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Russia failing to prevent homophobic violence, says Human Rights Watch by Shaun Walker in Moscow

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:13 PM

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Anti-gay harassment has risen since controversial law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’ was passed last year, report says

Gay people in Russia are being subjected to increasing amounts of harassment and violence in their everyday lives, according to a report suggesting that intolerance has risen since a controversial law banning “homosexual propaganda” was passed last year.

“The law effectively legalised discrimination against LGBT people and cast them as second-class citizens,” wrote Human Rights Watch in the report, published on Monday. “Russian authorities have failed in their obligation to prevent and prosecute homophobic violence.”

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Violence Against LGBTs Getting Worse in Russia, Study Saysby By Alexey Eremenko

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:12 PM

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Russia's controversial law against gay propaganda has become a "license to harm" for Russian homophobes, who have expanded to target closeted gays, a new study says.

Window on Eurasia: Are Kadyrov’s Days as Head of Chechnya Numbered? by paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:12 PM

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            Staunton, December 15 – Ramzan Kadyrov’s ouster as head of Chechnya has been rumored so often that it has become something “expected” by some, but if he goes, that is likely to entail “unpredictable consequences” for Chechnya, the North Caucasus and Moscow, according to Temur Kozayev.

            Many had expected Kadyrov to be ousted last spring, the analyst says in an article on Versia.ru today, but the Chechen leader was saved by the events in Ukraine and his role in them. But “now after the October terrorist actions and the December battles in Grozny,” rumors about his possible replacements are swirling (versia.ru/articles/2014/dec/15/po_zakonu_gor).

            Indeed, Kozayev argues that “it is entirely possible that an announcement about Kadyrov’s retirement will be made before the New Year’s holidays.” And the two most likely candidates are Aslambek Aslakhanov, who represents Chechnya in the Federation Council, and Alu Alkhanov, who headed the republic between 2004 and 2007.

            In addition to the two cases of violence in Grozny, there has been a third development which has undercut Kadyrov’s authority.  Ramzan Tsitsulayev, Kadyrov’s special representative in Ukraine, recently found himself at the center of a scandal in Moscow after promising to get a businessman out of jail, failing, and then fleeing to Ukraine where he again landed in trouble.

            If such things happened in any other federal subject, Eurasianist leader Aleksandr Dugin says, its head would be out, but Kadyrov is a special case. On the one hand, it is difficult to imagine that Moscow could find anyone who would represent as effective a “compromise” with the various factions in Chechnya as Kadyrov does.

            And on the other, Dugin says, “to remove Kadyrov is not simply about removing him from the levers of power. At the same time,” Moscow would have to get rid of his inner circle, “and at present, this circle is not so narrow.”  Consequently, the Kremlin would have to be ready for the kind of wholesale change that would lead to destabilization.

            But others are not so sure that even that risk will now keep the center from acting, Kozayev says. Lev Gudkov, director of the Levada Center, for example, says that for many in Russia, Chechnya under Kadyrov is something Russia would be better off without and should be cut loose. That is not a view the Kremlin wants to encourage.

            Heads of federal subjects like Chechnya are supposed to keep their republics in order, and those who fail to do so are thus at risk.  Vladimir Putin may even have been remindingKadyrov of this when he said to the Chechen leader at their most recent meeting: “I ask you unconditionally to carry this work through to the end.”

            Versia.ru appends to Kosayev’s article the opinions of three other Russian analysts, Andrey Okara, Dmitry Oreshkin, and Aleksandr Cherkasov.

            Okara says he does not believe that in the possibility that Kadyrov will be replaced anytime soon, let alone that there is any need for Moscow to do so.  According to him, “at the present moment in Russia, there are only two real politicians: Putin and Kadyrov. The rest are bureaucrats, propagandists, or clowns.”

            While it is possible that a clown or propagandist as head of Chechnya would be more pleasant for Moscow, the real question is how the elites and population of Chechnya itself would react to such a change.  So far, he is holding his own, but while the ambitions of the Chechen elites are growing, “the Kremlin’s possibilities of satisfying them are declining.”

            Oreshkin says it would be better to ask not whether Kadyrov’s ouster is being prepared but rather to inquire about the motives for removing him.  Those exist: the recent violence in Chechnya suggests that Kadyrov has lost control over part of the Chechen siloviki and that means “automatically” that he is losing “the Kremlin’s trust.”

But what is even more important, he suggests, is the following: the money is running out and problems are beginning. Kadyrov has been paid out of oil profits for his loyalty to Moscow, and he in turn has purchased the loyalty of the local elite.” With the decline in the price of oil, there is no longer enough to do so, and conflicts within the Chechen elite are inevitable.

And Cherkasov, who works with Memorial, says that he has his doubts that Moscow will move against Kadyrov now.  The Chechen leader can and will argue that the violence in Chechnya came not from its own people but from other republics like Ingushetia and Daghestan which have not imposed order by the kind of draconian measures he has employed.

Given Putin’s proclivities and Moscow’s fear of disorder, Kadyrov is likely to win his case, at least for now. And consequently, no “sudden cadres changes” are to be expected in Grozny, he argues, even though in the longer term Kadyrov’s approach like Putin’s won’t solve the problems of that republic or the larger region.

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$60 Oil Would See Russia's Economy Shrink 4.5 Percent Next Year – Central Bank by Reuters

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:10 PM

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Russia's Central Bank said Monday that it was likely the economy would contract in the first quarter of next year and perhaps by around 4.5 percent in 2015 as a whole if oil prices average $60 a barrel.

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Will Russia Follow the USSR into the Dustbin of History – and for the Same Reasons? by Paul Goble

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:10 PM

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Staunton, December 13 – Four Russian analysts suggest that the six causes they identify as being behind the collapse of the USSR are again to varying degrees present in Russia today, but what is perhaps more interesting than the causes they do identify is the one that they don’t: the ways in which the six they do helped power a seventh: nationalism Russian and non-Russian.

In a 4400-word article in “Russky Reporter” this week, Vladimir Bazhanov, Andrey Veselov, Dmitry Karpets and Aleksandr Pototsky consider to what extent the six causes they say led to the demise of the USSR are capable of playing a similar role in the case of the Russian Federation now or in the near future.

They do not draw a conclusion, but the causes that they do enumerate and discuss – declines in the price of oil, the degeneration of the ruling elite, economic stagnation, shortages of consumer goods, a prolonged foreign war, and a collapse in public support for the state ideology – are intriguing both for what they point to and what they do not.

In each case, they discuss what they call the objective and subjective impact of these on the Soviet Union and then consider the extent to which these same factors are at work today, explicitly stating that Russia’s situation is different, in some ways better but in others even worse than 30 years ago.

Russia’s primary advantage, they suggest, is that today Moscow has the time to consider what happened a generation ago and draw conclusions. What remains an open question, the four argue, is whether the leadership will have the courage to draw on the lessons that those earlier events provide or allow Russia to fall into the same trap?

First, both at the end of Soviet times and now, Moscow is dependent on the export of oil to maintain itself, but the big difference, one that matters profoundly, the four say, is that the causes of the decline in oil prices now are very different than they were in the 1980s and may prove both more severe and less so.

More severe, they suggest, in that the causes are less the result of specific policies that might be reversed, and less so because the West has an interest in ensuring that prices do not fall too low lest the fracking revolution become unprofitable.

Second, the degeneration of the party-state nomenklatura and the rise of what Milovan Djilas called the new class played a key role in the demise of the USSR: party leaders wanted to own what they merely controlled, the four say. The Putin elite is different and again that has pluses and minuses for Russia’s future.

On the one hand, the core Putin elite “was formed out of a network of personal trust,” but on the other, the problem of rotating cadres in the regions has not been solved. Instead, what has happened is that some of the older leaders have survived while others have been replaced by faceless and uncharismatic placeholders.

Third, as in the 1980s, Russia faces economic stagnation, but then it had less to do with actual decline than with falling ever further behind the West. Now, it is declining as well. Moreover, the four say, Russia has suffered “years of de-industrialization” and will need “’a great leap forward’” to avoid falling into a similar trap.

Fourth, the Soviet system because of central planning constantly suffered from consumer goods shortages. Now, they are not so severe, although sanctions and counter-sanctions may exacerbate a situation in which Russians, including Russian leaders, have become accustomed to relatively easy access to western goods.

Fifth, Soviet involvement in Afghanistan was very different than Russian involvement in Ukraine, but “the interference of Russia in the Ukrainian conflict in the south-east of the country and the military-political operation in Crimea” is viewed by the  Western media and Russian society as yet another case in which Moscow is “the aggressor.”

And sixth, faith in the Soviet ideology died, having gone through all the phases of “any religion.” Russia today faces a situation which is “both better and worse: its ideology cannot collapse because it doesn’t exist.”

The situation in Brezhnev’s time was somewhat similar in that with the decline in faith in communism, there was ideological confusion. But today, the situation is much more serious, the four argue.  Moscow has not been able to “overcome a defensive paradigm” as far as public belief is concerned.

“We have recovered the Crimean advance post, something extremely important in the national mental geography but in fact, we as before do not know what besides language, a common history and ‘polite people’ tie us together,” the four analysts say.

What the Kremlin has offered, a patriotism based on a conservative projection of what exists combined with a certain religiosity, is hardly enough, and there is little reason to think that “the apostles of the new Russian conservative, who were yesterday’s Komsomol and Party members who passed through the business of the 1990s,” won’t move to something else “on the first available occasion.”

The four do not suggest what that might be, but the history of the end of the USSR does: when faith in a super-national project dies, ever more people turn to national or sub-national ones.  That shift killed the Soviet Union. It could, despite this cause not being in the list of the four, kill the Russian Federation as well.

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Russia heading for crash as ruble plummets - CNNMoney

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:09 PM

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Russia heading for crash as ruble plummets CNNMoney Cash is flooding out of the country and the risk that some Russian companies may default is increasing. Russia's central bank has raised interest rates five times this year, and spent nearly $90 billion trying to defend the ruble and prevent prices ... Will Russia Collapse With the Ruble?TheStreet.com  Oil prices, ruble, inflation all bite Russia, but how badly?

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Сколько Путин отвел Медведеву by Радио Свобода

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:09 PM

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	Сколько Путин отвел Медведеву  Дмитрий Медведев дает интервью и пишет статьи, в то время, как его отставки от Путина требуют все настойчиве...	From: Радио Свобода Views: 301      22 ratings
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Ruble Collapse Stokes Russian Mortgage Boomby By Howard Amos

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:08 PM

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One real estate developer and mortgage provider is eager to highlight the collapse of the Russian currency.

Ходаковский: ДНР нужно выходить на границы Донецкой области - ИА REGNUM

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:08 PM

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Ходаковский: ДНР нужно выходить на границы Донецкой области ИА REGNUM «Нужно выходить на границы Донецкой области. Если Украина не согласится решить вопрос политическим путем, будем отстаивать военным», — как сообщает пресс-центр Донецкой Народной Республики, об этом сегодня, 15 декабря, заявил секретарь Совета Безопасности ДНР ... В ДНР наводят порядки: вводится смертная казньThe Kiev Times Глава Совбеза ДНР назвал украинцев братским народомKM.RU Террористы "ДНР" больше на видят смысла драться за аэропорт ДонецкаТелеканал 24 Комсомольская Правда в Украине-ЛІГА.net  Все похожие статьи: 109 »

Украина может не получить помощь ЕС в полном размере – Ковтун - СЕГОДНЯ

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:07 PM

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Конгресс давит на Кремль by Радио Свобода

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:06 PM

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	Конгресс давит на Кремль  Поможет ли россиянам и украинцам законопроект о поддержке демократии на Украине, одобренный Конгрессом...	From: Радио Свобода Views: 0      0 ratings
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White House has not yet decided on Russia sanctions bill - Reuters

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:06 PM

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Russia raises key rate to 17%, effective Tuesday - CNBC

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:06 PM

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Russia raises key rate to 17%, effective Tuesday CNBC  In September, the United States and the European Union imposed a new round of sanctions for Moscow's actions in Ukraine, which included blocking Western financial markets to key Russian companies and limiting imports of some technologies.

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Obama: Not Enough Thanks for US Troops Who Served in Afghanistan by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:06 PM

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With the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan coming to a close, President Barack Obama saluted returning U.S. troops Monday, saying the country cannot thank them enough. The president was at Fort Dix, New Jersey, the departure and arrival point for military members of all branches serving in Afghanistan. Obama told the troops Americans are free, safe and secure at home because they are willing to serve overseas. He noted that Americans may disagree and debate, but are united and proud when it comes to their armed forces. Obama said the U.S. war in Afghanistan is coming to what he calls a "responsible end," but that Afghanistan is still a very dangerous place. Some U.S. forces will remain to keep the pressure on the Taliban and al-Qaida. Fifteen thousand U.S. troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq by the start of the new year, down from 180,000 when Obama took office in 2009. He called this a turning point for the U.S. military, saying the days of deploying large numbers of ground forces to engage in nation building are coming to an end. U.S. forces heading to West Africa to fight the Ebola outbreak also depart from Fort Dix. Obama said this effort will ultimately save thousands of lives. During his appearance at Fort Dix, the president also said he will sign the $1.1 trillion spending bill Congress passed earlier this week. The measure includes a pay raise for U.S. troops. Some information for this report comes from AP and Reuters.

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Лукашенко заявил, что США сняли с Белоруссии все санкции - ИА REGNUM

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:05 PM

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Лукашенко заявил, что США сняли с Белоруссии все санкции ИА REGNUM Белоруссии следует диверсифицировать рынки, не надеясь на Россию. Об этом 15 декабря в Минске заявил Александр Лукашенко, назначая чиновников, сообщает пресс-служба президента Белоруссии. «Год особый, ситуация непростая. Вы видите, как просела Россия — это наш ... Лукашенко призвал перестать молиться на РоссиюGIGAmir Лукашенко: Мы не можем все время молиться на одну Россию, любой ценой мы должны выходить на новые рынкиБелаПАН Лукашенко решил «не молиться на Россию», а искать новые рынки сбытаДеПо Все похожие статьи: 76 »

Denmark challenges Russia and Canada over North Pole - BBC News

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:05 PM

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Denmark challenges Russia and Canada over North Pole BBC News Canada and Russia have already asserted their own sovereignty over the energy-rich Arctic territory. Arctic nations have agreed that a UN panel will settle the dispute. The focus of the dispute is the Lomonosov Ridge, a 1,800km-long (1,120 miles ... Denmark Rivals Russia's Claim to North PoleThe Moscow Times Denmark claims North Pole, joins Canada, RussiaPort Huron Times Herald all 187 news articles »

RUSSIAN RATE-HIKE STUNNER - Business Insider

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RUSSIAN RATE-HIKE STUNNER Business Insider This surprise announcement from Russia comes after the ruble got absolutely crushed on Monday, losing more than 10% of its value against the US dollar, as the ruble fell to below 64 against the dollar on Monday; earlier this year, one dollar bought ... and more »

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What is Vladimir Putin doing in the skies of the Baltics?by Colin Freeman

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:04 PM

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A near-miss between a Scandinavian airliner and a Russian spy plane shows the Kremlin's war gaming

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The big risk of the Russian central bank’s drastic interest rate rise by Nils Pratley

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:04 PM

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As the pressure grows on the rouble and Putin’s regime, the geopolitical temperature
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Burn some speculators and show you’re serious. That’s the thinking behind the Russian central bank’s middle-of-the-night hike in interest rates from 10.5% to 17%. As with Norman Lamont on Black Wednesday in the UK in 1992, the challenge is to maintain credibility. Red Monday, as it is already being dubbed, could backfire in similar style.

The Russian authorities’ desire to do something dramatic is understandable. The rouble plunged almost 10% on Monday, indicating a loss of confidence that goes beyond a plunge in oil prices. Moscow, in the face of tightening US-led sanctions, looked weak and its economy at the mercy of the foreign exchange markets.

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World Briefing: Denmark: A Claim to the North Poleby By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:03 PM

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Scientific data shows that Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, giving Denmark a claim to the North Pole and any energy resources beneath it, Denmark’s foreign minister has said.

World Briefing | Europe: Russia: NATO Voices Aviation Protestby By REUTERS

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:03 PM

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NATO on Monday accused Russia of posing a danger to civil aviation in the Baltic region after Sweden protested that a Russian Air Force jet had flown too close to an airliner and had turned off one of its location instruments.

Ukraine PM: $10B Needed to Avoid Bankruptcyby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:03 PM

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country urgently needs $10 billion to avoid bankruptcy. After meeting with European Union ministers in Brussels Monday, reporters asked Yatsenyuk when he needs the money. He replied "yesterday." Ukraine's war with pro-Russian separatists has battered an already bad economy. Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia, is at a record low. The EU is demanding that Ukraine implement economic reforms in exchange for financial aid. But Yatsenyuk said it is hard to fight a nuclear state "armed to the teeth" — a reference to Russia, which has allegedly sent soldiers and weapons to Ukrainian separatists. Russia denies involvement in eastern Ukraine, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Interfax news agency Monday that Moscow wants rebel-controlled areas to remain part of Ukraine. Lavrov said Moscow is insisting on "constitutional reform involving all regions and all political forces." The United Nations reported Monday that at least 4,707 people have been killed since the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in April. The report says there is a "total breakdown in law and order" in eastern Ukraine. It says this is fueled by heavy weapons and foreign fighters crossing the borders, including from Russia. U.N. human rights official Gianni Magazzeni says people living in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by the separatists are experiencing murder, kidnapping, torture, rape and  forced labor. Some information for this report comes from Reuters.

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Вице-премьер США пообещал обеспечить помощь Украине от МВФ - Полит.ру

Monday December 15th, 2014 at 11:03 PM

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Вице-премьер США пообещал обеспечить помощь Украине от МВФ Полит.ру Вице-президент США Джо Байден пообещал украинскому лидеру Петру Порошенко сделать все необходимое для того, чтобы Международный валютный фонд предоставил Киеву финансовую помощь. Об этом сообщает пресс-служба Порошенко. «Джозеф Байден подтвердил ... Байден подтвердил намерение США оказать помощь УкраинеСЕГОДНЯ Порошенко и Байден обсудили вопрос финансовой поддержки УкраиныРусская Служба Новостей Порошенко обсудил с Байденом вопросы финансовой поддержки УкраиныБалтИнфо.ru Mail.Ru -Газета.Ru Все похожие статьи: 20 »

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mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. One real estate developer and mortgage provider is eager to highlight the collapse of the Russian currency.

» Ходаковский: ДНР нужно выходить на границы Донецкой области - ИА REGNUM
15/12/14 22:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Комсомольская Правда в Украине Ходаковский: ДНР нужно выходить на границы Донецкой области ИА REGNUM «Нужно выходить на границы Донецкой области. Если Украина не соглас...

» Украина может не получить помощь ЕС в полном размере – Ковтун - СЕГОДНЯ
15/12/14 22:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ Украина может не получить помощь ЕС в полном размере – Ковтун СЕГОДНЯ Украина может не получить полную сумму второго транша помощи ЕС в размере 105 млн евро в 2015 году, по...

» Конгресс давит на Кремль
15/12/14 22:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Конгресс давит на Кремль Помо...

» White House has not yet decided on Russia sanctions bill - Reuters
15/12/14 22:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters White House has not yet decided on Russia sanctions bill Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that President Barack Obama had not yet decided how to r...

» Russia raises key rate to 17%, effective Tuesday - CNBC
15/12/14 22:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNBC TIME Russia raises key rate to 17%, effective Tuesday CNBC In September, the United States and the European Union imposed a new round of sanctions for Moscow's actions in Ukraine...

» Obama: Not Enough Thanks for US Troops Who Served in Afghanistan
15/12/14 22:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. With the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan coming to a close, President Barack Obama saluted returning U.S. troops Monday, saying the country cannot thank them enough. The president was ...

» Лукашенко заявил, что США сняли с Белоруссии все санкции - ИА REGNUM
15/12/14 22:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Lenta.ru Лукашенко заявил, что США сняли с Белоруссии все санкции ИА REGNUM Белоруссии следует диверсифицировать рынки, не надеясь на Россию. Об этом 15 декабря в Минске заявил Але...

» Denmark challenges Russia and Canada over North Pole - BBC News
15/12/14 22:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Denmark challenges Russia and Canada over North Pole BBC News Canada and Russia have already asserted their own sovereignty over the energy-rich Arctic territory. Arctic nati...

» RUSSIAN RATE-HIKE STUNNER - Business Insider
15/12/14 22:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider RUSSIAN RATE-HIKE STUNNER Business Insider This surprise announcement from Russia comes after the ruble got absolutely crushed on Monday, losing more than 10% of its ...

» What is Vladimir Putin doing in the skies of the Baltics?
15/12/14 22:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. A near-miss between a Scandinavian airliner and a Russian spy plane shows the Kremlin's war gaming

» The big risk of the Russian central bank’s drastic interest rate rise
15/12/14 22:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. As the pressure grows on the rouble and Putin’s regime, the geopolitical temperature goes up rises Burn some speculators and show you’re serious. That’s the thinking behind the Russi...

» World Briefing: Denmark: A Claim to the North Pole
15/12/14 22:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Scientific data shows that Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, giving Denmark a claim to the North Pole and any energy resources beneath it, Den...

» World Briefing | Europe: Russia: NATO Voices Aviation Protest
15/12/14 22:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. NATO on Monday accused Russia of posing a danger to civil aviation in the Baltic region after Sweden protested that a Russian Air Force jet had flown too close to an airliner and had turne...

» Ukraine PM: $10B Needed to Avoid Bankruptcy
15/12/14 22:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country urgently needs $10 billion to avoid bankruptcy. After meeting with European Union ministers in Brussels Monday, reporters asked...

» Вице-премьер США пообещал обеспечить помощь Украине от МВФ - Полит.ру
15/12/14 22:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Корреспондент.net Вице-премьер США пообещал обеспечить помощь Украине от МВФ Полит.ру Вице-президент США Джо Байден пообещал украинскому лидеру Петру Порошенко сделать все необходи...

» Russian Military Jet Nearly Collides With Passenger Plane
15/12/14 22:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. There's been another close call between a Russian military aircraft and a commercial jetliner.

» US Senate passes $1.1tn spending bill
15/12/14 22:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Vote ends threat of government shutdown and ensures funding for federal agencies until September 2015 The US Senate passed a $1.1tn spending bill on Saturday, ending the threa...

» US protesters march against police slayings of black men
15/12/14 22:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Demonstrators nationwide protesting the fatal shootings of unarmed black men killed by police chanted "I can't breathe!" "Hands up, don't shoot!" and wave...

» 45 arrested after police protests in SF Bay Area - MiamiHerald.com
15/12/14 22:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. 45 arrested after police protests in SF Bay Area MiamiHerald.com Police arrested 45 people Saturday in the hours after thousands of protesters took to the streets of San Francisc...

» Russian Human Rights Group Under Pressure In Chechnya
15/12/14 22:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Grozny apartment that served as the office of the local monitoring group branch of the Committee to Prevent Torture (KPP) was destroyed by a fire late on December 13.

» Azerbaijani Opposition Rallies For Release Of Political Prisoners
15/12/14 22:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Azerbaijani opposition activists and their supporters urged the government to release political prisoners and end repression at a rally in Baku.

» Lupica: America continues to protect gun nuts after Newtown - New York Daily News
15/12/14 21:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Kansas City Star ABC News Lupica: America continues to protect gun nuts after Newtown New York Daily News Peg Brokaw, 95, had missed the early Saturday morning Mass at St. Rose o...

» Bond producers say screenplay stolen in Sony hack
15/12/14 21:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8 p.m. EST. LONDON (AP) -- The producers of James Bond films say an early version of the screenplay for the new movie "SPECTRE" is among the material stolen in the massive cyberattack o...

» Intelligence committee requests CIA material on UK role in interrogation - Times of India
15/12/14 21:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Times of India Intelligence committee requests CIA material on UK role in interrogation Times of India LONDON: Britain's top security committee will ask CIA to hand over all material d...

» Haiti - Politic : Violent protest in the capital, one dead - Haitilibre.com
15/12/14 21:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Haitilibre.com Haiti - Politic : Violent protest in the capital, one dead Haitilibre.com Saturday at the call of the opposition a new anti-government demonstration was held in th...

» EU's Russia debate a challenge for top diplomat Mogherini
15/12/14 21:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy's Federica Mogherini pledged as European Union foreign policy chief that the EU would play a stronger role in tackling world crises. Her resolve is about to ...

» Identity theft victims face months of hassle
15/12/14 21:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8 p.m. EST. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As soon as Mark Kim found out his personal information was compromised in a data breach at Target last year, the 36-year-old tech worker signed up for ...

» Ukraine Aid Bill Heads To Obama
15/12/14 21:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A bill authorizing lethal aid for Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia unanimously passed the U.S. Senate late on December 13, sending it to U.S. President Barack Oba...

» FSB Names Former Russian Spy In Estonia
15/12/14 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has revealed the name of one of its agents who spied for the FSB for 20 years while also being employed at Estonia's internal secu...

» Cheney Defends C.I.A. Tactics in Counterattack on Senate Report on Torture
15/12/14 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Former Vice President Dick Cheney mounted a spirited rebuttal to the Senate committee’s torture report, saying there was no comparison between the C.I.A.’s tactics and terrorists’ actions.

» Former CIA official: Employees see report as 'silly, partisan' - The Hill
15/12/14 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Sacramento Bee Former CIA official: Employees see report as 'silly, partisan' The Hill CIA employees are on the defense after the release of a Senate report that concluded the agency's...

» Full Diplomatic Plate for Kerry in Rome
15/12/14 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Secretary of State John F. Kerry traveled to Rome on Sunday to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the new European foreign policy chief and the foreign ministers of Russia, France, Brita...

» Moscow opposes Western requests to fire Russian at Darfur mission: envoys
15/12/14 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia has opposed requests by the United States, Britain and France for the firing of a key Russian official from a troubled peacekeeping mission in Sudan's...

» On Torture Report, Cheney Attacks While Bush Goes Quiet - Bloomberg
15/12/14 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Guardian On Torture Report, Cheney Attacks While Bush Goes Quiet Bloomberg The former president and vice president have criticized the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's rep...

» Cheney on CIA Torture: Bush Was Fully Informed - Businessweek
15/12/14 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Slate Magazine Cheney on CIA Torture: Bush Was Fully Informed Businessweek Former Vice President Dick Cheney said President George W. Bush was fully briefed on interrogation tact...

» Cheney has no regrets: 'I would do it again in a minute' - CNN
15/12/14 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Cheney has no regrets: 'I would do it again in a minute' CNN Washington (CNN) -- A defiant former Vice President Dick Cheney doubled-down on his defense of the extrem...

» Paris, Berlin Call On Kyiv To Press Ahead With Reforms
15/12/14 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Ukraine to press ahead with economic reforms.

» Amid terrorism fears in Europe, are security forces going too far?
15/12/14 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. BIRMINGHAM, England — As a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, Moazzam Begg was able to escape only Begg’s only escape was in his dre...

» Journalists arrested in Turkey
15/12/14 21:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Turkish police on Sunday arrested senior journalists, media executives and even the scriptwriter for a popular television series on charges of "forming, leading and being a member of an ar...

» Russia 'could accidentally down a plane over Britain': Defence Secretary warns Putin he is playing 'dangerous' game allowing bombers to fly over UK waters
15/12/14 21:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Michael Fallon said Vladimir Putin’s aggression could even spark a war with Nato forces. He said Britain should ‘prepare for the worst’ as the Russian President flexes his muscles.

» Where the U.S. Army Is Winless
15/12/14 21:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Thirteen years ago, two months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the U.S. finally had something to celebrate. “We believe the Taliban appears to have abandoned Kabul,” General Richard ...

» Sony’s International Incident: Making Kim’s Head Explode
15/12/14 21:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Sony’s executives now say they knew that basing a film on the assassination of Kim Jong-un of North Korea had inherent risks.

» C.I.A. Chief and President Walk Fine Line
15/12/14 21:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. John O. Brennan’s close relationship with President Obama helped shape his assertive response to a scathing Senate report on agency torture.

» Brennan Draws on Bond With Obama in Backing CIA - New York Times
15/12/14 21:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times Brennan Draws on Bond With Obama in Backing CIA New York Times WASHINGTON — Just hours before he publicly responded last week to the Senate Intelligence Committee ...

» Nazarbaev Issues Veiled Warning To Russia At SCO Meeting
15/12/14 21:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The prime ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states are meeting in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana.

» Russian arms sales soared in 2013, bucking global slowdown: think tank
15/12/14 21:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Russian arms makers' sales soared 20 percent in 2013, bucking a slowdown in other countries' industries, largely thanks to a Kremlin push to modernize its militar...

» Moscow shifts to tougher economic relationship with Ukraine: PM
15/12/14 21:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moving closer to the European Union offers no panacea for Ukraine's financial problems and will mean big losses in economic ties with Moscow, Russian Prime Minister ...

» Poet Yevtushenko Hospitalized in Russia After Fall
15/12/14 21:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who achieved a rock-star level of fame during the Soviet era, was hospitalized on December 14 after a fall during a visit to the souther...

» Obama's Nuclear Hypocrisy: He Promised A World Without Nukes, What ... - Mother Jones
15/12/14 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Mother Jones Obama's Nuclear Hypocrisy: He Promised A World Without Nukes, What ... Mother Jones Mark these days. A long-dreaded transformation from hope to doom is taking place as the...

» Gay conversion group's billboard star not a twin … but is gay
15/12/14 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The poster claimed that of identical twins, one was gay and one straight. In fact the ‘twins’ were a single model and he is openly gay When the gay-to-straight conversion grou...

» Russian Arms Sales Soared in 2013, Bucking Global Slowdown
15/12/14 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian arms makers' sales soared 20 percent in 2013, bucking a slowdown in other countries' industries, largely thanks to a Kremlin push to modernize its military, the SIPRI think tank s...

» Cheney defends controversial CIA interrogations and denies it was torture - La prensa
15/12/14 21:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. La prensa Cheney defends controversial CIA interrogations and denies it was torture La prensa Cheney said his definition of torture was "an American citizen on a cell phone making...

» HRW: Russia Fails to Protect LGBT Community
15/12/14 20:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Human Rights Watch says Russian authorities have failed "in their obligation to prevent and prosecute homophobic violence." The human rights group said Monday that growing numbers of lesb...

» Ukraine conflict creates 'increasingly dire' conditions for 5M people, UN warns - CBC.ca
15/12/14 20:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. CBC.ca Ukraine conflict creates 'increasingly dire' conditions for 5M people, UN warns CBC.ca The UN human rights office says at least 4,707 people have been killed and 10,322 wounded ...

» Guantanamo Hearing to Focus on FBI Actions
15/12/14 20:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. FBI efforts to infiltrate defense teams will top the agenda when a U.S. military court hearing for suspects in the September 11, 2001, attacks starts on Monday, the first such proceeding ...

» $1.3bn committed to fight Islamic State terror in Iraq - The Australian
15/12/14 20:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. NEWS.com.au $1.3bn committed to fight Islamic State terror in Iraq The Australian SPENDING on national security to counter homegrown terrorism and fight Islamic State extremists in Ira...

» Prisoners of war put to work in east Ukraine
15/12/14 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Prisoners of war put to work in east Ukraine On the snowy roof of a music school in eastern Ukraine, workers are busy fixing damage from artillery shelling. When their shift end...

» ISIS hostage Peter Kassig was killed by gunshot before being beheaded, analysis shows
15/12/14 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Medical experts examining an ISIS propaganda video in which Mr Kassig's severed head is seen at the feet of ISIS' British executioner in chief, have concluded that he is likely to have ...

» Office of human rights group torched in Chechnya
15/12/14 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Workers say they have suffered harassment after complaining about methods used by authorities after Grozny terror attack Human rights workers in Chechnya have suffered harassm...

» Jailed Venezuela Opposition Leader Rattles Cage - ABC News
15/12/14 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Fox News Jailed Venezuela Opposition Leader Rattles Cage ABC News Locked up and denounced by Venezuela's government as a terrorist, Leopoldo Lopez may be out of sight, but he is not ou...

» Seven ways to end loneliness
15/12/14 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. As Christmas approaches, not everyone will be among loved ones but individuals and authorities can all do their bit to help In the run-up to Christmas most of us make the extr...

» Listening Devices Found in Oslo, Prompting Spying Probe
15/12/14 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Norwegian police are investigating a possible spying operation by a foreign power after electronic devices designed to intercept telephone conversations were discovered near government bu...

» Medvedev, Abdullah Meet In Astana
15/12/14 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Afghan counterpart Abdullah Abdullah held talks on the sidelines of a gathering of prime ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation ...

» Elizabeth Warren: 'I am not running for president' - Chicago Sun-Times
15/12/14 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chicago Sun-Times Elizabeth Warren: 'I am not running for president' Chicago Sun-Times A group may be Ready for Warren, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says she's not ready f...

» CIA strikes back after the Senate torture report - Baltimore Sun
15/12/14 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CIA strikes back after the Senate torture report Baltimore Sun There has been much gnashing of teeth over the Senate Intelligence Committee's report documenting use of "enhanced ...

» Former US Army psychiatrist says CIA questioning driven by pressure link ... - Daily Mail
15/12/14 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Mail Former US Army psychiatrist says CIA questioning driven by pressure link ... Daily Mail The C.I.A. tortured al-Qaeda suspects in the wake of 9/11 in a bid to prove Saddam Hu...

» Merkel urges Bulgaria to seek new talks with Putin on South Stream
15/12/14 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed Bulgaria on Monday in its bid to seek new talks with Russia about the South Stream gas pipeline after Moscow shelved the proje...

» Belarus Bans Russian Noodles, Coffee Amid Trade Dispute
15/12/14 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Belarus' chief sanitary inspector and deputy health minister, Ihar Hayeuski, has banned imports of Russia-produced noodles and coffee amid a trade spat between the two co...

» Hardships Grow for Millions in Eastern Ukraine, U.N. Report Says
15/12/14 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. As fighting continues in the rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, the United Nations report said an average of 13 people were dying every day.

» Russia says it wants east Ukraine to stay with Kiev under reformed constitution - Reuters UK
15/12/14 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters UK Russia says it wants east Ukraine to stay with Kiev under reformed constitution Reuters UK MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow wants Ukraine to carry out a constitutional reform to al...

» Arab Woman Aims to Blaze Trail in Israel's High-tech Sector
15/12/14 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Israel is proud to call itself a "Start-up Nation", with more tech firms listed on Nasdaq than any other country outside the United States and China. But two elements are often missing fr...

» Navajos buy back artifacts at Paris auction
15/12/14 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:36 p.m. EST. PARIS (AP) -- Navajo officials spent several hundred thousand euros to buy back seven tribal masks at an auction Monday in Paris - a sale that went ahead despite efforts ...

» Kremlin claims it had double agent in Estonia feeding them MI5 secrets
15/12/14 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Ex KGB officer Uno Puusepp was allowed to join Tallinn's secret service after the break-up of the USSR. Moscow claims he fed them MI5 secrets that made Snowden's revelations redundant.

» Sandy Hook Families Sue Gun Manufacturer
15/12/14 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit says the gunmaker should not have made the military-style rifle available to the public.

» Can Turkey under Erdoğan any longer be deemed a reliable western ally?
15/12/14 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Raids against opposition journalists, ex-police chiefs and investigators highlight how far president has distanced Turkey from west Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s politics of paranoia...

» Newtown families sue gunmaker and seller over 2012 school shooting
15/12/14 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Lawsuit says Bushmaster AR-15 was military weapon unsuitable for public Families also target Distributor Camfour and Riverview Gun Sales store As Newtown builds a new school, ...

» Backing CIA, Cheney Revisits Torture Debate From Bush Era - New York Times
15/12/14 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. New York Times Backing CIA, Cheney Revisits Torture Debate From Bush Era New York Times As vice president, Dick Cheney was the most enthusiastic sponsor for the brutal C.I.A. interroga...

» Homophobic attacks on the rise in Russia: HRW
15/12/14 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Homophobic attacks on the rise in Russia: HRW Human Rights Watch sounds the alarm over an increase in homophobic attacks in Russia, slamming Vladimir Putin's government for "ina...

» EU under pressure to ban diclofenac to protect Europe's vultures
15/12/14 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Veterinary drug for cattle that led to collapse of vulture populations of Asia is a risk to 55,000 birds, says European Medicines Agency Pressure is mounting on Europe to imme...

» Webb says U.S. has 5 percent of world's population, 25 percent of its "known ... - PolitiFact
15/12/14 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Webb says U.S. has 5 percent of world's population, 25 percent of its "known ... PolitiFact The United States has too many people in behind bars, says former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, w...

» Two students fall 60ft to their deaths while kissing on balcony
15/12/14 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Pair lost their balance after attending party at luxury apartment in south-east London Two students fell 18 metres (60 feet) to their deaths while “making out” on the balcony ...

» Human Rights Watch: Russia fails to protect LGBT people
15/12/14 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Russian authorities are failing to protect gay people from persecution and are not prosecuting the perpetrators of a growing number of homophobic attacks, Human Rights Watch says in a new ...

» Beyond Bill Cosby: 2014 was the year we stopped worshipping at the altar of monsters
15/12/14 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. From athletes in elevators and Hollywood executives in emails to ‘alleged’ sexual predators and, yes, even the fallen young men in the streets, the luxury of golden silence is...

» Senior At New York City's Stuyvesant High School Mohammed Islam Makes $72 ... - KpopStarz
15/12/14 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. KpopStarz Senior At New York City's Stuyvesant High School Mohammed Islam Makes $72 ... KpopStarz He's a high-school student that has been dubbed by the New York Post as the “tee...

» Erdogan Tells EU To 'Mind Own Business' In Media Arrests
15/12/14 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that weekend raids on opposition media outlets were in response to "dirty operations" by political enemies, and told the E...

» The Fight Against ISIS on the Border Between Turkey and Syria
15/12/14 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In recent weeks, the town of Kobani Kobane in Syria has become a symbol of resistance against Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) militants. A battle to control the border city has raged f...

» The Fight Against ISIS on the Border Between Turkey and Syria - TIME
15/12/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Wall Street Journal The Fight Against ISIS on the Border Between Turkey and Syria TIME In recent weeks, the town of Kobani in Syria has become a symbol of resistance against Islamic St...

» Obama administration says no decision yet on Russia sanctions bill
15/12/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is looking at a bill that would authorize new sanctions on Russia over its activities in Ukraine, and has not yet made a decision on whe...

» The Evolution of ISIS | The New York Times
15/12/14 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. The Evolution of ISIS | The New York Times Key points in the terror group's rapid growth and the slowing of its advance as it faces international airstrikes and local resista...

» Murder raps filed vs US Marine Pemberton - Inquirer.net
15/12/14 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Inquirer.net Murder raps filed vs US Marine Pemberton Inquirer.net OLONGAPO CITY—“It's murder,” Chief City Prosecutor Emily Fe de los Santos announced on Monday, after filing mur...

» Putin Critic Serving Life Sentence Dies In Jail
15/12/14 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Yury Shutov, a longtime inmate who was a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin in the 1990s, has reportedly died in prison aged 68.

» Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State
15/12/14 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. FORT DIX, N.J. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a U.S. military base on Monday to issue a tough warning to Islamic State militants, saying a U.S.-led c...

» Connected or Not, ISIS Casts a Shadow Over the Sydney Hostage Crisis
15/12/14 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. On Sept. 3, two weeks and one day after James Foley was beheaded by the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), the U.S. official in charge of preventing terrorist attacks against the homelan...

» Walton, Richest Woman in the World, Set to Surpass Koch Brothers' Fortunes - Forbes
15/12/14 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Walton, Richest Woman in the World , Set to Surpass Koch Brothers' Fortunes Forbes In a battle featuring the two wealthiest families in America, individual members of the Walton family...

» Venezuela's Maduro slams 'insolent Yankees,' 'murderer' Aznar
15/12/14 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro let rip at the U.S. government on Monday over sanctions against Venezuelan officials and branded ex-Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar...

» Obama Says Coalition Forces Have Halted Islamic State Momentum
15/12/14 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The president said that it had been made clear to ISIS that the United States would not back down and in the end, “we will get you.”

» Psychologist Admits He Waterboarded Al Qaeda Suspects: Report - Huffington Post
15/12/14 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Huffington Post Psychologist Admits He Waterboarded Al Qaeda Suspects: Report Huffington Post WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - One of the chief architects of the CIA's harsh Bush-e...

» Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 14 - Daily Beast
15/12/14 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Daily Beast Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 14 Daily Beast Dick Cheney dredges up long-disproved lies to justify torture. PunditFact calls him on it. By Louis Jacobson and J...

» Psychologist Admits He Waterboarded Al Qaeda Suspects: Report
15/12/14 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Politics - The Huffington Post. WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - One of the chief architects of the CIA's harsh Bush-era interrogation program has admitted in a media interview for the first time that he wat...

» Ukrainian PM appeals to EU for immediate financial aid
15/12/14 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk appealed to the European Union for urgent financial aid on Monday, saying the government was doing all it could to fix a ...

» What Russia's Ruble Collapse Means for the World - TIME
15/12/14 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME What Russia's Ruble Collapse Means for the World TIME Russia's ruble is melting down faster than you can say “Vladimir Vladimirovich”. That's nothing short of disastrous for...

» Senate Finally Approves Surgeon General Nominee - NBCNews.com
15/12/14 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Senate Finally Approves Surgeon General Nominee NBCNews.com The Senate on Monday narrowly confirmed President Barack Obama's pick for surgeon general after fierce oppos...

» Russian central bank raises interest rate to 17% to prevent rouble’s collapse
15/12/14 20:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Bank’s decision, sparked by fears plunging global oil price would devastate country’s economy, rattles global markets Russia’s central bank has taken drastic action to halt th...

» Russia’s Central Bank Abruptly Raises Key Rate to 17%
15/12/14 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Western sanctions and the collapse in the price of oil have weighed on the economy and hurt the ruble.

» Hostages Killed in Sydney Siege Identified
15/12/14 20:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Two hostages who died as a result of the siege in Sydney have been identified as a barrister and the manager of the cafe where the crisis unfolded. Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old mother of three, was ...

» Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza took motive to his grave
14/12/14 11:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Justice. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Adam Lanza gave "no clear indication" that he planned Sandy Hook killings, report finds Lanza wrote stories about killer "Granny," saved newspaper reprints about mass mu...

» Developments in Newtown 2 years after massacre
14/12/14 11:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By The Associated Press As the second anniversary of the Newtown school shooting arrives on Sunday, local officials and others touched by the tragedy have been busy on many fronts as the town continues its re...

» Yes, There Are More Mass Shootings
14/12/14 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from U.S. News - Data Mine. Shootings seem to be as common in the U.S. as fast-food restaurants these days. Or obesity. Or other American things.  Early Thursday morning, a man shot three people at the Flo...

» Duchess of Cambridge rolls eyes after being told to keep wrapping presents
13/12/14 17:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Kate Middleton caught off guard at Northside Center for Child Development during recent visit to New York It’s probably fair to say that the Duchess of Cambridge doesn’t have ...

» Lord West says UK spies 'may have seen' CIA torture
13/12/14 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Admiral Lord West, a minister under Gordon Brown, said there may have been the ‘odd case’ where agents were aware of what their CIA counterparts were doing.

» In Mexico, a Growing Gap Between Political Class and Calls for Change
13/12/14 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A special prosecutor to investigate corruption is expected to be named soon, but falling confidence in the president and the political process itself is imperiling the mission before it beg...

» Justice Department won't compel Times reporter Risen to reveal source in leak ... - Washington Post
13/12/14 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Justice Department won't compel Times reporter Risen to reveal source in leak ... Washington Post Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided he will not force a New York Tim...

» Ex-Chief Leads Vocal Defense of Spy Agency
13/12/14 17:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The counteroffensive, which includes a new website, began even before the Senate committee issued its report on the agency’s harsh treatment of detainees.

» Haiti's president sacrifices prime minister in bid to reunite country
13/12/14 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian president Michel Martelly agreed to seek the resignation of his prime minister on Friday, after accepting the recommendations of a special commission...

» Secret Service Responds to Scott Stapp's Alleged Threat Against President Obama - AceShowbiz
13/12/14 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. AceShowbiz Secret Service Responds to Scott Stapp's Alleged Threat Against President Obama AceShowbiz In a 911 call made by Scott's wife and his sister-in-law, they said the sing...

» Union: Police not told boy's gun might be toy - Akron Beacon Journal
13/12/14 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Akron Beacon Journal Union: Police not told boy's gun might be toy Akron Beacon Journal Tamir Rice, 12, was fatally shot by police in Cleveland after brandishing what turned out ...

» New York man pleads guilty to fake anthrax, ricin attacks - Daily Mail
13/12/14 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York man pleads guilty to fake anthrax, ricin attacks Daily Mail SYRACUSE, N.Y. Dec 12 (Reuters) - A New York man pleaded guilty to mailing more than 20 death-threat letters ...

» My mother insisted I was gay - but I’m not
13/12/14 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Guillaume Gallienne was different from his three athletic brothers – he liked to dance and dress up as a woman. His mother treated him like a girl and told him he was gay. The...

» Islamic State beheads four men for blasphemy in Syria: monitor
13/12/14 17:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State's self-declared police force in western Syria decapitated four men after accusing them of blasphemy, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said...

» Russia would react if U.S. imposes new sanctions: minister
13/12/14 17:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will take counter measures if Washington imposes new sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, accord...

» Protesters of Police Killings March on Washington - ABC News
13/12/14 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Protesters of Police Killings March on Washington ABC News Protesters plan to converge on the nation's capital on Saturday to help bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black ...

» Police say Oregon shooting appears gang related - MiamiHerald.com
13/12/14 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. MiamiHerald.com Police say Oregon shooting appears gang related MiamiHerald.com Police are searching for a gunman who left three young people hospitalized in what investigators s...

» France's military brothels: Hidden history of the First World War - FRANCE 24
13/12/14 17:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. FRANCE 24 France's military brothels: Hidden history of the First World War FRANCE 24 These are the words of Dr Léon Bizard in his memoires of the First World War. He was describing th...

» NYC police union wants mayor banned from funerals - Washington Post
13/12/14 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Kansas City Star NYC police union wants mayor banned from funerals Washington Post NEW YORK — New York City's rank-and-file police union is urging its members to ban Mayor Bill d...

» Spy messages could finally solve mystery of UN chief’s death crash
13/12/14 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. US urged to hand over intercepts to establish truth of 1961 plane accident in Zambia in which Dag Hammarskjöld died For more than half a century, the circumstances of the trag...

» NYC police union wants mayor banned from funerals - FOX 29
13/12/14 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NYC police union wants mayor banned from funerals FOX 29 NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's rank-and-file police union is urging its members to ban Mayor Bill de Blasio from their ...

» Singer Scott Stapp Believes He's A CIA Agent, Threatened To Kill President ... - Starpulse.com
13/12/14 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Starpulse.com Singer Scott Stapp Believes He's A CIA Agent, Threatened To Kill President ... Starpulse.com Scott Stapp's wife and sister-in-law were forced to call police after t...

» Tornado Hits US After Pineapple Express Storm
13/12/14 17:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The tornado came as the region recovered from the storm system dubbed the Pineapple Express.

» Islamic State storms town in western Iraq, kills 19 police: officials
13/12/14 17:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters stormed a town in Iraq's western Anbar province on Saturday, killing at least 19 policemen and trapping others inside their headquarters, in ...

» CIA misrepresented key aspects of brutal interrogation program, according to ... - Fox News
13/12/14 17:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News CIA misrepresented key aspects of brutal interrogation program, according to ... Fox News FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file photo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, shortly after ...

» Huge storm hits US West Coast, Ventura County hit by rockslide - YouTube
13/12/14 17:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Dec 13, 2014 A residential area in Ventura County was hit a rockslide as an usually strong rain storm battered the usually dry Southern California. No casualties were reported but several homes w...

» Huge storm hits US West Coast, Ventura County hit by rockslide
13/12/14 17:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Huge storm hits US West Coast, Ventura County hit by rockslide A residential area in Ventura County was hit a rockslide as an usually strong rain storm battered the usually dry ...

» Computer fault identified as UK flight chaos abates
13/12/14 17:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - A system failure affecting air traffic control workstations was to blame for disruption to thousands of passengers coming in and out of Britain's biggest airports, o...

» How cheap oil changes the world - Christian Science Monitor
13/12/14 17:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Christian Science Monitor How cheap oil changes the world Christian Science Monitor As oil prices hit their lowest point in five years, the ripple effects are being felt around the wor...

» Protests in Washington and New York against police killings – live coverage
13/12/14 17:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Thousands expected to march in cities around US Protests concern deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and others Another march on Washington? After Ferguson, that’s not change...

» Learned helplessness: the enduring effects of torture that haunt victims
13/12/14 17:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The architects of CIA torture sought to make individuals powerless to disobey by breaking down their self-control. Restoring it can be a lifetime’s work Jabuli prefers solitud...

» Islamic State Militants Shoot Down Iraqi Helicopter
13/12/14 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Iraqi officials say Islamic State militants have shot down an Iraqi military helicopter, killing the two pilots onboard. Media reported on Saturday the attack happened in the Shi'ite holy...

» Police in India arrest the man behind pro-Islamic State Twitter account - video
13/12/14 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Police have arrested a man in India who ran a Twitter account called @shamiwitness which praised Islamic State militants. The police commissioner of Bangalore said on Sat...

» FBI reviews hanging death of teen - Indiana Gazette
13/12/14 17:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Indiana Gazette FBI reviews hanging death of teen Indiana Gazette Claudia Lacy, center, cried as she thanked the people who showed up at First Baptist Church in Bladenboro, N.C.,...

» Former Creed Frontman Scott Stapp Threatened To Kill Obama, According To ... - Contactmusic.com
13/12/14 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Contactmusic.com Former Creed Frontman Scott Stapp Threatened To Kill Obama, According To ... Contactmusic.com TMZ has obtained an audio recording of the singer's wife in which s...

» Portland police arrest suspect in school shooting that injured four
13/12/14 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Officials say attack is gang-related amid spike in gang crime since summer but not enough resources to address the problem As Newtown builds a new school, town debates how to ...

» Where Did You Pray While Abroad? Uzbek Migrants Quizzed On Return Home
13/12/14 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Uzbek migrant laborers returning from Russia to Uzbekistan to pick up their new biometric passports are being invited by Uzbekistan's National Security Service (SNB) to h...

» Indian Police Arrest Suspect Behind Pro-Islamic State Tweets
13/12/14 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Police in southern India said on December 13 that they have arrested a man who has admitted to handling a popular Twitter account supporting the Islamic State (IS) milita...

» 'Yes Means Yes' becoming norm on NY campuses
13/12/14 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4 p.m. EST. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Administrative policy may be the new pillow talk on college campuses across New York....

» Major storm sweeps through Southern California - SFGate
13/12/14 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. SFGate Major storm sweeps through Southern California SFGate 50°F San Francisco. antioch; concord; fairfield; hayward; livermore; mill valley; mountain view; napa; oakland; palo ...

» 'Yes Means Yes' becoming norm on NY campuses - seattlepi.com
13/12/14 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. seattlepi.com 'Yes Means Yes' becoming norm on NY campuses seattlepi.com BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Administrative policy may be the new pillow talk on college campuses across New York...

» Activists in Washington March for Racial Justice
13/12/14 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Family members of four black men and boys killed by U.S. police or security personnel joined thousands Saturday in a demonstration of frustration over perceived are joining in a march Sat...

» Del. teen accused of killing father with crossbow - Chron.com
13/12/14 17:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Philly.com Del. teen accused of killing father with crossbow Chron.com HARRINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police say a teenager killed his father with a crossbow, the arrow s...

» NYC police union launches campaign to keep mayor away from funerals - Virginia Gazette
13/12/14 17:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Chron.com NYC police union launches campaign to keep mayor away from funerals Virginia Gazette New York's police union is showing its displeasure with Mayor Bill de Blasio and th...

» On Torture Report, Colorado’s Udall Leaves Subtlety at Door on the Way Out
13/12/14 17:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Democratic senator continues to deliver scathing criticism of the C.I.A. and the Obama administration for their responses to the Intelligence Committee’s findings.

» Sweden: Russian aircraft nearly collides with passenger jet - USA TODAY
13/12/14 17:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. USA TODAY Telegraph.co.uk Sweden: Russian aircraft nearly collides with passenger jet USA TODAY COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — For the second time this year, a Russian military aircraft tu...

» Hospital patient's death leads to $3M settlement
13/12/14 16:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4 p.m. EST. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The family of a hospital patient who went missing for more than two weeks before being found dead in a stairwell at the San Francisco facility has sett...

» More than 13K still without power in Vermont
13/12/14 16:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4 p.m. EST. BERLIN, Vt. (AP) -- More than 13,000 customers were still without power in Vermont on Saturday, three days after a brutal storm pounded the state with heavy, wet snow and ca...

» News Analysis: Where Tech Giants Protect Privacy
13/12/14 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Regulations on personal data are tougher abroad.

» Several Killed In Afghan Attacks
13/12/14 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Militants staged several deadly attacks in Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan on December 13, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens of others. Afghan police said...

» Window on Eurasia: Hyper-Centralization Born of the Chechen War Now Threatens Russia, Beno Says
13/12/14 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, December 13 – Russia has always been a centralized state, but the current wav...

» "Мирный президент" Порошенко предложил забрать у России право вето в Совбезе ООН - Правда.Ру
13/12/14 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Правда.Ру "Мирный президент" Порошенко предложил забрать у России право вето в Совбезе ООН Правда.Ру Кулуары австрийского телеканала как нельзя лучше подходят для громких...

» Baltics up defence spending as Russia buzzes borders - Yahoo News
13/12/14 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Baltics up defence spending as Russia buzzes borders Yahoo News Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are on heightened alert as Russian military planes and warships skirt their ai...

» Лев Шлосберг: "Вопрос Крыма - для следующего президента России" - 13 декабря, 2014
13/12/14 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. None

» Григорий Явлинский об Алексее Кудрине как о возможном главе правительства - 13 декабря, 2014
13/12/14 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. Григорий Явлинский предложил назначить новым премьер-министром Алексея Кудрина. Причины он объяснил Михаилу Соколову. Download audio: http://flashvideo.rferl.org/...

» Григорий Явлинский и Сергей Митрохин о референдуме в украинском Крыму - 13 декабря, 2014
13/12/14 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. Григорий Явлинский и Сергей Митрохин рассказывают Михаилу Соколову о международной конференции, настоящем референдуме в Крыму и возможности прекращения российско-...

» Russian military jet turns off transponders in near miss with passenger jet ... - Fox News
13/12/14 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russian military jet turns off transponders in near miss with passenger jet ... Fox News For the second time this year, a Russian military aircraft turned off its transponders to avoi...

» Ancient mummy prepared for public exhibition after excavation in 2012
13/12/14 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. French archaeologists are carefully preparing a 1,000-year-old Peruvian mummy ahead of a new exhibition.

» Ходорковский заявил, что готов возглавить временное правительство в России - Нефть России
13/12/14 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Ходорковский заявил, что готов возглавить временное правительство в России Нефть России «Нефть России», 13.12.14, Москва, 20:48 Экс-глава ЮКОСа Михаил Ходорковский в ин...

» At UN Climate Summit in Peru, Protests Take Spotlight
13/12/14 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As a two-week United Nations climate summit concludes in Lima, Peru, long-running divisions between rich and poor countries continue to hamper agreement on a global treaty to reduce carbo...

» US Scientists Get Closer Look at Egyptian Mummy
13/12/14 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Egyptologists at Chicago's Field Museum have opened the coffin of a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy to repair damage. The necessity of performing conservation work gives scholars a rare opp...

» Страны Балтии в три раза увеличат финансирование воздушной полиции НАТО - Зеркало недели
13/12/14 16:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Зеркало недели Страны Балтии в три раза увеличат финансирование воздушной полиции НАТО Зеркало недели Латвия, Литва и Эстония усилят военное сотрудничество и увеличат финансировани...

» Страны Балтии и Польша договорились "сдерживать Россию" - Украинское национальное информагентство
13/12/14 16:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Страны Балтии и Польша договорились "сдерживать Россию" Украинское национальное информагентство Министры обороны стран Балтии и Польши договорились о координации усилий п...

» Former commander urges Nato to send arms to Ukraine
13/12/14 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. James Stavridis, ex-Nato supreme allied commander in Europe, says non-lethal aid insufficient in fight against separatists A former commander of Nato in Europe has called for the all...

» How Strong Is the Russian Military? - Newsweek
13/12/14 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek How Strong Is the Russian Military? Newsweek The Russian military suffered years of neglect after the Soviet collapse and no longer casts the shadow of a global superpower. H...

» US destroying foundation of cooperation: Moscow slams 'anti-Russian' Ukraine bill - RT
13/12/14 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT US destroying foundation of cooperation: Moscow slams 'anti- Russian ' Ukraine bill RT Russia's Foreign Ministry has decried the US Senate-backed Ukrainian support bill as “anti- R...

» Obama Draws Fire for Ambassador Nominations
13/12/14 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Obama administration has drawn criticism for appointing an unusual number of political donors as ambassadors. That criticism peaked this week after the Senate confirmed a soap opera p...

» Scientists Close In on Sustainable Nuclear Fusion
13/12/14 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Scientists in the United States, Europe and elsewhere are experimenting with two types of fusion nuclear reactors that could someday provide cheap and abundant energy and finally wean the...

» Nonfatal Diagnosis
13/12/14 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - Institute of Modern Russia. In November, medical workers in Moscow organized mass demonstrations to protest against the downsizing that has occurred as part of recent health care reform. However, ac...

» Обама пока не решил, вводить санкции против России или нет - Аргументы.ру
13/12/14 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Аргументы.ру Обама пока не решил, вводить санкции против России или нет Аргументы.ру Белый дом пока не может с уверенностью утверждать, что президент США Барак Обама подпишет закон...

» Russia Update: Western Tech Companies Withdrawing from Russia Amid Worsening Climate for Internet Freedom
13/12/14 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Welcome to our column, Russia Update , where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic po...

» Proposed Expansion of Turkish Police Powers Criticized
13/12/14 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The European Union and human rights organizations say the Turkish government's proposed expansion of police powers are part of a dramatic shift toward an authoritarian state. The most con...

» В Белом доме затруднились дать однозначную оценку акту об Украине - Интерфакс
13/12/14 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости В Белом доме затруднились дать однозначную оценку акту об Украине Интерфакс Москва. 12 декабря. INTERFAX.RU - В администрации США в настоящий момент идет обсуждение &qu...

» Michelle Obama: More Work Needed for Girls' Education
13/12/14 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama says she’s committed to empowering girls worldwide to get an education. Although much has been done in the last decade "we know that our wor...

» Russia and the banks - Forbes
13/12/14 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Forbes Russia and the banks Forbes The ruble is on the skids. It has fallen by more than a third since the summer, largely due to the falling oil price but also in part due to Western...

» The world's 14 most prolific serial killers
13/12/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. The 14 most prolific serial killers the world has ever seen - not including medical professionals or murderers acting as part of a group

» Заветы великого гуманиста
13/12/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Заветы великого гуманиста Участвуют Вячеслав Бахмин, Владимир Буковский. From: Радио Свобода Views: 1255 21 0 0 ratings Time: 54:07 More in News & Politics

» Russia Protests US Aid for Ukraine Military
13/12/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia is criticizing legislation passed by the U.S. Congress authorizing $350 million in military aid to Ukraine and new sanctions against key state-controlled Russian companies. If Pres...

» Ukraine cheers US vote for military aid, Russia outraged - Yahoo News
13/12/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Ukraine cheers US vote for military aid, Russia outraged Yahoo News Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine on Friday welcomed a US bill that would allow Washington to provide lethal military...

» Wall Street bets on Russia and Venezuela defaults - CNNMoney
13/12/14 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNNMoney Wall Street bets on Russia and Venezuela defaults CNNMoney Wall Street is betting that Russia and Venezuela are getting closer to defaulting on their debt. Plunging oil price...

» Putin the Great, and the collapse of the Russian economy - Los Angeles Times
13/12/14 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Los Angeles Times Putin the Great, and the collapse of the Russian economy Los Angeles Times Russia expert Anders Aslund has just weighed in with a stark assessment of the state of th...

» В Таиланде супруга наследного принца отказалась от своего титула - СЕГОДНЯ
13/12/14 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ В Таиланде супруга наследного принца отказалась от своего титула СЕГОДНЯ Супруга наследного принца Таиланда Вачиралонгкорна отказалась от своего королевского статуса, сообщ...

» Going Nuclear: Russia and India agree to build 12 power reactors by 2035 - RT
13/12/14 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. European Council on Foreign Relations Los Angeles Times Going Nuclear: Russia and India agree to build 12 power reactors by 2035 RT Russia and India are ramping up energy ties and wil...

» Sanctions Will Work, All Right. Just Ask the Oligarchs
13/12/14 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. On the face of it, Western sanctions against Russia in the wake of the annexation of the Crimea look weak, ridiculous and possibly illegal. President Barack Obama, who has supposedly taken the to...

» Few Oligarchs Can Beat Russia's Weakening Economy
13/12/14 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. World Businessman Gennady Timchenko attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014 (SPIEF 2014) in St. Petersburg May 24, 2014. Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters Russia's oligar...

» How Strong Is the Russian Military?
13/12/14 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. The Russian military suffered years of neglect after the Soviet collapse and no longer casts the shadow of a global superpower. However, the Russian armed forces are in the midst of a historic ov...

» US Congress readies new sanctions on Russia - CNBC
13/12/14 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNBC US Congress readies new sanctions on Russia CNBC U.S. lawmakers were expected on Friday to approve new sanctions on Russian weapons companies and investors in the country's high-...

» Стрельба в одной из школ Портленда: два человека погибли - Корреспондент.net
13/12/14 15:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Корреспондент.net Стрельба в одной из школ Портленда: два человека погибли Корреспондент.net В средней школе города Портленда (США) по меньшей мере два человека погибли в результат...

» Меркель: ЕС хочет иметь хорошие отношения с Россией - Коммерсантъ
13/12/14 15:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Главная | Deutsche Welle Меркель: ЕС хочет иметь хорошие отношения с Россией Коммерсантъ Европейский союз хочет иметь хорошие отношения с Москвой. Об этом заявила канцлер Германии ...

» UN Security Council Backs Continued NATO Afghan Mission
13/12/14 15:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The UN Security Council has backed a resolution to establish a NATO mission to remain in Afghanistan to train and assist Afghan security forces once most of the alliance'...

» Сцена: Советский сценарий для России
13/12/14 15:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Цены на нефть падают, мы вовлечены k...

» Window on Eurasia: Will Russia Follow the USSR into the Dustbin of History -- and for the Same Reasons?
13/12/14 15:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, December 13 – Four Russian analysts suggest that the six causes they identify...

» Killingsworth shooting: Lonzo D. Murphy, 22, arrested in connection with shooting outside school
13/12/14 15:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Lonzo Deshawn Murphy, 22 Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Police arrested a 22-year-old man early Saturday morning in connection with the Friday afternoon shooting that injured four people outside Rosemary A...

» lonzo deshawn murphy - Google Search
13/12/14 15:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Killingsworth shooting: Lonzo D. Murphy, 22, arrested in ... <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/.../killingsworth_shooting_" rel="nofollow">www.oregonlive.com/.../killingsworth_shooting_</a> lonzo...

» Police ID suspect in Portland school shooting that injured four
13/12/14 14:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Police in Portland, Ore., released the identity Saturday of a man arrested in connection with a shooting at an alternative high school Friday that injured four students, one of them critically. Lonzo Deshawn ...

» Riders On the Storm - Google Search
13/12/14 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Riders on the Storm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Riders_on_the_Storm Cached Similar " Riders on the Storm " is a song by The Doors from their 1971 album, L.A. Woman . It reached n...

» The Doors - Riders On the Storm (Remastered HD) - YouTube
13/12/14 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Uploaded on Jan 22, 2011 Best version on youtube, next upload in 1080p, this was a mistake. The sound quality's still good.* L.A. Woman (1971). I do not pretend to own the following work of art. Enjoy More fr...

» Sharpton leads ‘Justice for All’ march in D.C.
13/12/14 14:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . With the families of slain black men and children walking with him, the Rev. Al Sharpton guided thousands of people in a traditional civil rights march from downtown Washington to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday...

» california weather - Google Search
13/12/14 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news California, West Coast Smashed by Monster Storm (PHOTOS) - weather.com The Weather Channel ‎ - 3 hours ago A powerful storm swept across Washington, Oregon and northern California into south...

» Obama helps deliver toys to Marine Corps drive
13/12/14 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Barack Obama carries two bags of gifts as he arrives to help first lady Michelle Obama sort toys and gifts for the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Campaign, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at Joint Base...

» Search - The Washington Post
13/12/14 14:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Worst year: President Obama, for losses at home and crises abroad The president couldn't dodge his problems anymore. Chris Cillizza | Opinions | 15 hours ago Obama helps deliver toys to Marine Corps drive Int...

» President Barack Obama had the Worst Year in Washington ... again
13/12/14 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: President Barack Obama had the Worst Year in Washington … again. Losing records It's normal for a president's party to lose seats in Congress over the course of his term. But Democrats' losses...

» Американские СМИ: Обама не подходит на должность президента - Российская Газета
13/12/14 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Американские СМИ: Обама не подходит на должность президента Российская Газета Шестой год во главе Белого дома был самым худшим для президента Барака Обамы. На нег...

» Russia reaches out to Europe's far-right parties - Yahoo News
13/12/14 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Russia reaches out to Europe's far-right parties Yahoo News National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen told The Associated Press this month that France and Russia "have a com...

» Window on Eurasia: Central Asian Gastarbeiters Guided by Middle Eastern States Now Main Terrorist Threat to Russia, Satanovsky Says
13/12/14 12:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, December 13 – Russians have been long accustomed to thinking that the North C...

» Window on Eurasia: Kremlin Worried about Nationality Problems Boosts Training of Ethnic Specialists
13/12/14 12:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, November 13 – The Kremlin has announced plans to make “ethno-politics” a cour...

» Egyptian Reporter Aids in Police Crackdown on Gays
13/12/14 12:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. For a while after the Arab Spring, it looked like gay Egyptians were finally feeling safe enough to step out of the closet. But now, they’re being forced back underground as a result of a...

» Donetsk Snapshot: The Frightening Rise Of Denunciations
13/12/14 12:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. There are increasing reports of people being detained in the separatist-held parts of southeastern Ukraine solely on the strength of denunciations from their neighbors. T...

» Taliban Kills Afghan Supreme Court Official
13/12/14 12:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Afghan police say gunmen have shot and killed a senior official of Afghanistan's Supreme Court. Gunmen killed Atiqullah Rawoofi, the head of the secretariat of the Afghan Supreme Court, o...

» Засадный полк - Свободная пресса
13/12/14 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Свободная пресса Засадный полк Свободная пресса Михаил Ходорковский выступил 5 декабря с большим интервью в швейцарской газете Neue Zurcher Zeitung, заявив, что «существует вероятн...

» Russia Warns US on Bill Authorizing Military Hardware to Ukraine
13/12/14 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia says there will be repercussions if Washington imposes new sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Deputy Foreign Secretary Sergei Ryabkov on Saturday blamed "anti-Russian moo...

» Дороги к свободе. Зачем Кадырову Донбасс и Крым? - 13 декабря, 2014
13/12/14 12:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. Президент Чечни Рамзан Кадыров возмущен высказываниями украинских парламентариев о событиях в Грозном. В Киеве считают, что это возмущение связано с заинтересован...

» Jailed Azerbaijani Journalist Khadija Ismayilova's 'Letter Of Hope' For 2015
13/12/14 12:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Award-winning Azerbaijani investigative journalist, Khadija Ismayilova, who hosts a daily program for RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, has been held in pretrial detention in...

» Петербург Свободы - 13 декабря, 2014
13/12/14 12:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. НКО в уходящем году. Не согнуть, не сломать... Почему почетно получить звание "иностранного агента"? Анна Шароградская и Иван Павлов подводят итоги уходящего года...

» Oil Prices Go Down, Russia's Gold Buying Goes Up - NPR (blog)
13/12/14 12:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. NPR (blog) Oil Prices Go Down, Russia's Gold Buying Goes Up NPR (blog) It's been a rough ride for the Russian economy and it keeps getting worse. Low oil prices helped push the ruble ...

» US Congress Approves $585 Billion Defense Bill
13/12/14 12:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. Congress has approved a gigantic defense policy bill.   The $585 billion National Defense Authorization Act  was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate Friday, a week after passin...

» ДНР хочет забрать у Киева более 800 пленных при обмене «всех на всех» - НТВ.ru
13/12/14 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. НТВ.ru ДНР хочет забрать у Киева более 800 пленных при обмене «всех на всех» НТВ.ru Руководство ДНР надеется получить более 800 пленных при обмене с Киевом в формате «всех на всех»...

» Церковь и политика в России
13/12/14 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. Церковь и политика в России Ка...

» Window on Eurasia: Russia’s Cities Becoming Less Moscow- and Russia-Centric, New Studies Find
13/12/14 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, December 13 – Two studies about how residents of Russia’s cities feel about w...

» Lavrov, Kerry To Meet In Rome Amid Ukraine Tensions
13/12/14 12:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Officials in Washington and Moscow say U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plan to meet in Rome on December 14 amid ongoing tens...

» portland school shooting - Google Search
13/12/14 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news Police arrest man in connection with Portland, Oregon high school shooting Fox News ‎ - 5 hours ago The Portland Police Bureau said in a news release Friday the shooting occurred outside the...

» Police arrest man in connection with Portland, Oregon high school shooting
13/12/14 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing Al Sharpton's non-profit money woes revealed Police in Portland have arrested a suspect in the shooting that injured three people outside an alternative high school. Authorities said they stopped ...

» 4 shot near high school in Portland, Oregon: police
12/12/14 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - U.S.. By Ralph Ellis and Tony Marco , CNN updated 7:22 PM EST, Fri December 12, 2014 Your video will play in 27 secs STORY HIGHLIGHTS Portland police say gang task force is investigating The shoo...

» Families identify 2 victims of shooting near Rosemary Anderson High School in North Portland (live updates)
12/12/14 22:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Portland Police responded to a shooting Friday afternoon near Rosemary Anderson High School in North Portland. At least three people were taken to Legacy Emanuel Health Center. Police are searching ...

» Russia slams new US law on Ukraine
12/12/14 21:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News-IANS. Moscow severely criticised Friday the adoption of a bill in the US Congress aimed at providing lethal and non-lethal aid to Ukraine and imposing additional sanctions against Russia. The Ukraine ...

» Shooting Near Oregon School Sends 3 to Hospital
12/12/14 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. Someone opened fire on a group of young people outside an alternative high school Friday, sending three people to the hospital in what is believed to be a gang-related attack, Portland poli...

» The Year Vladimir Putin Tore Up the Rule Book
12/12/14 14:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NDTV News - Top Stories. Moscow, Russia:  For years he played the part of the frosty pragmatist, doggedly set on restoring pride and power to a once-great superpower. Then, on February 27, 2014, Presi...

» The Year Vladimir Putin Tore Up the Rule Book - NDTV
12/12/14 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. NDTV The Year Vladimir Putin Tore Up the Rule Book NDTV Moscow, Russia: For years he played the part of the frosty pragmatist, doggedly set on restoring pride and power to a once-great...

» Ukrainian president slams India over Crimean leader visit - euronews
12/12/14 14:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. euronews Ukrainian president slams India over Crimean leader visit euronews SYDNEY/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lashed out at India on Friday over a...

» Poroshenko Says Truce In Ukraine Now 'Real'
12/12/14 14:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Speaking on December 12 during a visit to Australia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said for the first time in seven months, Ukraine's military had not suffered a s...

» 'Sex obsessed' British expat who murdered woman he invited to dinner and raped and tried to kill another two years later is sentenced to 30 years in French prison
12/12/14 14:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Robert Dolby, a 74-year-old originally from Romford, Essex, was described as a ‘sex obsessed narcissist’ before his conviction at the Alpes-Maritimes Assizes in Nice, in the south of Fr...

» Russia's Lavrov says peace talks in Ukraine needed swiftly: TASS
12/12/14 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated on Friday Moscow's calls to convene as soon as possible another round of peace talks on the conflict in east Ukrain...

» Man admits killing 42 people 'for the pleasure of it'
12/12/14 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Man admits killing 42 people 'for the pleasure of it' A man who could be one of Brazil's most prolific serial killers has confessed to murdering 42 people over the past decade. Report by Cl...

» Father held, 4 sons safe after California confrontation - Bryan-College Station Eagle
12/12/14 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Father held, 4 sons safe after California confrontation Bryan-College Station Eagle SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California man was arrested during a standoff on a freeway bridge,...

» Brazilian serial killer: 'I killed simply for pleasure' - video
12/12/14 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. A man thought to be one of Brazil's most prolific serial killers admits to murdering 42 people over the last decade. Twenty-six-year-old Sailson Jose das Graças says he b...

» Ukraine defense chief wants budget doubled to fight separatists
12/12/14 14:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's defense minister called on Friday for a doubling of the military budget next year to allow the army to buy weapons abroad and better equip itself to fight Ru...

» Malaysia Airlines flight MH17
12/12/14 14:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has been transported to a Dutch airbase where it will be pieced together as part of a probe into its sh...

» Kazakh Citizen On Trial Over Fighting In Luhansk
12/12/14 14:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Kazakh citizen prosecutors say fought alongside pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine is being tried on charges of intentional and illegal participation in a milit...

» The Kremlin's Top 75 Lies About The Ukraine Crisis
12/12/14 14:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The folks at StopFake.org are committed to uncovering untrue or misleading information being disseminated by Russian media about the crisis in Ukraine. And now StopFake h...

» Gang Matriarch Shot Through Her Front Door
12/12/14 14:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The mother of a violent gang leader is the second woman in her family to be seriously injured in a gun attack at her home.

» Hopes Grow for Calm in Ukraine
12/12/14 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. President Petro Poroshenko said no Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded overnight in the east for the first time since Kiev’s conflict with pro-Russia separatist rebels began, ref...

» British spies may have been in same building as some CIA torture sessions ... - Telegraph.co.uk
12/12/14 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk British spies may have been in same building as some CIA torture sessions ... Telegraph.co.uk British spies will have been aware of some CIA torture cases, a former sec...

» Jews Question Staying in France After Anti-Semitic Attack
12/12/14 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Children spilled into the Jewish Cultural Association, their cheeks red from the winter cold. The staff handed out cups of coffee to visitors and members dropped in to chat. This is the h...

» Cheaper gas, food lower US producer prices - STLtoday.com
12/12/14 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. MiamiHerald.com Cheaper gas, food lower US producer prices STLtoday.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Falling gas and food costs pushed down overall U.S. wholesale prices last month, evidenc...

» Merkel condemns racism as Dresden anti-Islam marches grow
12/12/14 14:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned a series of anti-Muslim demonstrations centered on the eastern city of Dresden, saying via an aide on Friday that there was "no pl...