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July 03, 2015

People pay their respects at scene of Tunisia beach attack - video by Guardian Staff
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:44 AM

Tourists and locals fall silent at midday on Friday to remember those killed in the massacre a week ago. Beforehand, many laid wreaths on the beach in front of the Imperial Marhaba hotel. Britain also observed a minute's silence as part of an official day of mourning Continue reading...

Mapped: How the world became more violentby Dr David Hammond
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:43 AM

World News

Big Question: The theory that human beings are evolving into more placid, co-operative creatures is undermined by research that suggests the world is considerably less peaceful than it was eight years ago

How the world is a less peaceful place than it was eight years ago by Dr David Hammond
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:43 AM

World News

France says 'non' to Wikileaks founder Assange asylum request by Rory Mulholland
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:43 AM

World News

Julian Assange asks France to take him in because he is 'threatened with death by the United States'. He also reveals the existence of a son in France

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Senior Tunisian jihadist and Osama bin Laden associate 'killed by US strike in Libya' by AFP
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:42 AM

World News

Seifallah Ben Hassine, listed by the US as a "global terrorist", is reported to have been killed last month

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Inside Kobane: How Islamic State conducted its terrifying 'killing rampage' by Louisa Loveluck
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:42 AM

World News

The harrowing tales of Isil's attack on the Syrian town is revealed by a report including a two-month-old baby who escaped death twice

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Iraqi Government Training Thousands of Sunni Tribesmenby webdesk@voanews.com (Carla Babb)
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:41 AM

Voice Of America

Three senior U.S. defense officials with ties to the Iraqi government have told VOA that Iraq has recruited about 6,000 Sunni tribesmen fighters, a force many say will be critical in defeating Islamic State. Analysts said the large number was a step in the right direction. “There’s 6,000 who are willing to work together — that may be even more important,” said Michael O’Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “It’s not so much that they’re going to get great training in...

Obama: Still More to be Done to Improve Economyby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:41 AM

Voice Of America

President Barack Obama said the latest jobs report for the U.S. is "good," but there is still more work to do "get folks' wages and incomes to keep going up." The president said Thursday in remarks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse that while the country has had a record "64 straight months of private sector job growth... there are a lot of folks who still feel like the playing field is tilted in ways that make it hard for them to get...

EU Leaders Unlikely to Attend Chinese Military Paradeby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:41 AM

Voice Of America

The European Union's ambassador to Beijing says top officials from the organization are unlikely to attend a Chinese military parade marking the anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia, amid uneasiness about such displays of armed might in the tense region. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut said Friday that questions remain about whether the event will encourage reconciliation or further stir resentment, a reference to China's ongoing feud with Japan over wartime history and...

1980s File Shows Plan For Hong Kong ‘Plantation’ in Northern Ireland by joannaplucinska
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:40 AM

TIME

(LONDON) — A bizarre plan to relocate the entire population of Hong Kong to Northern Ireland was considered an option in the uncertain years before Britain handed back the former British colony to Chinese rule, formerly classified government files showed.

Britain’s National Archives on Friday released a 1983 government file called “Replantation of Northern Ireland from Hong Kong,” which showed British officials discussing a far-fetched proposal to settle 5.5 million Hong Kong people in a newly built “city state” between Coleraine and Londonderry.

George Fergusson, an official at the Northern Ireland office, was inspired by a university lecturer’s proposal to “transplant” Hong Kong to Northern Ireland — a move that would supposedly revitalize the local economy as well as save Hong Kong, which the lecturer believed had “no future on its present site.”

“At this stage we see real advantages in taking the proposal seriously,” Fergusson wrote in a memo to a colleague in the Foreign Office.

While it wasn’t clear if Fergusson was writing tongue-in-cheek, the droll reply he received showed that it wasn’t taken seriously.

“My initial reaction … is that the proposal could be useful to the extent that the arrival of 5.5 million Chinese in Northern Ireland may induce the indigenous peoples to forsake their homeland for a future elsewhere,” quipped David Snoxell at the Republic of Ireland Department. “We should not underestimate the danger of this taking the form of a mass exodus of boat refugees in the direction of South East Asia.”

An official scribbled in the margins: “My mind will be boggling for the rest of the day.”

Though outlandish, the idea illustrated anxieties at the time about the future of Hong Kong. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher began talks with China on the topic in 1982. Two years later, the two sides agreed that the city would return to Chinese rule in 1997.

U.S. Drone Strike Kills Senior ISIS Leader by joannaplucinska
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:40 AM

TIME

(WASHINGTON) — A coalition airstrike in Syria has killed a senior Islamic State leader, who has been responsible for moving fighters and weapons from Libya to Syria, the Pentagon said Thursday.

A senior U.S. official said that Tariq bin Tahar al-‘Awni al-Harzi, a Tunisian, and another fighter with him were killed by a U.S. drone strike and that there were no reports of any civilian casualties in the operation. The official was not authorized to discuss the operation publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.

According to Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, al-Harzi was killed June 16 in Shaddadi. He said that al-Harzi coordinated the use of suicide bombing attacks in Iraq, and helped with the movement of foreign fighters back and force across the Syria-Iraq border.

Davis said al-Harzi’s death will hurt the Islamic State’s ability to move foreign fighters in and out of the region.

According to the military joint task force coordinating the operations in Iraq and Syria, there were airstrikes at four locations in Syria that day, including two near Al Hasakah, which is near Shaddadi. Thestrikes near al Hasakah hit an Islamic State tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle and two antenna arrays.

Last September, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed economic sanctions on al-Harzi and seven other individuals that it said have helped finance or facilitate the movement of foreign fighters joining the Islamic State and the Nusra Front. Both groups have been targeted by coalition strikes in Syria.

Treasury officials designated al-Harzi a global terrorist, saying he was based in Syria. The Treasury statement identified him as the Islamic State group’s “amir of suicide bombers,” saying he recruited foreign fighters for suicide attacks in Iraq and Syria.

In a related matter, Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Thursday to talk about the ongoing efforts to defeat Islamic State militants.

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38 Dead, 15 Missing in Capsized Philippine Ferry Disasterby joannaplucinska
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:40 AM

TIME

(MANILA, Philippines) — At least three more bodies have been recovered from a ferry that capsized in choppy waters in the central Philippines, raising the death toll in the tragedy to 38 with 15 others missing, the coast guard said Friday.

At least 134 people from the M/B Kim Nirvana were rescued by fishing boats and coast guard personnel or swam to safety off Ormoc city on Leyte Island on Thursday, said coast guard spokesman Cmdr. Armand Balilo.

Balilo said two passengers initially listed in the manifest did not board the ferry, lowering the total number of people on board to 187 from 189 earlier reported by the coast guard.

Regional coast guard commander Capt. Pedro Tinampay told DZBB radio in Manila that rescuers were using a barge with a crane to move the overturned boat to its side to make it easier for divers to find more bodies. Another crane will be used to raise it upright, he said.

Balilo said the wooden outrigger ferry was maneuvering out of the Ormoc port heading on its routine voyage to Camotes Islands, about 44 kilometers (27 miles) to the south, when it was lashed by strong waves.

He said the captain and some of the crew were rescued and are in custody pending an investigation.

Coast guard officials and survivors said it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the 36-ton ferry, which was carrying a heavy cargo of construction materials and bags of rice, to overturn.

Tinampay said the movement of the cargo inside the ferry “may have been contributory to the shift in the weight of the cargo, that’s why the boat listed.”

Survivors told The Associated Press by cellphone that the bow suddenly rose from the water before the vessel flipped over on one side, turning it upside down and trapping passengers underneath.

Among the passengers who survived were at least three Americans and a Canadian.

Lawrence Drake, 48, a retired firefighter from Rochester, New York, said he was able to revive a woman who wasn’t breathing while they were in the water via mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Drake said he also saved the woman’s pregnant daughter and an 8-year-old boy. He said he saw at least seven bodies floating in the water, including two children.

Many of the passengers were screaming in panic, he said.

Drake’s Filipino wife, Mary Jane, said the ferry was pulling slowly out of the port when it suddenly flipped to the left in strong waves.

“No one was able to jump out because it overturned very swiftly. There was no time to jump,” she said.

TV footage showed coast guard rescuers and army soldiers carrying survivors from rubber boats to a beach. Not far away, the bottom part of the vessel could be seen protruding from the water.

A rescue leader, Ciriaco Tolibao, said divers had difficulty looking for bodies because the water was murky.

Cloudy weather at the time of the accident did not pose any danger that would have prompted the coast guard to stop sea voyages, officials said.

A brewing storm in the Pacific was 550 kilometers (340 miles) east of Ormoc and was too far away to affect any part of the Philippine archipelago, according to forecasters. They said winds in the Ormoc region were not strong enough to whip up dangerous waves.

Ormoc, a regional economic and transportation hub of about 200,000 people, is located in a disaster-prone eastern region that is regularly hit by some of the approximately 20 tropical storms and typhoons that blow in from the Pacific each year.

The city was among those devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most ferocious storms on record to hit land, which left more than 7,300 dead and missing and leveled entire villages in November 2013.

In 1991, a storm set off flash floods in the Ormoc region that killed more than 5,000 people and swept homes and vehicles into the sea.

Frequent storms, badly maintained vessels and weak enforcement of safety regulations have been blamed for many past sea accidents in the Philippine archipelago, where small, rickety inter-island ferries are a main mode of transport.

In 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster.

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Associated Press writer Jim Gomez contributed to this report.

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Russian Supply Ship Launched to International Space Stationby joannaplucinska
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:39 AM

TIME

(MOSCOW) — A Russian rocket has successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station, whose crew is anxiously awaiting it after the successive failures of two previous supply missions.

A Soyuz-U rocket blasted off as scheduled from Russia-leased Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan, placing the Progress M-28M cargo ship into a designated orbit.

The previous Progress launch in April ended in failure, and on Sunday a U.S. supply mission failed too when SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke apart shortly after liftoff. The success of Friday’s launch is essential for the station program, which has relied on Russian spacecraft for ferrying crews after the grounding of the U.S. shuttle fleet.

The next station crew’s launch has been pushed back from late May to late July after April’s failure.

Islamic State's 'Amir Of Suicide Bombers' Said Killed In Drone Strike
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:04 AM

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

A coalition airstrike has killed a senior Islamic State leader known as the "amir of suicide bombers" for recruiting foreign fighters to wage suicide attacks in Iraq and Syria.

IMF, Kyiv Agree On Conditions For Next $1.7 Billion Bailout Payment
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:04 AM

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

The International Monetary Fund said July 2 that it has reached agreement with Kyiv on steps needed to release $1.7 billion in much-needed bailout funds.

Malaysia Pushes For UN Tribunal On MH17 Downing; Russia Balks by support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
Friday July 3rd, 2015 at 11:04 AM

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Malaysia told the United Nations Security Council July 2 it plans to push for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of shooting down a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine.

Pakistan Army Officer, Dozen Others Killed In Suspicious Train Accident

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mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The Palestinian Authority's security forces have arrested more than 100 members of the militant Hamas movement in the occupied West Bank.

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» SECDEF Chief of Staff: Live honestly, openly
02/07/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense Intelligence Agency News. Chief of Staff for the Secretary of Defense Eric Fanning spoke to Defense Intelligence Agency

» Pentagon Says Odds Of Clash With Russia, China Rising
02/07/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. A Pentagon report July 1 warned of a 'low but growing' probability that the United States will get drawn into a war with the world's other major military powers, Russia and China, and p...

» Dempsey: Other Nations Gaining on US Military Supremacy
02/07/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that while the United States is still the world's most powerful fighting force, other countries are starting to close the gap.

» Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Carter and Gen. Dempsey in the Pentagon Briefing Room
02/07/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Presenters: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin E. Dempsey

» NATO Accuses Russia of 'Aggressive Methods' of Naval Intel Collection
02/07/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Speaking at a conference in London over the future of NATO's naval forces, senior NATO commander Adrian Bradshaw accused Russia of being 'bold' and even 'aggressive' in its methods of g...

» UK Government Spied on Amnesty International
02/07/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The United Kingdom's surveillance tribunal has notified Amnesty International that it was under surveillance by UK government intelligence agencies, the watchdog said in a press release.

» Russia Grants Loan To Armenia To Buy Arms, Modernize Army
02/07/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Russia has granted ally Armenia a $200 million loan to buy weapons and help modernize its armed forces.

» Clueless: US Doesn't Get Russia, Still Sees Moscow Through Cold War Prism - Sputnik International
02/07/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from stratfor russia - Google News. New Europe Clueless: US Doesn't Get Russia , Still Sees Moscow Through Cold War Prism Sputnik International According to American analyst, author and a member of Stratfor's e...

» Ex-NATO supreme commander warns of ‘Grexit security nightmare’
02/07/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. An American former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has warned that a possible Greek exit from the Eurozone “could become a geopolitical nightmare” for the ...

» Kremlin regrets confrontational tone of US national military strategy
02/07/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. A new version of Russia's national security strategy, currently in the draft phase, will envisage countermeasures against all likely threats, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Pesko...

» Israeli border troops, US Sinai forces on alert after massive ISIS assault on Egyptian forces
02/07/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. July 1, 2015, 4:12 PM (IDT) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant moved ominously close to Israel’s borders Wednesday, July 1 – not as predicted in the north, but in the south. In...

» Cairo: 300 ISIS terrorists carried out North Sinai assault
02/07/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. July 2, 2015, 3:33 PM (IDT) An Egyptian security force disclosed Thursday that around 300 armed Islamic State terrorists carried out the massive offensive on Egyptian troops and police in north ...

» Saudis at a Loss after Yemeni Rebels Shoot Advanced Iranian Missiles Deep inside the Kingdom
02/07/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. July 2, 2015, 9:03 PM (IDT) Iranian strategists are giving the Houthis advanced Fateh-100 missiles for hitting key Saudi facilities deep in the kingdom, determined to beat back the Saudi air cam...

» Low Marks for Egyptian, Israeli, US Intelligence over ISIS Surprise Offensive
02/07/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. July 2, 2015, 9:03 PM (IDT) US, Israeli and Egyptian intelligence spotters should not have missed the extensive ISIS-Sinai preparations for a major offensive in which the jihadis displayed excep...

» Western Focus on “Lone Wolves” Risks Missing Sophisticated Terror Networks
02/07/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. July 2, 2015, 9:03 PM (IDT) Investigations of the ISIS attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait already show that each assailant had accomplices, as terrorist networks and sleeper cells come to lig...

» VIDEO: Secret CIA Heart Attack Gun Declassified - First to Know
02/07/15 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. First to Know VIDEO: Secret CIA Heart Attack Gun Declassified First to Know As you'll learn from the video above, the CIA has been using a heart attack gun for years. What you see in the...

» CIA has paid millions to a consulting firm to help with reorganization - Stars and Stripes
02/07/15 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Stars and Stripes CIA has paid millions to a consulting firm to help with reorganization Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The CIA has paid more than $10 million to a management consulting ...

» Before carnage, Mexican army was told: ‘Take out’ criminals
02/07/15 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MEXICO CITY — The Mexican soldiers who killed 22 people last year in a town called Tlatlaya had been ordered by their superio...

» If Greece is ejected from the euro zone, what then?
02/07/15 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. ATHENS — The choice can be attractive for nations in financial peril: Stop paying debts, fire up the printing presses and flo...

» IMF warns that Greece needs €60bn financial aid over next three years - Irish Times
02/07/15 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Irish Times IMF warns that Greece needs €60bn financial aid over next three years Irish Times Greece needs €60 billion in new financial help over the next three years and faces decades...

» Probe: No Links Among Fires at Black US Churches
02/07/15 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that they had found no links among any of the six recent fires at African-American churches in five Southern states. The Justice Depar...

» US Drone Strike Kills Senior IS Militant
02/07/15 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A senior Islamic State fighter from Tunisia has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said Thursday. Tariq bin Tahar al-’Awni al-Harzi helped raise money for Islamic S...

» Russian opposition activists want foreigners to occupy and rule Russia - English pravda.ru
02/07/15 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from English pravda.ru. Russian opposition activists want foreigners to occupy and rule Russia 02.07.2015 Print version Font Size Send to friend As they say, now it's all clear. The democratic coalition ...

» US calls for Ramadan pause in Yemen conflict - Daily Mail
02/07/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Khaleej Times US calls for Ramadan pause in Yemen conflict Daily Mail WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday called for a "humanitarian pause" i...

» Police: Bomb Found in Car During Missouri Traffic Stop
02/07/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Police: Bomb found in vehicle during Missouri traffic stop; driver arrested

» U.S. calls for Ramadan pause in Yemen conflict
02/07/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday called for a "humanitarian pause" in the conflict in Yemen during Ramadan.

» Mystery surrounds India health survey
02/07/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Mystery surrounds India health survey

» U.S. seeing rapid expansion of Sunni outreach at new Anbar base
02/07/15 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is seeing signs that new efforts to draw Sunni tribesmen into Iraq's battle against Islamic State may be taking root at a military base near th...

» U.S. and EU Must Do More to Sanction Russian Energy Sector - US News
02/07/15 18:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from U.S. News - Economic Intelligence. Over the past several months, Russia has been escalating its belligerent behavior towards its European neighbors. Russian-backed separatists have been shelling Ukrainian ...

» Ukraine Says Russian Generals Lead Separatists - Bloomberg View
02/07/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Bloomberg View Ukraine Says Russian Generals Lead Separatists Bloomberg View It identifies five Russian generals and a Russian colonel as playing a senior leadership role inside Ukrai...

» The newest US export may leave Russia with excess gas - USA TODAY
02/07/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Pravda ValueWalk The newest US export may leave Russia with excess gas USA TODAY Vladimir Putin has been having an iffy year. His not-so-secret military adventure in Ukraine has gotte...

» Russia to Boycott Meeting of Security Body, Diplomats Say - New York Times
02/07/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Russia to Boycott Meeting of Security Body, Diplomats Say New York Times The Russian delegation was to have included Sergei Y. Naryshkin, the speaker of Russia 's lower...

» Russia's own space shuttle left to decay in post-apocalyptic hangar (PHOTOS) - RT
02/07/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT Russia's own space shuttle left to decay in post-apocalyptic hangar (PHOTOS) RT When the program was abandoned by a cash-strapped Russian state in 1993, there were five working mod...

» Russian Navy's intel ship for monitoring US ABM systems 'to start tests in 2016' - RT
02/07/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT Russian Navy's intel ship for monitoring US ABM systems 'to start tests in 2016' RT A Russian intelligence military vessel specializing, among other things, in monitoring the US mi...

» The world's most anti-Russia country? Canada, says Moscow lawmaker - Washington Post (blog)
02/07/15 18:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The world's most anti- Russia country? Canada, says Moscow lawmaker Washington Post (blog) The United States' Mountie-loving, maple-syrup-toting neighbor to the north —the one whose f...

» Britain Hints It May Join U.S. Campaign Against ISIS in Syria
02/07/15 18:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Britain is already part of operations in Iraq, but a spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants Parliament to consider authorizing Britain t...

» Egypt, Stunned by Sinai Assault, Vows to Erase ‘Terrorist Dens’
02/07/15 18:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A security official said 23 militants were killed in the northern Sinai Peninsula as the government sought to reassert control there.

» 3,073,5073,073,5072015-06-309:33 AM 6/30/2015 - Russia News Review: Islamic State may threaten Russia's Caucasus
02/07/15 18:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 3,073,507 3,073,507 2015-06-30 9:33 AM 6/30/2015 - Russia News Review: Islamic State may threaten Russia's Caucasus - BBC News Putin Announces $400 Billion in Defense Spending as Ukrai...

» 3,091,3193,091,3192015-07-01Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina
02/07/15 18:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 3,091,319 3,091,319 2015-07-01 Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina by Raf Sanchez ...

» Special Commentary: Lobbying in America
02/07/15 18:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By Dr. Stephen Schwalbe Faculty Member, Public Administration at American Public University There is a debate among political scholars as to which type of lobbying is more effective &...

» Active shooter reported at Washington Navy Yard
02/07/15 18:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The Washington Navy Yard is on lockdown following reports of an active shooter on the military installation in the U.S. capital.

» Malaysia tells U.N. Security Council of push for MH17 tribunal
02/07/15 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Malaysia told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday it plans to push for a U.N.-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger...

» Senior Islamic State leader killed in U.S.-led coalition strike
02/07/15 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday a coalition airstrike in Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader who helped fundraise, secure arms and transport fighters f...

» Top ISIS Leader Killed by US Drone Strike in Syria
02/07/15 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Tariq bin Tahar-Al-Awni-al-Harzi was killed on June 16 during a U.S. drone strike in Syria.

» Germany, Again, Calls on U.S. to Answer Spying Accusations
02/07/15 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The revelations come after previous WikiLeaks revelations suggesting extensive American spying on European allies.

» US mass killings 'may be contagious'
02/07/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Each deadly mass shooting in America has increased the likelihood that another will soon follow, a US study has found

» Colombia coca farmers boost output
02/07/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Colombian coca farmers increased their cultivation area by 44% last year as they fear a peace deal may lead to eradication, the UN says.

» Barcelona Freezes Licensing of New Tourist Rooms
02/07/15 17:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Barcelona’s mayor imposed a freeze on licensing new tourist accommodation in the Spanish city in an effort to control the frantic growth of an industry that is causing social disruption.

» French Court Lifts Jean-Marie Le Pen Suspension from National Front
02/07/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A French court Thursday overturned the suspension of Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front party he brought into national prominence.

» Pope to Bring His Message to Latin America
02/07/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Pope Francis will showcase his concern for the region’s poor and forgotten during a trip to his native continent starting this weekend, just as he did as a young Jesuit priest decades ...

» Kentucky soldier admits to taking bribes in Afghanistan
02/07/15 17:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky admitted in federal court on Thursday that he took $100,000 in cash bribes as well as jewelry fro...

» Train derailment, fire prompts evacuation in Tennessee
02/07/15 17:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:28 p.m. EDT. MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A car on a CSX train carrying a flammable and toxic substance derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee, prompting the evacuation of thousand...

» Obama's counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticism
02/07/15 17:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:28 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- At the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, it was a cause for celebration: Meticulous intelligence analysis backed by Hellfire missiles had paid off, once a...

» Baku Protests Against Separatist Leader's London Visit
02/07/15 17:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Azerbaijan has protested plans by the leader of the breakaway ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to visit London next week.

» West Is Too Paranoid About Russia's 'Infowar' (Op-Ed)
02/07/15 17:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. People in the West are willing to doubt the mainstream not because RT exhorts them to "question more," but because they already believe their media lies to them, writes column...

» Russia Only Has Itself to Blame for Lost Influence in Post-Soviet Sphere
02/07/15 17:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. As Russian officials blame Western NGOs for protests that have swept the Armenian capital in recent days, analysts argued that Moscow only has itself to blame for its loss of ...

» Why Isn't Russia Part of Europe? (Op-Ed)
02/07/15 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia is not part of Europe but ultimately it doesn't matter, writes columnist Pyotr Romanov.

» Purges Signal End to Crimea's Special Status Under Russia
02/07/15 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A recent spate of dismissals and criminal cases against high-ranking Crimean officials can be seen as the inevitable consequence of change as the Black Sea region adjusts to l...

» Ukraine Rebels, Russia Criticize Proposed Constitutional Changes
02/07/15 17:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has expressed "deep concern" over proposed changes to Ukraine's constitution, saying Kyiv "absolutely" ignored the demands put forward by separatist rebels.

» Russia Dissatisfied With MH17 Report By Dutch Safety Agency
02/07/15 17:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency says a draft Dutch report into the causes of last year's crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine "raises more quest...

» Ukraine ceasefire: ‘There is shooting all the time’
02/07/15 17:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. “This doesn’t smell like peace to me,” said the Monk, sighing heavily in his makeshift control centre, a former chandelier shop in the basement of a block of flats, near the...

» Российская гомофобия и кинематограф. - 02 июля, 2015
02/07/15 17:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. None

» Jews Again Leaving Russia Because ‘After Putin, There Will Be Another Putin’
02/07/15 17:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, July 2 – For the first time since the 1990s, the number of Jews emigrating from Russia to Israel has gone up dramatically, doubling between 2013 and 2014 to 4685. ...

» Having Attacked Gays and Made Jews Uncomfortable, Some Russians are Now Again Targeting the Roma
02/07/15 17:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, July 2 – Tragically, the list of the objects of Russian anger is not only growing bu...

» Other Nations Gaining on US Military Supremacy
02/07/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that while the United States is still the world's most powerful fighting force, other countries are starting to close the gap. Announcing the ...

» Russia calls new U.S. military strategy confrontational
02/07/15 12:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . &amp;amp;amp;lt;iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-W9SLGS" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/iframe&amp...

» Greece: hopes raised, then dashed again - YouTube
02/07/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jul 2, 2015 Less than 24 hours after he wrote a conciliatory letter to creditors asking for a new bailout, a defiant Greek prime minister has urged Greeks to reject a bailout deal. David Pollard ...

» Is EU divided over Greece? - YouTube
02/07/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jul 2, 2015 Germany may have said no deal with Greece until after Sunday's referendum, but France remains keen to help find a solution to keep Greece's place in the euro secure. Ciara Lee reports...

» UK Defence chief calls for air strikes on IS in Syria - YouTube
02/07/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jul 2, 2015 British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has told parliament that the UK should consider authorizing air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, saying, "We are engaged in a f...

» Russia: New US Military Strategy Is Confrontational
02/07/15 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia said Thursday a new U.S. military strategy was confrontational and would not help improve relations with Moscow, strained by the crisis in Ukraine. The strategy, released by the Pe...

» Despite Kremlin's Promises, Russian Food Ban Fails to Deliver
02/07/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. As Russia's retaliatory ban on select Western food imports nears its one-year mark, the Kremlin is trumpeting the embargo as a major opportunity for growth in Russian agricult...

» Ukraine Cuts Off Russian Gas Imports Over Pricing Dispute
02/07/15 10:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Ukraine said it halted natural gas imports from Russia on Wednesday after EU-brokered talks collapsed without a deal on how much Kiev should pay for its supplies and an interi...

» Russia's Disunity Makes It Vulnerable to IS (Op-Ed)
02/07/15 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia finds itself in an unenviable position as the Islamic State lays claim to the North Caucasus, writes Ivan Sukhov.

» Доклад о ситуации в Чечне
02/07/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 54:00 30 июля Международная кризисная группа представила в Брюсселе доклад о ситуации в Чечне. По мнению его авторов, к настоящему времени Че...

» Ukraine's 'history laws' purge it of communist symbols but divide the population
02/07/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Lionising nationalists and removing Soviet monuments helps protect Ukraine from Russian aggression, supporters say - but others see praise for Nazi co...

» Pro-Kremlin television host backs civil partnerships
02/07/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Head of Russia's state-owned news agency publicly calls for civil partnerships for gay couples, sparking speculation the Kremlin is rethinking its har...

» Russian culture minister calls for tax on Hollywood films
02/07/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Vladimir Medinsky wants an end to the current system, which the Russian government believes is subsidising the US film industry Vladimir Medinsky, the Russian culture minister, is pu...

» Ukraine ceasefire: 'There is shooting all the time'
02/07/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Skirmishes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels continue despite a truce signed in February, giving little cause for hope of an end to the conflict “This doesn’t smell lik...

» Yoga for Putin: poses inspired by Russia's president
02/07/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Russian authorities have put yoga on their ever-growing banned list, but luckily the country’s leader has shown citizens the way forward The latest addition to the Russian authoritie...

» Russia's Rosneft charged over pipeline leak that caused oil to come out of taps
02/07/15 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Environment watchdog investigates RN Yuganskneftegaz for water protection violations due to leak at Nefteyugansk that threatens to enter Ob river Russia’s environmental watchdog has ...

» Soviet writers go to defence of glasnost: from the archive, 1 July 1988
02/07/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Gorbachev juggles the fears of Soviet liberal writers and the literary establishment, as he welcomes wider press freedom Leading Soviet poets, writers and journalists who had been in...

» Russia and China pose largest security threats, says US military report
02/07/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. ‘Low but growing’ chance of war with major power, report says Iran and North Korea also pose ‘serious security concerns’ America’s new military strategy singles out states like China...

» Crocker: Iran Aiming For Permanent Division Of Iraq
02/07/15 10:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Former U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker has accused certain elements of the Iranian regime of working to achieve the permanent division of Iraq into Sunni, Shi'a, and...

» Russia Slams New U.S. Military Strategy As 'Confrontational'
02/07/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has slammed a new U.S. military strategy as "confrontational," saying it would not help improve relations with Moscow, strained by the crisis in Ukraine

» Russia Sees a Threat in Its Converts to Islam
02/07/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Russia. Russia has long lived in fear of a jihadist uprising within its own borders, particularly in the Caucasus where it fought two brutal wars to suppress Muslim separatists.

» Cold War Without the Fun - New York Times
02/07/15 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. The Moscow Times Cold War Without the Fun New York Times Let's see, America is prepositioning battle tanks with our East European NATO allies to counterbalance Rus...

» Thomas Friedman: Cold War without the fun - Albany Times Union
02/07/15 09:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. The Moscow Times Thomas Friedman: Cold War without the fun Albany Times Union "Putin understood that he lost the Russian middle class and so he started to loo...

» New Cold War has the subtlety of professional wrestling: Thomas Friedman - OregonLive.com
02/07/15 09:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. OregonLive.com New Cold War has the subtlety of professional wrestling: Thomas Friedman OregonLive.com "Putin understood that he lost the Russian middle class...

» Germany's assumptions about peace and power are out of sync with reality - Daily Times
02/07/15 09:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. Daily Times Germany's assumptions about peace and power are out of sync with reality Daily Times Anti-Americanism may be what Putin's German sympathizers have in c...

» Gay Marriage and US Foreign Policy - Antiwar.com
02/07/15 09:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. The Obergefell Effect: Gay Marriage and US Foreign Policy Antiwar.com Russia has recently enacted a series of viciously stupid laws targeting gays, and their state...

» US military strategy for world domination targets Russia and China
02/07/15 09:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from English. The 2015 National Military Strategy made public Wednesday outlines a shift in US planning from targeting terrorist groups to waging war against Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

» FISA court reinstates bulk surveillance of US communications
02/07/15 09:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from English. The move by the secret FISA court follows the passage of the “USA Freedom Act,” which codifies bulk surveillance while transferring data collection to telecommunication companies.

» Voodoo, a Harlem Renaissance opera, revived in New York
02/07/15 09:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from English. H. Lawrence Freeman (1869-1954) was active as a composer, conductor and teacher, but his work was rarely performed during his lifetime.

» AP Top News at 9:48 p.m. EDT
02/07/15 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 9:48 p.m. EDT Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Episcopalians voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow religious we...

» AP Top News at 1:55 a.m. EDT
02/07/15 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:55 a.m. EDT Macy's dumps Trump; New York City reviewing contracts LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Macy's department store chain joined an ongoing exodus from asso...

» AP Top News at 6:00 a.m. EDT
02/07/15 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 6:00 a.m. EDT What crisis? Stronger banks, economies ease fear over Greece The prospect of a Greek crackup isn't so terrifying anymore. In 2012, financial ...

» Anti-American sentiment surges in Russia -- and the feeling is mutual - Washington Times
02/07/15 09:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Washington Times Anti-American sentiment surges in Russia -- and the feeling is mutual Washington Times Late last week, a 45-year-old Russian beat an acquaintance to death with his fi...

» Russia's big gas plan hit a setback - Business Insider
02/07/15 09:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Russia's big gas plan hit a setback Business Insider Russia's big plan to build the Turkish Stream might have hit a snag as Russia and Turkey can't agree on gas price...

» Attitudes toward the US have never been worse in post-Soviet Russia - Business Insider
02/07/15 09:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Attitudes toward the US have never been worse in post-Soviet Russia Business Insider russia us hockey fight REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk Russia's Sergei Kalinin (L) a...

» A Grim Meme Casts a Spotlight on Internet Censorship in Russia - Newsweek
02/07/15 09:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek A Grim Meme Casts a Spotlight on Internet Censorship in Russia Newsweek A 2012 law passed in Russia allows the government to block websites without a court order for a number...

» Russia-US ties alive and well at Iran nuclear talks - AOL News
02/07/15 09:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. AOL News Russia -US ties alive and well at Iran nuclear talks AOL News VIENNA (AP) — Russia -U.S. relations are at a post-Cold War low just about everywhere, except at the Iran nuclea...

» NATO navies should beef up against Russia: commanders - Yahoo News
02/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News NATO navies should beef up against Russia : commanders Yahoo News "The Russian Federation is shadowing and presumably collecting intelligence from NATO nation naval un...

» Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker - Yahoo News
02/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker Yahoo News Moscow (AFP) - Moscow on Wednesday slammed Finland for refusing entry to the speaker of Russia's parliament ...

» 'Mysterious' sea creature with furry tail washes ashore in Russia's Far East - RT
02/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT 'Mysterious' sea creature with furry tail washes ashore in Russia's Far East RT The enigmatic remains of a giant marine animal with a furry tail found in Russia's Far East have puz...

» US warns of Russia, China military threat amid growing chaos - Yahoo News
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News US warns of Russia , China military threat amid growing chaos Yahoo News A somber report released Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S...

» Russia and China pose largest security threats, says US military report - The Guardian
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Russia and China pose largest security threats, says US military report The Guardian America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressiv...

» What's Putin's plan? Russian jet 'shot flares at Swedish plane' - NEWS.com.au
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. NEWS.com.au What's Putin's plan? Russian jet 'shot flares at Swedish plane' NEWS.com.au NATO is also considering how to respond to the threats posed by an increasingly “bold” and “agg...

» Is Saudi Arabia Leaving The U.S. Behind For Russia? - OilPrice.com
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Is Saudi Arabia Leaving The U.S. Behind For Russia ? OilPrice.com “Facts on the ground included Russia and Saudi Arabia's oil ministers discussing a broad cooperation agreement; the s...

» Russia Sees a Threat in Its Converts to Islam - New York Times
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Russia Sees a Threat in Its Converts to Islam New York Times It was not until he abandoned white-Slavic supremacy and instead found God — as a convert to Islam and lead...

» Baltic states 'outraged' by Russia's independence review - Sydney Morning Herald
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Sydney Morning Herald Baltic states 'outraged' by Russia's independence review Sydney Morning Herald The Baltic states declared independence in 1990 and 1991, and activists in Lithuan...

» Want to escalate US-Russia tension? Arm Ukraine. - Reuters Blogs (blog)
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Blogs (blog) Want to escalate US- Russia tension? Arm Ukraine. Reuters Blogs (blog) While both the United States and Russia should step back from the brink, many Obama adminis...

» Russia says new US military strategy is confrontational - Reuters
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Russia says new US military strategy is confrontational Reuters Russia had repeatedly demonstrated it does not respect the sovereignty of its neighbors and that it was willing...

» Lt. Gen. Robert Neller Nominated to Lead the Marines
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. A veteran infantry officer who has served in Iraq, General Neller, 62, if confirmed, would succeed Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., named as the next chairman...

» Marine Corps Leader Nominated
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The Pentagon on Wednesday announced the nomination of Lt. Gen. Robert Neller as commandant of the Marine Corps.

» United Arab Emirates: Woman Gets Death Sentence in Killing of American
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Ibolya Ryan, a mother of 11-year-old twins, was stabbed to death last December by the Emirati woman in a bathroom at a mall in Abu Dhabi.

» European Police to Target Social Media Accounts of Islamist Radicals
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A new unit will attempt to discover and dismantle social media accounts that Islamist radicals use for recruitment and propaganda.

» Iraq: Toll From Clashes Rises, U.N. Says
02/07/15 09:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). At least 1,466 Iraqis were killed in episodes of armed conflict in June, up more than 40 percent from the previous month.

» Russia says new U.S. military strategy is confrontational
02/07/15 08:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: Top News. Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:11am EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday a new U.S. military strategy was confrontational and would not help improve relations with Moscow, strained by the c...

» US Army Seeks Leap-Ahead Cyber Defense Tech
02/07/15 08:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Joe Gould 4:57 p.m. EDT July 1, 2015 The US Army wants to equip cyber protection teams with a "fly-away" kit of hardware and software, that would travel with them. (Photo: US Army) WASHINGTON — The U...

» Romania May Restore Conscription
02/07/15 08:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. WARSAW — Romanian Defense Minister Mircea Dusa is aiming to restore conscription as a result of Russia's increased military activities in Eastern Europe and the country's intervention ...

» Lithuania: NATO Mum On 'Baltic Brigade'
02/07/15 08:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. NATO has vowed to hold "continuous" military exercises in Eastern Europe to deter Russia but has yet to respond to a request by Baltic states for a permanent brigade, Lithuania said We...

» Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina
01/07/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Seven people have been bitten since June but wildlife experts say it is down to several different sharks and is not "a Jaws situation"

» Polygamous Montana trio applies for wedding license
01/07/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:54 p.m. EDT. HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana man said Wednesday that he was inspired by last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage to apply for a marriage license...

» Pentagon confident of US strategy for countering ISIS despite recent setbacks - CNN
01/07/15 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. CNN Pentagon confident of US strategy for countering ISIS despite recent setbacks CNN Washington (CNN) Despite ISIS's continued ability to hold and control vast swaths of Iraq and Syri...

» Study: Fish Use Whole Bodies When They Eat
01/07/15 19:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. About half of all vertebrates – those animals with a back bone – are fish with bony rays or spines. These 30,000 ray-finned fish species have evolved a similar feeding motion. As VOA's Ro...

» US Defense Secretary: 'No Anticipation' of Giving Up Base in Cuba
01/07/15 19:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States does not anticipate giving up its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite Wednesday's historic agreement by the former Cold War enemies to restore diplomatic ties, ...

» How Germany Called Greece’s Bluff Ahead of Bailout Vote
01/07/15 19:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. At first the call for a referendum was bold enough to seem clever, or at least typical of the chutzpah that helped bring Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to power in Greece in the first place. Its logic...

» GCHQ spied on Amnesty International, tribunal tells group in email
01/07/15 19:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Human rights group denounces revelation as outrageous as after Investigatory Powers Tribunal says its communications have been illegally retained The government’s electronic e...

» A Bankrupt Greece Is Struggling to Stay Afloat
01/07/15 19:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Any new bailout deal between the country and its creditors is likely to include harsher austerity measures based on an increasingly grim economic outlook, analysts said.

» Top White House adviser Valerie Jarrett to promote Atlanta’s working families policy with Kasim Reed
01/07/15 19:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Political Insider blog. Senior advisor Valerie Jarrett attends attends the annual Iftar dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in the East Room of the Whi...

» Latest on OPM hack: Spy data potentially compromised
01/07/15 19:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Law & Order. A database containing the classified personnel records of US spies may have been merged with the database of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) before the latter was hacked, Shane Ha...

» Greece Offers New Bailout Concessions
01/07/15 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Debt-ridden Greece offered concessions Wednesday on its creditors' demands for more austerity measures, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still urged his nation to vote "no" in a referend...

» Philip Chism, charged with killing Colleen Ritzer, seeks change of trial venue
01/07/15 18:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Philip Chism, 16, is accused of brutally killing Colleen Ritzer, 24, in 2013 She was attacked in bathroom at Danvers High School, Massachusetts Teenager then dragged her into the ...

» Dylann Roof’s eerie tour of American slavery at its beginning, middle and end
01/07/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . CHARLESTON, S.C. — The road trips were short and simple. Dylann Roof climbed into his car with a “Confederate States of America” license plate, two cameras in tow, and visited a series of pl...

» WikiLeaks Claims NSA Targeted German Ministers Beyond Merkel
01/07/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. WikiLeaks publishes list allegedly showing NSA targeted German ministers beyond Merkel

» UK Holds Terror Drill as MPs Mull Tunisia Response
01/07/15 18:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. After pledging a tough response to last Friday’s terror attack in Tunisia, which came just days before the 10th anniversary of the bomb attacks on London’s transport network, British secu...

» Порошенко: США и Украина должны углубить сотрудничество в военной сфере - Газета.Ru
01/07/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ Порошенко: США и Украина должны углубить сотрудничество в военной сфере Газета.Ru Президент Украины Петр Порошенко заявил о необходимости углубления сотрудничества с США в ...

» Global Chatter Greets US-Cuba Announcement
01/07/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The restoration of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba sparked overwhelmingly positive reactions around the world, except in the United States, where opinions div...

» Russia and Turkey can’t agree on gas prices Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-and-turkey-dispute-over-gas-prices-turkish-stream-2015-6#ixzz3efbUyuC0
01/07/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Turkish officials told Reuters that Gazprom and Turkey are “likely to finalise a deal on natural gas prices by mid-July.”

» Monitor: Islamic State Less Visible in Syrian Stronghold
01/07/15 18:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The hardline Islamic State group has installed surveillance cameras in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa city because it does not appear to have enough members to patrol the streets, a group mo...

» Gazprom Halts Natural Gas Deliveries to Ukraine
01/07/15 18:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Russia. The Russian energy giant cut off deliveries because of a pricing dispute amid political tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

» The World of Espionage in 2015
01/07/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. This piece originally ran in the German newspaper BILD for running this piece as Die Welt der Spionage im Jahr 2015 . For the benefit of readers who don’t know German, I’m providing the E...

» China’s new national security law covers everything from space to cults
01/07/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. China’s top legislature on Wednesday adopted a sweeping new national security law touching on everything from the military and economy to the environment, religion, the Internet, food sa...

» Pentagon to recommend Neller as Marine chief
01/07/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Officials say Defense Secretary Ash Carter will recommend naming that Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, a commander who served in Iraq's western province during one of the most violent periods of ...

» Politicians, officials taking the D out of PTSD
01/07/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. There's been a subtle shift in the way politicians and advocates talk about veterans struggling with postwar mental illness.

» US spies voiced concerns about Fed database prior to massive hack
01/07/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. United States intelligence officials expressed concerns about a federal database containing details of security-clearance applications in the years prior to a massive cyber hacking incident ...

» North Korea’s Uncertain Future
01/07/15 17:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By William Tucker Chief Correspondent for In Homeland Security North Korea’s state news agency KNCA recently reported that the nation is “facing its worst drought in a century.” It is...

» NATO navies should beef up against Russia: commanders
01/07/15 17:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. NATO should beef up its maritime arm in response to the rising threat from an increasingly "bold" and "aggressive" Russia, commanders said Wednesday. ...

» CIA Diversity Statistics: Minorites Comprise Less Than A Quarter of Workforce : US News : Latin Post
01/07/15 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latin Post : Top News. First Posted: Jul 01, 2015 03:00 PM EDT America's top spies are predominantly white and male, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Tuesday announced a number of measures to i...

» Syriza can’t just cave in. Europe’s elites want regime change in Greece | Seumas Milne
01/07/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Greece’s confrontation with the euro overlords will shape resistance to austerity – and the future of the whole European Union It’s now clear that Germany and Europe’s powers ...

» Mexico supreme court judge urges states to legalize gay marriage
01/07/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Now that Mexico's top court has given the green light to gay marriage, a host of states should bring their laws into line, a Supreme Court justice said.

» For Greeks, a Murky Choice Between Pain, Pride
01/07/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. At home and in the streets, Greeks are weighing the monumental choice they have to make on Sunday: more financial pain to stay with the euro, or the uncertainty of being cut loose.

» U.S. to Open Havana Embassy
01/07/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.S. and Cuba have reached an agreement to restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, the biggest step yet toward ending a half century of animosit...

» Indonesia Plane Crash Toll Rises to 141
01/07/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The death toll from the crash of an air force transport plane in Medan jumped to more than 140, indicating a growing list of victims from the neighborhood where the plane went down.

» New Greek Proposals Fall Short of Demands
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Greece sent a new proposal for budget cuts and policy overhauls as part of a request for a new bailout, but it falls short of the demands of the country’s creditors, three European off...

» Sharp Rise in Migrants Reaching Europe: U.N.
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe increased sharply in the first half of the year, according to the U.N., with Greece overtaking Italy as the main entry...

» China Invites North Korea's Kim to Beijing
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. China has invited Kim Jong Un to attend events in September to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

» Militants Attack Egyptian Army Checkpoints
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed in simultaneous attacks on military checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula, an army spokesman said, a day after President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi vow...

» U.K. Puts Schools on Frontline Against Extremism
01/07/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A new legal requirement in Britain for teachers to report extremist behavior in nurseries and schools to police is drawing sharp criticism from British Muslims.

» Saudi Prince Pledges $32 Billion to Good Causes
01/07/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Saudi Arabia’s Prince al-Waleed bin Talal pledged $32 billion to philanthropy, with the empowerment of women one of his priorities.

» The Dominicans of Haitian descent denied a right to nationality – video
01/07/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. People born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian immigrants are being denied basic rights. We hear from Dominicans unable to enrol at school or college, work in the forma...

» US Urged to Keep Up Pressure on Cuba Rights
01/07/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As the U.S. and Cuba move ahead with their historic normalization of bilateral ties, human rights groups have been urging Washington to keep up the pressure on Havana to improve its disma...

» Puerto Rico Power Company Forced to Sell Bonds Amid Crisis
01/07/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Puerto Rico's troubled power company has been forced to sell bonds once again to obtain capital and avoid defaulting on a $415 million debt payment due Wednesday with a worsening economic...

» Before Obama, a Long History of Attempted US-Cuba Detente
01/07/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. After the U.S. military’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban missile crisis the following year, President John F. Kennedy chose a different tack on U.S.-Cuban relations by ...

» AP Top News at 1:35 p.m. EDT
01/07/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:35 p.m. EDT The Latest: US, Cuba to open embassies, restore ties WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Cuba will open embassies in their capital cities...

» To many ordinary Iranians, nuclear deal means money, food and jobs
01/07/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VIENNA (Reuters) - To Iran's leaders, solving a nuclear standoff with the West might be a question of maintaining geopolitical influence and prestige. To its ordinary citizens, it's ab...

» Russia angers Baltic states with review of independence
01/07/15 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW/VILNIUS (Reuters) - A move in Russia to review the legality of a 1991 decision formally granting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia independence from the Soviet Union has alarmed the...

» Islamic State weaves web of support in Gulf Arab states
01/07/15 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KUWAIT/DUBAI (Reuters) - When a Saudi Arabian man flew to Kuwait in the early hours of Friday to carry out the country's worst militant attack, a bomb vest, Kuwaiti-style Arab robes, a...

» Mass killer Breivik accuses Norway of violating his human rights
01/07/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. OSLO (Reuters) - Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik launched legal action on Wednesday accusing the Norwegian state of violating his human rights by keeping him in strict isolation in ...

» Talk of Syria action may be Erdogan's latest gambit to pressure the West
01/07/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - Alarmed by Syrian Kurds' advances against Islamic State, and irked by Western reluctance to tackle Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, President Tayyip Erdogan has onc...

» Russia: Request Over Baltic Independence Has ‘No Prospects’
01/07/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia says a request to look into the legality of the three Baltic countries' independence from the Soviet Union has “no legal prospects.”

» Have Tajik IS Militants Faked Their Own 'Martyrdoms'?
01/07/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The concept of "martyrdom," death in battle against "infidels," is a key element of the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) militant group. IS issues photos of dead milita...

» Poroshenko Unveils Constitutional Changes
01/07/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. President Petro Poroshenko has proposed constitutional changes designed to give broader powers to Ukraine’s regions.

» Russia's Deadly Fantasy Politics
01/07/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Many Russians -- including top officials -- are having trouble distinguishing between the hyperpatriotic fantasies the regime has been constructing and reality.

» Divide on Iran Nuclear Deal: Hard-Liners vs. ‘Invisible People’
01/07/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. As a vocal group rails against a nuclear deal, a seemingly larger group of Iranians long for a deal they say would help them and the country advance.

» Pressure Mounting on Saudis’ Coalition in Yemen
01/07/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Aid officials are preparing to add Yemen to the ranks of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises and human rights groups point to what may be war crimes.

» The Bonds That Broke Puerto Rico
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A confluence of factors built up the island’s debt: tax exemption, the use of bonds to plug budget holes, and supposed ironclad guarantees.

» Pressed by Debt Crisis, Doctors Leave Greece in Droves
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Greece is losing professionals as they flee for more stable employment elsewhere, and the health care sector has been particularly hard hit.

» China Approves Sweeping Security Law, Bolstering Communist Rule
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. People’s Liberation Army soldiers at a naval base in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The new security law will not be enacted in the semiautonomous city, a legislative spokeswoman in Beijing said.

» ISIS Affiliate Attacks Egyptian Security Sites in Sinai, Killing 18
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. In a statement circulated on social media, the group said it had used heavy weapons to attack more than 15 checkpoints and police installations.

» Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust
01/07/15 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A family picture of Nicholas Winton with one of the hundreds of Jewish children whose lives he saved during World War II.

» Secret prosecution of terrorism suspect raises 'difficult constitutional issues'
01/07/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, hearing appeal regarding reporting restrictions, said constitutional implications of case need to be aired in open court The decisions that led...

» UK strategy of not attacking Isis in Syria is illogical, says defence secretary
01/07/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Michael Fallon’s comments move Britain a step closer to widening its aerial campaign against Islamic State Britain has taken a step further towards expanding its aerial bombin...

» Venus and Jupiter 'collide' in spectacular illusion
01/07/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:10 A natural coincidence will see the two brightest planets - Jupiter and Venus - light up the sky as they draw unusually close together. Report by ...

» New footage of Indonesian plane crash aftermath in flames
01/07/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:32 Death toll rises after military plane crashes in Indonesia. New footage shows the flaming aftermath. . Report by Asana Greenstreet. Current affai...

» Nicholas Winton, known as "Britain's Schindler," dies at 106
01/07/15 16:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Humanitarian almost single-handedly saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust

» 'British Schindler' Winton dies
01/07/15 16:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Sir Nicholas Winton, who organised the rescue of 669 children destined for Nazi concentration camps, dies aged 106

» Saudi prince to give away $32bn
01/07/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's richest people, says he will donate his entire $32bn fortune to charity.

» US gay marriage resistance continues
01/07/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Officials in the US south are resisting last week's Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage by refusing to issue licences to any couples - gay or straight.

» Greeks struggle with daily grind as foreigners head to beach
01/07/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:04 p.m. EDT. ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Gamal Takaway has turned up the hustle, to no avail. The popular waiter who goes by the nickname Jimmy often steps out into the pedestrian street i...

» Obama says Brazil, US are 'natural partners' around world
01/07/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:04 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sought Tuesday to cast their nations as "natural partners" collaborating closely...

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