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Two days after the battles in Grozny between Chechen security personnel and militants claiming to act at the behest of Chechen insurgency wing commander Khamzat (Aslan Byutukayev), the North Caucasus insurgency leadership still has not formally claimed responsibility for the attack or clarified its objective. It has hitherto been accepted practice that such a claim of responsibility would be posted within days on one of the insurgency websites. Just hours after the first shots were fired early on December 4, a two-minute video clip was posted on YouTube in which a man claiming to be one of the fighters at large in Grozny identified them as having pledged loyalty to Ali Abu-Muhammad, the Avar theologian who was chosen as early this year to succeed Doku Umarov as Caucasus Emirate leader. Speaking in Chechen, the man said that "many" fighters had penetrated the city on orders from Amir Khamzat, and had already killed "many" of the enemy, destroyed vehicles, and seized larger quantities of weaponry than they could carry away. But in an implicit contradiction, he also said this was a suicide mission and "we shall fight to the death." Chechen parliament speaker Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov dismissed that video and other footage filmed by Grozny residents as fakes "filmed far from Grozny and long before today." The speaker in the video footage did not mention either of the two buildings the fighters occupied: the main press building and a school a few blocks away. That raises the question whether seizing the buildings was part of the original battle plan or, as the daily "Kommersant" suggests, a spontaneous decision after the vehicles in which some of the fighters were traveling were flagged down by traffic police with whom they then exchanged fire. Unconfirmed reports claim separate groups of fighters also tried to occupy the Grozny university building and the State Drug Control Agency. According to “Kommersant,” the fighters who occupied the two buildings were planning to rendez-vous with comrades in arms in Grozny’s northern Staropromyslovsky district in order to carry out a large-scale attack. It seems equally plausible, however, that the occupation of two buildings close to each other in the city center was a deliberate diversion intended to concentrate the largest number of security personnel there for the longest possible time period to enable other fighters to attack secondary targets elsewhere in the city. The reports that gunfire continued in more than one location for several hours after the gunbattles at the press building and school were over suggests that this is indeed what happened, even though the Chechen authorities have not confirmed that fighting took place elsewhere in the city. Speaking late on December 5 [http://www.chechnya.gov.ru/page.php?r=126&id=15984], Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov gave a total casualty figure of 14 police and security personnel killed and 36 wounded. The previous evening, Russia's National Antiterror Committee had cited a figure [http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/253511/] of 10 killed and 28 wounded. It is not clear whether either or both sets of figures refer only to casualties in the initial shootout when police sought to intercept the fighters and in the subsequent fighting in which the militants reportedly deployed mortars and grenade throwers, or whether the larger figure also includes casualties incurred during fighting elsewhere in the city. In a similar attack on Grozny in August 2004 [http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/61036/], a detachment of up to 400 Chechen resistance fighters killed 54 police and security personnel before withdrawing. Whether or not the December 4 attack proceeded strictly according to plan, it accomplished at least four important objectives. First, it demonstrated that the Chechen insurgency wing is still a force to be reckoned with, even after Umarov's death, and notwithstanding militants' failure to stage the widely anticipated terrorist attack(s) on the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in February. Second, it has demolished Kadyrov's repeated assertions that no more than a handful of militants remain in Chechnya. When the fighting began in the small hours of December 4, Kadyrov's first reaction was to argue that the participants must have entered Chechnya from one of the neighboring republics, as the Chechen insurgency wing was no longer strong enough to undertake such an attack. The following day, he claimed [http://www.chechnya.gov.ru/page.php?r=126&id=15984] the attack was organized by Umarov's brother Akhmat. Kadyrov said he will seek Akhmat Umarov's extradition from Turkey, where according to Kadyrov he currently lives. While Kadyrov and other Chechen officials seek to give the impression that the fighters numbered no more than a dozen (11 bodies have reportedly been recovered, seven of them from the press building), Grozny residents estimate the total number of militants involved at 100-300. But even if there were only 80-100 of them, it is logical to assume that the total Chechen insurgency man-power is at least three times that number, and possibly more: No sane commander would risk deploying his entire army in an attack of that kind. Third, by seizing the nine-story press building and the school at an hour when they were empty, the occupying fighters induced the Chechen security forces to use against them heavy artillery that effectively wrecked both structures. In addition, the Berkat market close to the press building was severely damaged by fire [http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/253488/]. And fourth, assuming that the seizure of the two buildings was intended purely as a diversion, it provided the fighters who engaged in gunbattles with police and security personnel elsewhere in the city with valuable experience in urban warfare. They may also have replenished their arsenal, as the speaker in the video footage claimed. In that respect, it is conceivable that the December 4 attack was intended simply as a trial run. In video footage uploaded in August [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9KhNTDM0ng], veteran Chechen commander Makhran Saidov said that "today we are not strong enough to liberate the city [of Grozny], but we believe that tomorrow we shall have [the necessary] strength." -- Liz Fuller

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» Rolling Stone Says It "Misplaced" Trust In Source On UVA Rape Story
06/12/14 11:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BuzzFeed - Latest. The magazine issued a note to readers saying there were “discrepancies in Jackie’s account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced.” The...

» How BuzzFeed makes viral hits in four easy steps.
06/12/14 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Slate Articles. Photograph by Michelle <a href="http://Gantner/www.maladjustedmedia.com" rel="nofollow">Gantner/www.maladjustedmedia.com</a> Last Wednesday, BuzzFeed’s Jack Shepherd publi...

» Russia threatens Buzzfeed with ban in escalated campaign against news outlets
06/12/14 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MOSCOW – Russia’s Internet watchdog agency has threatened to block Buzzfeed, the viral news-and-entertainment Web site said e...

» New Black Panther Party Leader Quanell X: This Country Is on the Verge of a Civil War
06/12/14 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. This Week on Fox News Radio's "The John Gibson Show,"  the Leader of the New Black Panther Nation Quanell X debated the recent controversies over a Cleveland police officer fatally sho...

» Sessions on Plummeting Deportation Figures: Obama Has 'Destroyed' Immigration Enforcement
06/12/14 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. President Obama has “destroyed” immigration enforcement in the U.S., Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) concluded Friday in reaction to the release of new Department of Homeland Security...

» CNBC: Jobs Report Reveals Just 4,000 More Working Americans
06/12/14 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Even as the Obama White House was busy touting its Friday jobs report, CNBC's Jeff Cox looked deeper inside the government's data and discovered that the actual increase of working American...

» Obama Nominates Ashton Carter As His Fourth Pentagon Chief
06/12/14 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. WASHINGTON, D.C.--President Obama officially nominated Ashton Carter as his fourth Secretary of Defense to succeed Chuck Hagel, the only Republican in the president’s national securit...

» Obama's Tradition Of Fanning The Flames Of Racial Discord
06/12/14 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. On Wednesday,  President Obama laughably claimed that he has "a tradition" of not interfering in controversial cases before they are resolved. "My tradition is not to remark on cases w...

» Vladimir Putin Praises Chechen's Response to Attacks
06/12/14 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised and thanked the Chechen government for responding to an attack in the capital of Grozny late Wednesday night. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov atten...

» George W. Bush: Jeb Would Beat 'Sister-in-Law' Hillary in 2016
06/12/14 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Former President George W. Bush jokingly referred to Hillary Clinton as his "sister-in-law" and said his brother, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, could defeat her in a potential 2016 pres...

» Hard to Understand Garner Death, SaysGeorge W. Bush
06/12/14 10:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Former President George W. Bush recently said it was  "hard to understand" a New York grand jury's decision to not indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric ...

» Rolling Stone Editor Offers 2nd Apology Amid Intense Criticism
06/12/14 10:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana offered a series of tweets Friday afternoon which seem to offer a more abject apology for the magazines failure to check the facts in a widely read s...

» Another Race-Based Attack In St. Louis: Black Thugs Drag Bosnian Woman Out Of Her Car and Beat Her
06/12/14 10:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. A 26-year-old white Bosnian woman was dragged out of her car early this morning and beaten by three black assailants in the same South St. Louis neighborhood that saw a Bosnian man bludgeon...

» From Chicago with Love: the Obama Love Story Is in the Works
06/12/14 10:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. A biopic about the life of President Obama prior to his rise to power is currently in its preliminary stages, reports Deadline . The quest to find an actor capable of depicting a young Bara...

» CA DA Slams Jon Stewart 'Misstating Facts' During Sloppy Report
06/12/14 10:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Friday on Fox News Channel's "On the Record With Greta van Susteren," San Bernardino, CA District Attorney Mike Ramos took Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart to task accusin...

» Jesse Jackson: Police Committing 'Acts of Terror' Against Black Men
06/12/14 10:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Friday on CNN's "This Hour With Berman and Michaela," civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said law enforcement is committing "acts of terror against black men." Addressing the protest surro...

» British Born al-Qaeda Hostage Killed in Botched Rescue Attempt
06/12/14 10:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Just two days after reports of a video haviing been released showing Luke Somers, captured photographer pleading for his life, his sister has revealed the nature of his death. Miss Somers r...

» United Kingdom Gains Permanent Middle East Base
06/12/14 10:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. The Royal Navy is to have its first permanent base in the Middle East since it's apparently premature 1971 withdrawal masterminded by Labour prime minister Harold Wilson. Mina Salman Port i...

» British Women to Fight on Front Line
06/12/14 10:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Women will soon be allowed to fight alongside men on the front line as the government looks to relax restrictions on them joining infantry regiments. A six month study into whether women ar...

» American Hostage Killed in Failed Rescue Attempt
06/12/14 10:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by al-Qaida militants in Yemen were killed Saturday during a failed U.S.-led rescue attempt, a raid Pr...

» Clinton backs probes of chokehold, Ferguson deaths - News - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford, MA
05/12/14 23:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Eric Garner

» Dr. Michael Baden offers insight into death of Eric Garner | Hannity
05/12/14 22:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . December 03, 2014 Dr. Michael Baden offers insight into death of Eric Garner Guests: Dr. Michael Baden, Geraldo Rivera, Bo Dietl This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," December 3, 2014. This copy may not b...

» eric garner autopsy report - Google Search
05/12/14 22:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news After Eric Garner case, 2 NY legislators want to make grand jury evidence public Los Angeles Times ‎ - 6 hours ago But transcripts of witness testimony, Garner's autopsy report , the exact c...

» ramsey orta - Google Search
05/12/14 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news Eric Garner grand jury rigged, says man who filmed chokehold New York Daily News ‎ - 1 day ago “I think they already had their minds made up,” Ramsey Orta told the Daily News a d...

» Death of Eric Garner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
05/12/14 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]. Time 3:45 p.m. ( EST ) Date July 17, 2014  ( 2014-07-17 ) Location 202 Bay Street, Staten Island , New York Cause Compression of neck (chokehold), compr...

» eric garner autopsy - Google Search
05/12/14 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news After Eric Garner case, 2 NY legislators want to make grand jury evidence public Los Angeles Times ‎ - 5 hours ago But transcripts of witness testimony, Garner's autopsy report, the exact .....

» The Actual Facts of The Eric Garner Case
05/12/14 22:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. Unlike the Michael Brown killing in Ferguson, Missouri, there is excellent cause for concern here. But that concern does not mean that facts of the case ought to become irrelevant. The Case...

» Surveillance law allows police to act in an unacceptable way, say MPs
05/12/14 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Select committee chairman Keith Vaz says using Ripa to access journalist phone records must cease Britain’s surveillance laws, which have recently been used by the police to s...

» New Obstacle to Senate Panel’s Release of Report on Torture of C.I.A. Detainees
05/12/14 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Senator Dianne Feinstein that the release of the long-delayed review could ignite unrest in the Middle East and endanger hostages.

» Iran Talks Likely to Figure in Clinton 2016 Bid
05/12/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is closely tied to current U.S. diplomatic efforts toward Iran, and her role is likely to become a campaign issue for Republicans in any 2016 ...

» Putin’s Rambling State of the Nation Speech Unnerves Russia’s Elites
05/12/14 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Vladimir Putin’s state of the nation address on Thursday looked at first like a flashback to the not-so-distant past. It was held in St. George’s Hall, the same ornate room in the Kremlin where the R...

» World Briefing: Bahrain: Democracy Advocate Gets Prison Term for Insulting King
05/12/14 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A Bahraini court sentenced the democracy advocate Zainab al-Khawaja to three years in prison and fined her almost $8,000 on Thursday for insulting the king by tearing up his photograph, her...

» Parthenon marbles head to Russia – in pictures
05/12/14 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A headless statue from the Parthenon marbles, also known as the Elgin marbles, is being loaned by the British Museum to the Hermitage in St Petersburg Continue reading...

» Obama girls put on smiles at Christmas tree ceremony after 'sullen' Thanksgiving ... - Telegraph.co.uk
05/12/14 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Obama girls put on smiles at Christmas tree ceremony after 'sullen' Thanksgiving ... Telegraph.co.uk Barack Obama's daughters put on an overly enthusiastic show a...

» Report: No evidence Christie involved in bridge plot - Washington Post
05/12/14 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBC.ca Report: No evidence Christie involved in bridge plot Washington Post TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey lawmakers probing politically motivated traffic jams near the George Washin...

» The UK pornography law: a scientific perspective
05/12/14 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. This week Britain introduced a controversial law restricting types of online pornography . Criticisms of these rules are many, but one complaint is that they make no logical s...

» Clinton backs probes of chokehold, Ferguson deaths - Middleboro Gazette
05/12/14 18:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Clinton backs probes of chokehold, Ferguson deaths Middleboro Gazette Hillary Rodham Clinton waves with Hannah Grove, executive vice president of State Street Bank, during a wome...

» DNA Tests Confirm Lebanon Is Holding ISIS Leader’s Child
05/12/14 18:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. DNA tests have confirmed that the child held by Lebanese authorities is the daughter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Lebanon’s Interior Minister Noh...

» I can't breathe: the burgeoning Eric Garner protests - video
05/12/14 18:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. As protests sweep across the US, the Guardian's Steven W Thrasher visits the growing Manhattan rallies and the location at which Eric Garner was killed by the NYPD. Offic...

» Inside the 'world's most dangerous' hospital - BBC News
05/12/14 18:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. BBC News Inside the ' world's most dangerous' hospital BBC News A hospital in Guatemala has been described by campaigners as the world's most abusive and dangerous mental health instit...

» Bundesbank slashes German growth forecasts, but factory orders surge - business live
05/12/14 18:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. All the latest business and finance news, as German central bank halves its forecast for growth in 2015 Bundesbank: Germany in a sluggish phase But factory orders beat forecas...

» No Evidence N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Involved In Bridge Closure Plot: Report - Huffington Post
05/12/14 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Huffington Post No Evidence N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Involved In Bridge Closure Plot: Report Huffington Post New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wears an "I Voted" sticker as he stops...

» China defends Confucius Institute after new doubts in U.S.
05/12/14 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIJING (Reuters) - China defended its government-funded Confucius Institute programs on Friday after new questions were raised in the United States about their transparency and effect...

» Bundesbank slashes German growth forecast
05/12/14 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Germany’s central bank predicts the economy will expand sees economy expanding by 1% next year

» Carter brings different outlook to Pentagon post
05/12/14 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:17 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The experiences that Ashton Carter would bring to the job of defense secretary are vastly different from Chuck Hagel's in several important ways, start...

» Face to Face with Europe’s Military Cadets
05/12/14 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. One of the most striking things, Paolo Verzone says, about photographing military cadets is that they really know how to pose. In fact, they are so good at it that sometimes, when he was taking their...

» German man sentenced to 3 years 9 months for activities in Syria
05/12/14 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A 20-year-old German man was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison on Friday for his activities in Syria, in the first trial in Germany of a home-grown jiha...

» Eric Garner protests continue for a second night – video
05/12/14 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Protesters gather in New York and Washington for a second night after a grand jury rejected calls to indict a white police officer over the death of an unarmed black man,...

» US: Community policing key to Cleveland reform - U-T San Diego
05/12/14 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U-T San Diego US: Community policing key to Cleveland reform U-T San Diego U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news-conference before a roundtable meeting Thursday...

» In Kenya, police kill suspects with near-impunity
05/12/14 18:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:17 p.m. EST. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- In Kenya, where the police have long been known to harbor death squads, evidence mounts that many ordinary cops on the beat have turned into killer...

» Pain of sanctions tests German businesses
05/12/14 18:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:17 p.m. EST. MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) -- Huge machines hum smoothly at the Vakoma company's modern factory in eastern Germany, overseen by blue-suited workers. But politics are making ...

» Hillary Clinton 2016 Campaign Manager Search Underway - Chinatopix
05/12/14 18:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chinatopix Hillary Clinton 2016 Campaign Manager Search Underway Chinatopix (Photo : Reuters) Although former First Lady and State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton has not yet fu...

» Nasa prepares Orion for second launch attempt on Mars mission
05/12/14 18:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Engineers work on crew capsule for Friday takeoff after first test launch was postponed by technical and weather problems Nasa is set to make a second attempt to launch its “M...

» Obesity
05/12/14 18:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Obesity Obesity and extreme obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health, according to a study published on F...

» Eric Garner: black lives matter, says New York mayor Bill de Blasio – video
05/12/14 18:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. New York mayor Bill de Blasio says race inequality is an American problem after a grand jury failed to indict a police officer over the death of Eric Garner. The New York...

» Third member of U.N. mission in Liberia contracts Ebola
05/12/14 17:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MONROVIA (Reuters) - A U.N. peacekeeper in Liberia has contracted Ebola and is being treated at a clinic in the capital Monrovia, becoming the third member of the mission infected by t...

» One civilian killed, one wounded in shelling in east Ukraine's Donetsk
05/12/14 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Shells struck a residential district of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday, killing a pensioner and injuring his wife.

» Ukraine's Foreign-Currency Reserves Fall
05/12/14 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Ukraine’s foreign-currency and gold reserves dropped below $10 billion in November for the first time in nearly a decade due to large payments for debt and gas.

» British Museum loans Parthenon sculpture to Russia
05/12/14 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:17 p.m. EST. LONDON (AP) -- The British Museum has loaned one of the Parthenon Marbles to Russia's Hermitage Museum - the first time in 200 years that any of the ancient sculptures, w...

» Suspect in triple homicide sought in Florida - seattlepi.com
05/12/14 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Suspect in triple homicide sought in Florida seattlepi.com BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida were searching Friday are searching for a 33-year-old man suspected accus...

» Tell Putin You're Sorry!
05/12/14 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A mysterious online campaign is asking Westerners to apologize to Vladimir Putin for their governments' aggression.

» Prison book ban is unlawful, court rules
05/12/14 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Judge quashes ban on sending books to prisoners and orders justice secretary Chris Grayling to amend policy The blanket ban on sending books to prisoners in across England and...

» 11 go blind after cataract surgery in India - U-T San Diego
05/12/14 17:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. U-T San Diego 11 go blind after cataract surgery in India U-T San Diego Indian elderly women who went blind following cataract surgeries performed at a free medical camp run by a chari...

» Sit back, relax and ignore your email inbox. Nobody expects you to read it all
05/12/14 17:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In the future, maybe you’ll be able to respond to everything. For now, tame the information overload by turning off those notifications It’s always nice to encounter scientifi...

» Family of US Hostage in Yemen Pleads for His Release
05/12/14 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The family of an American journalist held hostage in Yemen is pleading for his release in a video message after al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula threatened to kill him within three days ...

» Obama picks former Pentagon official Ashton Carter to be Defense secretary - Fox News
05/12/14 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. ABC News Obama picks former Pentagon official Ashton Carter to be Defense secretary Fox News President Obama has picked former Pentagon official Ashton Carter to be his next secretary ...

» Baghdad and Kirkuk are both hit by car bombs with dozens killed - Daily Mail
05/12/14 17:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Mail Baghdad and Kirkuk are both hit by car bombs with dozens killed Daily Mail A string of car bomb attacks across Iraq killed at least 37 people and wounded dozens more, Iraqi ...

» Truman Capote and the old failings of New Journalism
05/12/14 17:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Freshly uncovered police reports of the In Cold Blood murder case show the ‘non-fiction novelist’ was rather too imaginative with the facts In his introduction to a 1973 antho...

» World's most beautiful girl Kristina Pimenova's mother defends pictures
05/12/14 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Russian child supermodel Kristina Pimenova's mother hit out at critics in an exclusive interview with MailOnline: 'You must think like a paedophile to see something sexual in these pict...

» Former police in China attempt suicide by pesticide in protest
05/12/14 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. BEIJING — Six former police officers attempted to kill themselves by drinking poison outside the main compound of China’s top...

» Germany, in a First, Convicts a Returned Jihadist - New York Times
05/12/14 17:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. NDTV The Star Online Germany, in a First, Convicts a Returned Jihadist New York Times BERLIN — A German court sentenced a 20-year-old man who traveled to Syria to fight alongside a gro...

» ‘Hypnotist thief’ robs shopkeeper after appearing to put him in a trance
05/12/14 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Police believe alleged theft of large sum of cash is ‘very elaborate and very well practised stage act or parlour trick’ Police are hunting a man captured on CCTV seemingly us...

» Jordan's king: Fight on ISIS "a third world war" - CBS News
05/12/14 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Haaretz Petra News Agency Jordan's king: Fight on ISIS "a third world war" CBS News Abdullah believes the threat posed by ISIS is "a third world war by other means." He explained his p...

» Anyone but Bibi: why Israeli election is unlikely to be easy for Netanyahu
05/12/14 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Allies turned foes, economic fears and poll saying 60% of voters would prefer a PM other than him points to a volatile campaign Almost two-thirds of Israelis would prefer a pr...

» UK's Cameron asks Pakistan to treat Briton jailed for blasphemy fairly
05/12/14 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron asked his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday to ensure a British man jailed for blasphemy is treated fairly and that his histo...

» U.S. training of Syrian rebels still months away: coalition chief
05/12/14 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Western plans to train and equip non-jihadi rebels in Syria will not start until at least late February, a leading opposition figure said on Friday, depriving th...

» New Protests Against Police Brutality in Many US Cities
05/12/14 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOAvideo. New Protests Against Police Brutality in Many US Cities Protests in New York and other U.S. cities continued Thursday, following a New York grand jury's decision not to charge a white ...

» New York race protests vent anger over police killings
05/12/14 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. New York race protests vent anger over police killings Thousands of protesters clog streets in New York and other major US cities for a second straight night to condemn police k...

» Putin: Russia Plans to Expand Pracitce of Holding Trials by Jury - Sputnik International
05/12/14 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Putin: Russia Plans to Expand Pracitce of Holding Trials by Jury Sputnik International Russia needs to expand the capabilities of trials by jury, Russian President Vladimir Putin...

» Crimes against humanity charges against Kenya’s president dropped
05/12/14 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Uhuru Kenyatta’s trial will not go ahead after key prosecution witness refuses to testify and another admits lying The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor dropped ...

» Germany's Left Party Secures First State Governorship - Wall Street Journal
05/12/14 17:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Wall Street Journal Germany's Left Party Secures First State Governorship Wall Street Journal The victory of Bodo Ramelow, leader of the Left Party, increases the likelihood of the par...

» Death Toll Rises In East Ukraine Despite Ceasefire - Huffington Post
05/12/14 17:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Times ABC News Death Toll Rises In East Ukraine Despite Ceasefire Huffington Post An armored military vehicle of Ukrainian forces patrol during a ceasefire near a residential are...

» Germany gets first socialist state governor since reunification
05/12/14 17:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Former trade unionist Bodo Ramelow wins post for the Left party amid massive protests against the regional election in Thuringia A socialist has become a state governor in Ger...

» Nazim Mahmood killed himself after mother told him to cure himself of being gay
05/12/14 17:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Nazim Mahmood, 34, was seen standing alone on the balcony of his £700,000 apartment in West Hampstead, London, before falling four storeys in front of shocked passers-by.

» Homeless Latvian mother admits burying her baby alive in London park
05/12/14 17:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Latvian Elita Amantova, 39, was living off berries and bread left out for the birds in Tooting, south-west London, before she gave birth to the child in 2012, a court heard.

» Archive of Albert Einstein's documents reveal how he got to E=mc2
05/12/14 17:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. A mammoth collection of 5,000 searchable documents from the earlier years of Albert Einstein's life is being made freely available to the public on the internet.

» An exclusive look at life in Syrian town of Kobani - STLtoday.com
05/12/14 17:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. STLtoday.com An exclusive look at life in Syrian town of Kobani STLtoday.com KOBANI, Syria (AP) — From a small, backwater tucked in northern Syria, the Kurdish town of Kobani was throw...

» US defence nominee faces budget battle
05/12/14 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Ashton Carter would head a Pentagon beset with problems

» Sony Pictures hack: how much damage can North Korea's cyber army do?
05/12/14 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Analysis points to secretive state for attack on film studio, which highlights legitimate concerns about its rise as a cyber power Further evidence has emerged that the catast...

» France agrees to compensate Holocaust deportees
05/12/14 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:17 p.m. EST. PARIS (AP) -- Hundreds of American Holocaust survivors and others who were deported by France's state rail company SNCF during the Nazi occupation will be entitled to com...

» McCain Attacked Hungarian Sovereignty, Says PM
05/12/14 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Viktor Orban said that his nation’s sovereignty had come under attack when U.S. Senator John McCain labeled him a “neo-fascist dictator”—in a fresh sign of deteriorating relations betw...

» Obama Picks Ashton Carter As Pentagon Chief
05/12/14 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Ashton Carter, who has a physics degree from Oxford University, replaces Chuck Hagel who is rumoured to have been forced out.

» Eric Garner Chokehold Death: 2nd Night of NYC Protests | The New York Times
05/12/14 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. Eric Garner Chokehold Death: 2nd Night of NYC Protests | The New York Times Blocking traffic and taunting the police, marchers fanned out across New York City for a second ni...

» WorldViews: For Rome’s mafia, more refugees means more money
05/12/14 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Italy's mafia is renowned all over the world for its brutality and omnipresence in the south of the country. Judicial documen...

» U.K. Judges Rule in Favor of Government Spying Program
05/12/14 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A British judicial panel has ruled that the U.K.’s surveillance practices exposed by former U.S. government contractor Edward Snowden are legal, marking a preliminary victory for the B...

» Angry families of MH17 crash victims seek U.N. investigation
05/12/14 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Relatives of MH17 crash victims, angered by what they see as Dutch mishandling of inquiries into the disaster, want a special U.N. envoy to launch an internationa...

» Missing In Action: Hagel Skips His Replacement’s Announcement
05/12/14 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Army Sergeant Chuck Hagel knew how to toss a hand grenade when he served in Vietnam in 1968. Friday he made clear he still knows how to do it, declining to attend the White House nomination announcem...

» Former beauty queen turned prostitute convicted of possessing drugs after trying to swallow her stash of cocaine
05/12/14 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Natalie Gentle, 32, who was once a contestant in a 'Face of 2007' competition, started working as as prostitute from her home in Plymouth, Devon, after she spiralled into a life of drugs.

» NASA Launches Orion Spacecraft | The New York Times
05/12/14 17:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. NASA Launches Orion Spacecraft | The New York Times A Delta IV rocket carrying Orion, designed to fly astronauts to Mars one day, lifted off Friday morning from Cape Canavera...

» China’s Former Security Chief Expelled From Communist Party
05/12/14 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (BEIJING) — China’s official Xinhua News Agency says the country’s former security chief, Zhou Yongkang, has been expelled from the Communist Party. In July, the party announced it ...

» Finland OK'S Russian-Backed Nuclear Plant
05/12/14 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Finland has approved the building of a Russian-backed nuclear power plant at a time when many western capitals are seeking to isolate Moscow over its intervention in Ukraine.

» Caught on camera: The dramatic moment one-eyed Mafia boss dubbed The Last King of Rome is arrested at gunpoint
05/12/14 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Mafia boss Massimo Carminati was detained along with 27 others after being arrested at gunpoint by police after officers surrounded his car on a rural road in the north of Italian capit...

» Hypnotist thief robs shopkeeper after appearing to put him in a trance
05/12/14 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Hypnotist thief robs shopkeeper after appearing to put him in a trance A shopkeeper was robbed of hundreds of pounds by a 'hypnotist' pickpocket who apparently put him in a trance. Report b...

» Pro-Kremlin news claim MH17 'was shot down in botched bid to assassinate PUTIN'
05/12/14 17:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. A startling new claim that MH17 was shot down in a botched bid by the Ukrainian air force to assassinate Vladimir Putin has been made by the pro-Kremlin media in Moscow. The allegation ...

» British Museum Loans Disputed Greek Artifact to Russia, Angering Greece
05/12/14 17:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The British Museum plunged itself into a geopolitical tempest with the loan of one of the famous Elgin marbles of Greece to the Hermitage.

» Vladimir Putin says Crimea is part of Russia historically and forever - Los Angeles Times
05/12/14 17:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Los Angeles Times Vladimir Putin says Crimea is part of Russia historically and forever Los Angeles Times Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday defended Moscow's annexation of ...

» Open Source: Chechen Leader Instagrams Battle With Militants
05/12/14 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-appointed leader of Chechnya, took time out during an attack by Islamist militants to update his Instagram followers.

» Putin's Rambling State of the Nation Speech Unnerves Russia's Elites - TIME
05/12/14 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. TIME Putin's Rambling State of the Nation Speech Unnerves Russia's Elites TIME It was held in St. George's Hall, the same ornate room in the Kremlin where the Russian President announ...

» Russian gas exports - The Economist
05/12/14 17:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russian gas exports The Economist GAS pipelines export influence as well as energy. Russia's planned South Stream project was the $40 billion flagship of its attempt to regain sway in...

» Elgin Marbles: British Museum loans statue to Russia - BBC News
05/12/14 17:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Elgin Marbles: British Museum loans statue to Russia BBC News A headless depiction of the river god Ilissos has been sent to Russia to will go on display in St Petersburg's S...

» Putin, Amid Stark Challenges, Says Russia's Destiny Is in Hand - New York Times
05/12/14 17:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Putin, Amid Stark Challenges, Says Russia's Destiny Is in Hand New York Times On Thursday, Mr. Putin was forced to contend with trouble on both fronts, as insurgents mo...

» В Донецке вновь слышна артиллерийская канонада - Первый канал
05/12/14 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости В Донецке вновь слышна артиллерийская канонада Первый канал Как сообщает агентство "РИА Новости", звуки стрельбы доносятся с западной окраины города. В резуль...

» Europe Keeps Hope Alive for Gas Pipeline From Russia
05/12/14 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. A pipeline to southern Europe could be completed despite President Vladimir V. Putin’s stated intention to abandon it, the head of the European Commission said.

» Report: More Work Needed to Stop Sexual Assaults in the Military
05/12/14 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A new U.S. Defense Department report ordered last year by President Barack Obama shows unwanted sexual contact in the military has dropped over the past two years. But critics say the Pen...

» Associate of Russian Arms Smuggler Viktor Bout Gets 5-Year Sentence
05/12/14 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A U.S.-Syrian citizen was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for conspiring with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to buy aircraft in violation of sanctions imposed o...

» Putin is the problem
05/12/14 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Russia's president cannot blame the West for the consequences of his own reckless aggression

» Women In Russia Struggle With Gender Pay Gap, ILO Report Shows
05/12/14 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Women in Russia are better educated, more experienced and more productive than their male counterparts on average, but are still paid less, the International Labor Organizatio...

» Russia's Putin Accuses West of Provoking Ukraine Crisis - Wall Street Journal
05/12/14 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Russia's Putin Accuses West of Provoking Ukraine Crisis Wall Street Journal U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that Russia must end its support for v...

» Russian Ruble Strenghtens on Probable Central Bank Interventions
05/12/14 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The ruble strengthened rapidly Friday morning amid what appeared to be the third large intervention this week by the Central Bank to defend the Russian currency.

» Бойцы АТО вернулись в аэропорт Донецка и готовы принять бой - Сводка Украинских и Мировых Новостей
05/12/14 17:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. GORDONUA.COM Бойцы АТО вернулись в аэропорт Донецка и готовы принять бой Сводка Украинских и Мировых Новостей Спикер антитеррористической операции Алексей Дмитрашкивский опроверг и...

» LGBT Activist Compensated After Russian City Bans Gay Pride Parade
05/12/14 17:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A court in Kostroma has awarded compensation to a prominent gay rights activist after authorities unlawfully banned a gay-pride parade and two LGBT-themed protests from taking...

» В Индии после массовой операции на глазах в мобильной клинике ослепли 60 пациентов - Правда.Ру
05/12/14 17:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Правда.Ру В Индии после массовой операции на глазах в мобильной клинике ослепли 60 пациентов Правда.Ру Ужасный инцидент произошел в индийском штате Пенджаб в Индии. В округе Гурдас...

» Обвиняемые в подготовке теракта в Волгограде получили 19 лет тюрьмы - РБК
05/12/14 17:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Обвиняемые в подготовке теракта в Волгограде получили 19 лет тюрьмы РБК Суд вынес наказание обвиняемым в терактах в Волгограде. Двое из них получили сроки по 19 лет лишения сво...

» Navigating Russia's imploding economy - Aljazeera.com
05/12/14 17:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Aljazeera.com Navigating Russia's imploding economy Aljazeera.com Low oil prices ruined the Soviet economy in the late 1980s causing the USSR to collapse - and prompted Russia's defau...

» Russia Threatens Lawsuit After France Suspends Mistral Warship Delivery
05/12/14 17:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia is ready to file a lawsuit against France for indefinitely suspending the delivery of two Mistral helicopter carrier warships to Russia, an official has said.

» Венгрия рассчитывает на азербайджанский газ - Утро.Ru
05/12/14 17:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Утро.Ru Венгрия рассчитывает на азербайджанский газ Утро.Ru Виктор Орбан премьер-министр Венгрии заявил, что ищет новые возможности для поставок газа в обход украинской территории,...

» Hollande Holds Talks With Nazarbaev In Astana
05/12/14 17:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. French President Francois Hollande has told Nursultan Nazarbaev that Kazakhstan has a role to play in easing tension between Russia and the West over Ukraine.

» Французское Минобороны предупредило о возможном отказе от передачи "Мистралей" России - Интерфакс
05/12/14 17:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Интерфакс Французское Минобороны предупредило о возможном отказе от передачи "Мистралей" России Интерфакс Москва. 5 декабря. INTERFAX.RU - В Париже не исключают, что при ...

» Украинские военные не намерены оставлять Донецкий аэропорт - РБК
05/12/14 17:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Forbes Ukraine Украинские военные не намерены оставлять Донецкий аэропорт РБК Украинские военные противостоят боевикам в аэропорту Донецка и не намерены покидать объект. Об этом за...

» Украина опустилась в рейтинге свободы в интернете - bigmir)net
05/12/14 17:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ЛІГА.net Украина опустилась в рейтинге свободы в интернете bigmir)net Наша страна из группы “свободных государств“ по данным 2013 года передвинулась до “частично свободных“ в отчет...

» British Museum Loans Elgin Marbles Statue to St. Peterburg's Hermitage
05/12/14 17:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The British Museum said Friday that it had loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia, the first time any of the ancient sculptures have left Britain since they were taken from...

» Georgian Accused Of Recruiting For IS To Stand Trial In Chechnya
05/12/14 17:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A 25-year-old Georgian national is to stand trial in Chechnya on charges of attempting to recruit two Chechens to fight for the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, Russian...

» Window on Eurasia: Putin Purges the (Non-Russian) Peoples Libraries and Schools
05/12/14 17:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, December 5 – In 1969 , Bertram Wolfe published his classic study, “Krupskaya Purges the People’s Libraries” in the London-based journal “Survey,” an es...

» The British Museum is wrong to loan the Parthenon marbles to Russia | Hugh Muir
05/12/14 17:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. The UK has chosen sanctions as a weapon against Russia, so why are we now inviting cultural exchanges? Sanctions are the weapon we have chosen against Vladimir Putin’s Russia. What a...

» To Get Off Russia's Blacklist, GitHub Has Blocked Access To Pages That ... - TechCrunch
05/12/14 17:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. TechCrunch To Get Off Russia's Blacklist, GitHub Has Blocked Access To Pages That ... TechCrunch GitHub is slowly navigating the tricky waters of Internet censorship in Russia , using...

» Woman punched by fellow contestant on Russian TV show
05/12/14 17:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Russian TV broadcasts the disturbing moment a man punches a woman on a game show, leaving her with a bloody nose

» EU Says South Stream Could Be Saved If Russia Follows Rules
05/12/14 17:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The European Commission's new energy chief has told RFE/RL that Russia could revive the South Stream natural-gas pipeline project if it follows EU rules.

» Window on Eurasia: Putin Shifts Focus from Boosting Birthrates to Cutting Mortality Figures
05/12/14 17:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, December 5 – In his message to the Federal Assembly yesterday, Russian Presid...

» Kyrgyzstan To Open Embassy In United Arab Emirates
05/12/14 17:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev is visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and has signed a decree to establish an embassy in Abu Dhabi.

» Nazarbaev Urges Europe, Russia To Seek Compromise On Ukraine
05/12/14 17:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has told the French president that sanctions are having little effect on Russia and European countries should seek compromise with Mo...

» Ukraine Live Day 291:Ukrainian Military And Civilian Casualties In Donetsk As Fighting Intensifies
05/12/14 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here . An archive of our liveblogs can be found here . For an overview and analysis of this developing s...

» New York protest
05/12/14 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. .

» Hollande Says Putin Should Look to the Future, Not the Past
05/12/14 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. French President Francois Hollande urged Vladimir Putin on Friday to look to the future rather than the past to help ease tension over the Ukraine crisis.

» Four Men Given Prison Time for Facilitating Suicide Terrorist Attacks on Volgograd
05/12/14 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A Russian court on Friday convicted four Dagestani natives to prison time for aiding the terrorists behind two suicide bombings that rocked the southern city of Volgograd with...

» Window on Eurasia: Microsoft Story Highlights Why West Needs a Formal Non-Recognition Policy on Crimea Now
05/12/14 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, December 5 – Yesterday, Ukrainian and Russian media reported that Microsoft h...

» Россия рассчитывает на определение линии разграничения в зоне АТО в ближайшие дни - РБК Украина
05/12/14 16:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Россия рассчитывает на определение линии разграничения в зоне АТО в ближайшие дни РБК Украина Россия рассчитывает, что в ближайшие дни на Донбассе будет объявлено о прекращении огн...

» Евросоюз разрешил выдавать кредиты российским банкам на срок более месяца - Маяк
05/12/14 16:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Маяк Евросоюз разрешил выдавать кредиты российским банкам на срок более месяца Маяк Евросоюз разрешил выдавать кредиты российским банкам, которые находятся под санкциями, на срок б...

» Website reports only good news for a day, loses two thirds of its readers
05/12/14 16:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. It's well known that newspapers tend to focus on bad news, all 'Smoked salmon will give you cancer' and 'Escaped Ferris wheel kills 500', but one Russian news website decided to find out...

» Recession? Devaluation? Inflation? Putin Tells Russia Stay the Course. - Daily Beast
05/12/14 16:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Daily Beast Recession? Devaluation? Inflation? Putin Tells Russia Stay the Course. Daily Beast MOSCOW — To many Russians the withering ruble brings back bad memories of the 1998 finan...

» 43,000 Russians Fined Over Multiple Citizenship, Report Says
05/12/14 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. About 43,000 Russian citizens have been punished for not declaring a second passport or foreign residency permit since a deadline for reporting dual citizenship expired two mo...

» French homeless ID cards with yellow triangles likened to Nazi-era yellow stars
05/12/14 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A system that required homeless people in Marseille to identify themselves with yellow triangles pinned on their clothes has been scrapped after being likened to Nazi-era badges.

» Georgia and Russia - The Economist
05/12/14 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Economist Georgia and Russia The Economist RUSSIA'S unacknowledged war in Ukraine did not start with the annexation of Crimea. The precedent was set six years earlier, during a fi...

» Могерини: ЕС и Россия заинтересованы в развитии сотрудничества - Газета.Ru
05/12/14 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Могерини: ЕС и Россия заинтересованы в развитии сотрудничества Газета.Ru Глава дипломатии Евросоюза Федерика Могерини заявила, что ЕС и Россия имеют общий интерес в развитии сотруд...

» Window on Eurasia: Under Putin, ‘Gerrymandering’ Enters the Russian Vocabulary
05/12/14 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, December 5 – The process by which a government draws the electoral map in suc...

» Конгресс США проголосовал за «противодействие российской пропаганде» - Взгляд
05/12/14 16:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Взгляд Конгресс США проголосовал за «противодействие российской пропаганде» Взгляд Конгрессмены утвердили резолюцию о дополнительной поддержке американского вещания «в странах со з...

» Communist heirs win control of German state
05/12/14 16:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Far-left Linke party takes first regional government since fall of Berlin Wall 25 years ago

» После спецоперации в Грозном обнаружено 24 взрывных устройства
05/12/14 16:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. После спецоперации в Грозном обнаружено 24 взрывных устройства По меньшей мере 18 человек погибли в ходе боевых действий в центре Грозного в четверг. По данным НАК, в резуль... Fr...

» Ex-Soviet GUAM Group Drops Russian, Switches To English
05/12/14 16:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development comprises Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.

» 'It Was Hell On Earth'. Remembering The First Chechen War
05/12/14 16:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Aslan Doukaev was a university professor in Grozny when the first Chechen war broke out on December 11, 1994. Thousands died during the brutal 20-month conflict between C...

» The Most Underreported News Stories of 2014
05/12/14 16:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest From the Wilson Center. Every year there are major events around the world that fly under the mainstream media’s radar despite their seminal impact. Join us as four leading journalists from the some...

» Russian borrowing costs hit five-year high as recession looms
05/12/14 16:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. A cocktail of economic sanctions and falling oil prices have made a Russian recession likely, driving up the cost of government borrowing to 2009 levels

» Belarusian Military Expert Missing Amid Reports Of Arrest
05/12/14 16:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Belarusian military expert and journalist, Alyaksandr Alesin, has been missing for days.

» French Defense Minister Says Russia May Never Receive Mistral Warships
05/12/14 16:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The deal to sell the ships, designed to transport troops, tanks and helicopters, ran into opposition after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in March.

» Podcast: The State Of The Empire
05/12/14 16:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. As Vladimir Putin addressed his nation this week, the ruble plummeted. Critics say that was a fitting metaphor as Russia faces a looming recession as the costs of Putin's...

» Amid sanctions, British Museum lends Russia controversial Elgin Marble - CNN
05/12/14 16:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Amid sanctions, British Museum lends Russia controversial Elgin Marble CNN (CNN) -- As the United Kingdom continues to enforce sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, the...

» Obama Nominates Ashton Carter For U.S. Defense Secretary
05/12/14 16:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated a former weapons purchaser at the Pentagon, Ashton Carter, to become the next U.S. Secretary of Defense.

» Азербайджанская журналистка Хадиджа Исмайлова арестована - ИА REGNUM
05/12/14 16:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Тренд Азербайджанская журналистка Хадиджа Исмайлова арестована ИА REGNUM Журналист-расследователь Хадиджа Исмайлова сегодня была вызвана в Бакинскую прокуратуру и оттуда доставлена...

» Report: More Work Needed to Stop Military Sex Assaults
05/12/14 16:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A new U.S. Defense Department report ordered last year by President Barack Obama shows unwanted sexual contact in the military has dropped over the past two years. But critics say the Pen...

» China Arrests Ex-Security Chief For Corruption, Leaking Secrets
05/12/14 16:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Chinese authorities have arrested former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang and expelled him from the ruling Communist Party, accusing him of crimes ranging from accepting bribes to le...

» British Court Says Government’s Electronic Surveillance is Legal
05/12/14 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The decision comes after a global outcry against programs like Prism, which have given spy agencies almost unfettered access to Internet communications.

» German Journalist: Russia Covered Up 'Large-Scale' Athletics Doping
05/12/14 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A new documentary film is making waves after exposing what it is says is systematic doping among Russian athletes. The film's author, German investigative journalist Hajo...

» RFE/RL Journalist Khadija Ismayilova Jailed In Baku
05/12/14 16:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Khadija Ismayilova, a reporter with RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, RFE/RL reporter Khadija Ismayilova was taken from a Baku courthouse to a pretrial detention center on De...

» France and Russia on Warship Delivery
05/12/14 16:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The French defense minister said warships that France had agreed to sell to Russia might never be delivered, drawing a response from the Russian foreign minister.

» Poroshenko: Kyiv Must Hold Donetsk Airport
05/12/14 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukraine's president said Friday that the country's armed forces must not lose control of the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk. President Petro Poroshenko presented awards to a group...

» UN Seeks Review of US Police Practices
05/12/14 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. United Nations human rights experts on Friday called for a halt to racial profiling by U.S. law enforcement officers and a review of laws allowing police to use lethal force. The independ...

» Грани Времени. Правозащитники у трона - 05 декабря, 2014
05/12/14 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. Встречу президента Путина с лидерами неправительственных организаций в преддверии международного Дня защиты прав человека обсуждаем с правозащитником, исполнитель...

» Elgin Marbles: Fury in Greece as statue is loaned to Russian museum
05/12/14 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Athens reacted furiously after it was revealed that the British Museum had loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia.

» Russia This Week: The Kremlin’s Policy-Making on Ukraine is ‘A Mess’
05/12/14 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. In Russia This Week , you will find links to all the stories of Russia Update in the last week and to special features, plus an article following up on the news and trending...

» Vatican closes the book on financial practices 'from Middle Ages'
05/12/14 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Vatican officials will be forced to work from a strict new financial rulebook from 1 January 2015, as Pope Francis makes the final push to clean up the Holy See after decades of sleaze.

» Chechen Leader Announces New Terrorism Punishments
05/12/14 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The pro-Moscow Chechen leader has announced new punishments for terrorism that target the families of those committing terrorist acts one day after an attack in the Chech...

» Azerbaijan Court Detains RFE Journalist
05/12/14 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A court in Azerbaijan has ordered a Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty [RFE/RL] journalist held in pre-trial detention for two months. Khadija Ismayilova was called Friday to the court in ...

» "Это был ад на земле": воспоминания о первой чеченской войне
05/12/14 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. "Это был ад на земле": воспомин...

» Грузия не рассматривает вопрос о возобновлении железнодорожного сообщения с Россией - Коммерсантъ
05/12/14 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Новости-Грузия Грузия не рассматривает вопрос о возобновлении железнодорожного сообщения с Россией Коммерсантъ Министр иностранных дел Грузии страны Тамара Беручашвили сообщила, Гр...

» Georgian, Armenia Currencies Continue To Drop
05/12/14 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Georgian currency, the lari, continued its decline in value to the U.S. dollar on December 5, reaching a new low of about 2 lari to U.S. $1

» Правозащитники у трона
05/12/14 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Правозащитники у трона Встре&...

» Azerbaijan Jails Khadija Ismayilova
05/12/14 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Khadija Ismayilova, a prominent investigative journalist who contributes to RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, has been sentenced by a court in Baku to two months of pretrial ...

» Modern Talking - Cheri, Cheri Lady lyrics (Cover) - YouTube
05/12/14 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 26, 2012 Modern Talking - Cheri, Cheri Lady I do not own the Song! Als Karaoke-Version für unsere Lehrer auf unserer Abschlussfeier gedacht. Wer Rechtschreibfehler findet, darf sie behal...

» 'Polite but formidable': Russian Army choir sings 'Modern Talking' - YouTube
05/12/14 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Dec 5, 2014 To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band Modern Talking, the Russian Army Choir released a cover version of the duo's song 'Cheri Cheri Lady' in St. Petersburg Thursday. The mili...

» Modern Talking - Brother Louie (LYRICS) - YouTube
05/12/14 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Mar 4, 2013 Original song performed by Modern Talking (c) 1986. - HD Lyrics Music "Brother Louie" by Modern Talking ( Google Play • iTunes • AmazonMP3 ) Artist Modern Talking

» Путин дал полгода на подготовку закона об «офшорной амнистии» :: Бизнес :: РосБизнесКонсалтинг
05/12/14 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Президент России Владимир Путин Ф&...

» Putin Promises Controlled Freedom in Face of Western Containment
04/12/14 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Putin told the nation on Thursday that Russia's ongoing clash with the West was inevitable and will only make the country stronger by mobilizing its economy and society around...

» Послание Путина: война продолжится
04/12/14 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Послание Путина: война продолжится Что обещал России президент, ведущий войну с Украиной? Обсуждают: лидер партии "Демократический выбор" през... From: Радио Свобода Views: 301 93...

» Did ISIS Just Attack Inside Russia? - Daily Beast
04/12/14 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Daily Beast Did ISIS Just Attack Inside Russia ? Daily Beast Later in an Echo of Moscow interview Kadyrov said that the operation would be over in 20 minutes. Hours passed, but the fi...