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December 12, 2014

The Year Vladimir Putin Tore Up the Rule Book
Friday December 12th, 2014 at 3:15 PM

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, President Vladimir Putin went rogue.

The decision to send unidentified soldiers into Ukraine's Crimean peninsula leading to its annexation by Russia was far more than an act of aggression against a recalcitrant neighbour.

It marked a direct assault on the foundations of an international system that has largely held since the end of World War II -- reviving the idea of territorial conquest that most had consigned to the historical dustbin.

Putin upended the global rules with considerable chutzpah, sowing just enough uncertainty to keep the world unsure of his intentions or his next move -- or whether he had even done anything wrong in the first place.

Like the judo master he is, Putin used the West's rhetoric of human rights and self-determination against it, deploying a barrage of propaganda first to deny the invasion and then to paint it as a rescue operation to save Crimea from the "fascist junta" that had come to power in Ukraine.

His brazen denials of the facts on the ground caught the world off-guard, but after a decade of controversial interventions in the Middle East it was the West's objections that sounded hypocritical.

The response at home was overwhelming. Putin's approval ratings soared to 90 percent as he oversaw an outpouring of nationalistic pride long buried under the humiliation of the Cold War's conclusion.

DEFEATS INTO VICTORY

With 15 years in power under his belt -- three terms as president and two as prime minister -- the 62-year-old has seen world leaders come and go, including three US presidents and as many French and British leaders.

The controversies have piled up -- the vicious war against Islamic separatists in Chechnya launched weeks after taking power in 1999; the war with Georgia in 2008; the suffocation of independent media, and the steady marginalisation of any political opposition.

2014 could have been a terrible year for Putin.

The pro-European protests in Ukraine threatened to tear yet another ex-Soviet republic from Russia's orbit.

The bargain he had struck with voters at home -- a weakening of political freedoms in exchange for economic stability -- was rattled by collapsing prices for oil, on which Russia so heavily relies.

But instead he turned the looming defeats into a series of propaganda victories.

While the West hopes that currency fluctuations and economic sanctions will scare Putin straight, he takes a longer view, analysts claim.

"In 50 or 100 years historians will not be interested in the ruble's exchange rate," says Konstantin Kalachev from the Political Experts Group in Moscow.

Like all nationalists, the story Putin tells is one of strength mixed with victimhood: the EU is meddling in Russia's backyard, NATO is encircling the country, Western decadence is corrupting Russian decency. And he is fighting back.

At times, the rhetoric took on quasi-religious tones. Crimea was so much more than holiday beaches and naval bases, but a "sacred land", Russia's "Temple on the Mount".

"He sees himself as an eternal leader with a mission to save Russia from the West," says Moscow analyst Maria Lipman.

Many in Europe were shaken, some even labelled him a new Adolf Hitler. Others -- particularly those with an anti-American bent -- looked on starry-eyed at Putin's manly refusal to toe the Western liberal line.

COLD WAR REVISITED

Putin's actions in 2014 also proved a boon for nostalgists.

After a quarter-century of messy little emergencies around the globe, the great games and big power rivalries of the Cold War returned.

Spy agencies scrambled to rehabilitate their Russia desks. Fighter pilots buzzed each other over the Baltic.

NATO suddenly recovered from its long identity crisis, leaping up from the autopsy table and dusting off its repertoire of "This will not stand" histrionics.

The question now is how far it can all go.

Already, Putin appears to have reached the high-water mark. The economy could yet implode. The diplomatic isolation -- laid bare by the embarrassing cold shoulder he received at the G20 summit in Australia last month from which he scuttled home early -- has been greater than he anticipated.

"Putin is a brilliant tactician but he is not a strategist," says Lipman. For the sake of unconditional control at home and sovereignty abroad, he is willing to sacrifice the economy and Russia's development.

Whether that gamble will cement his power or lead to his undoing is the million ruble question -- or maybe the two million ruble question, given that the currency has lost nearly half its value this year.

After a tumultuous year Putin heads into 2015 with a multitude of challenges, but he still has a few cards left up his sleeve.

The Kremlin remains an indispensable player in nuclear talks with Iran and the civil war in Syria. Putin's moves to tie up huge energy deals with Turkey, China and India will keep Russia at the heart of global trade.

And he can also count on an unswerving sense of self-belief, says Kalachev.

"He is betting that the nerves of Western leaders are not as strong as his."

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» Избитые в Киеве французские футбольные болельщики покинули Украину - Interfax Russia
12/12/14 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Правда.Ру Избитые в Киеве французские футбольные болельщики покинули Украину Interfax Russia Киев. 12 декабря. ИНТЕРФАКС - Пострадавшие накануне в драке в центре Киева футбольные б...

» CIA Chief Defends 'Enhanced Interrogation'
12/12/14 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The director of the CIA has defended the spy agency during a rare news conference, following the release of a U.S. Senate report that said agents used torture in the country’s war on terr...

» Палестинец плеснул кислотой в израильтян с детьми - Утро.Ru
12/12/14 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Утро.Ru Палестинец плеснул кислотой в израильтян с детьми Утро.Ru Кислотная атака произошла возле армейского блокпоста в Гуш-Эционе на Западном берегу реки Иордан рядом с городами ...

» Ethnic Tatar From Kazan Standing Trial On Charges Of Fighting In Syria
12/12/14 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An ethnic Tatar man from Kazan in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan is standing trial on charges of fighting with a militant group in Syria.

» IS Retakes Area In Anbar, After Iraqi Forces Fail To Retake Hit
12/12/14 11:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Islamic State (IS) militant group has made gains in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, retaking control of an area west of the city of Hit and besieging tribal figh...

» Poll: Millionaires Want Jeb or Hillary in White House–and Amnesty
12/12/14 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. America's millionaires want either Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush to win the White House in 2016, perhaps because both potential candidates support comprehensive amnesty legislation. CNB...

» Obama Implies He Knows Tech Industry BS-ing about Lack of American Workers
12/12/14 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama implied that the high-tech industry is not telling the truth when it claims that there are not enough American high-tech workers to fill jobs. "I'm ...

» ISIS Guide to Female Slaves Permits Pedophilia, Rape, Beatings in Name of Allah
12/12/14 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. A new manual, allegedly published by the Islamic State's official publishing house (the Al-Himma Library), provides graphic details on how to properly beat, rape, and fail to impregnate fem...

» Almost Half of Country Now Suing Obama Over Immigration
12/12/14 10:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. With four additional states joining " a Texas-led coalition suing the Obama administration over executive action on immigration," almost half of the nation is now suing the federal governme...

» Jerry Brown, not Clinton or Warren, is 'Nation's Leading Democrat'
12/12/14 10:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. As the Washington, D.C. media focused on the fiscal maneuverings of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), whose opposition to the omnibus spending bill was thought to set up a 2016 presidential run...

» America is at war, EIT's work
12/12/14 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart Feed. All the political theater and partisan proclamations of belief will not change this fact. To Sen. Diane Feinstein, Sen. John McCain and others who wish to weaken America with self-righteous...

» Сенат США одобрил военную помощь для Украины
12/12/14 00:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ПОДРОБНОСТИ: Все новости. Верхняя палата Конгресса США ...

» Chechen ‘death’ unit fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine
12/12/14 00:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from euronews. Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have joined the insurgents in East Ukraine. The so-called “death unit” has made a former tourist camp on the outskirts of th...

» Путин простил долг Узбекистану и продал дешево нефть Индии - Последние мировые новости - Щедрый лидер простил Узбекистану $860 млн, а Индия могла получит нефть по $60 за баррель
12/12/14 00:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from СЕГОДНЯ | Самые актуальные новости, мнения, комментарии. Путин простил долг Узбеl...

» Putin Modi India New Deals
11/12/14 23:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Finance. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood Putin and Modi at the World Diamond Conference in New Delhi, Dec. 11, 2014. It seems Russian President Vladimir Putin just found an ally. On Thursday, Putin and Indian P...

» Pentagon Threatens Russia With Nuclear Missile Deployment in Europe / Sputnik US
11/12/14 23:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US (updated 17:39 11.12.2014) 2419 15 3 Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Brian P. McKeon made his threats during a joint hearing in Congress, marking what may be the most forcef...

» Pentagon Considering Deployment of Nuclear Missiles in Europe
11/12/14 23:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Russian President Vladimir Putin / AP BY: Bill Gertz The Pentagon is considering the re-deployment of nuclear cruise missiles in Europe in response to a new Russian cruise missile t...

» Pentagon to Press Russia on Arms Pact Violation
11/12/14 23:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has developed a range of military options to pressure Russia to correct its violation of a landmark arms control agreement, a senior Defense Department official told Congress o...

» John Brennan’s Tortured Defense of the CIA’s Torture Program - The Daily Beast
11/12/14 23:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Jim Watson Some of the CIA’s harshest interrogation techniques were “abhorrent” and “regrettable,” but future presidents must decide whether to use them again, according to CIA D...

» john brennan - Google Search
11/12/14 23:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . John O. Brennan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ John _O._ Brennan Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... John Owen Brennan (born September 22, 1955) is an American government official w...

» Американский сенат принял законопроект о санкциях против России и военной поддержке Киева
11/12/14 21:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Документ дает право президенту СШ&...

» CIA Director John Brennan Interrogation Report | Video
11/12/14 19:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . 00:00:37 Unidentified Speaker BY AN AIRCRAFT COMMANDEERED BY TERRORISTS. 17 MINUTES LATER, THE CLEAR BLUE SKIES OVER MANHATTAN WERE PIERCED AGAIN BY ANOTHER HIJACKED AIRCRAFT, THIS ONE TEARING INTO THE ADJACE...

» Russia’s Ideology: There Is No Truth
11/12/14 19:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON — IMAGINE if you grew up lying. Not a little bit, for convenience, but during every public moment of your life: at school, at work, at social events. You had to lie to survive, because the punish...

» Op-Ed Contributor: Russia’s Ideology: There Is No Truth
11/12/14 19:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The Kremlin’s strategy is to turn all politics into a cynical farce.

» Russia’s Political Prisoners: The Updated List
11/12/14 19:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - Institute of Modern Russia. The Institute of Modern Russia publishes the updated list of persons recognized as political prisoners by Russia’s Memorial Human Rights Center, as it stands on October 3...

» Russia's Prime Minister Urges Faith in Ruble, Criticizes West
11/12/14 19:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has urged the Russian people not to buy foreign currency as a safe investment despite the Russian ruble's continued slide and the economy heading in...

» Russia's Prime Minister Urges Faith in Ruble, Criticizes West - Voice of America
11/12/14 19:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Voice of America Russia's Prime Minister Urges Faith in Ruble, Criticizes West Voice of America MOSCOW—. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has urged the Russian people not to buy...

» Uzbek President Asks Putin to Help Fight Radical Islam
11/12/14 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Uzbekistan urged Russia on Wednesday to help protect Central Asia against what it said would be a rising threat from militant Islam as U.S. forces draw down their numbers in Afghanistan. ...

» The Soviet-Vietnamese Intelligence Relationship during the Vietnam War
11/12/14 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest From the Wilson Center. In CWIHP Working Paper No. 73, " The Soviet-Vietnamese Intelligence Relationship during the Vietnam War: Cooperation and Conflict ," Merle Pribbenow explores the role played ...

» No appeasement toward Russia - Washington Post
11/12/14 19:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT No appeasement toward Russia Washington Post In their Dec. 7 op-ed, “A win for Russia , Ukraine and the West ,” Michael O'Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro ignored the motivation for Russi...

» Russia India: Putin on visit to broker energy deals - BBC News
11/12/14 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Russia India: Putin on visit to broker energy deals BBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun a visit to India, where he is due to seek lucrative energy deals. He s...

» US Weighs Steps Against Russia for Violation - ABC News
11/12/14 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty US Weighs Steps Against Russia for Violation ABC News The U.S. is considering taking economic and other countermeasures against Russia for violating a key...

» Poroshenko Tells Russia To Pull Out
11/12/14 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on Russia to end its support for separatists in the east of his country, including withdrawing any Russian forces on Ukrai...

» Австралия предоставит помощь ВС Украины на сумму более $2 млн - Газета.Ru
11/12/14 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Зеркало недели Австралия предоставит помощь ВС Украины на сумму более $2 млн Газета.Ru Австралия предоставит помощь вооруженным силам Украины в размере более $2 млн, сообщается на ...

» Putin Meets Karimov; Russia To Write Off Uzbek Debt - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
11/12/14 19:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Putin Meets Karimov; Russia To Write Off Uzbek Debt RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The deal was signed by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Uzbek ...

» Pentagon to Press Russia on Arms Pact Violation - New York Times
11/12/14 19:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Pentagon to Press Russia on Arms Pact Violation New York Times WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has developed a range of military options to pressure Russia to c...

» Ukraine urges Russia to remove troops - Fox News
11/12/14 19:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Fox News Ukraine urges Russia to remove troops Fox News SYDNEY – Australia pledged its support for Ukraine during a visit by the nation's president on Thursday, with Australia's prime...

» U.S.: Russia In Violation Of Two Arms-Control Treaties
11/12/14 19:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The United States has accused Russia of violating two key arms-control treaties. arms control treaties.

» Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “Our Goal Is to Demonstrate We Have an Alternative to the Regime”
11/12/14 19:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - Institute of Modern Russia. On December 7, Open Russia launched a series of monthly discussions to be held in various Russian regions. The first such discussion took place in St. Petersburg and focu...

» Ukraine President Urges Russia to Withdraw Troops
11/12/14 19:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is pleading with Russia to remove its troops from war-torn eastern Ukraine. President Poroshenko made his comments Thursday at the outset of a three-d...

» Uzbekistan Urges Russian Presence in Central Asia to Guard Against Islamic State
11/12/14 19:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Uzbekistan urged Russia on Wednesday to help protect Central Asia against what it said would be a rising threat from militant Islam as U.S. forces draw down their numbers in A...

» Even Russia's Oligarchs Suffer Under Its Flailing Economy
11/12/14 19:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia's oligarchs are no strangers to misfortune, asset grabs, forced investments and financial crises.

» - Флот США испытал лазерную пушку - 33LIVE.RU
11/12/14 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. - Флот США испытал лазерную пушку 33LIVE.RU ... - Как вы относитесь к деньгам? - Я к ним не отношусь! - ответила ГРИВНА гордо. еще анекдот! Поставьте вижет новостей 33 региона на г...

» US: Russia In Violation Of Two Arms-Control Treaties - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
11/12/14 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty US: Russia In Violation Of Two Arms-Control Treaties RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoe...

» Google shuts news service in Spain
11/12/14 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Technology giant blames law imposing fees for linking to stories legal environment in Europe

» Crimean Leader in New Delhi During Putin Visit
11/12/14 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The leader of Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, arrived for unofficial talks in New Delhi on Thursday as President Vladimir Putin met Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

» Russia, India To Sign Deal For 12 More Reactors
11/12/14 19:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The head of Russia's state nuclear company said a deal would be signed on December 11 for the construction of at least 12 more reactors for Indian nuclear power plants.

» Google News to close down in Spain
11/12/14 19:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Google News will no longer operate in Spain - ahead of a new law requiring the internet search company to pay Spanish news organisations for linked content or snippets of news.

» Rouble hits record low ahead of Russian interest rate decision – business live - The Guardian
11/12/14 19:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Rouble hits record low ahead of Russian interest rate decision – business live The Guardian Rouble hits record low ahead of Russian interest rate decision – business live...

» Кошачий обед обошелся магазину во Владивостоке в 60 тысяч рублей - Московский комсомолец
11/12/14 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Московский комсомолец Кошачий обед обошелся магазину во Владивостоке в 60 тысяч рублей Московский комсомолец Рыжий кот-ворюга пробрался в охлаждающую витрину магазина с морскими де...

» Russia Says Four Dead In Fighting In Kabardino-Balkaria
11/12/14 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian authorities say security forces have killed at least four militants in the restive North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria

» 'Putin's Tiger' Kuzya Back in Russia, For Now
11/12/14 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. An Amur tiger released into the wild by President Vladimir Putin has returned to Russia, but Chinese officials have predicted it is likely to be lured across the border again ...

» США пригрозили России санкциями за разработку крылатой ракеты - Коммерсантъ
11/12/14 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Коммерсантъ США пригрозили России санкциями за разработку крылатой ракеты Коммерсантъ США намерены добиваться от России соблюдения Договора о ликвидации ракет средней и малой дальн...

» Четверо боевиков уничтожены во время спецоперации в Нальчике - РИА Новости
11/12/14 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Четверо боевиков уничтожены во время спецоперации в Нальчике РИА Новости Боевики забаррикадировались в квартире одной из многоэтажек в Нальчике. Они открыли стрельбу, и...

» Russia Denounces US Over Torture Report - New York Times
11/12/14 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Russia Denounces US Over Torture Report New York Times MOSCOW — Often castigated by the United States over its record on human rights, democracy and civil liberties, Russia on Thursda...

» Лукашенко: причина продовольственного спора с РФ находится не в Белоруссии - Московский комсомолец
11/12/14 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Лукашенко: причина продовольственного спора с РФ находится не в Белоруссии Московский комсомолец Президент Белоруссии Александр Лукашенко заявляет, что причину белорусс...

» Former US VP Cheney Defends CIA Interrogations
11/12/14 19:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney said the Central Intelligence Agency did exactly what the White House wanted in setting up an interrogation program for terror suspects following th...

» Chechen Republic Head Implicates Human Rights Defender In Grozny Attack
11/12/14 19:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has indirectly implicated Igor Kalyapin, head of Russia's Committee to Prevent Torture, in organizing last week's attack by insurgent...

» Russia Raises Key Lending Rate - New York Times
11/12/14 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Russia Raises Key Lending Rate New York Times MOSCOW — Russia's central bank raised its main lending rate to 10.5 percent from 9.5 percent on Thursday, in line with analysts'...

» Russia fights ruble crash with 5th rate rise - CNNMoney
11/12/14 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNNMoney Russia fights ruble crash with 5th rate rise CNNMoney Russia's economic crisis just keeps on getting worse. The central bank hiked interest rates for a fifth time this year o...

» В аэропорту Владивостока кот съел черной икры на 60 тысяч рублей - ДВ-РОСС
11/12/14 19:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. В аэропорту Владивостока кот съел черной икры на 60 тысяч рублей ДВ-РОСС В Международном аэропорту Владивостока уличный кот забрался в один из популярных магазинов рыбной продукции...

» ЕС запретит инвестировать в Крым - Век - ежедневная газета
11/12/14 19:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Век - ежедневная газета ЕС запретит инвестировать в Крым Век - ежедневная газета Европейский союз планирует расширить санкции для Крыма. Они могут затронуть инвестиции, включая фин...

» Edward Snowden on the CIA's secret torture report – video
11/12/14 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor, comments on the US Senate's CIA torture report. At an Amnesty International event in Paris, Snowden asks why no one...

» Snowden Living 'Ordinary' Life in Moscow
11/12/14 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said on Wednesday that he was leading an ordinary life in Moscow, where he has lived for over a year. Snowden caused an in...

» Russian Ruble Continues Its Slide in Value
11/12/14 19:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The value of the Russian ruble has sunk to new lows against the U.S. dollar and the euro, even as Moscow's central bank raised its key interest rate again in an effort to bolster the coun...

» Russia's central bank hikes rate as ruble plummets
11/12/14 19:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Russia's central bank hikes rate as ruble plummets Russia's central bank jacks up its key lending rate again, in a bid to stem the ruble's rapid slide and slow rising prices, bu...

» WorldViews: Chart: Who doesn’t like Pope Francis?
11/12/14 19:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Everyone, well almost everyone, seems to love Pope Francis. The Roman Catholic Church's first Latin American pontiff has char...

» Sons of Anarchy Actor Dimitri Diatchenko Arrested, Accused of Killing and Eating ... - E! Online
11/12/14 19:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. E! Online Sons of Anarchy Actor Dimitri Diatchenko Arrested, Accused of Killing and Eating ... E! Online Actor Dimitri Diatchenko, who appeared on shows such as Sons of Anarchy a...

» Pelosi 'enormously disappointed' in Obama - The Hill
11/12/14 18:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Getty Images Pelosi 'enormously disappointed' in Obama The Hill In a rare break from President Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted the White House on Thursday for putting...

» US Senate Panel Approves Authorization for Fight Against Islamic State
11/12/14 18:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. lawmakers have taken the first step toward giving formal permission for the ongoing campaign against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. A Senate panel approved an authorizati...

» CIA director John Brennan reacts to the Senate torture report – video
11/12/14 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Brennan delivers remarks two days after the release of the US torture report. Brennan says that the CIA believes that the information gained from detainees who who were s...

» CIA Director Defends Agency After Torture Report
11/12/14 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. CIA Director John Brennan has said unauthorized and in some cases abhorrent methods were used against terrorist suspects.

» Poland sees 'unprecedented' Russian military activity in Baltic
11/12/14 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. Poland and the Baltics — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — have been on edge since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. read more

» Poland Reports 'Unprecedented' Russian Maneuvers in Baltic
11/12/14 18:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia's military is engaging in an unprecedented amount of activity around the Baltic Sea, Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Thursday. The minister said that Poland, a member...

» DOJ says tribes can decide whether to legalize pot
11/12/14 18:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5 p.m. EST. GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday Indian tribes can decide to grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federa...

» Don't Shout, Don't Push, Eat Blini: Russian Orthodox Church's Manual For Migrants
11/12/14 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Migrant laborers in Russia will soon be required to pass Russian language, history, and civics tests. And now the Russian Orthodox Church wants to teach them how to behave.

» Kadryov Supporters Throw Eggs At Russian Rights Activists
11/12/14 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Supporters of Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, disrupted a human rights group’s press conference in Moscow on December 11 by pelting the group's leader w...

» Is This the ISIS Executioner Who Beheaded Western Hostages?
11/12/14 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A fighter in Syria tweeted a photo on Wednesday which appears to give the clearest image yet of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) executioner believed to be responsible for killing several h...

» Thieves walk out of Madrid gallery with 70 paintings
11/12/14 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Theft from Robbers target Puerta de Alcalá art gallery happened overnight, with perpetrators at night, apparently propping their haul against trees before loading it into a va...

» Gay life in Northern Ireland is under threat – time to act
11/12/14 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. I was a scared teenager and don’t want a regression in human rights at Stormont to mean LGBT people there feel the same A few days ago, after rereading my diary from the age o...

» Saudi Arabia Builds Start-Up Culture With State Oil Money
11/12/14 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Abdulaziz al-Jouf is in many ways a typical Web entrepreneur - the 34-year-old Saudi talks fast, works late and has big plans for his online payments system. But in one aspect he's unusua...

» Torture Fight Set Back by U.S. Failure to Prosecute, U.N. Official Says
11/12/14 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Juan E. Méndez, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture, said those responsible for C.I.A. abuses need to be punished.

» Poland Attributes Purchase Of U.S. Missiles To Regional Tensions
11/12/14 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak has said that long-range missiles Warsaw is buying from the United States are especially needed by Poland because of current tens...

» NATO Reviewing Baghdad's Request For Help Build Up Iraqi Military
11/12/14 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. NATO says it is reviewing a request from the Iraqi government for help building up its military.

» Ex-CIA Director Says He Opposed Torture
11/12/14 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Petraeus, who quit as director of the CIA in 2012, said he opposed torture of detainees and hopes the Senate report closes “a painful chapter” for the U.S.

» ISIS foreign recruits are all smiles as they dropped off to militants in Iraq before heading to terror camp
11/12/14 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Dressed in tracksuits and trainers, the foreign fighters were reportedly being dropped off at an ISIS base in the Iraqi stronghold of Fallujah.

» Russia is engaged in aggressive military activity in Baltic airspace and waters
11/12/14 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Canadian Defense Minister Robert D. Nicholson and his Polish counterpart Tomasz Siemoniak , left, review an honor guard during an official welcoming ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday,...

» Life is as good as Scandinavia: Britain rises to fourth in EU league table of living standards
11/12/14 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Average spending power per person is now only behind Luxembourg, Germany and Austria, according the Europe’s official statistics watchdog.

» Registered sex offender wins millions from lottery - Florida Courier
11/12/14 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Registered sex offender wins millions from lottery Florida Courier ORLANDO – At the Florida Lottery headquarters, Timothy Poole, 43, posed for a photo with an oversized check aft...

» Gay Advocates Can Shift Same-Sex Marriage Views
11/12/14 18:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Gay political canvassers can soften the opinions of voters opposed to same-sex marriage by having a brief, face-to-face discussion about the issue, researchers reported on Thursday. The findings could have im...

» It’s Cruel. It’s Useless. It’s the C.I.A.
11/12/14 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . We learned a lot from that big Senate Intelligence Committee report on C.I.A. interrogation tactics after 9/11. It was what may be the first time in American history that the term “rectal hydration̶...

» After Report on C.I.A. Torture, No More Disclosure
11/12/14 18:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . We have not always agreed with Senator Dianne Feinstein on national security issues like wiretapping, but the California Democrat who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee has displayed commitment and coura...

» Russia Denounces U.S. Over C.I.A. Torture Report
11/12/14 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — Often castigated by the United States over its record on human rights, democracy and civil liberties, Russia on Thursday seized on the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the use of torture...

» C.I.A. Director, Admitting Agency Mistakes, Calls for End to Interrogation Debate
11/12/14 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan , the director of the Central Intelligence Agency , on Thursday acknowledged problems and misstatements during the agency’s former interrogation program as he called f...

» C.I.A. Director Forcefully Defends Agency in Rare Public Speech
11/12/14 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. John O. Brennan made is expected to make a case that the detention program provided valuable intelligence in the hunt for senior Qaeda leaders.

» CIA torture report: British spy agencies discussed redactions
11/12/14 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. David Cameron says UK intelligence only discussed influencing the talked to US counterparts about influencing Senate report on the grounds of national security Britain’s spyin...

» Pope Francis snubs the Dalai Lama at Nobel Peace Prize event - Telegraph.co.uk
11/12/14 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Pope Francis snubs the Dalai Lama at Nobel Peace Prize event Telegraph.co.uk They are two of the most admired religious leaders in the world but Pope Francis has ...

» Obama Cautious on More Russia Sanctions Unless Europe Agrees
11/12/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama expressed caution on Thursday about the possibility of the United States adding more sanctions against Russia for its incursion into Ukraine because it could cause ...

» Ukraine Premier Raises Risk of Default
11/12/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Lawmakers gave initial approval to the early outlines of an economic overhaul aimed at stabilizing the country’s finances, as Western backers prepare a new aid package

» Live Updates: CIA Director Faces The Media
11/12/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. John Brennan defends the CIA after a damning report criticised the agency's use of torture during the interrogation of detainees.

» CIA Spymaster Responds To Interrogation Report
11/12/14 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The CIA's spymaster is holding a rare news conference to confront the controversy surrounding his agency's interrogation of terrorism susp...

» Russia's Putin visits India to boost energy, trade ties
11/12/14 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Russia's Putin visits India to boost energy, trade ties Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as sanctions-hit Moscow seeks to s...

» Gay marriage doesn’t equal equality. Here are 5 things still to fight for
11/12/14 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Ditching the word ‘tolerance’ and challenging the problems of marriage would be a good start if we are to end discrimination The legalisation of gay marriage and this week’s c...

» Kim Jong-un back on duty – in pictures
11/12/14 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. North Korean leader has been making up for lost time since emerging from an unexplained absence in October. Here he is on a selection of outings in undated photographs release...

» Russia-Turkey Pipeline Has Economic, Strategic Motives
11/12/14 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia's decision to cancel a gas pipeline to Bulgaria in preference to Turkey is being heralded as an important victory for Ankara in its ambitions to become a regional energy hub. But t...

» The Myth of the Russian Oligarchs
11/12/14 13:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story Moscow’s most popular joke today is unfunny: “Next year Putin, the ruble, and a barrel of oil will converge at just over 63.” Allow me to translate: The ruble...

» Sony Hack Reveals Email Crossfire Over Angelina Jolie and Steve Jobs Movie
11/12/14 13:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LOS ANGELES — Salaries of its top executives. Unpublished scripts. Sensitive contracts. Aliases that stars use to check into hotels. Those are just some of the disclosures from a devastating hacki...

» Putin and Modi Reaffirm Bond Between Russia and India
11/12/14 13:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NEW DELHI — As expected, the longtime allies Russia and India signed a raft of agreements here at their leaders’ annual summit meeting on Thursday, expanding their usual set of projects to an ambi...

» Suicide bomber strikes school attached to French cultural centre in Kabul
11/12/14 13:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. At least one person was killed and 15 others wounded in the attack in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital city A suicide bomber has struck a high school attached to the French...

» California utility: Tens of thousands lack power
11/12/14 13:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 11:14 a.m. EST. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting tens of thousands of power outages in San Francisco Bay Area as one of the windiest and rainiest storms in ...

» Column: US Falls Short on Human Rights
11/12/14 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. On the same day that the Senate Intelligence Committee released its blockbuster report on CIA interrogation practices after 9-11, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring De...

» US Navy Tests New Laser Weapon in Persian Gulf
11/12/14 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. Navy says it has, for the first time, successfully tested an experimental laser weapon aboard a ship deployed in the Persian Gulf. The Office of Naval Research has released a vid...

» Guantanamo Bay Detainee Details ‘Sadistic’ Abuse
11/12/14 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A man detained in Guantanamo Bay for nearly 13 years has said he was subjected to “dirty and sadistic” abuse at the prison, days after a Senate report revealed the extent of the CIA’...

» chechen 'death battalion' - Google Search
11/12/14 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news Chechen 'Death Battalion' fighting with Ukraine's rebels Daily Mail ‎ - 1 day ago Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have formed their own ' Death ... Chechen '...

» Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukraine - YouTube
11/12/14 13:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Dec 10, 2014 Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukraine Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukraine Russian 'Death Battalion' Camp Found Training In East Ukra...

» Internal affairs questions officer in Eric Garner chokehold death for two hours as NYPD begins its own investigation
11/12/14 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The NYPD Internal Affair Bureau has began its own investigation into whether Daniel Pantaleo broke department protocol Investigation could take weeks Pantaleo says he didn't use a choke...

» Chechen 'Death Battalion' fighting with Ukraine's rebels
11/12/14 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Deputy commander says he has about 300 men in his volunteer battalion They have made a former tourist camp outside Donetsk into their base Most are former state security troops from the...

» U.S. Watchdog Warns $104 Billion Could Be Wasted In Afghanistan
10/12/14 16:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A U.S. watchdog has warned that much of the $104 billion committed to Afghan reconstruction projects could be wasted because the Afghan government cannot sustain the inve...

» This New Political Partnership Could Shake Up Israel’s Election
10/12/14 16:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Israel’s former justice minister is expected to join her centrist party with the country’s center-left opposition, in a move that could significantly raise the stakes in the upcoming Marc...

» FBI Considers Money-Laundering Probe Of Russian Media Boss
10/12/14 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. federal authorities are considering a request to investigate whether a powerful Russian state media boss, Mikhail Lesin, violated U.S. anti-money-laundering laws by ...

» CIA ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques undermine US moral authority, says White House - video
10/12/14 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers questions over the Senate CIA torture report on Wednesday. Earnest says that harsh questioning tactics used on terrorism ...

» US Officials: Respecting Human Rights Boosts National Security
10/12/14 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. officials say respecting human rights contributes to U.S. national security. On International Human Rights Day, VOA State Department Correspondent Scott Stearns reports on some of th...

» Moscow will look less like Mordor thanks to the Russian Orthodox Church
10/12/14 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. MOSCOW — An art group’s plans to create an image of J.R.R. Tolkien’s evil Eye of Sauron on a Moscow skyscraper have offended Russia’s religious sensibilities. rea...

» Siberian Tiger, Freed to Roam by Putin, Returns From China Sojourn
10/12/14 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Russian and Chinese conservationists said Kuzya, one of three rescued cubs that President Vladimir V. Putin had released, had crossed a frozen river between the two countries.

» Torture report: Jihadists call for retaliation but no sign of feared protests - Telegraph.co.uk
10/12/14 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Torture report: Jihadists call for retaliation but no sign of feared protests Telegraph.co.uk Jihadists have called on Muslims around the world to "rise up" a...

» Afghan president condemns 'inhumane torture' described in CIA report - The Guardian
10/12/14 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Guardian Afghan president condemns 'inhumane torture' described in CIA report The Guardian Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani speaks during a press conference at the presiden...

» Ukraine, Separatists Fail To Agree On New Round Of Peace Talks
10/12/14 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's government and pro-Russian separatists have failed to agree on a new round of peace talks, but Ukraine's military says it will prolong a 24-hour cease-fire agre...

» Radical Uzbek Imam Shot Dead In Istanbul
10/12/14 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Reports from Turkey say a prominent Uzbek imam – a critic of Uzbekistan’s government who was considered a radical Islamist -- has been shot dead in Istanbul.

» Panel Faults CIA Over Brutality and Deceit in Interrogations - New York Times
10/12/14 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Al Jazeera America Panel Faults CIA Over Brutality and Deceit in Interrogations New York Times ... said was a need to reckon with the excesses of this war, found that C.I.A. officials ...

» Read in full: Senate Intelligence Committee's summary report on
10/12/14 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News | Breaking US News and International News Headlines - GlobalPost. Read in full: Senate Intelligence Committee's summary report on torture Dec 9, 2014 News Desk Need to Know United States This po...

» Kerry to Congress: Don't limit ISIS war or block ground troops - RT
10/12/14 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. RT Kerry to Congress: Don't limit ISIS war or block ground troops RT Secretary of State John Kerry testifies about a congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force aga...

» Congress strikes $1.1tn budget deal
10/12/14 16:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Government shutdown avoided as leaders agree omnibus spending bill with watered-down Republican conditions With barely 48 hours left to avert another government shutdown, US c...

» Republican Senator Defends Release of CIA Interrogation Report
10/12/14 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Republican Senator John McCain was one of the few members of his party to applaud the release of a report on the CIA's brutal interrogation practices after the September 11, 2001 attacks ...

» World Briefing: The Netherlands: Dutch Refuse Call to Hand Malaysia Jet Inquiry to U.N.
10/12/14 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Hunks of wreckage from the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 arrived Tuesday in the Netherlands as the Dutch government rejected a call to hand over the investigation of the disaster.

» Economic Scene: In Latin America, Growth Trumps Climate
10/12/14 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Schoolchildren on a beach near an oil platform in Brazil. As the country’s economy has stalled, so have its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

» US Couple Formerly Held in Qatar Sues Husband's Ex-employer
10/12/14 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An American couple convicted and later cleared in the death of their adopted African-born daughter in Qatar has sued the husband's former employer, saying the engineering company essentia...

» CIA torture report: China and North Korea quick to settle accounts
10/12/14 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Asian neighbours regularly criticised by the US over human rights say Senate findings prove Washington should not lecture China and North Korea, two of the nations most often ...

» Man who stabbed, wounded Israeli student in synagogue is killed by police - The Age
10/12/14 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Age Man who stabbed, wounded Israeli student in synagogue is killed by police The Age A member of the Chabad community walks through crime scene tape at the movement's headqu...

» Senate report: Harsh tactics didn't net bin Laden
10/12/14 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:40 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON (AP) -- After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin laden in Pakistan in May 2011, top CIA officials secretly told lawmakers that information gleaned from brutal interro...

» Security stepped up after Jewish center stabbing - U.S. News & World Report
10/12/14 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U.S. News & World Report Security stepped up after Jewish center stabbing U.S. News & World Report A member of the Lubavitch community, center, leaves the Chabad-Lubavitc...

» Putin To Discuss Debt, Food Imports, Weapons In Uzbekistan
10/12/14 15:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Uzbekistan on a rare visit to the most populous Central Asian nation.

» Pussy Riot reportedly collaborating with members of Le Tigre
10/12/14 15:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says the Russian punks have been creating original songs and videos with JD Samson Pussy Riot are reportedly collaborating in the studio with members of...

» Rights Advocates Urge Punishment After Report on CIA Terror Interrogations
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Human rights activists are calling for the prosecution of officials involved in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's use of extreme interrogation methods on suspected terrorists. Ben Em...

» Russian President to Visit India For 1-Day Summit
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India for a one-day annual summit Thursday that will seek to reinvigorate a once-close relationship that has lost some of its spark in recent ...

» Homes Of Alleged Militants' Families Torched In Chechnya
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Residents of Russia's Chechnya region say the authorities are carrying out Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov's orders to destroy the homes of relatives of alleged mili...

» Chechens loyal to Russia fight alongside east Ukraine rebels
10/12/14 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. OUTSIDE OF DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), dozens of armed men in camouflage uniforms from Russia's republic of Chechnya train in snow in a camp...

» Azerbaijani, Georgian, Turkish Foreign Ministers Meet In Kars
10/12/14 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey are meeting in the eastern Turkish city of Kars on December 10.

» Ya'alon: Obama administration 'won't be around forever' - Ynetnews
10/12/14 15:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Haaretz Ya'alon: Obama administration 'won't be around forever' Ynetnews Defense minister caught recording saying that after Obama, Israel will resume settlement building; US env...

» Azerbaijani Lawyer May Be Disbarred For Defending Rights Activists
10/12/14 15:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A well-known Azerbaijani lawyer says he could be disbarred for defending prominent human rights activists and oppositionists.

» Russian PM Medvedev says sanctions harmful for both Russia and West
10/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that Western sanctions over Ukraine were harmful for the Russian economy, but that Western economies were also affec...

» CIA Interrogations Report Triggers Prosecution Calls
10/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A top UN human rights envoy and human rights groups are calling for the prosecution of U.S. officials involved in what a Senate report called the "brutal" CIA interrogat...

» Pirate Bay Goes Offline After a Raid in Sweden - TIME
10/12/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME Pirate Bay Goes Offline After a Raid in Sweden TIME Neij and Sunde, the two co-founders of the file-sharing website, A file picture of Fredrik Neij (C) and Peter Sunde (2nd ...

» How Ebola attacks the body
10/12/14 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. How Ebola attacks the body More than 6300 people have now died from Ebola in the three hardest hit nations in west Africa, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the Wor...

» Medvedev Enlists Russian Companies in Bid to Halt Ruble Drop
10/12/14 15:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the government is urging large companies to even out their sales of foreign revenue as officials try to stem the ruble’s slide to a record and the central ban...

» Rouble fall, sanctions hurt Russia's economy: Medvedev
10/12/14 15:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Katya Golubkova and Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:07am EST MOSCOW (Reuters) - The weakness of the rouble is hurting Russia , which has lost tens of billions of dollars because of sanctions i...

» Medvedev To Russians: Don't 'Panic' Over Ruble's Fall
10/12/14 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called on Russians "not to panic" and to keep their savings in rubles despite of the Russian currency's sharp decline.

» A Top Target of China’s Antigraft Campaign Gets Life in Prison
10/12/14 15:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Liu Tienan was one of the first and most visible targets of the push by President Xi Jinping to take down both “tigers” and “flies” — powerful and minor officials.

» World media react to CIA torture report - USA TODAY
10/12/14 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. USA TODAY World media react to CIA torture report USA TODAY Newspapers around the world led their front pages with the explosive story Wednesday, with British publications The Guardian...

» Shrien Dewani arrives back in the UK after murder trial collapses - video
10/12/14 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Shrien Dewani arrives at Gatwick Airport from Cape Town on Wednesday morning. He is thought to be heading back to his family home in Bristol after his trial for arranging...

» Ebola virus
10/12/14 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Ebola virus The United Nations' coordinator on Ebola has hailed widespread progress in the fight against the deadly virus, but warned the outbreak was still surging in western S...

» Britain presses Turkey over detention of suspected British jihadis
10/12/14 15:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. David Cameron asks for closer cooperation over intelligence on UK citizens suspected of trying to join Islamic State in Syria Britain is requesting that its intelligence agenc...

» Israel's defense minister behind closed doors: Obama administration won't last ... - Haaretz
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Haaretz Israel's defense minister behind closed doors: Obama administration won't last ... Haaretz Moshe Ya'alon tells Yeshiva students U.S. blocking new settlement plans but boa...

» Suicide attack on Iraqi military base kills 9
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A suicide attack outside a military base in Samarra, north of Baghdad, killed nine people and wounded 15 others Wednesday, security officials said.

» Im Ready for Hillary - Politico
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Politico Im Ready for Hillary Politico Most Popular. Top Stories, Videos & Photos. Michael Hayden Is Not Sorry · Budget bill shows GOP's new muscle · Gruber: I'...

» Belarusian Journalist Alesin Released But Must Stay In Minsk
10/12/14 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Belarusian journalist arrested on suspicion of treason and espionage has been released from custody but ordered not to leave Minsk.

» Pope urges global war on human trafficking - The Daily Star
10/12/14 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Daily Star Pope urges global war on human trafficking The Daily Star Pope Francis waves to the crowd during his general audience at St Peter's square on December 10, 2014 at the Va...

» Airlines body calls for U.N. to regulate anti-aircraft weaponry
10/12/14 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. GENEVA (Reuters) - Global airlines body IATA has called on the UN to regulate anti-aircraft weaponry in a similar way to chemical weapons following the shooting down of a commercial ai...

» Russian FSB Chief: Islamic State Is A 'Terrorist International'
10/12/14 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's Federal Security Service head Aleksandr Bortnikov mentioned the threat of Islamic State alongside the threat of the Caucasus Emirate -- which he did not name spe...

» Ukrainian troops to continue observing truce: Kiev military
10/12/14 15:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian government forces will continue to observe a truce in the country's east after a significant reduction in shelling by separatists on Tuesday's "Day of Silenc...

» Britain calls on NATO help in submarine hunt: media
10/12/14 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - NATO patrol planes helped Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast after a submarine's periscope was spotted, in a search reminiscent of the Cold War,...

» Prince William, Kate wrap up NYC visit with black-tie gala, Sept. 11 museum visit - CTV News
10/12/14 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CTV News Prince William, Kate wrap up NYC visit with black-tie gala, Sept. 11 museum visit CTV News NEW YORK -- Prince William and his wife, Kate, wrapped up their first visit to...

» This Billionaire Just Paid $4 million for a Nobel Medal Only to Give It Back to the Seller
10/12/14 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. One of the richest men in Russia, Alisher Usmanov, has come forward as the anonymous buyer of James Watson’s Nobel medal, which was sold for more than $4 million at an auction at Christie’s in New Yo...

» For Modi, Putin’s visit a sign of India’s potential during U.S.-Russia tensions
10/12/14 15:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. NEW DELHI — Just over a year ago, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was hailed as a statesman for his role brokering a Syrian...

» Ukraine Cease-Fire Holds for 2nd Day
10/12/14 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian rebels are largely honoring a declared halt in hostilities for a second consecutive day in eastern Ukraine. Only sporadic gunfire was reported early Wed...

» The CIA torture report: what you need to know – video
10/12/14 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. A landmark report released on Tuesday shows the full extent of the CIA's interrogation and detention programs enacted after 9/11. The Guardian's Spencer Ackerman and Trev...

» Russian Opposition Activist Mokhnatkin Sentenced Again
10/12/14 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian opposition activist has been convicted in absentia of assaulting police and sentenced to four years and six months in prison.

» World facing Armageddon unless Obama and Putin 'defrost' icy relationship - Daily Mail
10/12/14 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Daily Mail World facing Armageddon unless Obama and Putin 'defrost' icy relationship Daily Mail Russian elder statesman Mikhail Gorbachev today warned of the threat of Armageddon...

» Obama on 'The Colbert Report': The President Steals the Show from Stephen ... - Crossmap
10/12/14 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Crossmap Obama on 'The Colbert Report': The President Steals the Show from Stephen ... Crossmap Perhaps what is, or what possibly will be as well in the future, most talked about...

» Rectal rehydration and standing on broken limbs: the CIA torture report's grisliest findings
10/12/14 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Parts of the CIA interrogation programme were known, but the catalogue of abuse is nightmarish, especially knowing much more will never be revealed CIA’s brutal and ineffectiv...

» Russia says small military mission in east Ukraine at Kiev's request: RIA
10/12/14 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian general said on Wednesday a small Russian military mission in eastern Ukraine is there at the invitation of Kiev and is assisting the OSCE security group i...

» Torture report: Harsh reality for U.S.
10/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The senate report leaves little doubt that some CIA practices would -- by any international standard -- be defined as torture, writes CNN's Tim Lister. So has the U.S. lost the moral high ...

» Tajik Man Accused Of Recruiting Militants For Syria Released With Fine
10/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Tajik man accused of being a member of a gang that recruited young men to fight in Syria was released on December 10 after being ordered to pay a fine, RFE/RL's Tajik S...

» Russia scraps plan for Eye of Sauron art installation
10/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Eye of Sauron will not now gaze over Moscow after opposition from the Russian Orthodox Church thwarted project The Eye of Sauron will not, after all, gaze out over Moscow this...

» Brooklyn: moment synagogue knife attacker is shot by police - video
10/12/14 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Police shoot and kill a man they say stabbed a rabbinical student in the head in a Brooklyn synagogue on Tuesday. An exchange can be heard between the man and police, who...

» Obama Avoids Taking Sides on Effectiveness of C.I.A. Techniques
10/12/14 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The debate over interrogation techniques has left President Obama facing an uncomfortable choice between two allies: the C.I.A. director versus Democrats on the committee that produced the ...

» Analysts Weigh Nigeria/Russia Arms Deal
10/12/14 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Nigeria has turned to Russia to buy heavier weapons following a recent strain in relations with the United States. After the U.S. rejected a request for Cobra attack helicopters, Nigeria ...

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