militants in Iraq in February.

Funeral video published by the Badr Organization shows his comrades carrying Dhulfiqari's coffin into a wide mausoleum, where men dressed in combat fatigues paid respects and wept. Martyrdom posters inside the mausoleum showed a portrait of Dhulfiqari in life, smiling as he held his rifle.

However, it appears Dhulfiqari was not Iraqi.

"Iranian media openly claimed he was a member of the basij — meaning a member of the IRGC," said analyst Phillip Smyth, referring to the volunteer wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Smyth, a fellow at the Washington Institute and researcher at the University of Maryland who specializes in Shiite militia groups, dug into the story of the Iranian's death.

At least two Iranian news outlets known to have reliable information about affairs in the country identified Dhulfiqari as an Iranian national embedded with the Badr Organization inside Iraq, where he worked as a military adviser and photographer.

Photos of a second funeral held for Dhulfiqari in the Iraqi city of Najaf purport to show his coffin draped in an Iranian flag.

Ayatollah Asefi, the Najaf-based representative of Khamenei, is also pictured at the funeral, praying over Dhulfiqari's coffin.

Iranian media has reported that Iran is involved inside Iraq in an advisory role and Khamenei's senior military adviser has said the actions are a warning to the militants of ISIS.

"[ISIS] wanted to come toward the holy shrines," the military official, General Yayha Rahim Safavi, said during a speech near Tehran last month. "We gave them a message that if they come close to holy shrines, we will enter the battle directly and you know you do not have the ability to confront Iranian basiji," Safavi added, referring to Iran's volunteer fighters inside Iraq.

The deaths of Iranian basij fighters like Dhulfiqari are also a powerful symbol for Iraq's Shiite militias, who recognize they have a reliable patron in Iran.

"The Iranians are doing what the U.S. won't, which is committing to the fight fully. And when you're committing to the fight fully, you're committing forces on the ground," said Roggio, the Long War Journal editor. "That is why the Iranians have a lot of sway with the Iraqi government and military. And that is why Iranian power is on the rise."

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Syrian army and Hizballah enter key town of Zabadani
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Syrian army and Hizballah enter key town of Zabadani

DEBKAfile July 5, 2015, 1:49 PM (IDT)

Hizballah’s TV Al Manar reported Sunday that Syrian and Hizballah troops had entered rebel-held Zabani on the second day of an offensive to capture this strategic border town which lies on the Damascus-Beirut highway near the Lebanese border. The townת45 km northwest of Damascusת has been held by rebels since 2012. The Syrian army said it had inflicted heavy casualties on "the terrorist groups fortified inside the city" and was advancing from several fronts towards their positions.

Syrian power plant attacked by ISIS - Middle East - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:08 AM

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Syrian power plant attacked by ISIS

Islamic State suicide bombers on Sunday blew up an explosive- laden truck near a power plant that serves the northeastern city of Hasaka, the latest attack after their expulsion from most parts of the city, the Syrian army said.

By Reuters | Jul. 5, 2015 | 2:52 PM

Civilians, who fled the violence in Hasaka city, Syria. Photo by Reuters

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Islamic State suicide bombers on Sunday blew up an explosive-laden truck near a power plant that serves the northeastern city of Hasaka, the latest attack after their expulsion from most parts of the city, the Syrian army said.

State television said a second attack, against a power plant that serves the southern districts of the city, was prevented, but the first had caused "material damage" and led to "casualties". It did not elaborate.

The ultra-hardline militants continue to stage lighting attacks inside the city, although they were driven out of some districts after they mounted a major offensive that failed last month. That offensive attempted to capture the provincial capital of the oil and grain producing province of Syria.

The city is divided into zones run separately by the government of President Bashar al Assad and a Kurdish administration.

The offensive was meant to relieve pressure on IS, which has given up significant ground recently to Kurds and some local Arab tribes backing them. The militants lost villages around Ras Al Ayn and the town of Tal Abyad northwest of Hasaka along the Turkish border.

The northeastern corner of Syria is strategically important because it links areas controlled by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Syrian Kurds have also sought to expand their territorial control over a region stretching from Kobani to Qamishili, which they see as part of a future Kurdish state

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Bombings Kill 19 People In, Around Baghdad
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:08 AM

A series of attacks, mainly car bombs, in Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens on July 4.

The deadliest attack took place in the evening when a car bomb exploded in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Amil, killing nine and wounding 24 others. Several shops and cars were damaged.

Earlier, police said a car bomb blast near a bus stop killed three people and wounded 15 in southern Baghdad.

A bomb explosion near an outdoor market killed three people in Mhamoudiya town, just south of Baghdad.

Another car bomb went off near a row of restaurants in the Shi'ite town of Balad Ruz, killing four and wounding 14. Balad Ruz is 70 kilometers northeast of Baghdad.

Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Iraq sees near-daily bombings that are often claimed by the Islamic State group, which seized a large swath of the country during an offensive last year.

Based on reporting by AP and AFP

Iran reveals new long-range radar system, as nuclear talks enter final stretch - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:08 AM

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Iran reveals new long-range radar system, as nuclear talks enter final stretch

Iran says it has deployed a new domestically built long-range radar system, signaling a strengthening of its air defenses as it holds what may be the final days of talks on a nuclear deal with world powers.

By Reuters | Jul. 5, 2015 | 3:03 PM

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, sits with his delegation during a negotiation concerning Iran's nuclear program with Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, right, in Lausanne, March 19, 2015. Photo by AFP

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Iran says it has deployed a new domestically built long-range radar system, signaling a strengthening of its air defenses as it holds what may be the final days of talks on a nuclear deal with world powers.

Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' (IRGC) air defense force, unveiled the Ghadir phased-array radar in Ahwaz city in southwestern Khuzestan province near the Iraq border, state television said late on Saturday.

Iran says the Ghadir unit is designed and manufactured entirely inside the country and can detect a plane at 600 km (373 miles) and a ballistic missile at 1,100 km.

In comments suggesting the radar can also identify miniature unmanned drone aircraft, Esmaili was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying: "Discovering and tracking micro aerial vehicles (MAV) ... is one of the special qualities of the Ghadir radar system."

Iran has taken steps to develop its air defenses after U.S. and Israeli officials warned of possible military action to curtail its nuclear program, and is in discussions to buy the advanced S-300 ground-to-air missile system from Russia.

Top U.S. commander General Martin Dempsey in April said the 'military option' against Iran remains intact. The United States and Israel fear Iran is trying to obtain a nuclear weapon. Iran says itsnuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

Iran and world powers made progress in nuclear talks on Saturday, but remained divided on issues such as lifting United Nations sanctions and the development of advanced centrifuges. Negotiators have given themselves until July 7 to reach a deal.

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U.S. Agencies Conduct Cyberwar Games
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:07 AM

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, National Security Agency and a host of other agencies joined British officials and a number of private companies for a three-week cyberwar game, testing 14 teams on a range of simulated attacks on two continents.

The exercise, held in June at a military facility in Suffolk, Va., aimed to prepare the U.S. military, security officials and others for what some believe is the next...

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US blocks attempts by Arab allies to fly heavy weapons directly to Kurds to fight Islamic State
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:06 AM

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“If the Americans and the West are not prepared to do anything serious about defeating Isil, then we will have to find new ways of dealing with the threat,” said a senior Arab government official. “With Isil making ground all the time we simply cannot afford to wait for Washington to wake up to the enormity of the threat we face.”

The Peshmerga have been successfully fighting Isil, driving them back from the gates of Erbil and, with the support of Kurds from neighbouring Syria, re-establishing control over parts of Iraq’s north-west.

But they are doing so with a makeshift armoury. Millions of pounds-worth of weapons have been bought by a number of European countries to arm the Kurds, but American commanders, who are overseeing all military operations against Isil, are blocking the arms transfers.

One of the core complaints of the Kurds is that the Iraqi army has abandoned so many weapons in the face of Isil attack, the Peshmerga are fighting modern American weaponry with out-of-date Soviet equipment.

At least one Arab state is understood to be considering arming the Peshmerga directly, despite US opposition.

The US has also infuriated its allies, particularly Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Gulf states, by what they perceive to be a lack of clear purpose and vacillation in how they conduct the bombing campaign. Other members of the coalition say they have identified clear Isil targets but then been blocked by US veto from firing at them.

“There is simply no strategic approach,” one senior Gulf official said. “There is a lack of coordination in selecting targets, and there is no overall plan for defeating Isil.”

Britain is moving closer to expanding its role in the war. The Government on Wednesday gave its strongest indication yet that MPs will be given a new vote on whether to bomb Isil in Syria.

Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, said it was “illogical” that British planes were able to hit extremists in Iraq but not across the border.

Any decision to bomb in Syria would have to be approved by MPs. In 2013, the Prime Minister lost a vote for British military action in Syria. However, Mr Fallon said: “It is a new Parliament and I think new Members of Parliament will want to think very carefully about how we best deal with Isil, and the illogicality of Isil not respecting the borderlines.”

Mr Fallon suggested that a bombing campaign could be mounted in revenge for the terror attacks in Tunisia if a link could be proved between the killer and Isil in Libya. Britain would only take military action in Libya “where we think there is an imminent threat, a very direct to British lives or, for example, to British hostages”, he said.

Senior Whitehall sources did not distance themselves from Mr Fallon’s comments but insisted there was no immediate prospect of military action.

The Telegraph understands that Mr Cameron is concerned that Labour might force the Government into another defeat over Syria.

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Egypt, Stunned by Sinai Assault, Vows to Erase ‘Terrorist Dens’
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:06 AM

CAIRO — Egypt’s military killed 23 militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula early Thursday, a senior security official said, as the government sought to reassert control and eradicate what it called the area’s “terrorist dens” after the largest assault there by jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State.

That assault, on Wednesday, stunned officials in President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s government with its scale and audacity. Militants belonging to a group calling itself Sinai Province launched coordinated attacks on military checkpoints in the northern Sinai before storming a town and occupying it for hours. The military carried out airstrikes with F-16 warplanes on the town, Sheikh Zuwaid, to force the militants to retreat.

A military spokesman said 17 soldiers had been killed, though other estimates, including by the Egyptian news media, put the toll much higher. The attack was a blow to Mr. Sisi, coming just two days after militants assassinated Egypt’s top prosecutor with what the authorities said was a remote-controlled car bomb. Both attacks highlighted the government’s struggles against a broadening insurgency.

As funerals were held across Egypt for the dead soldiers, families in Sheikh Zuwaid looked for a way to leave the town, quiet now but filled with reminders of a terrible fight: a partly collapsed three-story building, scorched vehicles and the bodies of at least 15 militants.

“It was a difficult day, very difficult, for the people,” said Mostafa Singer, a resident who is one of the few journalists reporting regularly from the northern Sinai, where access for the news media is heavily restricted by the military.

At least seven civilians were killed in the fighting, by shelling, airstrikes or random gunfire, he said. They included Ebtesam Mohammed Sobeih, a 15-year-old girl who apparently died in a military airstrike near her house, he said. Another man was fatally shot by militants when he refused to let them take up positions on his roof.

“There could be more,” Mr. Singer said of the dead, saying there were 14 villages around Sheikh Zuwaid that had been largely isolated.

For the residents of the northern Sinai, there are few places to seek refuge. The militants have established nominal control at times in some areas, openly setting up checkpoints. And one town, Rafah, on the border with the Gaza Strip, was effectively demolished by the Egyptian military to create what officials said was a security zone to deter the smuggling of weapons across the border.

Though there was little proof to substantiate government claims that the militants had been routed, Egyptian officials asserted that they had regained dominance in Sinai. At the same time, they sought to control perceptions of the assault on Wednesday, which was an embarrassing setback for their counterinsurgency campaign.

A military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Samir, told a local television station that “100 percent” of Sinai was under the control of the army. He also warned Egyptian journalists not to trust foreign news sources that had published higher death tolls during the attack on Wednesday.

The army said it had killed 100 militants on Wednesday and published photographs of bloodied bodies, including many wearing military fatigues. “We have the will and persistence to stop this black terrorism,” a military statement said. “We will not stop until Sinai is purified from all terrorist dens.”

Gen. Ali al-Azazi, the security director of North Sinai, said the operation on Thursday that killed 23 militants had been carried out around 1:30 a.m., and that the military was continuing to pursue jihadists involved in the assault on Sheikh Zuwaid.

But General Samir, the official spokesman who warned journalists about unauthorized information, said in a text message that the reports that the military had killed more militants on Thursday were “not true.” He did not immediately respond to requests to explain the discrepancy.

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ISIS rushes reinforcements to Egypt. Its next targets: The Pyramids and Sphinx
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:06 AM

ISIS rushes reinforcements to Egypt. Its next targets: The Pyramids and Sphinx

The Islamic State is rushing reinforcements to Egypt from Libya and Iraq for its battle with Egyptian forces in northern Sinai, which went into its fifth day Sunday, July 5, and other offensives, debkafile’s intelligence and counter-terror sources report. After sustaining hundreds of casualties, both sides claim to have won the upper hand but the tenacious struggle is not over.

An Islamist manpower pool is provided by Egyptian extremists who crossed into Libya in the past and settled in bases around Benghazi. Last week, ISIS summoned them to take up positions in Cairo and the Suez Canal and wait for orders to go into action. They crossed back with the help of smugglers. Those rings, dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood underground, with branches controlled by Hamas and Hizballah, bring illicit weapons and ammunition supplies to Sinai from Libya via Egypt.
President Abdel Fatteh El-Sisi is therefore obliged to earmark substantial military and intelligence resources for defending the Suez Canal and Cairo – more even than the Sinai front.
The other source of jihadi reinforcements is Iraq, They use another branch of the smuggling network which carries them through southern Jordan to the Gulf of Aqaba where they are picked up by smugglers’ boats and ferried across to the eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula.

The IDF had more than one reason for its decision last Wednesday to close to traffic Rte 12, Israel’s main southern highway, which runs parallel to the Egyptian border up to Eilat: It was a necessary precaution lest ISIS turned its terrorists and guns against Israel from next-door northern Sinai. The other reason was to deter the Islamists coming from Iraq from trying to transit Israel and reach Sinai with the help of Bedouin smugglers operating on both sides of the Israeli-Egyptian border.
Our military sources estimate that some 1,000 jihadists are directly engaged in the North Sinai battle with the Egyptian army, but add that they could quickly recruit supplementary fighting manpower from Bedouin tribes near the warfront who already play ball with the terrorists.
Egyptian tacticians have strictly limited the army action on this front to air and helicopter strikes and local ground and armored forces. They are focusing on defending three Sinai enclaves, the northern district around Sheikh Zuweid, El Arish port and Rafah, and Sharm el-Sheikh in the south, to pin ISIS forces down in those places and prevent them from fanning out into areas controlled by the big Bedouin tribes.

When President El-Sisi visited the troops in northern Sinai Saturday, July 5, he disclosed that only one percent of the Egyptian army of 300,000 men was assigned to Sinai. He indicated that his army was perfectly capable of wiping out the Sinai terrorist threat in no time if all its might were to be thrown into the fray.

This strategy leaves ISIS with free rein in central Sinai. However, El-Sisis, like his predecessor Hosni Mubarak, is not prepared to go all out against ISIS in its “dens” any time in the near future, because he needs all his military resources and assets he can muster to defend the capital Cairo and the Suez Canal.
Neither the Islamic Army nor the Muslim Brotherhood or any other radical Islamists make any secrets of their next plans. ISIS has announced that it is setting its sights on Egypt’s pyramids, the Sphinx of Giza, and the country's unique historic monuments in general, after its savage vandalism and looting of other precious world heritage sites.

In a new message released Friday, July 3, a number of radical Islamist leaders, including the ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, told their followers that the destruction of Egypt’s national monuments, such as the pyramids and the sphinx, was a “religious duty” that must be carried out by those who worship Islam, as “idolatry is strictly banned in the religion.”
This message has sharply ratcheted up the jihadist element of ISIS military confrontation with Egypt to a higher, more inflammatory level.

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New ISIS Videos Show Child Jihadis Massacring Syrian Soldiers at Palmyra Amphitheater
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:05 AM

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The massacre occurs in the historic amphitheater at Palmyra, an ancient Roman city cited as a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has recently been overrun by ISIS terrorists.

The video depicts children pulling the triggers against more than 25 men identified as Assad’s soldiers, egged on by a large crowd of men and boys forced to watched the ceremony. The men are lined up on their knees as they usually are in Islamic State execution videos.

The boys watching, reports note, appear younger than the boys pulling the trigger, who appear to be in their teens and can be thus believed to have completely or come close to completing terrorist camp training forced on boys living in Islamic State territories. The Islamic State has released multiple videos showing training camps for both boys and girls, in which the “caliphate cubs” are shown learning how to use automatic weapons and building explosives. The video is believed to have been released by an ISIS group close to the ravaged Syrian city of Homs.

The Daily Mail notes that experts have estimated that at least 500 children have been abducted by ISIS for use as child soldiers in recent weeks, particularly from the Iraqi provinces of Anbar and Diyala. The BBC notes that this particular video does not have many indications making it easy to place when it was filmed.

The Islamic State captured the ancient city of Palmyra in May, an area replete with priceless ruins and artifacts now in the line of fire. ISIS jihadists have become notorious for destroying such pre-Islamic artifacts, claiming that their existence constitutes “idolatry” to false ancient gods, and thus they must be destroyed before the eyes of Allah. While the group initially released a video promising that they would not destroy ruins in Palmyra that did not violate this “idolatry” provision, recent photos indicate that many of the ruins have been removed from the area, and the city itself has been filledwith land mines. The amphitheater appears intact, perhaps due to its usefulness as an arena in which to dramatically stage executions.

Defying their promise, photos published by Islamic State supporters on social media this week showancient statues being destroyed in Palmyra, all representing pre-Islamic gods and supernatural creatures. Of particular note is the destruction of the Lion of al-Lat, a 2000-year-old statue dedicated to an ancient Middle Eastern deity discovered in 1977.

U.S. Soldiers Used ‘Restraint’ in Kabul Confrontation, Inquiry Finds
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:05 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan — A military investigation into a violent confrontation between Afghan residents of this capital city and United States soldiers last week has concluded that the troops acted with “admirable restraint” even after an American soldier was stabbed, a military official said.

The investigation examined the tense moments after a Taliban bomb ripped through a heavily armored convoy of American troops traveling down a busy street in Kabul. As the American soldiers, who were unharmed, got out of their trucks to form a cordon, they were confronted with a scene of devastation. A mix of passing motorists and shopkeepers had taken the brunt of the blast. At least one Afghan was killed and nearly two dozen were wounded.

What happened next was confusing and violent. Witnesses to the scene, interviewed by reporters, said Afghans began to throw stones at the soldiers and shout “Death to Americans.” An American soldier opened fire, with some witnesses reporting that the shots were clearly aimed away from the crowd, and intended as a warning. But others accused the soldiers of firing into the crowd. At one point, an Afghan man stabbed a soldier. The scene calmed only when Afghan security forces took control, witnesses said.

The investigation by an 11-person board of NATO officials concluded that it was extremely unlikely that American troops had shot any Afghans during the episode, said Brig. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner of the United States Army. General Shoffner, the top military spokesman for the American-led mission in Afghanistan, said the review had concluded that one American soldier had “fired two warning shots from his rifle into the side of an unoccupied and obviously damaged civilian vehicle parked on the side of the road in order to warn off the crowd.”

By that time, General Shoffner said, the crowd of “agitated civilians” had been throwing rocks, debris and even chunks of metal at the troops. The warning shots prompted the crowd to back up. General Shoffner said the investigation found that the shots were fired at a downward angle into the empty vehicle “and there was no reasonable way that the rounds could have caused any injury to anyone.”

The investigation also found that the troops had acted with “admirable restraint” after an Afghan man had stabbed one of them. The soldier’s wound, to his right arm, was not serious, and witnesses said the assailant was arrested by Afghan security forces. One witness, Khesraw, 33, said that after the stabbing, a nearby soldier had simply pushed away the man with the knife. “I was really amazed to see how patiently the American soldier acted,” Khesraw said.

General Shoffner said that American soldiers fired only two warning shots during the entire episode. But he noted that Afghan security officials on the scene also fired. It was not clear whether those were warning shots or struck members of the crowd. “I believe those were warning shots,” General Shoffner said, but added that “from looking at the video, you can tell they were firing shots. But you can’t tell really anything beyond that.”

General Shoffner declined to identify the source of the video, but the military uses cameras affixed to dirigibles about a quarter-mile in the sky.

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Putin reportedly contacts Obama for second time in weeks about unity on global concerns
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:05 AM

FILE: June 18, 2012: President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Los Cabos, Mexico. (REUTERS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory Fourth of July message to President Obama and expressed confidence that their respective countries can work together on global issues including terror threats, according to news agencies.

"In his message of congratulations, the Russian President noted that, despite the differences between the two countries, Russian-American relations remain the most important factor of international stability and security," the Kremlin said in a statement, according to NBC.

The two countries, world powers and frequent rivals, have been at particular odds since the uprising in Ukraine that resulted in Russia last year annexing the country’s eastern Crimea region and continuing to provide military support to government-opposition forces.

The United States and Western allies have since imposed economic sanctions on Russia. However, both countries are working closely in a coalition of world powers, known as P5+1, in negotiations to keep Iran from creating a nuclear weapon.

Talks to reach a final deal have resumed this month in Vienna.

"Russian-American relations remain the most important factor of international stability and security,” Putin told Obama, according to CNN.

It is unclear exactly how and when Putin contacted Obama.

The two also spoke by phone last month. However, the recent and frequent exchanges should likely not be considered a significant breakthrough in post-Cold War negotiations, considering Putin purportedly made a similar effort last Fourth of July.

The White House said after the June 25 call that the conversation focused in part on the Ukraine situation and included discussions about the Iran nuclear negotiations, the need to stop the Islamic State terror group and developments in the Middle East including the “increasingly dangerous situation in Syria.”

“President Obama reiterated the need for Russia to fulfill its commitments under the Minsk agreements, including the removal of all Russian troops and equipment from Ukrainian territory,” the White House said.

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Veterans Hotline Tries to Survive Without Pentagon Funds
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:04 AM

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — In a row of beige cubicles in a suburban office park, a hulking former Army sergeant hunched over his phone next to a photo taken in Afghanistan, a few days before he was hurt by a roadside bomb.

“Look, man, sometimes you’re dealt a raw deal and you’ve got to play it,” the former sergeant, Adriel Gonzalez, said into his headset. Big as a bouncer, he wielded his gruff voice tenderly. “I’ve known you long enough that you’re ready to hear this: It’s not going to be all sunshine and rainbows. You might be in for a lifelong struggle, but it is a doable one. This I can tell you, my friend.”

On the other end of the line was a combat veteran, also wounded in Afghanistan, who had called a peer hotline, Vets4Warriors, that connects troops and former service members seeking help with veterans.

Since 2011, Vets4Warriors has fielded more than 130,000 calls from military personnel stationed around the world. The counselors say their military service and nonclinical approach help them form a bond with callers that can break down mistrust.

Jossie Cruzalegui, a military veteran, working last week at the Rutgers University call center that hosts Vets4Warriors.

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Now the hotline faces its own problems. Though the program has been lauded as a model, the Pentagon has ended its funding as part of an effort to cut costs and streamline services. Vets4Warriors has moved to find other funding so that it can continue on its own. In late June, weeks before the call center was set to lay off its 40 veteran peers, the New Jersey Legislature voted to spend $2.5 million so the program could operate another year, giving it time to find private funding.

A variety of small programs were created during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in an effort to stema rising number of suicides, said Keita Franklin, director of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office. Now the Pentagon is consolidating the work of organizations like Vets4Warriors. The program’s counseling will be taken over by another help line, Military OneSource, which has more services available. Military OneSource counselors are licensed clinical social workers, some of whom are veterans, Ms. Franklin said.

“It will still be peer to peer, 24 hours a day, but with more services we can connect callers with,” Ms. Franklin said of Military OneSource (1-800-342-9647), which will take over calls from active-duty troops next month. “Imagine a call center where if you need family support or financial support services, we have that all right there.”

The crucial question for Vets4Warriors is how to connect with those in need while finding donors to keep the hotline running. The program’s phone number (1-855-838-8255) will no longer be given out by the Pentagon, which means that the group will have to rely on word of mouth and unofficial referrals.

“I really believe we fill a gap,” said Melissa Tippett, a former Army sergeant who deployed to Iraq with a military police unit. She had just gotten off the phone with a six-tour combat veteran. Their conversations started a few years ago, after the service member was kicked out of the Army for excessive drinking and then tried to commit suicide. Ms. Tippett guided him through the application for veterans benefits, while urging him to stay in counseling.

The idea of using veterans to help peers grew out of a hotline set up by the State of New Jersey in 1999 to make retired police officers available to offer anonymous support to other officers, said Christopher Kosseff, the president of Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, which hosts the police peer line and Vets4Warriors.

“At first, I thought it was a dumb idea. Why not use professionals?” Mr. Kosseff, a licensed psychologist, said. “But cops don’t want to talk to mental health professionals. We take their jobs away. However, they are comfortable talking to other cops.”

At the request of the military, Rutgers expanded the program — first to the New Jersey National Guard in 2005, then to all Reserve and National Guard troops in 2011 and to all troops and veterans in 2013. Similar services provide support for a variety of groups, including emergency responders and caregivers for dementia patients.

Today, the 40 peers at Vets4Warriors come from all branches. A bank of clocks on the wall showing the time in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea and Germany serves as a reminder of the array of troops who seek help. A recent call came from a ship in the Persian Gulf, where a young sailor had concerns about finding a job after leaving the Navy.

“If we can prevent minor problems from spiraling out of control, we can avoid a crisis,” Mr. Kosseff said.

All the peer counselors have training, and psychologists are available, but most of the peers’ advice is guided by life experience.

Callers often ask to speak to someone who served in their branch — especially Marines. And combat veterans often request a fellow combat veteran.

When they do, they often talk to Tim Arora, a Marine veteran who served in Falluja, Iraq. He said he still fights post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Mr. Arora, who has the four horsemen of the apocalypse tattooed across his back, works with a service dog sleeping under his desk for support.

On a recent afternoon, he talked to another Marine veteran who served in the same region of Iraq. It was the sixth time they had spoken, and the first time the caller had talked about his combat experience.

“Of course, you’re emotionally numb,” Mr. Arora told the caller. “Think about our jobs. My first mission in Iraq, I had to move a bunch of corpses. You will naturally separate yourself from your emotions with things like that. But think about it, when you joined the Marines, was it easy? No. It hurt.”

“It took work,” he added. “So does becoming a civilian again.”

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CIA Predictions For 2015 From 2000
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:04 AM

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REUTERS/STR NewThe CIA's 2000 report guided George W. Bush.

Back in 2000, just before George W. Bush became president, the CIA published a 70-page report on what the world would be like in 2015.

We're now halfway through the year and it turns out that several of these predictions were on the money.

Here's a rundown of some of the predictions, according to a December 2000 story from The Telegraph.

"International affairs are increasingly determined by large and powerful organizations rather than governments." Verdict: True, such as the rise of the Islamic State. On the other hand, there is also a new cadre of actors that cross the line between private actors and the state such as the Chinese hackers suspected of stealing information about millions of U.S. government employees, and the possibly-not-North Korean hackers who took down Sony last year.

"Between now and 2015 terrorist tactics will become increasingly sophisticated and designed to achieve mass casualties." Verdict: Definitely true. Sadly, this prediction became true quickly, on September 11, 2001.

"Iraq and Iran [will] develop long range missiles in the near future. Iran … could be testing such weapons by as early as the coming year, and cruise missiles by 2004." Verdict: Both true and false. Iran is definitely working on an ICBM and was expected to test it in 2015. But international sanctions on Iran has brought it to the negotiation table and diplomats say they are close to a comprehensive deal.

"The world population will grow by more than one billion, to 7.2 billion." Verdict: True. The world population is now about 7.3 billion.

"Energy resources will be sufficient to meet demand." Verdict: Nailed it. U.S. oil production has soared in recent years, and the US is poised to become a major exporter of liquefied natural gas in the coming years, too.

"China's economy will grow to overtake Europe as the world's second largest but still behind the United States." Verdict: True-ish. By some measurements, China's economy is now larger than the US economy but by other measures, it is not quite as large as the EU.

"Europe will not achieve fully the dreams of parity with the US as a shaper of the global economic system." Verdict: Not quite true. The CIA report was very bullish on the European economy, which had been sluggish at the start of the year, but has recently picked up steam.

"Aids, famine, and continuing economic and political turmoil means that populations in many [African] countries will actually fall." Verdict: False. Africa's population rose from 800 million in 2000 to 1.1 billion in 2014.

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Senior cop who took his own life had talked of suicide
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:04 AM

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A top policeman who took his own life on Sunday had in the past declared he would commit suicide if it was shown that he had taken a bribe from a popular rabbi who was later convicted on bribery charges.

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Deputy Commissioner Ephraim Bracha shot himself in his car early in the morning and paramedics who arrived at the scene were unable to save his life.

In 2012, when Pinto was under police investigation over financial irregularities at the Hayim Yoshiyahu charity fund with which he was associated, Bracha reported that the rabbi offered him $200,000, allegedly in the hope of gaining information about the case.

Pinto initially told police that he had not offered Bracha any money, but later reversed his story, claiming he had paid Bracha or his family members on more than one occasion.

Bracha reported the incident, leading to a face-off between the two men, who were close acquaintances for many years, in an interrogation room.

A recording of the conversation revealed a heated exchange.

“I swear you took money… Swear on your children! [that you didn’t]” Pinto challenged Bracha.

“We both should do a polygraph,” Bracha replied. “On the money that you gave me, if you gave men even a shekel — I say [even a] shekel, yes? I’ll put my head under the gallows and take it off, commit suicide.”

“Go and do it!” retorted Pinto.

“You should be ashamed of yourself,” Bracha shot back.

Efraim Bracha, at the time a chief superintendent, seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 20, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ephraim Bracha, at the time a chief superintendent, seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 20, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

A week ago, Channel 10 reported that the Police Internal Investigations Department was looking into claims that Bracha had given information about other cases to suspects. The department said that after looking into the matter it would decide whether to open an investigation against him.

In April, Pinto was sentenced to a year in prison as part of a plea bargain that saw him convicted of bribery, attempted bribery, and obstruction of justice.

Under the plea bargain, Pinto agreed to testify against Menashe Arviv, the former head of the police’s anti-corruption unit who is suspected of receiving benefits from businessmen associated with the rabbi. In exchange, Pinto, a kabbalist with a sizable and influential international following, was guaranteed a light jail sentence plus fines.

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Suspect In San Francisco Shooting Had Been Deported 5 Times
Sunday July 5th, 2015 at 10:03 AM

Crime - The Huffington Post

The suspect accused of a random shooting that killed a woman strolling a popular San Francisco pier had previously been deported five times.

Francisco Sanchez, 45, was arrested soon after allegedly firing a single shot that killed Katheryn Steinle, 32, as she and her father walked on Pier 14 Thursday evening, San Francisco police have said. He had been a free man at the time because San Francisco is a sanctuary city that doesn't comply with all federal immigration requests and there was no active warrant for his arrest.

In March, federal officials transferred Sanchez to San Francisco County Jail to face an existing local drug charge, according to the San Francisco sheriff's office. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities also asked the sheriff's office to keep Sanchez in custody and to notify them if he were to be released.

The city district attorney declined to pursue the drug charge and the sheriff's office said in a statement that it released Sanchez in April because there was no warrant for his arrest anywhere else — only an ICE request to keep him locked up. A 2013 city law signed by Mayor Ed Lee outlawed detaining immigrants solely on the basis of whether they legally entered the country.

The sheriff's office "is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Ms. Steinle and offer our sincere condolences to her family and friends," the statement said.

The conflicting approach to immigration policy has been criticized in the wake of the shooting by people ranging from Steinle's parents to Donald Trump.

"He should have never been out, and now our daughter is gone forever,” Steinle's mother, Liz Sullivan, told The San Francisco Chronicle.

Sanchez has a long criminal history that includes seven felony convictions for drug and immigration charges, according to the Chronicle. He was on probation from Texas on an unspecified charge, according to the San Francisco police.

The shooting has turned into a high-profile case because of its apparently random nature in a busy section of the city.

The bullet struck Steinle in the back and pierced her aorta, according to The Oakland Tribune. Her father attempted CPR as witnesses snapped photos of the gunman that police said helped them identify Sanchez about an hour later, several blocks away.

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Mother of Tunisian gunman Seifeddine Rezgui says he must have been brainwashed
Saturday July 4th, 2015 at 10:13 PM

News | Mail Online

Radhia Manai, 49, claims her son Seifeddine Rezgui (pictured) 'couldn't kill a mouse' in an interview following the massacre in Tunisia on June 26.

ISIS executioners kill 25 Syrian regime soldiers in front of crowds at Palmyra ruin
Saturday July 4th, 2015 at 10:06 PM

News | Mail Online

ISIS has released a significant new video of a mass slaughter of regime soldiers in the amphitheatre in the ancient city of Palmyra, which the terror group captured on May 21.

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Obama: Freedom Is Paid for by Men and Women of US Military
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Relentless Terror: The Everyday Horrors of the Islamic State
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - International

Eighty lashes of the whip for alcohol. Amputation for theft. Crucifiction for robbery. These are only a few of the draconian punishments employed by the Islamic State, according to documents and the testimony of witnesses obtained by SPIEGEL.

The Allure of the Islamic State: Money and Status Attract Fighters
Saturday July 4th, 2015 at 10:00 PM

SPIEGEL ONLINE - International

A bricklayer got a $60 a month raise by trading his construction tools for a Kalashnikov and becoming a soldier for the Islamic State. Subsidies and other benefits appear to be part of the holy war's allure for some.

Brzezinski on Russia: 'We Are Already In a Cold War'
Saturday July 4th, 2015 at 9:59 PM

SPIEGEL ONLINE - International

Former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski believes the West should stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. "We should make it more costly for the Russians to use force," he tells SPIEGEL ONLINE in an interview.

The Baltic Front: Where Putin's Empire Meets the EU
Saturday July 4th, 2015 at 9:59 PM

SPIEGEL ONLINE - International

The Baltic states view themselves as being at the front lines in a new East-West conflict. But even with large Russian minority populations, its difficult to envision a Ukraine-style conflict taking shape in Lithania, Latvia or Estonia.

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mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 8:10 p.m. EDT Parades, hot dogs, cold beer: America celebrates July 4 Parades, fireworks, naturalization ceremonies, eating contests and music ushered in t...

» Analysis: IAEA’s Iran Visit Key to Striking Nuclear Deal
04/07/15 21:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 02:13 The International Atomic Energy Agency's top inspector said Saturday that a report detailing Iran's nuclear program could be ready by the end o...

» Gay rights activists hail progress, remember landmark 1965 protest - but note ... - Greenfield Daily Reporter
04/07/15 21:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U.S. News & World Report Gay rights activists hail progress, remember landmark 1965 protest - but note ... Greenfield Daily Reporter PHILADELPHIA — Gay rights activists gathered ...

» Isis video shows killing of Syrian troops at Palmyra amphitheatre
04/07/15 21:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Teenage boys appear to shoot dead 25 men at Unesco world heritage site, in footage linked to Islamic State accounts A video purportedly showing Islamic State militants shootin...

» Children’s mental health must be cared for. Or the consequences will be dire | Paul Burstow
04/07/15 21:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. While one in 10 children and young people has a treatable mental illness just one in four receives treatment The chancellor tells us that he is putting into law the obligation...

» Afghan men throw acid into schoolgirls' faces
04/07/15 21:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Saturday, an official told CNN.

» Fidel Castro attends cheese meeting
04/07/15 21:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro makes a rare public appearance at a meeting with cheese experts near Havana.

» Clinton accuses China of hacking US
04/07/15 21:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton accuses China of hacking US computers and stealing commercial secrets and government information.

» Gay Rights Activists Mark Landmark 1965 Demonstration
04/07/15 21:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Gay rights activists hail progress, remember landmark 1965 protest _ but note fight continues

» U.S. Soldiers Used ‘Restraint’ in Kabul Confrontation
04/07/15 21:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The investigation examined the tense moments after a Taliban bomb ripped through a heavily armored convoy of American troops traveling down a busy street in Kabul.

» 2015-07-04IS Video Shows Mass Execution in Syria's Palmyra
04/07/15 19:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-07-04 IS Video Shows Mass Execution in Syria's Palmyra IS Video Shows Mass Execution in Syria's Palmyra Pilot in Colorado medical helicopter crash dies, 2 injured - Washington Pos...

» Tunisia Imposes State of Emergency
04/07/15 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Tunisia’s president declared a state of emergency in response to a second deadly attack on foreigners in three months, saying the country is “not safe” and risks collapse from further ...

» Baby Rescued After Floating Away To Sea Off Turkey - Huffington Post
04/07/15 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Huffington Post Baby Rescued After Floating Away To Sea Off Turkey Huffington Post The Turkish coast guard rescued a 10-month-old girl who drifted more than half a mile out to sea in a...

» How Britain and the EU allowed jihadists to wage war on their own tourists
04/07/15 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. The West cheered the Arab Spring and overthrew Gaddafi, but it did little to stop weapons and jihadists flooding across North Africa. The Tunisian terror attack was an inevitable blow-back on d...

» Dominican Plan to Expel Haitians Tests Close Ties
04/07/15 17:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Yibel Solimo shows the ID he was given as a temporary worker in the Dominican Republic’s cane fields. He hopes it will spare him from deportation.

» Greeks Deeply Divided on Referendum's Eve
04/07/15 17:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Greece’s momentous referendum on Sunday has exposed numerous fault lines among its populace that, whatever the vote’s outcome, will be hard to close.

» Happy Independence Day! | Washington Free Beacon
04/07/15 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Share Tweet Email Gary Locke BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff The Washington Free Beacon staff wishes its readers a happy Fourth of July! This entry was posted in C...

» Pilot in Colorado medical helicopter crash dies, 2 injured - Washington Post
04/07/15 17:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Pilot in Colorado medical helicopter crash dies, 2 injured Washington Post FRISCO, Colo. — The pilot of a medical helicopter that crashed in Colorado on Friday has died, but a fl...

» Green Bay Packers' Andrew Quarless arrested Saturday on South Beach - Miami Herald
04/07/15 17:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Miami Herald Green Bay Packers' Andrew Quarless arrested Saturday on South Beach Miami Herald Green Bay Packers tight end Andrew Quarless, 26, was arrested early Saturday morning...

» AP Top News at 12:00 p.m. EDT
04/07/15 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 12:00 p.m. EDT Forgiveness of Charleston church shooter prompts discussion CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Under an outdoor tent a few blocks from Emanuel African ...

» AP Top News at 4:09 p.m. EDT
04/07/15 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 4:09 p.m. EDT Greeks mull consequences of crucial bailout referendum ATHENS, Greece (AP) - With the crucial austerity referendum a day away, Greeks contemp...

» WATCH: Migrants cause delays as they try to climb aboard lorries in Channel Tunnel
04/07/15 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:18 This ITV News exclusive filmed by a lorry driver shows migrants desperately trying to climb aboard lorries on the French side of the Channel tunn...

» Trump: I didn't expect backlash to be "this severe"
04/07/15 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. The 2016 GOP candidate says that his presidential run has been "bad for my brand"

» IS video 'shows Palmyra executions'
04/07/15 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Video from Islamic State group appears to show mass execution of Syrian soldiers at ancient site of Palmyra

» Eurotunnel increases migrant security
04/07/15 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Eurotunnel says it is preparing for a "difficult night" and increases security after 150 migrants tried to storm the Calais terminal.

» US 'routinely spied' on Brazil
04/07/15 17:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Wikileaks The Wikileaks website says it has evidence that the United States has routinely spied on senior Brazilian government officials since 2011 or earlier.

» Yemen's Houthis Say Ramadan Humanitarian Pause Discussed
04/07/15 17:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Yemen's dominant Houthi movement said Saturday a pause in fighting to last until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was under discussion with the United Nations to allow for deli...

» Syrian, Hezbollah Forces Attack Rebels in Border Region
04/07/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Syrian troops backed by members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group began a major offensive Saturday under the cover of intense airstrikes to retake a rebel-held mountain resort while opposition...

» Two Czech Tourists Shot Dead in Northern Albania
04/07/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Two Czech tourists were shot and killed on a mountain road in northern Albania, police said Saturday. Michael Svatos, 27, and Anna Kosinova, 36, were found dead in their car near Prekal v...

» Putin: US-Russian Relations Key for Solving Global Crises
04/07/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said relations between Moscow and Washington remain the most important factor in ensuring stability and security in the world. In a congratulatory mes...

» Aspen Leaders Ponder US-China Relations
04/07/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. China’s perceived aggressive policies in its neighboring waters and in cyberspace are two of the biggest roadblocks in its relations with the United States, according to a high-ranking Ob...

» Dozens of Migrants 'Storm' Tunnel Between UK, France
04/07/15 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The operator of the rail tunnel linking Britain and France said services were disrupted early Saturday after around 150 migrants tried to storm a French terminal in an attempt to board a ...

» Egyptian President Visits Troops in Embattled North Sinai
04/07/15 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi donned battle dress for the first time in over a year to inspect troops in the troubled northern part of the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, after Is...

» Defense Minister Rejected as Taliban Battle Near Kabul
04/07/15 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Afghanistan's parliament rejected a second nominee for defense minister on Saturday, leaving a vacuum that has already lasted nine months, while government forces battled the Taliban just...

» IS Video Shows Mass Execution in Syria's Palmyra
04/07/15 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Islamic State militants have released a video showing 25 men being executed by what appear to be teenagers in an ancient amphitheater in the Syrian city of Palmyra. The video, uploaded to...

» Putin Wishes Obama a Happy Independence Day
04/07/15 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasized the importance of U.S.-Russian relations in a congratulatory July 4 message to President Barack Obama Saturday. “In his message of congratulations, the...

» Vladimir Putin's Independence Day greeting calls for US-Russia dialogue
04/07/15 17:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Despite differences, Despite differences Kremlin says working with Obama remains important for global stability and Clinton weighs in – the US has to be ‘smarter’ Russian Pres...

» Revealed: the role of the west in the runup to Srebrenica’s fall
04/07/15 17:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Classified documents and research show that British, American and French governments were negotiating to cede ‘safe area’ town to Serbs The fall of Srebrenica in Bosnia 20 yea...

» Egypt's President Visits Troops in Embattled North Sinai
04/07/15 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi traveled to the troubled Sinai Peninsula to inspect troops, after an Islamic State group that carried out a deadly assault earlier in the week s...

» London Teens 'Married' To Syria IS Miliants
04/07/15 11:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The news that two of the girls are married dashes any hopes their families had of seeing them return to Britain one day.

» After Iraqi Warning, IS Militants Imposes State of Emergency in Mosul - BasNews
04/07/15 11:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. BasNews After Iraqi Warning, IS Militants Imposes State of Emergency in Mosul BasNews MOSUL – The Islamic State (IS) militants have implemented a state of emergency in Mosul on Saturda...

» 'Freedom Frigate' Replica Tours US Ports
04/07/15 11:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A replica of the French warship that brought the Marquis de Lafayette to George Washington with news of French aid in 1780 is in New York as part of Independence Day celebrations. On Satu...

» Russians Get Glimpse of Internet ‘Troll Factory’
04/07/15 11:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A secretive Russian agency designed to flood the Internet with pro-Kremlin and anti-U.S. comments and posts has been brought into the public eye as a result of a lawsuit brought by a form...

» 3 Mexican Journalists Assassinated in Week
04/07/15 11:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Media rights groups are calling on Mexican authorities to thoroughly investigate the recent murders of three journalists in one week in the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz and Guanajuato. "We ...

» US Senator McCain in Kabul, Asks US Bases Remain
04/07/15 11:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Spending the American Fourth of July holiday weekend with the U.S. troops in Afghanistan has become an annual ritual for John McCain. The Arizona Republican and Senate Armed Services Comm...

» What the Declaration of Independence Really Claimed - Washington Post
04/07/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN What the Declaration of Independence Really Claimed Washington Post [As we celebrate Independence Day, I thought I would post an excerpt about the Declaration of Independence...

» Egypt Marks Two Years Since Islamist Leader’s Ouster
04/07/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. CAIRO (AP) — Two years to the day after the army overthrew Egypt’s Islamist president, the sounds coming from the mosque at Cairo’s Tahrir Square were sadly telling. At the focal po...

» General Secretary of Communist Vietnam Invited to White House
04/07/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Next week Obama will meet the general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party at the White House. It is said Obama and Nguyen Phu Trong will discuss a n...

» Germany rules out Greek debt writedown
04/07/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. German Finance Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger. Germany has ruled out any restructuring of Greece’s debt to international creditors, despite a report ...

» China Warns Russia That “State Of War” Now Exists With United States
04/07/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MoFA ) (MoFA) is reporting today the Federation has been informed by the State Council of the Peoples Republic of Chi...

» McCain: U.S. Must Reassess Afghan Troop Withdrawal
04/07/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Senator John McCain says remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan should stay longer than planned to stop the Taliban from making advances during a current offensive.

» U.S. Senator: Strong Hand Needed To Deal With Putin, Islamic State
04/07/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Senator Roger Wicker says "freedom-loving" countries have to be united and firm in responding to both an aggressive Russia and the rise of the Islamic State (IS) mil...

» Syria Forces and Hezbollah Attack Insurgents Near Lebanon
04/07/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Government forces and their allies in the Lebanese Shiite group began an offensive in Zabadani, a mountain town.

» Syrian rebels advance in government-held Aleppo
04/07/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Rebel capture of army barracks from pro-Assad forces means regime has lost important line of defence in northern city Syrian rebels have gained ground in government-held weste...

» Iran and world powers reach tentative agreement on sanctions relief
04/07/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. John Kerry and Iranian foreign minister still must sign off on package, but news on thorny issue points to progress as negotiators work to reach deal World powers and Iran hav...

» Texas Wants Its Gold Back Inside the State's Borders
04/07/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Texas wants to bring its gold stockpile home, but where to put it?

» Utility Drones Could Inspect Equipment, Scan for Outages
04/07/15 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Power company says drones could soon scan lines for trouble, help identify storm damage

» After Year of Washington Legal Pot Sales, Taxes Top $70M
04/07/15 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. A year of legal weed sales in Washington: More stores, lower prices and climbing sales

» 3,091,3673,091,3672015-07-02» Malaysia tells U.N. Security Council of push for MH17 tribunal 02/07/15 17:50 from
04/07/15 11:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 3,091,367 3,091,367 2015-07-02 » Malaysia tells U.N. Security Council of push for MH17 tribunal 02/07/15 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks Review F...

» 3,105,3883,105,3882015-07-03» At least 50 dead as five more bodies pulled from capsized Philippine
04/07/15 11:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 3,105,388 3,105,388 2015-07-03 » At least 50 dead as five more bodies pulled from capsized Philippine ferry 03/07/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks Mike Nova's Shared NewsLink...

» The Slow Mobilization Toward War With Putin
04/07/15 11:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. Opinion NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a news conference after a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in Defense Ministers session at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, ...

» Inside The ‘July 4th’ Terror Busts - The Daily Beast
04/07/15 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A pair of extremist groups, growing increasingly volatile. A double holiday—Independence Day and Ramadan. The FBI felt it had to pounce before things got out of hand. As the Fourth of July neared, the W...

» FBI Issues High Terror Alert For 4th Of July Weekend
04/07/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | WSPA. The 4th of July weekend is officially underway. Coast to coast, police departments are heightening security to keep people safe for their big holiday plans. But just this week, the FBI i...

» The ‘new’ type of war that finally has the Pentagon’s attention
04/07/15 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Special Forces of the Polish army attack a house during NATO military exercises in June. The force is NATO's response to Russia's annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty I...

» Charleston Suspect Was in Contact With Supremacists, Officials Say
04/07/15 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — Federal and local authorities have found that the man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black people in a South Carolina church last month had been in contact with white supremacists o...

» Who’s Cutting California Internet Cables? The FBI Has No Idea
04/07/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A pair of extremist groups, growing increasingly volatile. A double holiday—Independence Day and Ramadan. The FBI felt it had to pounce before things got out of hand. As the Fourth of July neared, the W...

» Who’s Cutting California Internet Cables? The FBI Has No Idea - The Daily Beast
04/07/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Eleven times in the last year, fiber-optic lines have been snapped—cutting off 911 service in at least one community. Investigators are scrambling to figure out who’s behind the attacks. Someone (...

» ISIS Publishes Map Of Fourth Of July FBI Command Centers : News : Headlines & Global News
04/07/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Headlines & Global News : Top News. It's currently unknown what ISIS intends to do with this information, or what the FBI intends to do knowing that they have it. By Jelani James | Jul 02, 2015 01:40 A...

» Greek Referendum Could Threaten Government, Analysts Say
04/07/15 09:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Whether Greeks decide in Sunday’s referendum to accept their lenders’ bailout deal or reject it, the government’s hold on power may be shakier than its b...

» Egypt says kills 12 militants in air strikes as Sisi inspects troops
04/07/15 09:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt launched air strikes in North Sinai on Saturday, killing 12 militants, security sources said, and the Egyptian president visited the restive province ...

» Greek, German Tensions Turn to Resentment
04/07/15 09:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Whatever the outcome of Greece’s vote on whether or not to accept their international creditors’ demands for more austerity measures, tensions between Greeks and Germans over the debt ...

» Baby On Small Inflatable Drifts Out To Sea
04/07/15 09:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Video shows the 10-month-old girl being rescued by coastguards after she was reportedly forgotten by her parents on a beach.

» Last tango in Buenos Aires: dancers block street as government decides to close dance halls - video
04/07/15 09:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Dozens of tango dancers block one of Buenos Aires' main avenues on Friday in protest against the government's decision to close 'milongas' or tango bars, for failing to m...

» Ukraine LGBT Activists Worry About Future
04/07/15 09:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As members of the LGBT community in the United States celebrate the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriages nationwide, gay-rights activists in Ukraine say they fear their ...

» America Celebrates Independence Day
04/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Across the United States Saturday, Americans celebrated the 239th anniversary of their country's independence from Britain with parades, picnics, fireworks and concerts. President Barack ...

» Iran’s Zarif Says They Have ‘Never Been Closer’ to a Deal
04/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed optimism that a deal could be reached in talks between Iran and six world powers over the country’s nuclear program, he said in a YouTube video...

» AP Top News at 11:36 p.m. EDT
04/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 11:36 p.m. EDT Greek campaigns, neck and neck, reach dramatic finale ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greeks packed city squares for dueling rallies late into the nig...

» AP Top News at 3:39 a.m. EDT
04/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 3:39 a.m. EDT Campaigns halt as Greeks face tough referendum choice ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Campaigns halt in Greece on Saturday on the eve of a closely watc...

» AP Top News at 7:46 a.m. EDT
04/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 7:46 a.m. EDT Analysts: Greek government's post-referendum future unsure ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Whether Greeks decide in Sunday's referendum to accept their...

» Top Shots
04/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond. For more photo galleries, see our "Picture This" archive by clicking on the banner above.

» Russia Escapes Downgrade But Fitch Says Worsening Tensions Hurt Economy
04/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Fitch Ratings agency maintained its relatively high rating for Russia July 3, but said worsening tensions with the West darken the outlook for the Euroasian giant's economy.

» Ukraine's Sluggish Action On Reforms Delayed Receipt Of Loans
04/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko disclosed July 3 that the government failed to get $3 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this...

» Report: U.S. Government May Seize Russian Property In Yukos Case
04/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian government property in the United States could be seized after former shareholders of the Yukos oil company sought recognition of a multi-billion dollar compensat...

» Ukrainian Veterans, Nationalists Urge Liberation Of Rebel-Occupied Areas
04/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. At least 1,000 members of volunteer military units and nationalist organizations have marched in Kyiv demanding a resumption of military activity against separatists in e...

» Russian University Shows Veteran U.S. Professor The Door
04/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An American who has lived and worked in Russia for more than 20 years has been dismissed as a professor at a university in Nizhny Novgorod in what critics say is the late...

» Putin: U.S.-Russia Relations Key To Global Stability
04/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin says relations between Moscow and Washington are instrumental to ensuring international stability.

» Tymoshenko Calls Party Office Bombing 'Terrorist Attack'
04/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says an explosion at her party's offices in the city of Sumy was politically motivated.

» South Korean navy officer arrested on charges of spying for China
04/07/15 09:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Lieutenant commander in South Korean counter-espionage body accused of handing classified data to suspected spy while studying in China A South Korean navy officer has been ar...

» Barbecue is an American tradition – of enslaved Africans and Native Americans | Michael W Twitty
04/07/15 09:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The traditional holiday cookout has its roots in the cooperation between black and indigenous peoples struggling to get or keep their freedom from colonialists Barbecue is a f...

» America celebrating Fourth of July on guard
04/07/15 09:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Security officials on alert through holiday weekend with ISIS calling for attacks against U.S. military, police, public

» Afghan Forces Battle Taliban 30 Miles West of Kabul
04/07/15 09:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Casualties from the battle in Wardak Province were said to be high, and senior officials criticized security forces’ response as slow and ineffective.

» Prosecutors: Man in Wheelchair Arrested for Robbing NYC Bank
04/07/15 08:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Prosecutors: 23-year-old man in wheelchair arrested 2 days after robbing New York City bank

» Police: Beltran Leyva Cartel Boss Arrested in Mexico City
04/07/15 08:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Police: Beltran Leyva cartel operative, wanted in US, captured in Mexico City

» Mosque Bombing Kills 15 Al-Qaida Fighters in Syria
04/07/15 08:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Mosque bombing in northern Syria kills 15 members of al-Qaida's affiliate

» Senator McCain: US Must Reassess Afghan Troop Withdrawal
04/07/15 08:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Senator McCain: Afghan troop drawdown must be based on ground conditions, not calendar

» Syrian forces close in on rebel town
04/07/15 08:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Syrian forces and their Lebanese Shia Muslim allies carry out a major offensive to drive rebels from the strategically important town of Zabadani.

» VIDEO: Pope's battle to woo Latin America
04/07/15 08:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. When Pope Francis arrives in Latin America this weekend, huge crowds are expected - as millions of Roman Catholics in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay turn out to see the man they call the "...

» Ukraine far-right in war march
04/07/15 08:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. A 1,000-strong rally called by Ukraine's ultra-nationalists is held in the capital, Kiev, demanding a formal declaration of war on rebels in the east.

» Iran's nuclear deal: The toughest of all challenges
04/07/15 08:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Is Iran ready to make a nuclear bargain?

» Analysts: Greek government's post-referendum future unsure
04/07/15 08:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8:27 a.m. EDT. ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Whether Greeks decide in Sunday's referendum to accept their lenders' bailout deal or reject it, the government's hold on power may be shakier than...

» Migrants disrupt cross-channel tunnel services at Calais
04/07/15 08:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants trying to stow away on vehicles crossing the Channel by tunnel between France and England broke through perimeter fences at Calais overnight, temp...

» Czech tourists robbed and killed in Albanian mountains
04/07/15 08:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TIRANA (Reuters) - Two Czech tourists were shot on an Albanian mountain road on Friday, and the killers rolled their car down a ravine to portray the deaths as an accident, police and ...

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» Britain, Tunisia Remember Massacre Victims
03/07/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister David Cameron led a moment of silence Friday for the 30 British victims of last week's massacre of tourists on a beach in Tunisia. The queen a...

» NASCAR distances itself from Donald Trump after remarks
03/07/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8:10 p.m. EDT. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- NASCAR is the latest corporation to distance itself from Donald Trump....

» Mindful of Greece, Ukraine Is in a Rush to Line Up Debt Relief
03/07/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. In a bid to avoid continuous negotiations with creditors, the Ukrainian government (with the I.M.F.’s support) is deep in debt talks, pressing investors to accept a bailout deal — but inves...

» NASCAR leaves Trump resort in the dust - Miami Herald
03/07/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News NASCAR leaves Trump resort in the dust Miami Herald NASCAR's burning rubber away from Trump National Doral in the wake of resort owner Donald Trump's remarks denigrating...

» Senior Islamic State Leader Killed in U.S.-Led Coalition Strike
03/07/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International News, Opinion and Analysis - Newsweek World. Senior Islamic State Leader Killed in U.S.-Led Coalition Strike The June 16 strike killed Tariq bin Tahar al-'Awni al-Harzi, the brother of anothe...

» Gove is right: our antiquated court system produces two-nation justice | Heather Brooke
03/07/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. As legal aid cuts force people to represent themselves, the costly, tortuous steps to access court records threaten access to justice. But it needn’t be this way – as the US s...

» At least 50 dead as five more bodies pulled from capsized Philippine ferry
03/07/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Victims found after crane pulled 36-tonne vessel that sunk on Thursday off port of Ormoc city to shore Rescuers have retrieved five more bodies from a ferry that capsized shor...

» From Taliban to IS, Afghan Fighters Pledge New Allegiance
03/07/15 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 02:15 The Islamic State group appears to be attracting new followers in yet another country, with Afghan fighters raising the black flag in parts of ...

» AP Top News at 7:14 p.m. EDT
03/07/15 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 7:14 p.m. EDT The Latest: Greek PM urges voters to ignore scaremongers Iran to US: Nuke deal could result in joint cooperation VIENNA (AP) - In a message t...

» IS Egyptian Affiliate Claims It Fired 3 Rockets Into Israel
03/07/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Islamic State's affiliate in Egypt is claiming responsibility for three rockets fired Friday into southern Israel from Sinai. No damage or casualties are reported. The group sent a Twitte...

» Syrian mosque blast kills at least 25 with al-Qaida links
03/07/15 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Islamic State militants blamed by rivals for explosion in town of Ariha An explosion at a mosque in Syria’s Idlib province on Friday killed at least 25 members of the al-Qaida...

» Monitors: Palmyra Statues Ruined by IS May Have Been Fakes
03/07/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The ancient Muslim antiquities from Palmyra that Islamic State said it took from a smuggler and destroyed may have been fakes, Syrian observers said Friday. The British-based Syrian Obser...

» World Briefing: Liberia: 200 Reportedly Had Contact With Ebola Victim
03/07/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The World Health Organization reported Friday that nearly 200 people had been in contact with a 17-year-old in Liberia who was confirmed to have died of Ebola.

» World Briefing: Netherlands: Protests Over a Death in Police Custody
03/07/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Dutch police arrested about 200 people Thursday night and Friday morning for disregarding a ban on public assembly in The Hague rioting after the death of a man in police custody.

» An American Tip to German Spies Points to a More Complex Relationship
03/07/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Obama administration risked exposing its surveillance out of concern over the perceived security breach, leading to the official’s demotion and to widespread German anger over American ...

» Two Bethnal Green schoolgirls 'now married to Isis men' in Syria
03/07/15 19:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Teenagers Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase, 15, fled from Britain in February, and two have had husbands ‘approved’ for them Two of the three east London schoolgi...

» Calls to Oust Ecuador’s President Flare Before Visit by the Pope
03/07/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Ecuador’s government and opposition have both been using Francis’ imminent arrival to get their messages across, spurring complaints that a historic event is being politicized

» America ready to celebrate July 4th with tight security
03/07/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. "To anyone that is intent on causing us harm here in this city: We are well prepared and we're ready," says NYPD counterterrorism chief

» Photos of the Day: July 3
03/07/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. In photos selected Friday by Wall Street Journal editors, a girl mimics Lady Liberty, hotdog-eating-contest competitors get weighed in, Greeks rally ahead of a referendum, and more.

» Ten years after 7/7 bombings, Britain is split over how to fight extremism
03/07/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. BRADFORD, England — When three young men left behind the gentle West Yorkshire hills to blow themselves up on London trains a...

» Ten month old baby rescued after drifting 1km out to sea – video
03/07/15 19:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. The coastguard in Turkey rescue a ten month old baby girl after she floated 1 kilometre out to sea. The girl is drifting towards the Greek island of Lesbos in a child's i...

» 10-month-old baby rescued after floating half mile out to sea
03/07/15 19:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. The Turkish coast guard rescued the girl, who was still sitting in her inflatable flotation device

» Islamic State Posts Photos of Militants Taking Sledgehammer to Ancient ... - VICE News
03/07/15 19:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. VICE News Islamic State Posts Photos of Militants Taking Sledgehammer to Ancient ... VICE News The so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group has released photos of its members smashi...

» Putin: West 'Pressures' Russia Because of Its 'Independent' Policies
03/07/15 19:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia is being pressured because it is carrying out independent foreign and domestic policies. "The reasons for the pressure on Russia are clear...

» Clinton: I'll be a better friend to Israel than Obama - Ynetnews
03/07/15 19:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Ynetnews Clinton: I'll be a better friend to Israel than Obama Ynetnews Politico reports the leading Democratic candidate for US president has been emphasizing her support of Isr...

» 13-year-old charged with raping girl on school bus - Fox News
03/07/15 19:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. 13-year-old charged with raping girl on school bus Fox News PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. – Officials say a 13-year-old boy attacked a 7-year-old girl on a Chimacum school bus and has bee...

» Police get tips on girl found dead in bag in Boston Harbor - Chron.com
03/07/15 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chron.com Police get tips on girl found dead in bag in Boston Harbor Chron.com BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts authorities say hundreds of tips have poured in from across the country...

» AP Top News at 1:08 p.m. EDT
03/07/15 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:08 p.m. EDT The Latest: Greek police, youths clash before Athens rally Greece: Poll shows 2 sides neck and neck before referendum ATHENS, Greece (AP) - T...

» This euro is destroying the European dream | Jonathan Freedland
03/07/15 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The deficit fetishists of Brussels and Berlin must cut Greece some fiscal slack and work to promote growth On Sunday the Greeks vote while the rest of Europe holds its breath....

» Iranian foreign minister raises prospect of joint action against Islamic State
03/07/15 19:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Zarif says there will be opportunities for Iran and the US to cooperate if a deal is cut on the nuclear issue Sealing a nuclear deal will allow the west and Iran to face the c...

» Ecuador, First Stop on Pope Francis's Tour, Highlights Tension Between
03/07/15 19:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International News, Opinion and Analysis - Newsweek World. Ecuador, First Stop on Pope Francis's Tour, Highlights Tension Between Environment and Business Environmentalists say Ecuador's leftist leader, Ra...

» Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi Arabia's Najran and Jizan
03/07/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen's dominant Houthi group and its army allies said on Saturday it had shelled various areas in Saudi Arabia's Jizan and Najran, killing and wounding several soldi...

» Greek banks prepare plan to raid deposits
03/07/15 15:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. ‘Haircut’ of 30% considered on customers’ funds above €8,000

» Terrorism: Radical shift
03/07/15 15:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Security services alarmed by Tunisia’s young killer and his progression to gun-wielding jihadi

» Iran nuclear talks in endgame, negotiators push on sticking points
03/07/15 15:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VIENNA (Reuters) - A year and half of nuclear talks between Iran and major powers were creeping towards the finish line on Friday as negotiators wrestled with sticking points including...

» Chicken ice cream keeps Paris zoo wolves cool
03/07/15 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 01:00 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Chicken ice cream for wolves, fish ice pops for sea lions: Keepers in t...

» Surgeon's Nationality Revealed by Your Breast Implants, Study Says
03/07/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Breast augmentation appearance linked to doctor's nationality, study suggests.

» Washington Woman Who Died of Measles Had Been Vaccinated
03/07/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Health official: Washington state woman who died of measles had been vaccinated

» Silvio Berlusconi faces more questions over lavish presents and cash worth €7m given to 'Ruby the Heart Stealer'
03/07/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Even as his political career wanes there has been no let up for Silvio Berlusconi in his war of attrition with Italy’s prosecutors.

» The Great Israeli Natural Gas Robbery - Yeshiva World News
03/07/15 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world news - Google Blog Search. At times there are critical moments when indecision or inaction can cause repercussions that can last for decades if not more. The Natural Gas Robbery is perhaps one of the...

» Turkey reinforces Syria border, Davutoglu says no incursion planned - Reuters
03/07/15 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Turkey reinforces Syria border, Davutoglu says no incursion planned Reuters ISTANBUL Turkey has deployed additional troops and equipment along part of its border with Syria as ...

» Kim Jong-un gives half-brother Kim Jong-nam job in North Korea foreign ministry - Daily Mail
03/07/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Mail Kim Jong-un gives half-brother Kim Jong-nam job in North Korea foreign ministry Daily Mail It seems Kim Jong-un does have a softer side having apparently given his illegitim...

» Egypt Airstrikes 'Kill 70' in Battle With Islamic State Affiliate - Wall Street Journal
03/07/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Wall Street Journal Egypt Airstrikes 'Kill 70' in Battle With Islamic State Affiliate Wall Street Journal CAIRO—Egypt's military said Friday its warplanes and helicopters killed 70 mil...

» Competitor in World Police and Fire Games fatally injured in bike race - Washington Post
03/07/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. MyFox Washington DC Competitor in World Police and Fire Games fatally injured in bike race Washington Post A Brazilian competitor died Thursday after a crash in a bike race at the Worl...

» US Law Enforcement, Cities on Alert for July 4 Holiday
03/07/15 15:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Law enforcement officials across the United States are boosting security for Independence Day events, after security agencies warned about potential terrorist threats timed to the July 4 ...

» Russian Parliament Adopts Online Privacy Law
03/07/15 15:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Lawmakers in the Russian parliament on Friday voted for a bill forcing online search engines to remove search results about a specific person at that person's request. The Russian State D...

» New York governor orders more July Fourth security after alert - Reuters
03/07/15 15:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN New York governor orders more July Fourth security after alert Reuters New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered heightened security measures across the state over the...

» 2 killed, 1 wounded in shooting outside California store - Fox News
03/07/15 15:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News 2 killed, 1 wounded in shooting outside California store Fox News July 2, 2015: Tehama County Sheriffs Office detectives search for evidence and clues at the scene of a ...

» Man arrested in connection with San Francisco killing had been deported ... - Fox News
03/07/15 15:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox CBS News Man arrested in connection with San Francisco killing had been deported ... Fox News The man arrested in connection with the seemingly random killing of a woman who ...

» Adelaide Crows' AFL coach murdered in home, son arrested - Washington Post
03/07/15 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Brisbane Times Adelaide Crows' AFL coach murdered in home, son arrested Washington Post ADELAIDE, Australia — Phil Walsh, coach of the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football L...

» Top ISIS leader killed in coalition airstrike - CNN
03/07/15 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN TODAYonline Top ISIS leader killed in coalition airstrike CNN (CNN) Senior ISIS leader Tariq Al-Harzi was killed by a coalition airstrike in Syria last month, a U.S. official...

» ISIS publicly smashes Syrian artifacts - CNN
03/07/15 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. National Geographic ISIS publicly smashes Syrian artifacts CNN (CNN) ISIS militants reportedly smashed cultural treasures from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, including an ar...

» Aetna Said to Be Near Deal to Buy Humana for $34 Billion - New York Times
03/07/15 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Wall Street Journal Aetna Said to Be Near Deal to Buy Humana for $34 Billion New York Times Aetna is near an agreement to buy its smaller rival Humana for about $34 billion, peop...

» Hopeful Start to Greek Debt Negotiations Quickly Soured - New York Times
03/07/15 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times Hopeful Start to Greek Debt Negotiations Quickly Soured New York Times ATHENS — Last Friday morning, the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, gathered his closest...

» Obama: Still More to be Done to Improve Economy - Voice of America
03/07/15 15:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Voice of America Obama: Still More to be Done to Improve Economy Voice of America President Barack Obama said the latest jobs report for the U.S. is "good," but there is still mo...

» Man charged with killing parents and storing them in freezer dies after ... - OregonLive.com
03/07/15 15:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. OregonLive.com Man charged with killing parents and storing them in freezer dies after ... OregonLive.com A Lane County Jail inmate accused of killing his parents and storing the...

» Obama's counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticism - LubbockOnline.com
03/07/15 14:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. LubbockOnline.com Obama's counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticism LubbockOnline.com This photo taken April 24, 2015 shows the Liberty Crossing Intelligence Campus in Mc...

» Iran takes hard stance on key provisions in nuke deal - Fox News
03/07/15 14:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Iran takes hard stance on key provisions in nuke deal Fox News Iran took a hard stance on two of the biggest demands of world powers in a final nuclear deal Thursday, re...

» Obama's counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticism - The Denver Post
03/07/15 14:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Obama's counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticism The Denver Post FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, a CIA is seen in Atlanta. When the... (David Goldman/AP). « 1; ...

» Заседание Совета Безопасности • Президент России
03/07/15 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Сайт Президента России: Деятельность Президента: Новости. В.Путин: Уважаемые колле ...

» Putin biding his time? Evidence shows buildup of Russian tanks, generals in ... - Fox News
03/07/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Putin biding his time? Evidence shows buildup of Russian tanks, generals in ... Fox News New evidence is exposing Russia's deepening role in the conflict in eastern Ukra...

» Watch live: Tensions run high in Greece as Yes and No rallies go head to head over EU bail-out referendum
03/07/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Rival political parties hold rallies in Athens as Greeks consider whether to reject EU bail-out terms

» Mystery surrounding Harper Lee's new novel deepens after reports manuscript was found three years earlier
03/07/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Go Set a Watchman, the unpublished second novel by the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, was discovered three years earlier than her lawyer previously revealed, according to new report

» Solar plane breaks record for longest non-stop solo flight in history – video
03/07/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. A plane which is attempting to complete the first ever round-the-world solar powered flight lands in Hawaii. The plane took off from Nagoya in Japan on 29 June, meaning t...

» Putin Says Sanctions Fail To Split Russian Society
03/07/15 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. President Vladimir Putin says Western efforts to split Russian society with economic sanctions have failed to yield expected results.

» Guillaume Tell opera rape outcry is over offence to music, not women
03/07/15 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The main complaint about the rape scene is that it doesn’t sit well with a jaunty Rossini piece. But why, then, are graphic operatic murders acceptable? The opera world is not...

» Alwaleed bin Talal: meet the Saudi prince giving away all his money
03/07/15 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The high-flying royal, who sued Forbes for ‘underestimating’ his fortune just years before handing it all to charity, seems to defy the cliches of a Saudi magnate There is som...

» Baby on small inflatable rescued by coastguard 1km off Turkish coast
03/07/15 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The 10-month-old was carried out by strong winds and currents after her parents forgot she was in the water A 10-month-old baby has been rescued by the coastguard after drifti...

» Fighting continues to seize Syrian city of Aleppo
03/07/15 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:47 Amateur video purports to show fierce clashes between Syrian government forces and rebel fighters in Aleppo. . Report by Asana Greenstreet.

» Greek Voters Confused by Referendum Wording as Vote Nears
03/07/15 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. What Greeks think of the referendum wording as crucial Sunday vote on future with Europe nears

» Yes or No? What Greece's Landmark Vote Might Bring
03/07/15 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. As Greeks prepare for crucial referendum, implications of the vote unclear

» Who's John Jay? Scholars Urge New Look at Forgotten Founder
03/07/15 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. For July 4th, scholars urge closer look at forgotten founder John Jay, justice, statesman, spy

» Russian MiG Fighter Crashes in Southern Russia, Pilot Lives
03/07/15 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Russian MiG fighter jet crashes in southern Russia, its pilot bails out safely

» Same-Sex Couple in Mississippi Goes to Court to Seek Divorce
03/07/15 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. State attorney general asks Mississippi high court to allow lesbian couple to divorce

» The Greek debt crisis summed up in two minutes
03/07/15 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Greece faces a make-or-break referendum on Sunday where the nation will decide to accept the Eurogroup’s bailout deal.

» Greece debt crisis: What does a 'yes' or 'no' vote in the referendum really mean?
03/07/15 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Referendums are supposed to provide answers. Sunday’s in Greece offers mainly confusion. Greeks will vote on a cash-for-reforms offer from the country’s creditors that is no longer on the...

» A dummies guide to Independence Day - video
03/07/15 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Our friends across the pond have something called Independence Day, which is celebrated on the Fourth of July. It’s not just the film that put Will Smith on the map; it’s one of the most ...

» Tunisia attack: Hotelier who chased gunman Seifeddine Rezgui away from beach urges tourists to visit resorts and not let him 'win'
03/07/15 14:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. A hotel worker who chased gunman Seifeddine Rezgui away from the beach in Sousse as he killed 38 people, has pleaded with tourists to return visit to Tunisia and not let the killer “win.”

» Greece debt crisis: Tsipras calls on Greeks to defy 'blackmail' as nation remains divided and fearful
03/07/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject "blackmail" ahead of Sunday's bailout referendum.

» Greece debt crisis: 'The ministers talk to us about miracles' – why Greeks are cynical ahead of the bailout referendum
03/07/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Not a poster. Not a flag. Given its 25 per cent unemployment rate, its ring roads of empty factories – marble steps overgrown with grass, courtyards piled with garbage – this ancient Otto...

» Tunisia attack: Officials were warned of an imminent terrorist attack in Sousse – but did nothing
03/07/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. The Tunisian interior ministry received an alert in May of an imminent attack in Sousse, but failed to act on the information, the head of a security watchdog has told The Independent .

» UNESCO Chief Warns of 'Cultural Cleansing' in War Zones
03/07/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 02:06 The head of the United Nations cultural organization says the loss of ancient artifacts destroyed by militants in Iraq and Syria has long-term ...

» Obama Wins Big, Loses Small in Supreme Court Rulings
03/07/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama's administration was unexpectedly on the winning side in nearly all the close, politically significant Supreme Court cases decided in the term that ended this week,...

» July 3, 2015
03/07/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A look at the best news photos from around the world.

» WorldViews: Islamic State destroys priceless statues in ancient city of Palmyra
03/07/15 14:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Separate reports this week indicated that Islamic State fighters were smashing cultural relics in the ancient city of Palmyra...

» Doctors Without Borders Hospital Raided in Afghanistan
03/07/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The humanitarian group condemned a “violent intrusion” that it said had been conducted by Afghan military commandos in Kunduz.

» Tsipras’s wild promises have worsened the Greek crisis | Hugo Dixon
03/07/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The Greek prime minister’s false assurances have left voters adrift on the eve of a confused – and possible less than legal – referendum Alexis Tsipras talks so much about dem...

» Burqa-wearing gang convicted for series of smash-and-grab raids in London
03/07/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Nine-member gang convicted of carrying out violent smash-and-grab raids on shops including Selfridges, Prada and Jimmy Choo dating back to 2007 A violent “smash-and-grab” gang...

» No charges for missed GP appointments, says Cameron
03/07/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Prime minister dismisses Jeremy Hunt suggestion that patients may face charges to encourage greater responsibility for use of NHS resources Downing Street has dismissed a sugg...

» Solar Plane Lands in Hawaii After Record Flight
03/07/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A plane powered by the sun’s rays landed in Hawaii after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan.

» World Bank Deletes Critical Passage on China
03/07/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The bank removed from a recent report its call on the Beijing government to reduce its influence on the country’s financial system, raising questions over internal controls and externa...

» Marathon Iran nuclear talks go down to the wire
03/07/15 13:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. VIENNA — The Iran nuclear talks appeared to be focusing on sanctions Friday, as Iran dispatched an influential economist to j...

» Woman Randomly Slain On Pier Stroll With Dad
03/07/15 13:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Kathryn Steinle, who was taking photos with her father when she was shot, fell down saying: "Dad, help me, help me."

» Greek Police Fire Flash Bombs At Protesters
03/07/15 13:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Greek police have fired flash bombs and clashed with protesters in Athens two days before a key bailout referendum.

» Barack Obama to host head of Vietnam communist party
03/07/15 13:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. It will be the first-ever visit to the White House by a general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War

» Finland's new foreign minister: Cameron EU project 'absolutely a great idea'
03/07/15 13:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Eurosceptic Timo Soini tells Telegraph UK's planned referendum would benefit EU as a whole

» Second World War tank and anti-aircraft gun found hidden in basement of villa in Germany
03/07/15 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. The tank, among the weapons haul discovered hidden in the cellar of a villa in Kiel, took nine hours to remove

» 38 Dead, 15 Missing After Philippine Ferry Capsizes
03/07/15 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Rescuers in the Philippines continue searching for 15 people still missing after a ferry capsized in the central part of the country. Officials said Friday three more bodies have been fou...

» Greece's Financial Condition Getting Worse
03/07/15 13:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that debt-ridden Greece’s financial plight is even worse than it first thought as the country heads to Sunday’s vote on whether to accept len...

» China Seals Economic, Trade Deals With Europe
03/07/15 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. For the past week, the red carpet has been rolled out across European cities for Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit. Climate change was high on the agenda – but economics and trade domina...

» Obama to Meet with Vietnam Communist Party Leader
03/07/15 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama will meet Vietnam's Communist Party leader at the White House Tuesday for talks on trade and other issues, U.S. officials said Friday. Nguyen Phu Trong is general s...

» Hispanic Leaders Warn GOP About Trump
03/07/15 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Hispanic leaders are warning of harm to Republicans' White House hopes unless the party's presidential contenders do more to condemn Donald Trump, a businessman turned candidate who's ref...

» Chinese Stock Markets Are in the Middle of an ‘Unprecedented’ Slide
03/07/15 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In what analysts are describing as an unprecedented economic situation , China’s stock indexes are currently tumbling into a free fall, with panic taking the place of the brash confidence that, until...

» AP Top News at 10:47 a.m. EDT
03/07/15 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 10:47 a.m. EDT The Latest: Greek banking officials meet with government ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The latest news on Greece's financial woes and its upcoming r...

» AP Top News at 6:46 a.m. EDT
03/07/15 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 6:46 a.m. EDT Greece: Poll shows 2 sides neck and neck before referendum ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The brief but intense campaign in Greece's critical bailout ...

» AP Top News at 3:00 a.m. EDT
03/07/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 3:00 a.m. EDT Greece: Referendum campaigns squeezed to deadline ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Rival campaigns in Greece's bailout referendum end Friday, with ralli...

» Greece after 5 years of belt tightening
03/07/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. The EU and its financial institutions have been pushing an austerity policy on Greece for the last five years. High unemployment, more taxes, billions ...

Syrian power plant attacked by ISIS

Islamic State suicide bombers on Sunday blew up an explosive- laden truck near a power plant that serves the northeastern city of Hasaka, the latest attack after their expulsion from most parts of the city, the Syrian army said.

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Iran reveals new long-range radar system, as nuclear talks enter final stretch

Iran says it has deployed a new domestically built long-range radar system, signaling a strengthening of its air defenses as it holds what may be the final days of talks on a nuclear deal with world powers.

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