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Americans Are Still Flying Blind on Dronesby By CAROL GIACOMO
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Argentine justice crusader Nisman was murdered, prosecutor says
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 12:58 PM

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A senior Argentinian prosecutor testified in Buenos Aires on Thursday that to the best of his knowledge, special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead in his home in January 2015 several days before submitting an indictment against the country's president, was murdered and did not commit suicide. Prosecutor Ricardo Saenz appeared at the criminal court of appeals as a state's witness for a lawsuit by Nisman's widow for a federal investigation into her husband's death. Nisman sought to indict then President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on suspicion of covering up the role of Iran in the bombing of the Jewish community center building in Buenos Aires in 1994. Nisman was found with a pistol wound.

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Obama Opposes New Pro-Israel Measures, Will Not Follow Provisions to Help Jewish State by Adam Kredo
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 12:57 PM

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President Barack Obama has announced in a rare statement that he will not follow newly passed measures aimed at boosting the Israeli economy and strengthening ties between the United States and the Jewish state, according to a statement issued by the president.

Obama stated that while he would sign the new trade resolution, portions of which focus on combatting economic boycotts of Israel, he would not enforce certain pro-Israel provisions that order the United States to stop partnering with countries that support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS, which aims to isolate Israel.

The president’s rejection of these provisions comes two weeks after the White House issued aseparate statement expressing support for every provision of the trade bill except for those focusing on strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship.

The Obama administration has repeatedly opposed efforts to fight the BDS movement over the past several months, with several senior officials expressing support for European efforts to explicitly label Jewish-made products produced in disputed areas of Israel.

Obama claimed in the statement that his administration does not back the BDS movement. However, he will not uphold parts of the new trade legislation that seek to combat the BDS-backed labeling of Jewish goods, which the Israeli government has described as anti-Semitic.

“Certain provisions of this Act, by conflating Israel and ‘Israeli-controlled territories,’ are contrary to longstanding bipartisan United States policy, including with regard to the treatment of settlements,” Obama said in the statement.

“Moreover, consistent with longstanding constitutional practice, my administration will interpret and implement the provisions in the Act … in a manner that does not interfere with my constitutional authority to conduct diplomacy,” Obama said, making clear he will not enforce any part of the law that he views as legitimizing Israeli settlements.

Rep. Peter Roskam (R., Ill.), who authored the pro-Israel language along with Rep. Juan Vargas (D., Calif.), criticized the administration for not upholding the will of Congress and the American people.

“This law—including the anti-BDS provisions I was proud to author—passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate,” Roskam said in a statement. “Incredibly, President Obama has already announced his intention to prioritize his misguided notions of legacy over the law of the land.”

“We did not provide a statutory menu from which President Obama can pick and choose provisions to enforce,” the lawmaker added. “The president has signed this bill into law—it is now his responsibility to fully and faithfully execute it in its entirety.”

Roskam expressed dismay that “fighting efforts to delegitimize Israel interferes with his diplomacy, but rest assured that I intend to use my authority as chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee.”

Congress has undertaken a series of efforts to boost the U.S.-Israel relationship following a contested debate over the Iran nuclear deal that strained relations between the two countries.

Senate lawmakers, led by Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.), recently filed legislation that would help state and local governments divest taxpayer funds from companies that back the BDS movement.

The bill comes as more than 20 state governments pursue efforts to combat the BDS movement and divest from anyone who supports it.

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Putin Ally Arkady Rotenberg Received Most State Orders in 2015 by The Moscow Times
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 12:56 PM

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Russian businessman and judo partner of President Vladimir Putin, Arkady Rotenberg, holds first place in this year's ranking of "the kings of state orders," published by the Russian edition of Forbes magazine Thursday.

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Putin’s Double Game: Yes to Syrian Ceasefire – No to Halting Russian-led Offensive
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 12:02 PM

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Putin, Rouhani and Assad plan to use the Syrian ceasefire loophole for further conquests. Their next targets are Idlib in the north, on the Turkish border and completing the takeover of the Syrian-Israeli and Syrian-Jordanian border strips in the South.

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Russia Poses 'Existential Threat' To West
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 11:59 AM

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WASHINGTON -- NATO's top military commander says Russia has decided to become an "adversary" of the West and presents an "existential threat" to the United States and its allies.

U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove told the U.S. House Armed Services Committee that Russia seeks to "rewrite the agreed rules of the international order," and undermine unity in Europe.

"Russia has chosen to be an adversary and poses a long-term existential threat to the United States and to our European allies and partners," he said in his February 25 testimony.

Breedlove has been one the most vocal critics of Russia among top U.S. military brass since Moscow forcefully annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and subsequently backed separatists fighting Kyiv's forces in eastern Ukraine.

Russia has repeatedly dismissed assertions by U.S. and European officials that it presents a threat to the West, portraying the accusations as dangerous saber-rattling.

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Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 10:58 AM

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CAIRO (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who once enjoyed widespread popular support, has come under withering criticism from Egyptians on social media after delivering a long televised speech on Wednesday.

EU has 10 days to see progress on migrant crisis or Schengen unravels: EU commissioner
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union has 10 more days to see significantly lower inflows of migrants and refugees from Turkey "or else there is risk the whole system will completely break down", EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Thursday.

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Syria govt. says Nusra Front allies fire mortars on capital, one dead
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 10:57 AM

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AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian government said groups associated with al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front fired mortars onto residential areas of the capital on Thursday, killing at least one person, state television reported.

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UN to name new date for Syrian peace talksby Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 10:56 AM

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The United Nations will on Friday name a new date for Syrian peace talks to recommence, the UN’s Syrian special envoy Staffan De Mistura has said, as plans for a ceasefire due to come into force at the weekend began to take shape.

De Mistura was forced to abandon the first round of talks on 3 February, saying more preparatory work was needed from the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), led by the US and Russia.

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Kabul Says Pakistan Tasked With Bringing 10 Taliban To Peace Talksby support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 10:55 AM

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A senior Afghan official says Pakistan has been tasked with bringing a group of 10 influential Taliban representatives to Islamabad during the first week of March to take part in direct talks with the Afghan government.

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Putin Praises Union State With Belarus At Minsk Meeting
Thursday February 25th, 2016 at 10:54 AM

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Union State of Russia and Belarus is continuing to develop and is setting the tone for relations between all countries that once were part of the Soviet Union.

Iran's Elections: A Battle For The Future Of The Islamic Revolution by support@pangea-cms.com (Frud Bezhan)
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» The Early Edition: February 25, 2016
25/02/16 08:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Nadia O'Mara Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA Russian Preside...

» Emil Pain on Why Many Post-Soviet Jewish Emigres from Russia Back Putin’s ‘Russian World’
25/02/16 08:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, February 25 – Unlike the Jews who left the Soviet Union, many Jews who have left Rus...

» Time's running out to stop Trump
25/02/16 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . “Donald Trump scored a very impressive win in Nevada, taking 45.9% and 14 of the state’s 30 delegates to the GOP convention. But the Republican nomination is far from settled,” Rove wrote. |...

» GOP leaders, you must do everything in your power to stop Trump
25/02/16 07:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free...

» Bolivians rebuff president, in latest blow to Latin American left
25/02/16 07:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free...

» Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters
25/02/16 07:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free...

» How America became the love child of Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump
25/02/16 07:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Great Debate. After sailing to victory in Nevada and South Carolina and leaving the political establishment gobsmacked, Donald Trump has predicted that he will not only nab the GOP presidential nominat...

» VIDEO: Young, gay and afraid in America's Bible Belt
25/02/16 07:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. America is deeply divided over cultural issues such as abortion, LGBT rights and religious freedom.

» Melania Trump: Small-town Slovenian roots, big dreams
25/02/16 07:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 6:45 a.m. EST. SEVNICA, Slovenia (AP) -- Melania Trump has seen more of the world than most people - a journey propelled by her own big dreams concocted as a young girl growing up under Comm...

» A Kurdish Convergence in Syria
25/02/16 07:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Turkish opposition must not wreck a rare coalition of forces that has both Russian and American backing.

» Russian Opposition Battles Fear, Disunity Following Nemtsov's Death
25/02/16 07:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Ilya Yashin was in the middle of a press conference presenting a special report on the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, when a police officer tried to force everyone to leave th...

» In Reversal, Egypt Says Terrorists Downed Russian Jet Over Sinai
25/02/16 06:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Russia. After months of cautious silence, Egypt acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that terrorists had downed the Russian jet that broke up over its Sinai Peninsula in October.

» Stirrings of Labor Unrest Awaken as Russia’s Economic Chill Sets In
24/02/16 18:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Visitors at the museum of Uralvagonzavod, the largest battle tank producer in the world. While workers who produce train cars at the factory have been put on two-thirds pay, the tank assemb...

» How Islamic State's Secret Banking Network Prospers
24/02/16 18:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Every day, hundreds of money-exchange offices in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Jordan funnel millions of dollars in and out of militant-held territory, despite financial sanctions intended t...

» Hungary Calls Referendum on EU Migrant Relocation Plan
24/02/16 18:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Hungary’s government said it will call a national referendum on the European Union’s plan to resettle asylum seekers in Hungary, a move by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to gain political...

» Malaysia Panel: Probe of Money Transfers Into Najib's Accounts Should Continue
24/02/16 18:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A regulatory body advised an antigraft agency to push ahead with a probe into transfers of millions of dollars into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank accounts.

» Egypt Admits Russian Plane Was Downed by Terrorists
24/02/16 18:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi says militants brought down a Russian passenger jet in October over the Sinai Peninsula, acknowledging for the first time that terrorism was resp...

» Photos of the Day: Feb. 24
24/02/16 18:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. In photos selected Wednesday by Wall Street Journal editors, an Indian milkman carries canisters, people protest plans for a gold and copper mine in Turkey, a recreational park is dest...

» Iran Detains U.S. Citizen
24/02/16 18:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. An 80-year-old man who holds citizenship in both the U.S. and Iran has been imprisoned in Iran, his family said. He is the father of Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman, arr...

» Pope Francis: ‘Isaiah was not a communist!’
24/02/16 18:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Wading again into the fraught issue of economic inequality and biblical teachings, Pope Francis on Wednesday (Feb. 24) spoke passionately about Isaiah’s warning to the greedy and assured thousands w...

» French president suggests Argentina help with Syrian crisis
24/02/16 18:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. French President Francois Hollande is suggesting Argentina could help with the humanitarian crisis of Syrians fleeing civil war and risking their lives to migrate to Europe.

» Corker: The U.S. Is ‘Empowering Assad’ in Syria
24/02/16 18:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World – TIME. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Corker said Wednesday that the U.S. is “empowering [Syrian strongman Bashar] Assad,” despite years of calls from the Obama Administrat...

» Barack Obama tries to manage expectation over Syria ceasefire
24/02/16 18:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. President said that if some progress was made in Syria, that would lead to a political process to end the five-year-old war

» Israel accuses Iran of building up international terror cells
24/02/16 18:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is building a complex terror infrastructure including sleeping cells that are stockpiling armsand are ready to act on order including in Europe and America, sa...

» Website Claims Russian Battalion-owned Missile Downed MH17 Over Ukraine
24/02/16 18:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A team of investigative journalists claims to have evidence showing that the missile that shot down a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in July 2014 belonged to a Russian battalion that had...

» Syria on the Agenda as Jordan's King Visits White House
24/02/16 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 01:10 President Barack Obama is hosting Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on Wednesday for talks focused on the battle against the Islamic...

» Google's 'Next Generation' Atlas Robot Turns Heads - NBCNews.com
24/02/16 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Google's 'Next Generation' Atlas Robot Turns Heads NBCNews.com Google's robotics arm, Boston Dynamics, has released a video of a new version of its Atlas robot. The v...

» Charges against Rick Perry dismissed
24/02/16 17:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The highest criminal court in Texas drops a charge against Rick Perry of abuse of power during his time as governor of the US state of Texas.

» Russia soldiers 'linked' to MH17 crash
24/02/16 17:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. A British-led investigative team says it has identified Russian soldiers who were likely involved in the shooting down of a Malaysian plane in 2014.

» Austria, Balkan nations, want full stop to migrant influx
24/02/16 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. VIENNA (AP) - Overwhelmed by a wave of refugees and what they call indecision in the European Union, Austria and its southern neighbors along the Balkan migrant r...

» John Kerry: U.S. has sent to the Kurds 41,000 grenades and 60,000 anti-tank rounds
24/02/16 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. The Obama administration's reliance on Kurdish militants to fight the Islamic State has prompted deep friction with Turkey, but Secretary of State John F. Kerry s...

» Iraq veteran Patrick Murphy is sworn in as Army under secretary
24/02/16 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Iraq war veteran Patrick Murphy was officially sworn in as the Army’s under secretary on Wednesday, about two months after the senate confirmed him for the position.

» Top NATO Official: Assertive Russia Threatens European Security
24/02/16 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Stoltenberg said the new unit approved by the United States and NATO's 27 other members will be multinational and rotate in and out of Eastern European member states rather than being ...

» The [Redacted] Truth: How the CIA Lies to Its Own Employees - Foreign Policy In Focus
24/02/16 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Foreign Policy In Focus The [Redacted] Truth: How the CIA Lies to Its Own Employees Foreign Policy In Focus The [Redacted] Truth: How the CIA Lies to Its Own Employees. When the CIA want...

» Why The CIA Likes, And Dislikes, Social Media - NPR
24/02/16 17:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. NPR Why The CIA Likes, And Dislikes, Social Media NPR For example, how should the CIA conceal details about a spy who has been sharing information about herself online before joining the...

» Pentagon, CIA Prepare for Russia to Break Ceasefire in Syria - Breitbart News
24/02/16 17:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Breitbart News Pentagon, CIA Prepare for Russia to Break Ceasefire in Syria Breitbart News The Pentagon and CIA do not believe Russia will honor the ceasefire agreement in Syria arrived ...

» CIA Director: ISIS Is 'Much Larger Than Al-Qaida Ever Was' - NPR
24/02/16 17:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. CIA Director: ISIS Is 'Much Larger Than Al-Qaida Ever Was' NPR Terror leaders captured by the U.S. would likely be subject to the laws of the nations in which they were caught, CIA Direc...

» Время Свободы - Итоговый выпуск - 24 февраля, 2016
24/02/16 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. Итоги дня 24 февраля. "Международная амнистия" о нарушениях прав человека в России в 2015 году. Группа Bellingcat установила, кто из российских военных мог быть п...

» Detained Head Of Kazakh Journalists Union Transferred To House Arrest
24/02/16 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Almaty court has transferred to house arrest Seitqazy Mataev, the head of the Kazakh Journalists Union and the chairman of the National Press Club.

» Владимир Путин продолжил переговоры по сирийскому урегулированию - Российская Газета
24/02/16 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Владимир Путин продолжил переговоры по сирийскому урегулированию Российская Газета Глава государства провел целую серию телефонных переговоров с коллегами. Речь ш...

» Pentagon Remains Skeptical Of Russia Regarding Syria Ceasefire - Daily Caller
24/02/16 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Pentagon Remains Skeptical Of Russia Regarding Syria Ceasefire Daily Caller Resident carries an injured man through a site damaged from what activists said was an airst...

» Грани Времени. Почему был сдан Крым? - 24 февраля, 2016
24/02/16 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. Совет национальной безопасности и обороны Украины (СНБОУ) обнародовал протокол своего секретного заседания от 28 февраля 2014 года, на котором обсуждался вопрос о...

» Ежегодный доклад Amnesty International
24/02/16 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from golosamerikius's YouTube Videos. From: golosamerikius Duration: 01:42 По мнению организации, ситуация с правами человека в мире в 2015 году ухудшилась Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki...

» В России все меньше свобод!
24/02/16 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 54:52 Ежегодный доклад правозащитной организации Amnesty International обсуждаем с главой Московской Хельсинкской группы Людмилой Алексеевой ...

» Erdogan sorry Russia lost friend like Turkey because of two pilots - Pravda
24/02/16 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Pravda Erdogan sorry Russia lost friend like Turkey because of two pilots Pravda Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again accused Russia of violating Turkish airspace. Accordi...

» Stalin rises again over Vladimir Putin's Russia, six decades after his death
24/02/16 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Independent - Europe. Sixty years on from Kruschev's 'secret speech' denouncing Stalin, Russia has still not fully acknowledged the horrors perpetrated by its dictator – and now there ar...

» February 24, 2016
24/02/16 17:48 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.

» Ethnic Russian Muslims an Increasing Problem for Moscow, Experts Say
24/02/16 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, February 23 – In one of the longest, most closely researched and heavily footnoted s...

» Teen from Russia wins 30-day hotel stay with porn star, says 'she has got good sizes' - New York Daily News
24/02/16 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Daily News Teen from Russia wins 30-day hotel stay with porn star, says 'she has got good sizes' New York Daily News Wet dreams do come true. A 16-year-old boy from Russia ha...

» Минобороны РФ: карта военной обстановки в Сирии передана посольству США - ИА REGNUM
24/02/16 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Минобороны РФ: карта военной обстановки в Сирии передана посольству США ИА REGNUM Москва, 24 Февраля 2016, 23:21 — REGNUM Министерство обороны Российской Федерации пере...

» People living in ex-Habsburg Empire territories 'have higher trust in justice systems'
24/02/16 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Independent - Europe. Research suggests dynasty's talent for instilling obedience in its subjects is still ingrained several generations on

» Russia flies spy planes over our heads multiple times a year — and the US is cool with it - PRI
24/02/16 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. PRI Russia flies spy planes over our heads multiple times a year — and the US is cool with it PRI For more than two decades, Russia has flown its own spy planes over the US — with our...

» Почему был сдан Крым?
24/02/16 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 53:41 Историческую роль заседания СНБОУ от 28 февраля 2014 года и позиции его участников анализируют военные эксперты Александр Гольц, Игорь ...

» The Daily Vertical: Russia’s Spooks And Crooks
24/02/16 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. The Daily Vertical is an RFE/RL video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Face...

» The Great Manipulator
24/02/16 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. Dmitry Medvedev recently played a telling little head game. When the Russian prime minister said at the Munich Security Conference that Moscow and the West had “slid into a new Cold ...

» Russia using Syria to run circles around U.S. (Opinion)
24/02/16 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In October, when Russia started bombing Syria, Obama confidently predicted that Putin would regret his decision to enter the Syrian civil war. "An attempt by Russia and Iran to prop up Assad and try to pacify...

» ТАСС: Политика - Погибший в Сирии российский военный советник представлен к госнаграде
24/02/16 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ТАСС. МОСКВА, 3 февраля. /ТАСС/. Погибший в i...

» Videos claiming to show US missiles killing senior Russian military officials
24/02/16 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Members of the CIA-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) have published a video purporting to show them killing senior Russian military officials with US-made TOW anti-tank missiles in Syria , ...

» 'Russian generals killed' by massive car bomb at Latakia military base
24/02/16 14:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from IBTimes.co.uk : Top News. Syrian militant groups have claimed responsibility for a car bomb that killed several Russian military personal in the town of Latakia, according to reports. Ahrar al-Sham and Bay...

» Report: Dozens of Russian generals in Syria killed after a car bomb hits their military base - Middle East
24/02/16 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Dozens of Russian generals at a military base near the eastern Syrian city of Latakia were killed Sunday afternoon in a deadly car bomb attack committed by two opposition factions, Ahrar al-Sham and Bayan mov...

» Health Minister Litzman likens gays to sinners as Knesset votes down LGBT rights bills
24/02/16 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Israel News Review. Opposition calls out coalition politicians who spoke in favor of gay rights but voted against them.

» Report: Dozens of Russian generals in Syria killed after a car bomb hits their military base
24/02/16 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Israel News Review. The military base that was hit by the car bomb is considered one of the most important military centers of the Russian forces on the Syrian coast, located some 15 kilometers from Latakia.

» Netanyahu phones Putin for clarifications on the South Syrian ceasefire
24/02/16 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Israel News Review. February 24, 2016, 7:16 PM (IDT) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu phoned President Vladimir Putin Wednesday Feb. 24, to find out how the partial Syrian ceasefire due to go into effect ...

» Military Intelligence chief: Deterioration in Gaza endangers Israel
24/02/16 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Israel News Review. Herzl Halevi says conditions in Gaaza may causean explosion of violence against Israel, while Hamas warns that such an epxlosion is inevitable unless exit route is created.

» CIA Director John Brennan Backs FBI in Apple Privacy Debate - ABC News
24/02/16 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from FBI News Review. CIA Director John Brennan Backs FBI in Apple Privacy Debate ABC News The FBI has a “legitimate basis to try to understand” what is on the San Bernardino shooter's cellphone, CIA Director J...

» Georgy Mirsky on Putin, Ukraine, and Russia | Travels and ...
24/02/16 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search. Anti - Americanism in Russia is a popular, spontaneous sentiment resulting from the loss of superpower status and feeling of humiliation that Russia had bee...

» U.S. Senate Reading of George Washington's Farewell Address
24/02/16 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from C-SPAN.org | National Politics | History | Nonfiction Books. U.S. Senate Reading of George Washington's Farewell Address Washington Journal 2/22/2016 Began Airing 7:00am EST Americans for Tax Reform Presid...

» Rahm Emanuel Partners Donate $5 million to Anti-Trump PAC
24/02/16 14:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. Rahm Emanuel Partners Donate $5 million to Anti-Trump PAC Team Rubio: Marco Bible Video ’Another Dirty Trick’ from Cruz Campaign Charlie Spiering Coulter: Rubio Running ‘Anti-White’...

» CNN exclusive: Harry Reid endorses Hillary Clinton - CNN
24/02/16 13:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN CNN exclusive: Harry Reid endorses Hillary Clinton CNN By Manu Raju, Senior Political Reporter. Updated 12:58 PM ET, Wed February 24, 2016. harry reid endorses hillary clinto...

» Obama sounds cautious note about pending Syrian cease-fire
24/02/16 13:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. President Barack Obama sounded a cautious note Wednesday about steps the U.S. and Russia are taking to put in place a cease-fire to help end the Syrian civil war, while citing progr...

» Senate continues hold on Army secretary nominee
24/02/16 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. President Barack Obama’s release of the plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center means the Republican hold on the nominee to be the next Army secretary might not end anytim...

» Migrants Pile Up At Serb-Macedonian Border
24/02/16 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rferlonline's YouTube Videos. From: rferlonline Duration: 02:45 As countries across the Balkans prevent migrants crossing their frontiers, large numbers of people are finding themselves stuck at variou...

» Major Russian Museum Sends Rarely Loaned Portraits to London - New York Times
24/02/16 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Major Russian Museum Sends Rarely Loaned Portraits to London New York Times MOSCOW — The staff of Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery is packing up some of Russia's finest paintings to send to...

» Американские законодатели сомневаются, что Россия выполнит соглашение по Сирии
24/02/16 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from golosamerikius's YouTube Videos. From: golosamerikius Duration: 01:33 Госсекретарь Керри заверил сенаторов, что администрация разрабатывает план действий на случай если переговорный процесс провалится ...

» Melania Trump Backs Husband's Views on Immigration and Muslims - New York Times
24/02/16 13:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times Melania Trump Backs Husband's Views on Immigration and Muslims New York Times Melania Trump was with her husband, Donald J. Trump, at a campaign rally in Mancheste...

» Hero Rats: Giant rodents used to sniff out mines in Cambodia, in pictures
24/02/16 13:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. In pics: African giant pouched rats used to find buried explosives in Cambodia

» Israel says Iran building terror network in Europe, US
24/02/16 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Israel’s defense minister is accusing Iran of building an international terror network that includes “sleeper cells” that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives to be ready to strike on c...

» Japan's critical infrastructure under 'escalating' cyber attack, says report - ZDNet
24/02/16 13:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. ZDNet Japan's critical infrastructure under 'escalating' cyber attack , says report ZDNet The research arm of security company Cylance, SPEAR, has released a report entitled Op...

» Gentleman Spymaster
24/02/16 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting. Title: Gentleman Spymaster Author: Geoffrey Elliott Elliott, Geoffrey (2011) . Gentleman Spymaster: How Lt. Col. Tommy “Tar” Robert...

» Netanyahu appoints a new national security adviser
24/02/16 13:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. February 24, 2016, 6:37 PM (IDT) Brig.-Gen (res) Avriel Bar-Yosef, 61, has been appointed Director of Israel’s National Security Council and Adviser to Binyamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minist...

» Putin goes on diplomatic blitz seeking to bolster Syrian cease-fire deal
24/02/16 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Russian President Vladimir Putin worked Wednesday to place himself in the center of efforts to bring a Syrian cease-fire, speaking by phone to the leaders of Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran...

» Today's Headlines and Commentary
24/02/16 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices. President Obama announced earlier today that he had submitted his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Congress. In his statement announcing th...

» The exotic new weapons the Pentagon wants to deter Russia and China
24/02/16 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from David Ignatius. The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You ...

» To Keep America Safe, Embrace Drone Warfare
24/02/16 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . “ARE you sure they’re there?” the decision maker asks. “They” are Qaeda operatives who have been planning attacks against the United States. “Yes, sir,” the intellige...

» Scalia Autopsy Decision Divides Pathologists
24/02/16 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — Should an autopsy have been performed on the body of Justice Antonin Scalia ? When a Texas justice of the peace certified that the 79-year-old Supreme Court justice had died from natural ca...

» Ramzan Kadyrov: Putin's 'sniper' in Chechnya
24/02/16 11:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . As police and soldiers, the Kadyrovtsy have proven themselves effective against the Islamist insurgency that the Chechen separatist movement mutated into, effectively wiping out the rebellion and pushing its ...

» На авиабазе Хмеймим начал работу Координационный центр по примирению враждующих сторон на территории Сирии
24/02/16 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS. За двое суток прекращены в боевые действия в н.п. ДЖАВАЛИК (провинция ХОМС) и н.п. ГНАЙМИЯ, ЛАУЛЯТ и БОРДЖ ИСЛАМ (провинция ЛАТАКИЯ).

» Syrian, Russian warplanes pound Islamic State with eye on key road
24/02/16 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. Russian and Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded Islamic State positions near Aleppo on Wednesday, a group monitoring the conflict said, trying to regain access to a strategic roa...

» Trump's decisive Nevada win pushes him nearer to nomination
24/02/16 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. Donald Trump's dominating victory in the Nevada caucuses pushes him further out ahead of his nearest competitors for the Republican presidential nomination, giving his unorthodox ca...

» How Donald Trump dominated Nevada, in one word: Anger
24/02/16 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. Donald Trump won New Hampshire, a moderate Northeastern state that prides itself on its sober analysis of the candidates at hand. Donald Trump won South Carolina, a conservative Sou...

» Syria’s Assad assures Putin in phone call on truce details
24/02/16 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. Syria's President Assad on Wednesday assured Russia's Vladimir Putin of Damascus' commitment to a Russia-U.S. proposed truce.

» Syria's Bashar Assad assures Vladimir Putin in phone call on truce details
24/02/16 10:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian president on Wednesday assured Russia's Vladimir Putin of Damascus' commitment to a Russia-U.S. proposed truce, even as a spokesman...

» D.C. looks to communist Cuba for lessons to improve literacy
24/02/16 10:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. The D.C. Public Schools System is looking to Cuba for lessons to improve literacy in the nation's capital. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Schools Chancellor Kaya He...

» Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
24/02/16 10:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from United States Defense and Military Forces - News - Times Topics - The New York Times. Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror (Book) , This post has been generated by Page2RSS

» Obama Courts Chaos With His Taliban Fantasy
24/02/16 10:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ThereAreNoSunglasses. Obama at Bagram Obama Courts Chaos With His Taliban Fantasy Mr. Haqqani, the director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., was Pakistan’s ambassador...

» ON POINT: Russo-Ukraine War Two Years On
24/02/16 10:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from StrategyPage.com. None

» The Early Edition: February 24, 2016
24/02/16 10:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Zoë Chapman Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ & SYRIA Cessation of h...

» Are Russian engineers working at an ISIS-controlled gas facility?
24/02/16 10:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. Syrian and American media are reporting that Russian engineers, employed by a Moscow-based contractor with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, are working at a Syrian gas plant u...

» Most Americans Support FBI Over Apple, Finds Pew | TechCrunch
24/02/16 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google Blog Search. Pew Research Center has released a study on the dispute between the FBI and Apple. 51 percent of Americans think Apple should assist the FBI and unlock the..

» Apple Fans Don't Actually Care About the Whole FBI iPhone Thing
24/02/16 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google Blog Search. Apple is waging a vicious war in the court of public opinion against the FBI and its court order mandating Apple to hack an iPhone. It's a big deal, but despite the hand-wringing ...

» Russia’s Cost-Benefit Interest in Syria
24/02/16 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Eurasia Daily Monitor - The Jamestown Foundation. As Washington and Moscow join efforts to initiate a ceasefire in war-torn Syria, there is growing evidence that Russian policymakers believe the cost-benef...

» Surkov and Gryzlov: Russia’s New Negotiators on Ukraine (Part Two)
24/02/16 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Eurasia Daily Monitor - The Jamestown Foundation. *To read Part One, please click here. Russia’s new representative in the Minsk Contact Group “on the implementation of the peace plan in the East of Ukrain...

» Russia seeks to carry out surveillance flights over US
24/02/16 10:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. February 24, 2016, 9:09 AM (IDT) Russia announced on Tuesday that it will request to carry out flights above US territory using intelligence collection planes fitted with highly advanced digital...

» Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Above the Law
24/02/16 09:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN Justice Sonia Sotomayor Above the Law ... * On the first day of oral arguments since Justice Scalia passed, it looks like Justice Sotomayor is stepping up to take up the snar...

» Analysts: Assad’s Ba'athists Would Win Electoral Landslide
24/02/16 09:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party would win a landslide victory in any parliamentary elections held either in the next few months or during a political...

» Ramon Castro, Cuban leader's older brother, dies at age 91 - Miami Herald
24/02/16 09:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS News CBC.ca Ramon Castro, Cuban leader's older brother, dies at age 91 Miami Herald Leader's Older Brother, Dies at Age 91 ABC News Ramon Castro, a lifelong rancher and farme...

» Islamic State militants forced out of Libya's Sabratha after clashes: officials - Reuters
24/02/16 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Islamic State militants forced out of Libya's Sabratha after clashes: officials Reuters MISRATA, Libya Islamic State militants briefly entered the center of the western L...

» Syrian army battles Islamic State for third day near key road
24/02/16 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army and Islamic State militants waged fierce battles on Wednesday around Khanaser, a strategic town southeast of Aleppo, where an attack by the jih...

» Japanese Premier Said To Shun Obama Request To Not Visit Russia
24/02/16 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Japanese media are reporting that U.S. President Barack Obama has asked Prime Minister Shinzo Abe not to visit Russia in May for talks with President Vladimir Putin.

» Russian Military Command Found Linked To MH17 Downing
24/02/16 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A team of open-source researchers investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has published a report it provided to Dutch prosecutors linking the commanders of...

» The Daily Vertical: Russia's Spooks And Crooks (Transcript)
24/02/16 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday.

» Obituary: Republic Of North Ossetia Head Dies Just Months After Taking Office
24/02/16 09:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Tamerlan Aguzarov died last week in a Moscow clinic at the age of 52, having served just five months as head of his native Republic of North Ossetia.

» The Daily Vertical: Russia's Spooks And Crooks
24/02/16 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday.

» Putin Talks About Syria By Phone With Saudi King, Iranian President
24/02/16 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone to Saudi Arabia's King Salman on February 24 and that the two had agreed to continue contacts about r...

» US polygamist sect leaders arrested
24/02/16 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Eleven members of a polygamist Mormon offshoot group are arrested in the US on suspicion of food stamp fraud and money laundering.

» Researchers Spot Genetic Markers for Ischemic Strokes
24/02/16 09:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Stroke is a brain attack caused either by a broken blood vessel that results in bleeding in the brain or, more commonly, a blockage by a blood clot or plaque. The blockage interrupts the ...

» Lawmakers Question Russian Commitment in Syria
24/02/16 09:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A U.S.- and Russian-led plan for a partial cease-fire in Syria to begin Saturday has drawn skepticism from U.S. lawmakers who question whether Russia will live up to its commitments. Lawm...

» Ramon Castro, Brother of Cuban Presidents, Dies at 91
24/02/16 09:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ramon Castro, older brother of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, died Tuesday in Havana at age 91. Born in the rural town of Biran, Ramon Castro participated in the rebellion that led ...

» Assad: Syria Ready to Help Implement Cease-fire Plan
24/02/16 09:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad confirmed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Syria is ready to help implement a cease-fire planned to begin on Saturday. The two leaders spoke...

» Beijing Overtakes NYC as 'Billionaire Capital of the World'
24/02/16 09:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Chinese capital has overtaken the Big Apple as home to the most billionaires, 100 to 95, according to Hurun, a Shanghai firm that publishes a monthly magazine and releases yearly rank...

» Israel Rights Groups: Dozens of Palestinian Detainees Abused
24/02/16 09:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A report by two Israeli rights groups released Wednesday says dozens of Palestinian detainees at an Israeli detention facility are subjected to mistreatment, which in some cases amounts t...

» Russia Gives a Gift of 10,000 Automatic Rifles to Afghanistan
24/02/16 08:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Afghan officials took delivery of 10,000 automatic rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition as a gift from Russia on Wednesday, another sign of deepening involvement by Moscow in the w...

» Egypt's Sisi says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists
24/02/16 08:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage Egypt's to...

» Ramón Castro, Brother to Cuban Revolutionaries, Dies at 91
24/02/16 08:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Mr. Castro, a rancher and the elder brother of Fidel and Raúl, took a smaller role in the country’s Communist revolution and government.

» Editorial: How Turkey Misreads the Kurds
24/02/16 08:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refuses to acknowledge important differences between the P.K.K. and other groups.

» Crackdowns on Protests Rise Across a Europe Increasingly Afraid of Terror
24/02/16 08:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A rally in Madrid this month protested the arrests of two puppeteers accused of glorifying terrorism and promoting hatred. The puppeteers could face up to seven years in prison.

» US citizen found dead in northern Dominican Republic
24/02/16 08:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. A U.S. citizen who worked for more than a decade as a reporter for The New York Times was found dead at her home in a northern beach town of the Dominican Republic, officials said Tuesday.

» Syrian president receives phone call from Russia’s Putin
24/02/16 08:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Syria’s state-run news agency says Syrian President Bashar Assad has received a phone call from Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

» Polish truck driver gets prison for deadly 2015 train crash
24/02/16 08:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. A Czech court has convicted a Polish truck driver of being responsible for last year’s collision between a truck and a high-speed train that killed three passengers and sentenced him to 8 1/2 years ...

» John Kerry says partition of Syria possible if ceasefire fails – video
24/02/16 08:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. US Secretary of State John Kerry tells Senate committee it may be too late to keep Syria as a whole. Kerry says it is essential to reach a political settlement to end the...

» Kim Jong-un threatens to bomb South Korean president's home
24/02/16 08:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Army's Supreme Command warns of strike on official residence of "murderous devil" Park Geun-hye

» Ramzan Kadyrov and the hunt for answers one year after opposition leader Boris Nemtsov's death
24/02/16 08:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Ramzan Kadyrov styles himself as Russian President Vladimir Putin's most loyal follower, but the scale of his ambitions is now being questioned as he becomes increasingly independent from the K...

» Gunmen kill three Mali soldiers in attack on checkpoint
24/02/16 08:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BAMAKO (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a checkpoint southwest of the Malian town of Timbuktu overnight killing three soldiers and wounding two others, a soldier in the town said on Wednesday.

» Turkish military helicopters kill 9 in strikes on PKK targets
24/02/16 08:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish military attack helicopters struck a group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing nine militants, se...

» Russia's Putin discusses situation in Middle East with Israel's Netanyahu
24/02/16 08:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in the Middle East during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesd...

» Apple to tell judge in California case: Congress must decide
24/02/16 08:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 8:50 a.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone should be kicked to ...

» Ramon Castro, Cuban leader's older brother, dies at age 91
24/02/16 08:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 8:50 a.m. EST. HAVANA (AP) -- Ramon Castro, a lifelong rancher and farmer who bore a strong physical resemblance to younger brother Fidel Castro, has died, Cuban state media announced Tuesda...

» APNewsBreak: Scalia suffered from many health problems
24/02/16 08:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 8:50 a.m. EST. DALLAS (AP) -- Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to the justice's sudden deat...

» AP Exclusive: HealthCare.gov 'passive' on heading off fraud
24/02/16 08:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 8:50 a.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a "passive" approach to identifying potential fraud involvi...

» With woman running S. Korea, North's insults get uglier
24/02/16 08:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 7:43 a.m. EST. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's description of South Korea's president as an "old, insane bitch" destined for violent death may ta...

» Germany sends home rejected Afghans
24/02/16 08:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. A special flight from Germany carrying 125 deported Afghans arrives in Kabul, as European countries try to reduce the numbers of asylum seekers.

» Israeli killed by army gunfire meant to foil Palestinian knifing
24/02/16 08:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers who opened fire at a knife-wielding Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday accidentally shot dead an Israeli whom he was trying to st...

» Seeking iPhone Data, Through the Front Door
24/02/16 07:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . THE government and Apple have chosen interesting ground on which to contest the limits of government access to data on mobile devices. The case involves an F.B.I. request for Apple’s assistance in openi...

» Russia’s Hybrid War - The New York Times
24/02/16 07:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Almost anything Vladimir Putin touches these days is perceived by the West as a weapon, and almost everything he does is seen as an attack, very often a successful one. The Kremlin can change facts on the gro...

» Azerbaijan's Supreme Court Upholds Sentence Against Noted Lawyer
24/02/16 07:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Azerbaijan's Supreme Court has upheld the imprisonment of the Caucasus nation's noted lawyer Intiqam Aliyev.

» “We Are Europe,” New Georgian Prime Minister Tells RFE/RL
23/02/16 17:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili used his visit to RFE/RL’s Prague headquarters today to affirm his government’s commitment to Europ...

» UN chief: Number of displaced people has never been higher
23/02/16 17:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the number of displaced people around the world has never been higher and the international community needs to improve the way humanitarian support ...

» NATO Seeks to Stem Greek-Turkish Row Over Migrant Mission
23/02/16 16:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. NATO diplomats are working to head off a disagreement between Greece and Turkey that threatens to derail the mission to deter migrants from traversing the Aegean Sea to reach the Europ...

» Hammond: 'Disturbing evidence' that Kurds are coordinating with Syrian regime and Russia
23/02/16 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Foreign Secretary says UK "uneasy" about Kurdish role in Syria, as YPG forces take advantage of northern offensive to take territory from US-backed rebels

» Shifting Power Over Saudi Arabia's Oil
23/02/16 16:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Saudi Arabia’s oil minister broke his silence over falling prices on Tuesday in remarks that deepened the debate over who controls the country’s oil policy.

» Националисты покинули захваченный отель "Казацкий" в центре Киева и переместились в другое здание - Российский Диалог
23/02/16 16:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Националисты покинули захваченный отель "Казацкий" в центре Киева и переместились в другое здание Российский Диалог На данном переулке также базируется пункт приема помощ...

» SIPRI: Экcпорт вооружений из России сокращается - BBC Russian
23/02/16 16:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. BBC Russian SIPRI: Экcпорт вооружений из России сокращается BBC Russian США, Россия и Китай в последние пять лет остаются самыми крупными поставщиками на мировом рынке вооружений, ...

» Опрос: Американцы перестали считать Россию "врагом номер один" - Российская Газета
23/02/16 16:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Опрос: Американцы перестали считать Россию "врагом номер один" Российская Газета Американцы перестали считать Россию главным противником США, полагая, что основна...

» Власти Никарагуа освободили 8 тысяч заключенных, чтобы разгрузить переполненные тюрьмы - Росбалт.RU
23/02/16 16:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Росбалт.RU Власти Никарагуа освободили 8 тысяч заключенных, чтобы разгрузить переполненные тюрьмы Росбалт.RU В Никарагуа из тюрем освобождены 8 тыс. заключенных. Таким образом влас...

» Кадыров проклял Сталина и Берию за депортацию чеченского народа - РБК
23/02/16 16:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Кадыров проклял Сталина и Берию за депортацию чеченского народа РБК Рамзан Кадыров проклял Иосифа Сталина и Лаврентия Берию в день 72-й годовщины депортации чеченского народа. ...

» Минобороны передало атташе США российские контактные данные «горячей линии» связи - Газета.Ru
23/02/16 16:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ТАСС Минобороны передало атташе США российские контактные данные «горячей линии» связи Газета.Ru Представитель аппарата атташе по вопросам обороны при посольстве США в Москве был п...

» Chechenization of Russia Latest Case of Russia’s Adapting Itself to Its Imperial Borderlands, Portnikov Says
23/02/16 16:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, February 22 – A major reason that Moscow has reacted so hysterically to Andrey Piont...

» Putin Allying with Europe’s Far Right Not Just to Change European Policies but to Change Europe, Eidman Says
23/02/16 16:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, February 22 – Most commentators have suggested that Vladimir Putin is supporting the...

» Moscow’s Creeping Annexation of South Osetia via the Military
23/02/16 16:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, February 22 – Leonid Tabilov, the president of South Osetia, says that he and the Ru...

» Democratic Lawmaker Asks FBI Director to Withdraw Apple Unlocking Case
23/02/16 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Democratic U.S. congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to rescind its demand that Apple help unlock an iPhone linked to one of the San Bernardino shooters. U.S. Representative Ted Lieu ar...

» Day 735: Military Casualties Reported On Both Sides As Fighting Rolls
23/02/16 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. Day 735: Military Casualties Reported On Both Sides As Fighting Rolls On Opposition Activist Yashin to Release Report on Kadyrov’s 30,000-Strong ‘Personal Army’ LIVE UPDATES: An opposition...

» The Briefing: Exposing Kadyrov
23/02/16 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. Chechnya’s mercurial leader Ramzan Kadyrov will be back in the news this week as the first anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s assassination approaches and Russia’s opposition...

» Standing Up for Reason: Russian Academia Fights Pseudoscience
23/02/16 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A A young woman named Nikol looks to the camera, wiping away theВ what seem to be tears of happiness. She has reason to be happy, having navigated through to the next round o...

» Russian Prosecutor General Appeals House Arrest of Domodedovo Owner
23/02/16 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has appealed the court's decision to put the owner of Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Dmitry Kamenschik under house arrest, the Interfax ne...

» Turkey Will Not Invade Syria Without UN Permission
23/02/16 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Turkey will not engage in ground military operation in Syria without UN Security council approval, Ankara's UN envoy said, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday.

» U.S., Russia Agree on Partial Cease-Fire in Syria
23/02/16 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The new cease-fire deal agreed upon by Russia and the U.S. was deemed so momentous in Moscow that state-run Rossia-1 television network interrupted its regular programming to ...

» Kadyrov Publishes Russian Oppositioner Yashin's Damning Report
23/02/16 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has published on social media a report by an opposition activist Ilya Yashin which claims that Kadyrov's rule poses a threat to Russia.

» Teenager who killed Swedish refugee worker 'had psychiatric problems'
23/02/16 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Independent - Europe. Newspaper suggests staff at the refugee home in Mölndal were aware of suspect's mental health problems

» German man burns pregnant girlfriend alive because he did not want to be a father
23/02/16 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Independent - Europe. 'For him the crime was a solution. He wanted a free, happy life which he had control over,' judge says

» Historian rejects claim Adolf Hitler had a micropenis
23/02/16 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Independent - Europe. German dictator could have suffered from medical condition called 'hypospadias'

» US and Russia agree to enforce new Syria ceasefire
23/02/16 16:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. The ceasefire, subject to the agreement between the warring parties, would take effect on Saturday A new deal between the US and Russia to enforce a ceasefire in Syria has been reach...

» Chechen leader Kadyrov 'threatens whole of Russia', opposition warns
23/02/16 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Putin has let former rebel turn region into his personal fiefdom with 30,000 fighters loyal only to him, says report The Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, is a ruthless and corrupt lea...

» John Kerry says partition of Syria could be part of ‘plan B’ if peace talks fail
23/02/16 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. US secretary of state tells committee it ‘may be too late’ to keep Syria whole and suggests Washington would support partition if ceasefire is unsuccessful John Kerry, the US secreta...

» Russia is using Syria to run circles around US - CNN
23/02/16 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Russia is using Syria to run circles around US CNN In October, when Russia started bombing Syria, Obama confidently predicted that Putin would regret his decision to enter the Syr...

» United States and Russia agree to a partial cease-fire in Syria - Washington Post
23/02/16 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Washington Post United States and Russia agree to a partial cease-fire in Syria Washington Post The United States and Russia announced Monday that they have agreed to the terms of a p...

» US-Russia Deal on a Partial Truce in Syria Raises More Doubt Than Optimism - New York Times
23/02/16 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times US- Russia Deal on a Partial Truce in Syria Raises More Doubt Than Optimism New York Times WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia announced an agreement on Monday fo...

» Russia wants to fly more spy planes over the US, and the Pentagon can't stop it - Washington Post
23/02/16 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Washington Post Russia wants to fly more spy planes over the US, and the Pentagon can't stop it Washington Post Russia filed a request Monday to fly a spy plane carrying advanced digi...

» Syria conflict: Warring parties accept US-Russia truce plan - BBC News
23/02/16 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Syria conflict: Warring parties accept US- Russia truce plan BBC News The Syrian government and the main opposition umbrella group say they accept the terms of a deal to ceas...

» Chechen leader Kadyrov 'threatens whole of Russia', opposition warns - The Guardian
23/02/16 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Chechen leader Kadyrov 'threatens whole of Russia ', opposition warns The Guardian The Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, is a ruthless and corrupt leader who could pose a t...

» Iran Calls Proposed Oil-Output Freeze ‘Ridiculous’
23/02/16 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has dismissed a proposal by Russia and three OPEC members to freeze oil production as "ridiculous."

» Ukrainian Nuclear History Fellowship
23/02/16 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest From the Wilson Center. The Odessa Center for Nonproliferation (OdCNP), a partner of the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project, invites applications for a fellowship hosted in Odessa, ...

» Ближний Восток, ИГИЛ и «Курдский вопрос»
23/02/16 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from golosamerikius's YouTube Videos. From: golosamerikius Duration: 02:59 Самопровозглашенное «Исламское государство» можно ликвидировать, если найти этническим курдам правильное место Originally published...

» Экономический кризис толкает все больше россиян за черту бедности
23/02/16 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from golosamerikius's YouTube Videos. From: golosamerikius Duration: 02:54 Благотворительные организации и социальные службы стараются по мере сил помочь нуждающимся Originally published at - http://www.gol...

» Despite skepticism, Syrian truce may have a chance
23/02/16 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. After five years of carnage, the Syrian civil war can seem poised to go on indefinitely. But the "cessation of hostilities" engineered by the U.S. and Russia may actually stand a ch...

» Mark Davis: The FBI's demand on Apple is unacceptable - Dallas Morning News
23/02/16 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from james b. comey - Google News. Mark Davis: The FBI's demand on Apple is unacceptable Dallas Morning News These are challenging days for FBI Director James Comey . As his agency ... Director Comey misdefined...

» 2016 Election: The Next President’s Choice in the Middle East
23/02/16 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. Middle East: The next president will have to make a distinct choice - either engage in the region or continue to disengage.

» Enemies
23/02/16 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting. Title: Enemies Author: Tim Weiner Weiner, Tim (2012). Enemies : A History of the FBI . New York: Random House LCCN: 2011005353 H...

» Turkish authorities confirm Ankara bomber's identity
23/02/16 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. Turkish authorities on Tuesday confirmed the identity of the suicide bomber who killed 29 people in last week's suicide car bomb attack in Ankara as a Turkish man, the state-run age...

» Central Intelligence Agency An Instrument of Government
23/02/16 15:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting. Title: Central Intelligence Agency An Instrument of Government Author: Arthur B. Darling Darling, Arthur B. (1989). The Central Int...

» Harper Lee, 1926- 2016 | Obituary | The New York Times
23/02/16 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheNewYorkTimes's YouTube Videos. From: TheNewYorkTimes Duration: 01:41 Harper Lee, whose first novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about racial injustice in a small Alabama town, sold more than 40 million...

» Italy summons US envoy over reports Berlusconi was spied on - Washington Post
23/02/16 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Times Newsweek Italy summons US envoy over reports Berlusconi was spied on Washington Post ROME — The Italian foreign ministry on Tuesday has summoned the American ambassador in ...

» 'Major incident' declared after collapse at UK power plant - Tulsa World
23/02/16 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Independent Newsweek 'Major incident' declared after collapse at UK power plant Tulsa World LONDON (AP) Washington Post LONDON — British emergency services say they are responding ...

» GOP Senators: No Hearing, No Vote for Obama Court Pick - ABC News
23/02/16 15:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. GOP Senators: No Hearing, No Vote for Obama Court Pick ABC News Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday ruled out any hearing for President Barack Obama's nomine...

» Iran getting less than $50 billion in cash after nuclear deal: Kerry
23/02/16 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that the amount of cash Iran will receive due to the implementation of the nuclear agreement is below the $50 ...

» Polish president backs communist spy allegations against Lech Walesa
23/02/16 15:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WARSAW (Reuters) - President Andrzej Duda, an ally of Poland's new euroskeptic government, accused Lech Walesa on Tuesday of collaborating with the communist-era secret services, furth...

» DNA report suggests Ankara bomber was Turkish: security official
23/02/16 15:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - A DNA report from a suicide bombing that killed 29 people in the Turkish capital Ankara last week suggests the main perpetrator was Turkish-born, not Syrian as initi...

» Canada PM Trudeau joins gay pride march
23/02/16 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Canada's Justin Trudeau is to become one of the first world leaders to take part in a gay pride march, say organisers of the Toronto event.

» Afghan Troops Seek to Shore Up Provincial Capital
23/02/16 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The Afghan army is setting up a protective ring around the capital of Helmand province to defend it from possible Taliban attacks after losing control of more remote districts.

» Italy summons US envoy over reports Berlusconi was spied on
23/02/16 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. The Italian foreign ministry has summoned the American ambassador in Rome for “clarifications” after Italian media reported a U.S. intelligence agency intercepted phone calls by then-Premier Silvio ...

» Afghan government, Taliban set to resume direct peace talks next week
23/02/16 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. It remains unclear which Taliban factions will travel to Pakistan for the talks, which stalled last summer.

» All right, let's talk about Hitler's penis
23/02/16 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Another week, another round of stories about the Nazi leader's genitals.

» Estonia: 3 cigarette smugglers imprisoned for espionage
23/02/16 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Prosecutors say a court in Estonia has sentenced three cigarette smugglers to prison for spying for Russia in a rare low-level espionage case.