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New US Defense Chief on First Official Visit to Afghanistanby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:20 AM

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The new U.S. defense secretary, Ashton Carter, arrived in Afghanistan early Saturday for a previously unannounced visit -- his first overseas trip as Pentagon chief. Carter plans to meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as the U.S. mission in Afghanistan changes from combat to training and advising Afghan forces, who have taken responsibility for the country's security. About 10,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan. Before taking office, Carter told the U.S. Senate he could reconsider plans to pull all U.S. forces out of Afghanistan by the end of the year. But he said that would depend on the security situation. He also said he would work with U.S. coalition partners to make sure Islamic State does not expand from the Middle East into Afghanistan.

U.S. Defense Secretary Arrives In Kabul

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The new U.S. defense secretary has arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan.

Пришедшего на киевский Майдан Порошенко встретили свистом - Trans-Port

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:19 AM

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Пришедшего на киевский Майдан Порошенко встретили свистом Trans-Port Так, 21 ноября 2014 года главу государства освистали во время церемонии возложения цветов в память героев Небесной сотни в Киеве. Когда наконец на площади появился Пётр Порошенко из толпы раздался свист к крики «Ганьба!» По словам украинского президента, 24 февраля в ... и другие »

Генсек ООН 23 февраля проведет переговоры с главами МИД России и Украины - Trans-Port

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Генсек ООН 23 февраля проведет переговоры с главами МИД России и Украины Trans-Port По словам Пан Ги Муна, ООН в этом вопросе будет руководствоваться любым решением, которое будет принято Советом Безопасности. Глава Министерства иностранных дел Украины Павел Климкин встретится в понедельник 23 февраля с генеральным секретарем ООН Пан Ги ... Украина рассчитывает заменить со временем миротворческий контингент, который предполагается развернуть в Донбассе, на полицейскую миссию ЕС.Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Пан Ги Мун встретится с главами МИД России и УкраиныВести.Ru Генсек ООН и глава МИД Украины обсудят миротворцев в ДонбассеРИА Новости Взгляд -GIGAmir -Полит.ру Все похожие статьи: 304 »

Украина выразила Германии протест в связи с визитом депутатов бундестага в ДНР - Коммерсантъ

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Украина выразила Германии протест в связи с визитом депутатов бундестага в ДНР Коммерсантъ Власти Украины направили ноту протеста в министерство иностранных дел ФРГ по поводу встречи депутатов от оппозиционной Левой партии Вольфганга Герке и Андрея Хунко с главой самопровозглашенной «Донецкой народной республики» Александром Захарченко, информирует ... Украина недовольна встречей депутатов бундестага от Левой партии с лидером ДНР Александром ЗахарченкоРадиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Киев выразил недовольство встречей депутатов бундестага с главой ДНРПолит.ру ​Украина выразила недовольство встречей депутатов бундестага с лидером ДНРРИА ИА REGNUM -Главная | Deutsche Welle -Газета.Ru Все похожие статьи: 32 »

В российском МИД назвали бреднями, достойными психлечебницы, заявления о том, что помощник президента Владислав Сурков причастен к ... - Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ

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В российском МИД назвали бреднями, достойными психлечебницы, заявления о том, что помощник президента Владислав Сурков причастен к ... Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Как сказал официальный представитель ведомства Александр Лукашевич, вместо расследований следствие спекулирует на смерти людей. По его словам, украинские спецслужбы ставят руководство страны в неловкое положение. «Сегодняшняя глупость — лишнее тому ... и другие »

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Armed Forces cuts now look like a big mistakeby Telegraph View

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:18 AM

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Telegraph View: the message that should be taken from the Ukraine crisis is that Nato must be prepared for anything

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Shipping Firms, Dockworkers End US Ports Disputeby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:17 AM

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U.S. dockworkers and port operators have reached a tentative deal on a new labor contract, settling a dispute that disrupted the flow of cargo through 29 West Coast U.S. ports and snarled trade with Asia. The deal was reached late Friday and calls for restoring all port operations starting late Saturday.  The two sides must still reach a final agreement. In a joint statement, the president of the Pacific Maritime Association, James McKenna, and the president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Bob McEllrath, said they are pleased to have reached a tentative deal that is good for dockworkers and the shipping industry. U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez oversaw four days of negotiations this week between the two sides in San Francisco in the western U.S. state of California. The White House responded to the settlement by calling it a "huge relief" for the U.S. economy, particularly the many American workers, farmers and businesses that have been affected by the dispute.  A spokesperson said President Barack Obama is urging all parties, as they finalize their agreement, to clear out the congestion with ships at the West Coast ports. The labor dispute, which began in July when a previous contract expired, tied up 29 West Coast ports for months and created a bottleneck for much of U.S. trade with Asia.  Those ports handle more than a quarter of all U.S. maritime trade and more than 70 percent of the nation's imports from Asia. Billions of dollars worth of cargo have been backed up, with large container ships remaining idle outside ports from southern California all the way north to the Canadian border.

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Ukraine crisis: Russians to rally in Moscow to mark 'coup' - BBC News

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:17 AM

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Ukraine crisis: Russians to rally in Moscow to mark 'coup' BBC News Russian government supporters are to rally in the capital Moscow and other parts of the countryto mark the first anniversary of what they view as the "coup" in neighbouring Ukraine. Russia'sstate media are promoting the event under the slogan "We won ... Ukraine accuses Russia over Maidan 2014 killingsBBC News Ukraine accuses Russia over Kyiv sniper killings as it marks first anniversaryeuronews  Kiev accuses Russia over new tanksThe Daily Star RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty all 202 news articles »

Iran's Nuclear Chief To Meet US Energy Secretary

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Iran's official news agency says the country's vice president is going to meet the U.S. energy secretary in Geneva to discuss the ongoing nuclear negotiations.

Ополчение Донецкой республики сегодня представит ОБСЕ план отвода тяжёлых вооружений - Первый канал

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Ополчение Донецкой республики сегодня представит ОБСЕ план отвода тяжёлых вооружений Первый канал Об этом накануне сообщил представитель штаба армии ДНР Эдуард Басурин. Он уточнил, что демилитаризация будет проходить не одновременно по всей линии соприкосновения, а по очереди - в каждом секторе. При этом за всеми этапами будут наблюдать сотрудники ОБСЕ. ДНР: В Дебальцево найдено множество тел украинских военныхВзгляд Штаб ДНР сообщил об обстреле Донецкого аэропорта тяжелой артиллериейРоссийская Газета Ополчение гарантирует жизнь всем военным, кто добровольно выйдет из дебальцевского котла — ДНРTrans-Port Последние новости России и Украины, главные новости дня. -РИА Новости Украина -НТВ.ru Все похожие статьи: 370 »

Ополченцы обнаружили в Дебальцево секретные документы силовиков - Взгляд

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Ополченцы обнаружили в Дебальцево секретные документы силовиков Взгляд Во время бегства из Дебальцево украинские солдаты бросили не только тела погибших сослуживцев, технику и вооружение, в том числе и американского производства, но и секретные военные документы. Внутри одного из блиндажей, где располагался сам командный пункт силовиков, ... и другие »

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Russia Marks Anniversary Of Ukraine 'Coup'by noreply@rferl.org (RFE/RL)

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:16 AM

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Thousands of people have rallied in central Moscow to mark the first anniversary of what they view as a "coup" in neighboring Ukraine. 

Moscow’s Use of Non-Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Creating New Problems for Putin by paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:14 AM

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            Staunton, February 21 – The admission by a Moscow newspaper of what the whole world knows even if its leaders sometimes won’t say -- that Moscow has deployed units of its own army in Ukraine – has attracted attention around the world, but one part of that acknowledgement has not, although ultimately this may be the most important part of it.

 

            And that is this: Moscow is not using just any of its own troops. It is using non-Russians in its war against Ukraine, and at least some of their fellow non-Russians within the current borders of the Russian Federation are asking a question that Vladimir Putin certainly doesn’t want them to: when, they inquire, did the Ukrainians attack our nations and republics?

 

            Four of the seven soldiers referred to by Ilya Barabanova in “Kommersant” on Thursday are from non-Russian parts of the country, not surprising given the demographic decline of the ethnic Russians relative to non-Russian nations there and economic problems that drive some non-Russians to see the military as a way out much as less-well-off groups do in other countries (kommersant.ru/doc/2671088).

 

            In reporting this pattern but in not giving the full names so that the nationalities of those involved could be determined, the “Kommersant” journalist says by way of a postscript that “the author knows the full names of all the heroes of the text but the editors do not consider it correct to publish them yet.”

 

            But Balabanov provides one telling detail: an exchange among soldiers of the Russian military. One, who notes that there are Buryats in their ranks, says that they are “Donbas Indians,” a dismissive comment about a proud Mongol nation in the Transbaikal.  And then the journalist adds “All smile [because] all understand everything.”

 

            In commenting on this story, however, one Buryat activist makes it clear that not everyone understands everything or at last everything in the way that Vladimir Putin would like them to. Sayana Mongush notes that “Ukraine has not attacked Buryata, Tuva or Yakutia” and wonders why men from there should be sent to fight there (facebook.com/sayana.mongush).

 

            Once again, the empire is using its non-Russian subjects to do its fighting, and once again, while some are doing so willingly, others are questioning this practice. And such questions in and of themselves highlight the divisions within Russian society and undermine the supposed monolithic unity of that country.

 

            At the very least, they are likely to give some in Moscow pause about a policy that demographics and economics have left the Russian regime if it wants to continue its aggression with no choice but to adopt.

 

            In the coming days and weeks as Putin’s aggression continues, it will thus be important to watch not only the extent to which the Russian Army in Ukraine is not exclusively Russian but also the way in which non-Russians are reacting to their use, especially as the Kremlin pushes an ever more Russian nationalist line and reduces its support for non-Russian areas.

 

            At the same time, and in yet another indication that neither Russians nor non-Russians are as eager to fight in Ukraine as some have suggested, there are no increasingly frequent reports that Moscow will use at least some of the prisoners it plans to amnesty as soldiers in Ukraine (zloy-odessit.livejournal.com/1143396.html).

 

            Indeed, it is not impossible to imagine that some of these prisoners will be offered their freedom only if they agree to fight in Ukraine.  To the extent that happens, Putin’s criminal invasion of Ukraine will take on not only a non-Russian face but very much a criminal one as well.

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Former Yemeni President Flees Capital After Rebels Let Him Goby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:14 AM

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Aides to former Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi say he has left the capital, Sana'a, after Shi'ite rebels let him go following weeks of house arrest. The aides told Western media Saturday that Hadi was headed to the southern city of Aden, his home town.   The former president has been under house arrest after being detained last month along with his ministers when Shi'ite Houthi rebels toppled Yemen's government. The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution earlier this past week demanding the Houthis restore the Sana'a government and Mr. Hadi, who is backed by the United States. Yemen has been mired in political turmoil since Houthi rebels seized Sana'a in September. On Friday, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said rival political parties, including the Shi'ite rebels that seized power in the majority Sunni country, are getting closer to reaching a deal that could prevent the country from sliding into civil war. "We took a very important step this morning toward reaching a political deal to end the current crisis," said Jamal Benomar Friday in a statement posted to his Facebook page. "Parties to the talks have agreed on an interim legislative body that guarantees the participation of all political elements not represented in the current lower house of parliament," he said. "According to the deal, the lower house will retain its current form, and a congress called the People’s Transitional Congress will be formed." Mohammed Albasha, a spokesman for the Yemeni embassy in the United States, told VOA following the announcement that the agreement to replace the current upper house of lawmakers with the new transitional council is a move in the right direction. U.N. envoy Benomar said issues that remain unresolved include the status of the presidency. The recent U.N. resolution stops short of sanctions or direct intervention, and would require new Security Council action for any eventual penalties to be applied. There was no immediate rebel response to the U.N. move.  But Houthi leaders have said they will not cede power in what they describe as "the face of threats." Since seizing power in January, rebels have dissolved parliament and set up their own ruling body.  They say they are carrying out a "revolution" against corrupt officials and economic ruin.

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Ukrainian War Seen Pointing to a Rise in Right-Wing Violence in Russia by paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:14 AM

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            Staunton, February 21 – A new and dangerous trend is emerging among some Russian nationalists as a result of the war in Ukraine, with some insisting that the conflict there is “the result of a Zionist conspiracy against the Slavs” and opposing the inclusion of “Novorossiya” within Russia lest it give the Kremlin more supporters.

           

            Some of those who hold these views, Natalya Yudina of the SOVA Analytic Center says, have gone to Ukraine to fight against Russian forces where they are acquiring military skills that they are likely to employ inside the Russian Federation once the fighting in Ukraine is over (ru.rfi.fr/rossiya/20150219-natalya-yudina-odnim-iz-posledstvii-voiny-v-donbasse-mozhet-stat-rezkaya-aktivizats/).

 

            Yudina told RFI’s Russian Service that such people are also interested in fighting against pro-Moscow forces operating in Ukraine because they want to kill ethnic Chechens who, they are convinced, form a significant fraction of Russian forces there. The death of Chechens or indeed of any Caucasians is something these people “only welcome.”

 

            Those who hold such views are not taking part in the debates among Russian nationalists in Moscow. Instead, they prefer to act directly by “personally participating” in the war.  Yudina said she did not know exactly how many there are but suggested that there are “no fewer than 200 including Cossacks and perhaps even more.”

 

            Many of these people are veterans of the Chechen or even Afghan wars and thus have some military experience in their pasts. Many are not tied to any Russian organization but at least some have links to Aleksandr Barkashov’s Russian National Unity, Aleksandr Dugin’s  Union of Youth and Stanislav Vorobyev’s Russian Imperial Movement.

 

            Some of these groups, perhaps especially because their presence on the Ukrainian side can be and has been used to discredit Ukraine, likely enjoy the support of some in the Russian government, Yudina suggested, but she said she has no specific information concerning such ties.

 

            As long as such people are fighting in Ukraine or elsewhere, they are unlikely to use their violent skills in pursuit of their extremist goals within the Russian Federation. Indeed, Yudina said, there has been if anything a falloff in such actions in recent months as those who had engaged in such things are now in Ukraine.

 

            But she said that she is “extremely pessimistic” about the future when “the war will end” and when “these people will return” to Russia “after having acquired certain experience of military actions.” In the past, these people talked on the Internet, but in the future, she suggested, they may make use of their military skills.

 

            And Yudina concluded: “the dream about ‘a Russian revolt’ or ‘white revolution’ in that event will not seem as fantastic” as it does today. And that in turn, she said, means that “yet another consequence of this war could be a sharp increase in the activities of right-wing radicals inside Russia itself.”

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НАТО готовится к "масштабной атаке России" на Европу - klops.ru

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:13 AM

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НАТО готовится к "масштабной атаке России" на Европу klops.ru В НАТО посоветовали подготовиться к "масштабной атаке России на Европу", пишет "Лента.ру" со ссылкой на заявление замкомандующего объединенными силами НАТО в Европе генерала Эдриана Брэдшоу. Представитель НАТО уверен, что российское руководство может ... Экспансия России может угрожать существованию НАТО - генералУкраинское национальное информагентство Экспансия России может угрожать существованию НАТО - БредшоуУКРАИНСКАЯ ПРАВДА В НАТО посоветовали подготовиться к "масштабной атаке России" на ЕвропуКорреспондент.net ГЛАВКОМ -Аналитическое агентство "Русь Православная" Все похожие статьи: 95 »

Виктор Янукович: Никакая власть не стоит потерь, которые получила Украина - Комсомольская правда

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Свергнутый президент Йемена Абд Раббу Мансур Хади бежал из столицы - Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ

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Russia Update: February 21, 2015 by Liveblog Team

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Putin Doing what KGB Did in Karabakh But It Won’t Work in Ukraine, Portnikov Says by paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:12 AM

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            Staunton, February 21 – Vladimir Putin is being given credit in many quarters for coming up with a new kind of “hybrid war” in Ukraine, but in fact, Vitaly Portnikov says, all the Kremlin leader is doing is “scrupulously coping” what the KGB did in Karabakh, the “first special operation” of the Soviet organs at the time of the collapse of the USSR.

 

            But as usually happens when someone applies an approach taken from one situation to another which is fundamentally different, the result in the case of Ukraine will be different and far less to Moscow’s liking than the outcome of the still-frozen conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Karabakh (grani.ru/opinion/portnikov/m.238211.html).

 

            Portnikov writes that it is not his intention to talk about the deep-seated causes of the conflict over Karabakh, but he was present to see when via the Moscow media, “the Soviet special services did everything possible to ignite a conflict in a situation when they should have been trying to calm it.”

 

            At that time, “Pravda,” the official mouthpiece of the CPSU Central Committee, published an article over the names of but without the participation of its journalists in the Caucasus.  Entitled “Emotion and Reason,” it was viewed as Moscow’s position and led to explosions in Karabakh, in Armenia and in Azerbaijan.

 

            The conflict that and other such articles caused, Portnikov continues, “led to innumerable misfortunes in the two countries which, despite their difficult historical past and lack of understanding, could have preserved a cold peace and not fought with one another,” with Armenians living in Baku and Azerbaijanis living even in Yerevan.

 

            “Now all this is impossible to imagine,” the Kyiv commentator says.

 

            And what did the KGB’s efforts produce? In Azerbaijan, the collapse of the government, “the complete marginalization of democratic forces,” and the coming to power of an authoritarian regime. In Armenia, the impoverishment of the population and the dependence of Yerevan on Moscow. And in Karabakh, the creation of “a fortress country and a destabilizer of Armenia and Azerbaijan at one and the same time.

 

            Putin clearly thinks he can “transform the Donbas into a Karbakh,” but there is a compelling reason to conclude that he is wrong, Portnikov says.  “Armenians really needed Artsakh” and were prepared to die for it, [and] Azerbaijanis really needed Karabakh” and were prepared to die for it as well.

 

            In sum, Portnikov says, “this was a classic ethnic conflict” over a territory “each of the peoples considered its own and which it did not want to split u with anyone.”  But the situation in the Donbas is different. “No one wants to die” for it. Instead, Ukrainian soldiers at the front are “defending Ukraine,” and Russian troops and pro-Russian forces are defending Russia.

 

            Ukrainians in the Donbas identify as Ukrainians not as residents of that region. “Russian soldiers and mercenaries also are not fighting for the Donbas; for them, it is only a place des armes. They are simply fulfilling the plan of their supreme commander to destabilize the situation in Ukraine. And Putin is completely indifferent as to where to destabilize it.”

 

            “The industrial Donbas,” Portnikov continues, “both for Ukraine and for Russia is a real suitcase without a handle,” something that can’t be picked up as such. And consequently, however much territory Putin occupies, “he all the same will not make a Karabakh out of the Donbas” and the frozen conflict he appears to be pursuing now.

 

            “Do you know why?” the commentator asks rhetorically. “Because the Armenian who enrolls the militia of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic loves Artsakh more than life itself” and thus is prepared to die for it. And the Azerbaijani, who is in the forces opposing Karabakh, also loves it and is prepared to tie. “This is a great, inescapable tragedy of two neighboring peoples.”

 

            But the Donbas is nothing like that for its residents or for those fighting there. It is “simply an industrial basin,” a place people go to or leave for economic reasons but do not view as a matter of life and death. Of course, it is a piece of territory, but it is divided by those who live there: Generally, “where Ukrainian villages begin, Russian forces stop.”

 

            Consequently, Putin “cannot provoke a great Ukrainian destabilization with the help of the Donbas” or indeed of any other region in Ukraine because “Putin’s destabilization contradicts the underlying laws of civilization, and largely thanks to this circumstance, the Russian president is condemned to lose.”

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Muslims to form peace ring around Oslo synagogue following Copenhagen attacks

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Thousands of Muslims are expected to form a human ring around Oslo’s synagogue today in a show of solidarity with Jews – a week after an Islamic gunman attacked a synagogue in neighbouring Denmark.

Полиция Москвы: На "Антимайдан" вышли 35 тыс. человек - Росбалт.RU

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Полиция Москвы: На "Антимайдан" вышли 35 тыс. человек Росбалт.RU "В шествии от улицы Петровка до площади Революции, которое проходит в рамках акции "Антимайдан", принимают участие порядка 35 тыс. человек", — сообщает в субботу сайт ГУ МВД по Москве. Один из организаторов акции, сенатор Дмитрий Саблин заявил, что на шествие и ... В центре Москвы завершилась акция движения «Антимайдан»РБК В Москве завершилась акция движения «Антимайдан»BFM.Ru Марш в Москве – душевный порыв патриотовДни.Ру Интерфакс -Маяк -NEWSru.com Все похожие статьи: 344 »

Ukraine Should Exploit Russia’s Internal Divisions as Germany Did in 1917, Kyiv Analyst Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

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            Staunton, February 20 – In 1917, the German general staff sent Lenin back to Russia by sealed train to spark a revolution and take his country out of the war. That strategy worked, and today, Peter Oleshuk of Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine should consider doing something similar, exploiting Russia’s internal divisions to force Moscow to sue for peace.

 

            Given its own military difficulties and the failure of those whom it had hoped would provide it with the kind of weapons it needs to defeat the Russian invasion, Ukraine has no choice but to think about how it could exploit the enormous number of social and national “contradictions” in Russia (nv.ua/opinion/oleschuk/nam-nuzhno-razrushit-rossiyu-iznutri-35281.html).

 

            Moscow has already regularly accused Ukraine of doing that, pointing to Ukrainian commentaries about the various “wedges” as Ukrainians refer to those places in the Russian Federation where many Ukrainians live such as the Zelenyi klin in the Russian Far East and to areas adjoining the current Russian-Ukrainian border.

 

            But there is little evidence to support Moscow’s complaints or to suggest that Kyiv is prepared to go further in the ways that Oleshuk suggests. And indeed, it would be an extraordinarily high-risk strategy not only because Moscow would use it to mobilize Russians against Ukraine but because it would certainly try to discredit any Russian opposition by suggesting it consisted of “Ukrainian agents.”

 

             Nevertheless, it is a measure both of the desperate situation some Ukrainians believe their country is now in and of the obviousness of the splits in Russian society, ethnic, class and otherwise, that Oleshuk has felt compelled to write an essay entitled “We must destroy Russia from the inside.”

 

            The Kyiv scholar says he agrees with the idea that “any real peace would be good for Ukraine,” but he argues that everyone must recognize that “the conflict does not have a diplomatic solution.” Moscow isn’t interested in one, and it is using military force and the unrecognized republics to prevent one from happening.

 

            “Russia will not be stopped until it is confronted with superior force,” he continues. And “Ukraine alone will not be able to mobilize them. We can inflict enormous losses, but present-day Russia is completely indifferent not only to the deaths of others but to the deaths of its own.” In sum, Ukraine alone can’t, and “the EU and the US don’t want to.”

 

            Given that, he argues, “it is time” for Ukraine to stop thinking in an “Atlantic-centric way” viewing itself only as “an object of geopolitics.” Instead, “Ukraine must begin its own game, albeit a more local but at the same time carefully considered one.”

 

            It can’t defeat Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine, but it can do something “on the territory of the Russian Federation.”  The conflicts in the Caucasus, splits between Moscow and the provinces and divisions between the rich and the poor are all very much in evidence and all can be exploited.

 

            “It isn’t necessary to describe them in detail,” he says. “Everyone knows this.” And he calls for a search for “’Lenins’ and separatists” and for supporting “all who want to struggle against the central power [of the Russian Federation].  This is serious and complicated work, but there is no other way.”

 

            There may be some Russian forces prepared to cooperate or alternatively Moscow may see suggestions of that as being to its advantage: One Russian outlet reports that some supporters of Oleg Navalny have already asked Ukraine to send “experienced people” to instruct Russian opposition figures about how to organize a Maidan in Russia (in24.org/moscow/13296).

 

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Спецслужбы США и Британии знают, кому вы звоните и пишете смс - Независимая газета

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Спецслужбы США и Британии знают, кому вы звоните и пишете смс Независимая газета «The Christian Science Monitor» пишет, что Агентство национальной безопасности США (АНБ) и Центр правительственной связи Великобритании (ЦПС) взломали крупнейшего производителя сим-карт. Соответствующие данные были опубликованы интернет-изданием The Intercept. Сноуден: Американские спецслужбы взломали миллиарды SIM-карт, возможно и вашуМосковский комсомолец Спецслужбы США следили за абонентами после взлома производителя SIM-картАргументы и факты Спецслужбы США слушали разговоры по мобильникам миллионов людей в миреИА REGNUM Коммерсантъ -BBC Russian -3DNews Все похожие статьи: 77 »

EU and Britain 'Sleepwalked' Into Ukraine Crisis, British Lawmakers Say by Reuters

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LONDON - The EU and Britain "sleepwalked" into the Ukraine crisis, failing to grasp its exceptional nature and lacking the ability to read political shifts in Russia, British lawmakers said in a report on Friday.

Report Accuses EU, Britain Of 'Sleepwalking' Into Ukraine Crisis by noreply@rferl.org (RFE/RL)

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Merkel, Hollande To Discuss Ukraine Amid Renewed Fightingby noreply@rferl.org (RFE/RL)

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The German and French leaders are due to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine amid a shaky cease-fire deal aimed at putting an end to the fighting in the country's east.

Britain 'at mercy' of Putin in a war against Russia, former defence chiefs warn - The Independent

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Britain 'at mercy' of Putin in a war against Russia, former defence chiefs warn The Independent Sir Michael explained that the flights by the Russian aircraft were designed to test Britain's air defence response and that the country's military commanders would have “probably worked out we are not as sharp as we were”. Nato chiefs also claim ... British Planes Intercept Russian BombersNew York Times UK jets intercept Russian aircraft near British airspaceCNN RAF jets scrambled after Russian bombers seen off CornwallBBC News Channel 4 News- The Week UK-Telegraph.co.uk all 193 news articles »

FSB Says Nearly 2,000 Russians Fighting in Iraqby The Moscow Times

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Putin Aide Linked to Maidan Killingsby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

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            Staunton, February 20 – In the classic film about Watergate, “All the President’s Men,” Deep Throat warns that in unmasking a conspiracy, it is important not to go too fast but rather to build from the outer rings into the center. Otherwise, the conspirators will feel protected, and the possibility that anything will be done to those really responsible is diminished.

 

            And while it is just as obvious now to those with eyes to see that Vladimir Putin has orchestrated the attack on Ukraine and Ukrainians as it was that Richard Nixon organized the break-in and cover-up, it is important to build the case against the Kremlin leader in the same way as it was built against the disgraced American president.

 

            That is now happening.

 

            Yesterday, Valentin Nalivaychenko, the head of the Ukrainian intelligence service, said last night that his officers had statements from those suspected of shooting Ukrainian demonstrators during the Maidan were being directed by Vladislav Surkov, Putin’s closest aide (kasparov.ru/material.php?id=54E6F6B08CA62,grani.ru/Politics/World/Europe/Ukraine/m.238210.htmlandpravda.com.ua/rus/news/2015/02/19/7059184/).

 

            In addition, Dmitry Muratov, the editor of “Novaya gazeta,” said on Ekho Moskvy that his paper now has in its possession a document which confirmed that “the plan of war in Ukraine was developed in the administration of the president of Russia,” that is, by Putin’s entourage (echo.msk.ru/programs/personalno/1494328-echo/).

 

            The “document shows, Muratov said, that this plan was developed in the Kremlin between February 4 and February 15 of last year, that is before Viktor Yanukovich fled from Kyiv. And it specifies that Russia must intervene in Ukraine lest it lose control of gas pipelines and a major market.

 

            The Kremlin document specifies that Moscow should exploit “the centrifugal strivings of various regions” of Ukraine “with the goal of initiating in one form or another the unification of its eastern oblasts to Russia.”  First among these, the document says, according to Muratov, should be Crimea and Kharkiv.

 

            And the Kremlin plan also outlines Russia’s diplomatic strategy. Moscow must insist on talks to “resolve the crisis,” even though it will have been the source of the problem. Moscow must “demand federalization or even confederalization” of Ukraine to block pro-Western groups in that country.

 

            Then, the document says, Crimea and other portions of southeastern Ukraine must then be integrated into the Moscow-dominated customs union and the last step must be their “unification” with Russia, because Russia, its diplomats will argue, “is the only guarantor of economic development and social stability.”

            At the very least, these developments in the latest “case” should become the occasion for a dramatic expansion in the list of Russian officials who should be prevented from travelling to Western countries. But more than that, it should be the end of those who try to present Putin as an innocent as far as Ukraine is concerned.

 

            As the Watergate case showed 40 years ago, Putin will still have his defenders much as Nixon did his. But the noose is tightening, and it is long past time to recognize that Putin is guilty as charged whatever his supporters say and that like Nixon he must be stopped before he does any more damage.

 

           

 

 

 

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Russian man hides in fridge to avoid going to court

Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 10:03 AM

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It's both a great advertisement for the roominess of modern-day fridges as well as the thorough searching capabilities of the Russian police.

Kiev accuses Russia of sending more tanks to east Ukraine - Reuters

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Kiev accuses Russia of sending more tanks to east Ukraine Reuters  Russia did not immediately respond to the accusation which, if confirmed, would go further to kill off a European-brokered truce that was met by relentless rebel advances after it came into force on Sunday. Moscow has always denied accusations in the ... Ukraine: Rebels open fire, Russia sending tanks despite cease-fireNew York Post  Ukraine: UK and EU 'badly misread' RussiaBBC News Ukraine Accuses Russia of Sending More Weapons to Separatists Wall Street Journal  The Guardian-Yahoo News-The Daily Star all 7,588 news articles »

Foreign military threat real, most Russians believe – poll - RT

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Foreign military threat real, most Russians believe – poll RT The research conducted by the government owned agency VTSIOM in mid-February among 1,600 respondents in 132 cities and towns across Russia. According to the poll, the 'foreign threat index' is currently at a record high – the number of Russians who ...

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» Псаки обвинила Россию в гибели украинцев - Вести.Ru
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mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Вести.Ru Псаки обвинила Россию в гибели украинцев Вести.Ru В Вашингтоне особенно озабочены новыми столкновениями в районе Мариуполя, отметила на брифинге представитель американског...

» France, Germany: More Ukraine Sanctions Possible
20/02/15 21:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. France's president Francois Hollande and Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday more sanctions are possible if there is no end to violations of the Minsk peace accord.  U.S. diplo...

» Novel HIV Vaccine Prevents Disease in Monkeys
20/02/15 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. US researchers are calling it a "Big Deal." Next year, human clinical trials could begin on a novel AIDS treatment that alters DNA, turning cells into HIV fighters.  The treatment has com...

» Greek Debt Is Vastly Overstated, an Investor Tells the World
20/02/15 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Paul Kazarian, a large investor in Greek bonds, is trying to convince others that the country’s debt is not as burdensome as it might appear.

» Любовь к сильной власти
20/02/15 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Голос Америки. Любовь к сильной власти Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/video/dictators-exhibition/2652116.html. From: Голос Америки Views: 12 2 0 0 ratings Time: 05:0...

» EU must act in unison against Russia
20/02/15 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. In the face of Putin’s aggression, the 28-member bloc has to stand firm

» Pro-Russia victors vow to ignore deal for ceasefire in Ukraine
20/02/15 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. EU leader warns of ‘further action’ if diplomacy fails as rebels’ leadership vacuum imperils peace efforts As the sun set over the cratered fields around Debaltseve, a group of pro-R...

» Ukraine crisis: ‘One miscalculation, and Britain faces an existential threat to our whole being...’
20/02/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. The West faces a new and dangerous era of “constant competition” with Russia that carries a possible “existential threat to our whole being”, Britain’s most senior commander in Nato has ...

» Порошенко требует от США и ЕС усилить антироссийские санкции - BFM.Ru
20/02/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская Правда в Украине Порошенко требует от США и ЕС усилить антироссийские санкции BFM.Ru Петр Порошенко настаивает на том, что если ситуация на востоке Украины не улучшит...

» Report: EU 'Sleepwalked' Into Crisis With Russia
20/02/15 21:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A new report says the European Union “sleepwalked” into the current crisis in Ukraine, because of “catastrophic misreading” of the mood in Russia. Regional analysts say unless Brussels ta...

» Obama Calls Chicago's Pullman District a 'Milestone' in US Journey
20/02/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama and others are trying to preserve U.S. historic sites and ecologically important areas so the lessons of the past can inform future generations. This week, he gave ...

» США обвинили Россию в поддержке ополченцев - Аргументы и факты
20/02/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Аргументы и факты США обвинили Россию в поддержке ополченцев Аргументы и факты Официальный представитель госдепа США Джен Псаки заявила, что «поддержка Россией ополченцев на Украин...

» В горящем поезде во Франции оказались заблокированными 600 человек - Lenta.ru
20/02/15 21:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Lenta.ru В горящем поезде во Франции оказались заблокированными 600 человек Lenta.ru В поезде, который направлялся из столицы Франции Парижа в Гренобль, произошел пожар. В результа...

» White House Fights to Block Deportation of Illegal Immigrants
20/02/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is fighting another round in a legal and political squabble over deporting illegal immigrants. White House officials said they will ask for a ...

» Russia cut to 'junk' by Moody's - Business Insider
20/02/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Russia cut to 'junk' by Moody's Business Insider AP Russian President Vladimir Putin heads a cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia , ...

» The survival of the human race depends on space travel, says Stephen Hawking
20/02/15 21:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Professor Hawking (pictured) was speaking at London's Science Museum. He said space travel is vital to the future of the human race. And he also said anger should be replaced by empathy

» Up to 25,000 Iraqi troops preparing for attack on Islamic State in Mosul
20/02/15 21:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Assault to retake Iraq’s second largest city expected to begin in April or May according to US official The operation to retake Iraq’s second largest city from Islamic State m...

» Police Hunt Frozen's Queen Elsa Over Cold Snap
20/02/15 21:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The fugitive movie songstress is described by police as being "very dangerous" and the public are told not to apprehend her alone.

» Fighters Not the Only Foreigners Seeking IS
20/02/15 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOAvideo. Fighters Not the Only Foreigners Seeking IS Even as countries around the world scramble to combat the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria, nongovernmental organizations are rais...

» Brustholm Ziamani guilty of plot to behead soldier was radicalised by hate preacher
20/02/15 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Brustholm Ziamani, 19, fell under the spell of cleric Anjem Choudary and his followers last April and became obsessed with the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby.

» Iraqi Assault to Retake Mosul From Islamic State Is Planned for Spring
20/02/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The assault, expected to begin in April or May, The assault will require 20,000 to 25,000 Iraqi and Kurdish troops, troops and is expected to begin in April or May, an official from the Uni...

» Too good to be true? The beauty therapy chocolate to 'smooth wrinkles, increase blood flow and help skin look radiant'
20/02/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Esthechoc was developed from research originating at Cambridge University and will be unveiled at next month’s Global Food Innovation Summit in London.

» Lenovo PCs may have adware and a 'horrifically dangerous' security flaw
20/02/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The Beijing-based computer manufacturer has pre-installed the Superfish software on Lenovo laptops sold between September 2014 and January 2015. The software make these laptops open to ...

» Is your music player really random? Spotify says its users are convinced they can see strange patterns in shuffle playlists
20/02/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. New York-based Spotify admits it had to change its playlist algorithm to be less random in order to trick its users into hearing what they believed to be random songs.

» Commuter swears at man then meets him a few hours later when he interviews him for a job
20/02/15 21:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. HR executive Matt Buckland (pictured) claimed the job seeker pushed past him and told him to 'f*** himself' as they were both getting off at Monument Station in central London.

» Deadly mosquito is found in UK: Species that can spread West Nile virus discovered 50 miles from London
20/02/15 21:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Colonies of culex modestus, which can spread the West Nile virus in one bite, have been discovered by scientists at sites in the Thames Estuary, pictured.

» Probe Clears World Bank Top Brass of Wrongdoing - Wall Street Journal
20/02/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Wall Street Journal Probe Clears World Bank Top Brass of Wrongdoing Wall Street Journal An outside law firm investigating accusations the World Bank's top brass may have mishandled a $...

» World Briefing: Russia: Putin Critic Detained for 15 Days
20/02/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Russia’s leading opposition figure, Aleksei A. Navalny, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 days in custody for handing out leaflets in the subway.

» Shattered Ukraine town in rebel hands
20/02/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The scene of devastation is staggering in Debaltseve, the town at the heart of the battle between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in recent days.

» World Briefing: Venezuela: Caracas Mayor Is Detained
20/02/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, was detained by federal officials on Thursday, opposition leaders said.

» El Salvador returns criminal gang leaders to high security jail
20/02/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's government on Thursday returned 14 leaders of the country's main street gangs to a maximum security prison in an attempt to curb murders of polic...

» How ISIS makes (and takes) money
20/02/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. ISIS has crude, stomach-turning tactics when it comes to dealing with its enemy, but experts say that its moneymaking methods are highly sophisticated, especially for such a new terror group.

» Rudy Giuliani's Obama critique puts 2016ers in a bind - CNN
20/02/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Rudy Giuliani's Obama critique puts 2016ers in a bind CNN Washington (CNN) Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's comments that he doesn't think President Barack Obama "loves...

» Smoke from shisha pipes contains dangerous levels of lead and uranium
20/02/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Smokers were breathing in over 26 times the recommended maximum daily exposure to uranium, say researchers from the German Jordanian University.

» As Ukraine Soldiers Pour In, Town Fears Fight Will Follow
20/02/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. With their town now crawling with Ukrainian troops, many Artemivsk residents are afraid that the rebels will be on their heels, resulting in the kind of intense battles that has left n...

» Murderers will have the first gay wedding in jail: Inmates serving life sentences to wed in special ceremony at Yorkshire prison
20/02/15 20:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Mikhail Ivan Gallatinov, 40, who was jailed in 1997 for strangling a 28-year-old gay man, is to marry Marc Goodwin, 31, who was jailed in 2007 for murder, in a ceremony at HMP Full Sutt...

» UK 'Guilty Of Sleep-Walking' In Ukraine Crisis
20/02/15 20:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The Government is accused of a collective "catastrophic misreading" of the crisis as relations between the UK and Russia worsen.

» Britain at the mercy of Vladimir Putin's planes
20/02/15 20:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The stark warning came as RAF fighter jets scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear missiles as they flew menacingly off the coast of Cornwall.

» DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Russian threat and an indefensible aid policy
20/02/15 20:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. For the 17th time in only 14 months, the Russian military yesterday came provocatively close to British territory.

» US and Iraq plan operation to regain control of Mosul - Times of India
20/02/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. US and Iraq plan operation to regain control of Mosul Times of India WASHINGTON: The US and Iraqi forces plan to launch military operation to regain control of Iraq's second larg...

» BBC's Malcolm Muggeridge groped women uncontrollably, claims book
20/02/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Historian Jean Seaton alleges Huw Wheldon was among men to abuse their power at the corporation where sexual harassment was rife in the 1970s and 80s Renowned BBC broadcasters...

» Swiss Train Crash Causes Many Injuries - Wall Street Journal
20/02/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. MiamiHerald.com Swiss Train Crash Causes Many Injuries Wall Street Journal ZURICH—Two trains crashed into each other north of Zurich before sunrise Friday morning, injuring many ...

» U.S. Trial Over Attacks Could Hurt Palestinian War Crimes Push
20/02/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (JERUSALEM) — Palestinian officials are nervously watching a landmark terrorism trial in the United States, brought by victims of Palestinian suicide bombings and shootings aimed at civilians. ...

» Fighting persists in east Ukraine despite ceasefire
20/02/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV/VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Fighting persisted in east Ukraine on Friday despite new European efforts to ensure a ceasefire takes hold.

» Iran's nuclear programme
20/02/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Iran's nuclear programme Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and top US diplomat John Kerry will meet in Geneva this weekend for talks on Tehran's nuclear programme. I...

» Russian Officer Detained For Beating Tajik Taxi Driver
20/02/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian officer has been detained in Tajikistan on suspicions of assaulting a taxi driver and stealing his vehicle.

» Putin accused of sabre-rattling over Russian jets stunt - Belfast Telegraph
20/02/15 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Belfast Telegraph Putin accused of sabre-rattling over Russian jets stunt Belfast Telegraph The fraught relationship between Russia and the West, which was supposed to improve fo...

» British spy testifies in wig and fake goatee in trial of New York subway Al Qaeda bomb plotter
20/02/15 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The MI5 officer appeared in disguise while giving evidence at the New York trial of Abid Naseer, who is accused of running the Manchester arm of an international Al Qaeda bomb plot.

» NYPD proposed issuing cops with breath mints and spraying protesters with baby oil after Eric Garner chokehold death
20/02/15 20:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. NYPD assistant commissioner Michael Julian, pictured, has been removed from his training brief after he claimed officers could use mints instead of swearing in high-stress situations.

» UK caught off-guard in Ukraine, say Lords - Financial Times
20/02/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Financial Times UK caught off-guard in Ukraine, say Lords Financial Times A damning parliamentary inquiry has accused the UK government of “sleepwalking” into the Ukraine crisis ...

» U.S. Senators Urge Kerry To Tighten Sanctions On Russia
20/02/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has urged Secretary of State John Kerry to tighten sanctions against Russia and provide defensive military aid to Ukraine after rebels...

» FSB Chief: Intel Sharing With U.S. On IS Group 'Quite Possible'
20/02/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Intelligence sharing between Russia and the United States regarding the Islamic State (IS) group is "quite possible," the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FS...

» Psychiatrist: Man Charged with Killing 'American Sniper' was Schizophrenic
20/02/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A psychiatrist told a Texas court on Thursday that the man accused of murdering U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle had paranoid schizophrenia and showed signs of psychosis that could not be...

» Tensions Rise in Central Europe Over Use of Russian Nuclear Technology
20/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A plan for central European countries to produce their own nuclear fuel using Russian technology has become another flash point in the debate over the continent’s reliance on Moscow fo...

» 'They Would Have Turned Us Into Ground Meat'
20/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukrainian government troops say they came under heavy fire in recent days as they retreated from the town of Debaltseve, now under the control of pro-Russian separatists....

» Russia Launches Antitrust Probe Against Google
20/02/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has launched an investigation against Google.

» Options narrow for Ukraine's Poroshenko after Debaltseve defeat
20/02/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - The loss of the key town of Debaltseve to Russian-backed separatists, the latest in a string of big battlefield defeats for Ukraine, narrows the options for President ...

» Russian Opposition Agrees To Hold Rally In Moscow Outskirt
20/02/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Most Russian opposition parties and groups have agreed to hold a large-scale demonstration in a remote area of Moscow after being denied permission to rally in the city c...

» Iran nuclear talks to continue in Geneva on Feb 22: EU
20/02/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Representatives of Iran, Britain, the United States, Russia, China, France and Germany will hold talks in Geneva on Feb. 22 to seek a solution to Iran's nuclear pr...

» Venezuela on edge after Caracas mayor arrested on ‘coup plot’ claims
20/02/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Venezuela braced for anti-government protests Friday after intelligence agents arrested Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma on alle...

» Caracas Mayor Ledezma Detained By State Agents
20/02/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Armed Venezuelan federal intelligence agents on Thursday detained Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma, a vocal critic of President Nicolás Maduro, who accused his opponent of unspecified “cr...

» Georgia mustn't use justice system to settle scores: Europe rights body
20/02/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian authorities should not use the justice system to settle political scores with the former government of Mikheil Saakashvili, a European rights body said on ...

» Chile govt denies involvement in Peru...
20/02/15 18:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from peru - Google News. Chile govt denies involvement in Peru espionage case Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias  - ‎2 hours ago‎ Lima, Feb. 20. The Government of Chile, through its Foreign M...

» 2,333,1262,333,1262015-02-20General Sir Adrian Bradshaw says the threat from Russia "represents
20/02/15 16:57 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,333,126 2,333,126 2015-02-20 General Sir Adrian Bradshaw says the threat from Russia "represents an existential threat to our whole being". NATO General Warns Over Russia and Baltic Friday February 20 th , 2015  at  5:39 PM World News ...

» Moldova's Creaking Political System Could Be A Gift For Moscow
20/02/15 16:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. After two months of bruising political wrangling, Moldova has installed a pro-Western minority government that is dependent on the support of the unpredictable Communist ...

» Sun royal editor: 'dangerous' to ban all payments to public officials
20/02/15 16:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Duncan Larcombe tells court that newspapers must be allowed to hold public bodies such as the police and NHS to account It would be “extremely dangerous” if journalists were n...

» Parliament: UK, EU 'Sleepwalked' Into Ukraine Crisis - ABC News
20/02/15 16:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Parliament: UK, EU 'Sleepwalked' Into Ukraine Crisis ABC News A parliamentary report published Friday accused the British government and European diplomats of "sleepwalking" ...

» Venezuela opposition urges release of mayor accused of coup plot
20/02/15 16:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leaders on Friday demanded the release of a Caracas mayor arrested after what they called false accusations that he was involved in a U.S.-bac...

» Merkel, Hollande Say Europe Aims to Keep Greece in Euro - Bloomberg
20/02/15 16:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Fox News Merkel, Hollande Say Europe Aims to Keep Greece in Euro Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Europe wants to ke...

» Podcast: A Year That Changed Two Countries
20/02/15 16:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. One year ago, Ukraine's president fled to Russia. And neither Ukraine, nor Russia, will ever be the same again.

» CNN claim ISIS is luring women with kittens and Nutella
20/02/15 16:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Supporters of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have taken to Twitter to mock claims the terrorist organisation is luring women into its fold using kittens and Nutella.

» Why we reveal more than we realise
20/02/15 16:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Emphasising your importance can be a sign of insecurity, while sanctimonious new parents may be sobbing their way through those sleepless nights Should you ever find yourself ...

» Obama to meet at White House with Prince Charles, Camilla - Washington Post
20/02/15 16:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Obama to meet at White House with Prince Charles, Camilla Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will host Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, ...

» Greece confident of deal at crunch talks
20/02/15 16:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Varoufakis insists Athens has made sufficient concessions to win bailout extension

» U.N. investigators to publish Syria war crimes suspect names
20/02/15 16:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations war crimes investigators announced a radical change of strategy on Friday, saying they would publish names of suspects involved in Syria's four-year w...

» Teacher tells Ohio schoolgirl told to cover up her arms at Valentine's Day dance - because they were 'sexual objects'
20/02/15 16:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Seventh grader Ari Waters had picked out a pretty yellow knee-length dress for a Valentine's Day dance at Mt. Orab Middle School, believing it to be 'elegant' - but she was ordered to c...

» Austria Warns Kosovars Against Trying To Seek Asylum
20/02/15 16:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Austrian government has published an appeal in Kosovo's largest daily newspaper warning Kosovars against trying to seek asylum in Austria.

» Germany, France Want Greece to Stay in Eurozone
20/02/15 16:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. European leaders said Friday that Greece should stay in the 19-nation eurozone, as finance ministers of the group were struggling to reach a compromise on the country’s bailout program. S...

» With Greece deal elusive, risk rises of financial lockdown
20/02/15 16:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:54 p.m. EST. NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- The longer it takes to secure a deal to keep Greece in the euro, the greater the risk the country will have to put its financial system in lockdow...

» Pakistan Military Says Five Militants, One Soldier Killed In Clash
20/02/15 16:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Pakistan's military said five militants and a soldier were killed in an exchange of fire between the government troops and Islamic extremists in a restive tribal region n...

» Special Election to Fill Former Rep. Michael Grimm's Seat Will Be Held May 5 ... - NBC New York
20/02/15 16:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBC New York Special Election to Fill Former Rep. Michael Grimm's Seat Will Be Held May 5 ... NBC New York Gov. Cuomo announced a special election to fill the congressional seat ...

» Tariq Ali: ‘Renationalise the railways. Cut military spending. Argue with whoever says it can’t be done’
20/02/15 16:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A leading figure of the British left since the 60s, Tariq Ali despairs of Westminster and the ‘extreme centre’ that dominates politics today. His solution? It’s not to trust E...

» NATO General Warns Over Russia and Baltic
20/02/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. General Sir Adrian Bradshaw says the threat from Russia "represents an existential threat to our whole being".

» Ant gin, cricket soup: Bugs crawl onto menu at Cordon Bleu
20/02/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:54 p.m. EST. BANGKOK (AP) -- Bugs in a gourmet kitchen are usually something to be squashed or swatted. But at Le Cordon Bleu, the esteemed French cooking school, chefs and food scien...

» Teenager in beheading plot idolised Lee Rigby killers, says ex-girlfriend - video
20/02/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. The former girlfriend of Brusthom Ziamani, a London teenager found guilty of plotting to behead a British soldier, says he idolised the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby. The...

» World's biggest PR firm calls it quits with American oil lobby – reports - The Guardian
20/02/15 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The Guardian World's biggest PR firm calls it quits with American oil lobby – reports The Guardian The world's largest PR firm has been working for the powerful oil industry lobby for ...

» Challenges for doctors using fitness trackers & apps
20/02/15 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:54 p.m. EST. NEW YORK (AP) -- More hospitals and doctors are starting to use data from fitness trackers and health apps to help treat patients. But they are moving cautiously. The tec...

» Pussy Riot's first English song is a tribute to Eric Garner
20/02/15 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Pussy Riot's first English song is a tribute to Eric Garner Pussy Riot have released their first English song in honour of Eric Garner, who died after a New York police officer put him in a...

» Sicilian mafioso who lived incognito in Britain for 20 years to be extradited
20/02/15 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Domenico Rancadore faces seven years in jail after Westminster court decides he should face justice in his native Italy, after hiding out in west London since 1993 A high-rank...

» Totally bogus dude: Surfers wipe out as enormous 12m wave swallows them up off Hawaiian beach
20/02/15 16:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. ***VIDEO AVAILABLE*** PEAHI, MAUI ñ JANUARY 21: Chewed up and spat out: This helpless surfer didn't stand a chance against the infamous surfing break nicknamed Jaws on January 21, 2015 ...

» Britain and E.U. ‘Sleepwalked’ Into Ukraine Crisis, Lawmakers’ Report Says
20/02/15 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. An analytical failure and “glaring absence of political oversight” was compounded by a decline in Russia expertise and analysis, the report said.

» U.N. Human Rights Group Condemns Chelsea Fans Over Racist Incident
20/02/15 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The United Nations human rights group has condemned the Chelsea soccer fans who shouted racist chants and prevented a French citizen of African descent from boarding a train before a Champions League...

» Operation Yewtree: man, 74, charged over 1980s sex abuse allegations
20/02/15 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Walid Moussa is charged with seven counts of indecent assault on a female over the age of 16 between July 1983 and July 1984 Police have charged a 74-year-old man over allegat...

» Turkish Jews plan a future in Spain
20/02/15 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Ladino offers diminished community chance of return to the land of their Iberian forebears

» Obama to hold immigration town hall - The Hill (blog)
20/02/15 16:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Obama to hold immigration town hall The Hill (blog) President Obama will hold a town hall meeting next week in Miami to push back on a Texas judge's injunction that temporarily b...

» Boko Haram fighters kill 21 people near Nigeria's Chibok
20/02/15 16:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram militants fleeing a Nigerian army offensive killed 21 people on Friday in attacks near the village of Chibok, close to where the rebels abducted ...

» UN: Yemen Parties Agree on Transitional Council
20/02/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Yemen's feuding parties have agreed on a "people's transitional council" to help govern the country and guide it out of a political crisis, U.N. mediator Jamal Benomar announced on Friday...

» General tells Nato: expect a Russian attack
20/02/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Alliance second-in-command in Europe warns of possible escalation

» Oscars 2015: Does winning best director kill your career?
20/02/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and Bennett Miller are among the experienced director’s nominated for best director, who have yet to win the prize. Will Hollywood’s biggest pr...

» UN probe ready to release Syria 'war criminals' list - Daily Mail
20/02/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Daily Mail UN probe ready to release Syria 'war criminals' list Daily Mail UN investigators said Friday they were prepared to publish secret lists of alleged war criminals in Syr...

» Cuomo sets special election date to replace Michael Grimm - New York Daily News
20/02/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Daily News Cuomo sets special election date to replace Michael Grimm New York Daily News Former Congressman Michael Grimm pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion in D...

» A new Sherlock Holmes mystery: is 1,300-word yarn a lost Conan Doyle?
20/02/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Unsigned 1903 contribution to raise money for bridge in Scottish borders believed to have come from the pen of their ‘guest of honour’ and frequent visitor A mystery that migh...

» WorldViews: The Islamic State threatens to come to Rome; Italians respond with travel advice
20/02/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. In a recently released video that showed the killing of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya, all but one of them Egyptian, the Is...

» India Aims to Boost Share in Global Arms Market
20/02/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As it seeks to ramp up domestic defense production, India has called on global arms makers eyeing the country’s large arms market to share technology with Indian companies. But New Delhi ...

» Will South Sudan Rebel Defector Impact Peace Talks?
20/02/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A high-level defection from former vice president Riek Machar's rebel group could impact the latest round of peace negotiations for South Sudan, said a government spokesman on Friday. "Th...

» Jailed RFE/RL Journalist Vows to Pursue Corruption Probe
20/02/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An Azerbaijani journalist imprisoned after exposing corruption throughout the government vowed to continue her investigations. In a letter smuggled from Kurdakhani prison, investigative r...

» Giuliani defends Obama claim: it's not racist, president has a white mother
20/02/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In Fox New interviews, former New York mayor insists Obama lacks affection for the country but calls him a patriot raised under communist influence Former New York mayor Rudy ...

» Ukraine Marks Anniversary Of Deadly Protests
20/02/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. President Poroshenko claims police evidence shows a Russian aide directed "foreign sniper groups" who gunned down demonstrators.

» Caracas Mayor Arrested on Sedition Accusation, Plunging Venezuela into New Crisis
20/02/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. President Nicolás Maduro accused the mayor, Antonio Ledezma, of abetting what he called an American plot to overthrow him.

» Brazil Slights Indonesian Ambassador
20/02/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff slighted Indonesia’s proposed ambassador, just weeks after the Asian country executed a Brazilian citizen for drug smuggling.

» Young Playwright's Works Explore Race, Identity in America
20/02/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins uses the stage to get audiences thinking and talking about identity in America. Over the past five years, the 30-year-old playwright has established himself in the ...

» Exclusive: U.S. lawmaker pushes White House to aid allies in Islamic State fight
20/02/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican lawmaker wrote to President Barack Obama saying she would do "everything within my power," including holding up spending and introducing legi...

» Official: Big offensive planned against ISIS in Mosul
20/02/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Months after Iraqi troops dropped their weapons and ran for their lives in Mosul, up to 25,000 of them are expected to head back there in April or May to try to retake the city from ISIS, ...

» What will happen when the internet of things becomes artificially intelligent?
20/02/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. From Stephen Hawking to Spike Jonze, the existential threat posed by the onset of the ‘conscious web’ is fuelling much debate – but should we be afraid? When Stephen Hawking, ...

» IS Militants 'Execute' 72 People In Syria In 50 Days, Activists Say
20/02/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria have carried out execution-style killings against 72 people within the last 50 days, a monitoring group says.

» Putin says Russia's military strength unmatchable: Interfax
20/02/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday other countries should not have the illusion that they can attain military superiority over Russia, Interfax reported.

» What's it about all-male days out and racism?
20/02/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. English football fans push a black man off a train in Paris, sparking a global debate about racism in football.

» Police: 8 dead in hotel attack
20/02/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. At least eight people were killed Friday when militants attacked a hotel frequented by government officials in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, police said.

» Rights groups criticise US and UK spies for 'disturbing' sim cards hack
20/02/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. NSA and GCHQ told to stop pretending that law doesn’t apply to them after revelations that they gained access to Dutch manufacturer Gemalto’s encryption keys Rights groups aro...

» Pete Christ: if this isn’t blasphemous, then what is?
20/02/15 16:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. If the Church of England is fine about Pete Doherty being portrayed as Christ, perhaps so we should all be more relaxed about religious artistic depictions Are there any limit...

» 'I was a pregnant war photographer'
20/02/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Even at five months pregnant, war photographer Lynsey Addario was still throwing herself into conflict zones.

» Six hurt as trains collide in Switzerland
20/02/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Six hurt as trains collide in Switzerland Two trains slammed into each other near the Swiss city of Zurich, tipping over carriages and injuring at least six people, one seriousl...

» Obama says it's no accident economy improving on his watch - KOB.com
20/02/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Obama says it's no accident economy improving on his watch KOB.com WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it's "not an accident" that the economy is improving ...

» Go Inside the Frozen Trenches of Eastern Ukraine
20/02/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. In the frozen landscapes of Eastern Ukraine, where government forces and pro-Russia fighters are fighting a bitter war of attrition, the specter of another vicious and unforgiving war looms. “S...

» U.N. climate panel chief accused of sexual harassment: police
20/02/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian police are investigating claims that the one of world's top climate change officials, Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the U.N.'s Inter...

» U.S.-led forces target Islamic State in Iraq with 10 air strikes: U.S
20/02/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and partner nations conducted 10 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq since Thursday, five of them near the militant-controlled city of Mosul, the Comb...

» Russia turns to old tunes as VE Day nears
20/02/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Hymn to be launched as free ringtone download

» Greeks react ahead of Germany debt talks
20/02/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Greeks react ahead of Germany debt talks Germany and Greece face off at yet another eurozone meeting Friday in search of a last-minute bailout compromise, with Berlin insisting ...

» Care home worker admits attempted murder of colleagues
20/02/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Melissa Swift, 23, put ‘bleach-type oxidant’ into water and juice left in staff fridge at Goldfield Court in West Bromwich A former special constable has admitted three charge...

» Will It Take The End of the World For Obama To Recognize ISIS As 'Islamic'? - Daily Beast
20/02/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Daily Beast Will It Take The End of the World For Obama To Recognize ISIS As 'Islamic'? Daily Beast They are also hell-bent on one mission: Chasing the apocalypse, according to Islamic...

» Ukraine: Russia Sending More Weapons to Rebels
20/02/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Ukraine accused Russia of sending more tanks and other weapons across the border to pro-Moscow separatists fighting Kiev’s troops, although officials said violence continued to subside...

» US museum lets 'Imitation Game' fans encrypt their own codes
20/02/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:54 p.m. EST. NATICK, Mass. (AP) -- A little-known war museum outside Boston is drawing back the curtain on a key secret of "The Imitation Game," giving visitors a rare chance to use t...

» 'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' & More | This Week’s Movies: Reviews | The New York Times
20/02/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. 'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' & More | This Week’s Movies: Reviews | The New York Times The New York Times film critics review “Hot Tub Time Machine 2,” “McFarland, USA” and “...

» Give me hypocrites over cynics any time. At least they aspire to something
20/02/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Contemporary cynicism is a diminutive philosophy that espouses maximum protection from being wrong or being disappointed. The bishops were right to challenge it I’m a hypocrit...

» Troubled Ukraine marks year since protest bloodbath in Kiev - U-T San Diego
20/02/15 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U-T San Diego Troubled Ukraine marks year since protest bloodbath in Kiev U-T San Diego KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One year ago, Ihor Zastavnyi was shot three times and lost a leg whil...

» Putin raises the stakes
20/02/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Week. My mother's caregiver, Tamara, despises Vladimir Putin. She's a Georgian, and bitterly resents Russia's 2008 invasion of her home country and subsequent appropriation of South Ossetia and Abkhazi...

» Obama to meet Liberian president on Ebola recovery - Daily Mail
20/02/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Mail Obama to meet Liberian president on Ebola recovery Daily Mail President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Ebola-ravaged Liberia will visit the White House on February 27, as her reco...

» British Anti-Terror Cops Hunt 3 Teen Girls Feared Bound for Syria
20/02/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. U.K. counterterror officials were urgently searching for three teenage schoolgirls they feared had run away from home to travel to Syria, police said Friday. The girls, all good friends aged 15 to 17...

» A&E departments miss patient target for 20th week in a row
20/02/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. England’s accident-and-emergency units fail to meet target to see 95% of patients within four hours in week ending 15 February – although admissions were up Accident-and-emerg...

» Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Libya Bomb Blasts - Wall Street Journal
20/02/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBC.ca Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Libya Bomb Blasts Wall Street Journal TUNIS, Tunisia—A branch of the Islamic State militant group in Libya claimed responsibility f...

» Chicago mayor welcomes Obama support
20/02/15 16:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. President’s backing may help Emanuel sway alienated black voters and help him avoid a run-off

» Gay couple serving life sentences to marry in prison
20/02/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Convicted murderers Mikhail Gallatinov and Marc Goodwin are to get married at Full Sutton prison near York, but will not be able to share a cell A gay couple detained in one o...

» Ex-Va. first lady gets a year and a day for corruption - USA TODAY
20/02/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Ex-Va. first lady gets a year and a day for corruption USA TODAY RICHMOND, Va. — Maureen McDonnell, the wife of former Gov. Bob McDonnell, will be sentenced Friday afte...

» This is what Pussy Riot has been doing since getting out of prison
20/02/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost - Home. They've been very busy. read more

» Eurozone chiefs meet for last-ditch talks to avert Greece cash crunch
20/02/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Germany’s Wolfgang Schäuble and Greece’s Yanis Varoufakis face off behind closed doors amid reports that ECB is drafting Grexit contingency plan Talks to save Greece from an i...

» US-led coalition launches air strikes in Iraq ahead of Mosul offensive
20/02/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Strikes target fighting positions in lead-up to Iraqi attack in March or April Jordan and Egypt also launch air strikes against Isis militants The US and partner nations have ...

» Is Vladimir Putin a brilliant strategist, tactician, or mad? West must figure out Russia’s endgame
20/02/15 15:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Is Vladimir Putin a brilliant strategist, tactician, or mad? West must figure out Russia’s endgame. Analysis At a recent conference held in the Baltic states, one word dominated the agenda: Pu...

» Documentary claims Putin was a lazy wife-beater who only turned his life around when KGB collapsed
20/02/15 15:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Documentary claims Putin was a lazy wife-beater who only turned his life around when KGB collapsed. Vladimir Putin was regularly violent to his ex-wife Lyudmila during their marriage, a German...

» Putin: No one would be able to get military superiority over Russia - Fox News
20/02/15 15:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Fox News Putin: No one would be able to get military superiority over Russia Fox News Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures at the award ceremony in St. George Hall of the Grand Kr...

» Obama Defends Economic Record to Democrats - NBCNews.com
20/02/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Obama Defends Economic Record to Democrats NBCNews.com President Barack Obama told Democrats on Friday that their work has improved the economy while strengthening the ...

» Eurozone would be better off without Greece, warn Germany's 'Wise Men' - Telegraph.co.uk
20/02/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Eurozone would be better off without Greece, warn Germany's 'Wise Men' Telegraph.co.uk A Grexit, or Greek exit, from the euro would strengthen the EU's single cur...

» Currency’s Weakness Troubles China’s Policy Makers
20/02/15 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The renminbi’s value, long kept down by official policy in order to stimulate exports, is now being influenced by flows of money out of the country.

» América : Detención del alcalde de Caracas hunde a Venezuela en una nueva crisis
20/02/15 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. El presidente Nicolás Maduro acusó a Antonio Ledezma de complicidad en lo que llamó un complot norteamericano para derrocar al gobierno.

» European jihadis unable to join Islamic State, locked at home
20/02/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT(Reuters) - The flow of European fighters from Europe to territory held by the ultra-hardline Islamic State is drying up due to tighter restrictions imposed by European states th...

» Berlin says Greek request a 'starting point' for more talks
20/02/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by AFP news agency. Berlin says Greek request a 'starting point' for more talks The German government appeared to make a step towards a last-minute deal between Athens and its creditors, saying Fri...

» Obama administration to ask judge to lift block on immigration actions - Los Angeles Times
20/02/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Los Angeles Times Obama administration to ask judge to lift block on immigration actions Los Angeles Times The Obama administration said Friday it will ask a judge to allow it to...

» 12:33 pm
20/02/15 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News | Breaking US News and International News Headlines - GlobalPost. 12:33 pm What Pussy Riot has been doing since getting out of prison They've been very busy. The region's most gripping saga has ...

» FP’s Situation Report: Centcom outlines plans to retake Mosul; Ukraine calls Russia’s bluff on peacekeepers; Russia slams Obama’s terror summit; and much more from around the world.
20/02/15 14:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: FP’s Situation Report: Centcom outlines plans to retake Mosul; Ukraine calls Russia’s bluff on peacekeepers; Russia slams Obama’s terror summit; and much more from around the world.. By David ...

» When Americans Lynched Mexicans - NYTimes.com
20/02/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story THE recent release of a landmark report on the history of lynching in the United States is a welcome contribution to the struggle over American collective memory. Few groups ha...

» Large Mirror at Balthazar Crashes Down on Diners
20/02/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story Amid the clank of silverware inside the SoHo brasserie Balthazar on Friday morning came a crash: A 10-by-8-foot mirror came loose from the wall mount and crashed on customers d...

» Hillary Clinton and Inevitability: This Time Is Different
20/02/15 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > The Upshot. Hillary Clinton is polling about 20 points higher than she was this time eight years ago.  Continue reading the main story Whenever I mention that Hillary Clinton is an overwhelmi...

» The Nationalist Solution - NYTimes.com
20/02/15 14:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story The struggle against Islamic extremism has been crippled by a failure of historical awareness and cultural understanding. From the very beginning, we have treated the problem o...

» Obama Calls for Expansion of Human Rights to Combat Extremism
20/02/15 11:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — As he sought to rally the world behind a renewed attack on terrorism, President Obama argued on Thursday that force of arms was not enough and called on all nations to “put an end to ...

» F.B.I. Chief Not Invited to Meeting on Countering Violent Extremism
20/02/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The White House did not invite the most senior American official charged with preventing terrorist attacks — the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey — to the three-day conference th...

» Bortnikov says his visit to US is political signal
20/02/15 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vestnik Kavkaza. 20 February 2015 - 1:56pm Russia's Federal Security Service Director, Alexander Bortnikov, said that his working visit to the United States is not only a professional but also a political ...

» US-Russia Exchange of Intelligence to Fight ISIL Possible– Security Service / Sputnik International
20/02/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States and Russia may start exchanging intelligence in order to defeat the Islamic State, Director of Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexand...

» FSB director calls for further cooperation with the US in face of common threats — RT Russian politics
20/02/15 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RT - Daily news. Published time: February 20, 2015 09:35 Head of the Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov. (RIA Novosti/Sergey Guneev) The professional cooperation between special services must con...

» Rebel Attacks Continue Despite Cease-fire
20/02/15 11:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Ukrainian military spokesman says pro-Russian separatists fired on Ukrainian positions repeatedly in the overnight hours, despite a cease-fire that came into effect five days ago. Anato...

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» 2,327,6732,327,6732015-02-19Rudy Giuliani Said Obama Doesn't Love America - TIME | Mr. Obama’s
19/02/15 16:13 from Mike Nova - Google+
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» Obama, facilitator-in-chief - Yahoo News
19/02/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . There was a time in American politics when the word “summit” called to mind Roosevelt at Yalta, Kennedy in Vienna, Reagan at Reykjavik. The fate of empires rose and fell on such summits. The legac...

» Obama says world should address ‘grievances’ that terrorists exploit
19/02/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing Obama still refuses to call ISIS ‘Islamic’ WASHINGTON –   President Obama defended his administration’s approach to the terror threat at a White House summit Wednesday...

» Giuliani: Obama doesn't love America
19/02/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Washington (CNN) Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday night he doesn't believe President Barack Obama "loves America," according to a report "I do not believe -- and I know this is a horrible thing to say -- but I do...

» U.S. invites a Russian fox into the chicken coop
19/02/15 13:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By David J. Kramer February 19 at 10:30 AM The Russian KGB , known today as the FSB, has come to Washington.The organization’s director, Alexander Bortnikov, is leading the Russian delegation to Preside...

» The Obama Years - NYTimes.com
19/02/15 12:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . As the political parlor game increasingly turns to obsessions about the jockeying to become the next president, my thinking increasingly turns to how history will measure the current one. While a truly compre...

» Pakistanis Try to Nudge Taliban Along the Path to Peace Talks With Kabul
19/02/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Officials said efforts to engage the group still face major hurdles, including securing the blessing of the Taliban’s reclusive spiritual leader. Afghan and Western officials cautioned that...

» US Preparing To Sue Ferguson Police Over Charges Of Racial Bias: Report - Huffington Post
19/02/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. AL.com US Preparing To Sue Ferguson Police Over Charges Of Racial Bias: Report Huffington Post WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to sue t...

» Regulating the Drone Economy - NYTimes.com
19/02/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Interest in drones has been growing faster than government rules about how they can be used. That’s what makes the Obama administration’s proposed rules for unmanned aircraft by businesses and fed...

» 2,327,6762,327,6762015-02-19Russia marches on uninhibited in eastern Ukraine - Washington Post
19/02/15 12:12 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,327,676 2,327,676 2015-02-19 Russia marches on uninhibited in eastern Ukraine - Washington Post Russia marches on uninhibited in eastern Ukraine - Washington Post Thursday February 19 th , 2015  at  12:20 PM Russia - Google News 1 Shar...

» Faulted for Avoiding ‘Islamic’ Labels to Describe Terrorism, White House Cites a Strategic Logic
19/02/15 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story Take the quiz Submit Now sight-seeing dining out spa treatments interesting seminars free-time to myself an airport the gym live music concerts the wine bar my desk trusty trav...

» Faulted for Avoiding ‘Islamic’ Labels, White House Cites a Strategic Logic
19/02/15 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. With remarkable consistency, President Obama and his aides have favored bland, generic terms over anything that explicitly connects attacks or plots to Islam.

» Faulted for Avoiding 'Islamic' Labels, White House Cites a Strategic Logic - New York Times
19/02/15 12:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times Faulted for Avoiding 'Islamic' Labels, White House Cites a Strategic Logic New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama chooses his words with particular care when ...

» Sniper case witnesses detail Routh's angry outbursts - Dallas Morning News
19/02/15 12:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Dallas Morning News Sniper case witnesses detail Routh's angry outbursts Dallas Morning News Jennifer Weed, testifying Wednesday in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, told of acceptin...

» World Leaders Demand Access for Monitors to Eastern Ukraine
19/02/15 12:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by VOAvideo. World Leaders Demand Access for Monitors to Eastern Ukraine European Union and NATO leaders are calling on Russia to stop supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine and to adhere to a m...

» US preparing to sue Ferguson police over charges of racial bias - Times LIVE
19/02/15 11:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Times LIVE US preparing to sue Ferguson police over charges of racial bias Times LIVE Demonstrators protest to demand justice for the death of Eric Garner, at Grand Central Termi...

» UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Libya
19/02/15 11:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Jordan circulated a draft United Nations Security Council resolution late Wednesday that would lift an arms embargo against the Libyan government, work toward halting the flow of weapons ...

» Obama tells Muslims: don't let Isis hijack your religion and identity
19/02/15 11:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Islamic State does not speak for you and ‘we are not at war with Islam’, declares US president at counter-extremism summit Muslims in the US and around the world have a respon...

» In their cynicism about Putin, western diplomats are making the Ukrainian crisis worse
19/02/15 11:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The Russian president has every reason to want the ceasefire to hold, but if the west continues to misread his motives there’s little chance of it happening Ever since the roa...

» Alaska Leads US States in Well-Being for First Time - Gallup.com
19/02/15 11:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Gallup.com Alaska Leads US States in Well-Being for First Time Gallup.com WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Alaska residents had the highest well-being in the nation in 2014, reaching the top ...

» Defense to present 3rd day of testimony in 'Sniper' trial - Montana Standard
19/02/15 11:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Montana Standard Defense to present 3rd day of testimony in 'Sniper' trial Montana Standard Eddie Ray Routh, left, enters the courtroom with defense attorney J. Warren St. John f...

» Dancer's Death Reveals World of 'Pumping Parties,' Surgery - ABC News
19/02/15 11:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Dancer's Death Reveals World of 'Pumping Parties,' Surgery ABC News An exotic dancer's death at an airport hotel has led Philadelphia police to investigate the strange underworld of &q...

» Russia A 'Real And Present Danger' To NATO States
19/02/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Russia is "testing NATO" and could target Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia next, Michael Fallon warns.

» New American HIV vaccine showing striking results
19/02/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. AIDS Virus under electron microscope A radical new type of vaccine has shown positive results during tests on HIV-positive patients, bolstering hopes o...

» Oil price falls amid worries about global oversupply
19/02/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Brent crude price falls $2 per barrel following big rise in US oil inventories and rising output from Saudi Arabia Oil prices have tumbled in the runup to the release of data ...

» Islamic State Leader Used To Work As Secretary
19/02/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. De-classified documents reveal details of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's former life as a husband and office worker.

» WorldViews: Why the Islamic State has its eyes on Libya
19/02/15 11:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. For almost all of its existence, the Islamic State has focused on a spectacular yet singular goal: The creation of a new Isla...

» Number of suicides in UK increases, with male rate highest since 2001
19/02/15 11:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. ONS figures show 6,233 people over 15 killed themselves in 2013, 252 more than in 2012, and that the male suicide rate is three times greater than the female rate The number o...

» Start here: Latest developments in the fight against ISIS
19/02/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. ISIS ups the ante on its savagery. Iraq asks U.N. to look into organ-harvesting allegations. And U.S. President Barack Obama wants to deny the group legitimacy.

» Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands by Richard Sakwa review – an ... - The Guardian
19/02/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Guardian Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands by Richard Sakwa review – an ... The Guardian When Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's prime minister, told a German TV station recen...

» Oil Prices Fall as US Crude Stockpiles Grow - Wall Street Journal
19/02/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Wall Street Journal Oil Prices Fall as US Crude Stockpiles Grow Wall Street Journal LONDON—Oil prices fell sharply on Thursday extending their losses on expectations that U.S. cr...

» Lenovo accused of compromising user security by installing adware on new PCs
19/02/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Leading PC manufacturer shipped computers containing Superfish software that could leave users permanently open to attack when using public Wi-Fi network Lenovo, the largest P...

» Rare Amur tiger playing with her cubs caught on camera
19/02/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ODN. Rare Amur tiger playing with her cubs caught on camera Footage of a rare Amur tiger playing with her cubs has been captured in China, showing the endangered big cat making a comeback in the...

» Russian Army returns to Latin America
19/02/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Vladimir Putin said that he would not allow the West to achieve military superiority over Russia. Russia will continue strengthening the nuclear potent...

» WorldViews: Germany’s army is so under-equipped that it used broomsticks instead of machine guns
19/02/15 11:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. The German army has faced a shortage of equipment for years, but the situation has recently become so precarious that some so...

» New York judge proposes bill to overhaul grand jury system
19/02/15 11:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Judge Jonathan Lippman says events of past year led to a ‘crisis of confidence’ and seeks reforms to system in instances of police violence New York’s senior judge has propose...

» NATO Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bomber
19/02/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Video has emerged showing NATO fighter jets 'buzzing' a Russian Tu-95 bomber.

» Reports: Germany Rejects Greek Loan Proposal
19/02/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Germany has rejected Greece's proposal for a loan extension, calling it "no substantial solution", reports say.

» Greece Climbs Down and Asks For Euro Bailout
19/02/15 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. On Monday, Greece was given an ultimatum on extending its bailout and told to take it or leave it. On Thursday, it took it, or rather, it at least said it would like to take it. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, ...

» Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around Sun
19/02/15 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. A Saudi cleric has appeared in a video rejecting that Earth revolves around the sun, claiming instead that it is “stationary.” His statements have inci...

» U.K. Defense Secretary Says Russia is a ‘Danger’ to Baltic States
19/02/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The U.K. Defense Secretary said there is a “real and present danger” of Russia trying to destabilize the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Michael Fallon told reporters Wedn...

» Tsarnaev Lawyers To Argue To Move Trial Out Of Mass. Before Federal Appeals ... - WBUR
19/02/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. WBUR Tsarnaev Lawyers To Argue To Move Trial Out Of Mass. Before Federal Appeals ... WBUR In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, third from ...

» Leaders Push Forward With Ukraine Truce
19/02/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia agreed in a telephone call to make a new push to impose a tattered cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, a day after Kiev gave up a strategi...

» Next Round Of Georgian-Russian Talks Scheduled
19/02/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The next round of talks between Russia and Georgia on the normalization of bilateral ties will be held on February 26.