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MOSCOW Russia offered visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi military and other aid on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have made further sweeping gains in both Iraq and Syria this week.

The advances by IS, which captured the Iraqi city of Ramadi last weekend and on Thursday was tightening its grip on the historic city of Palmyra in neighboring Syria, have exposed the shortcomings of Iraq's army and the limitations of U.S. air strikes.

In going ahead with his visit to Moscow despite the worsening security crisis, Abadi said he had wanted to underline the importance of his country's ties with Russia, adding that he had disregarded "certain forces" advising him to cancel the trip.

"We are expanding cooperation in the area of military technology," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the start of talks with Abadi in the Kremlin, hailing Iraq as an "old and reliable partner in the region".

"Our relations are developing very successfully ... Our companies are working in your country and we are talking of investments in the order of billions of dollars," Putin added, without elaborating.

Russian companies were involved in the Iraqi economy for decades during the rule of Saddam Hussein and strongly opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 which ousted the dictator and ushered in a prolonged period of turmoil.

Earlier on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would make every effort to help Iraq defeat Islamic State, whose capture of Ramadi last weekend was the most significant setback for the Baghdad government in a year.

"We are focused on developing ties in all spheres, including military-technical cooperation, economic cooperation and cooperation in the oil and gas sector," Abadi said.

Weak global oil prices have prompted Russia to seek closer ties with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), of which Iraq is a member.

Russia, one of the world's biggest non-OPEC oil producers, is scheduled to hold consultations with the group ahead of an OPEC policy-making meeting in Vienna next month.

(Reporting by Denis Dyomkin; Writing by Gareth Jones; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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The Islamic State terrorist group just claimed a big victory in Iraq with the seizing of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Iraq's largest region.

And Baghdad's actions before and after the setback are raising red flags about the strategy to fight ISIS.

Reuters described the loss of Ramadi, about 75 miles from Baghdad, as the "biggest defeat for the Baghdad government since last summer" when the Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, and Daesh) seized Mosul and declared its caliphate, an Islamic empire that aims to unite the world's Muslims under a single religious and political entity.

Significantly, the loss might have been preventable had Baghdad been willing to empower the area's Sunnis.

ISIS formed after the US occupation of Iraq, which toppled dictator Saddam Hussein's Sunni regime and placed Shiites in powerful positions in the country's new government.

Then, in December 2010, the US went along with the plan backed by Qassem Suleimani, the head of the Quds force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. The plan called for no US troops beyond 2011 and relied on the continued support of the authoritarian Iran-backed regime of Nouri al-Maliki, then Iraq's prime minister.

Ali Khedery, the longest continuously serving US official during the Iraq war (2003-09), has saidAmerica's continued support of Maliki made it so that "Iraq's path toward civil war was really inevitable."

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Michael Pregent, a former US intelligence officer, and Daily Beast reporter Jacob Siegel highlight that Iraq's government is still dominated by Shiites, who "fear empowering Iraq's Sunnis more than they fear allowing ISIS to continue attacking and bleeding the country’s Sunni regions."

Rather than empower Sunnis, Baghdad has relied on Shia militias backed by Iran to drive ISIS out of Iraq since Iraq's own army isn't yet capable of beating back the terror group on its own.

And the government is reluctant to divert weapons from the Shia militias to Sunnis out of fear that these Sunnis might one day rise up against the Shiites in Baghdad.

Further, Baghdad's reliance on Iranian help to fight ISIS is creating a vicious circle that could benefit the terror group.

"More than anything, defeating ISIS requires a capable ground force," Pregent and Siegel write. "Baghdad has refused so far to entrust Iraq’s Sunnis with their own defense, preferring to arm the Shia militias and choose where they fight.

"In turn, Sunni areas like Anbar are vulnerable to attacks like the one on Ramadi, which further threatens Baghdad. With Baghdad under threat, the government is even less willing to siphon resources from the militias, which comprise the capital’s Shia defense force and arm the Sunnis. And from that logic ISIS prospers."

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As Pregent told Business Insider, Iran doesn't seem to want to defeat ISIS entirely.

He argued that Iran wants to keep control of Baghdad and Damascus, but also has something to gain in allowing ISIS to continue operating in other areas.

As long as ISIS remains a threat, Iran can claim that its allies in Syria and Iraq (Shia militias and the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad) are the only thing preventing a jihadist takeover, thereby preserving Iran's influence in those two countries.

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Unfortunately, Iraq is incapable of fighting ISIS on its own. Naseer Nori, head of the Iraqi defense ministry’s media office, told The Wall Street Journal: "On a strategic level, there have been victories against Daesh. Does this mean Daesh is no longer effective? No. We must be honest."

As McClatchy DC noted, ISIS militants in Iraq snatched up US equipment as Iraqi army troops abandoned their positions.

The Journal pointed out that ISIS taking Ramadi "has exposed the fragility of Iraqi forces, despite US efforts to train them."

APSecurity forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during a sandstorm in the eastern part of Ramadi, May 14, 2015.

Nori said he wants more American involvement in the fight against ISIS in Iraq. But President Obama has already taken a lot of criticism for using airstrikes to support the Iran-backed Shia militias, and he seems reluctant to commit American ground troops to the fight. Iran is more than happy to extend their influence.

Ramadi is a Sunni city that's strategically important given its proximity to Baghdad. And now Iran-backed Shia militias are headed into Ramadi to try to take it back.

This clash is a dark turn and a recipe for sectarian tensions to intensify.

Michael B. Kelley contributed to this report.

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Isis advance blows a hole in Obama’s Iraq strategy
Thursday May 21st, 2015 at 2:42 PM

Ever since the Islamist militants of Isis swept into northern Iraq from Syria last June, the Obama administration has had a consistent response: the Syrian conflict may be complex and uncertain, officials would argue, but the US had a clear plan for Iraq.

The dramatic fall in recent days of Ramadi has blown a hole in that confidence.

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American officials insist that Ramadi itself was not that important and that the city had been partially held by Isis for much of the past eighteen months. But the collapse of Iraqi forces in the capital of Anbar province has raised a series of broader questions about the viability of the Iraqi-US campaignagainst Isis.

For an administration still struggling to come to terms with the rapid rise of Isis, which seized the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday, the fall of Ramadi has had uncomfortable echoes of the takeover nearly a year ago of the northern city of Mosul, when Iraqi forces simply melted away.

“We’re still trying to piece together exactly what happened there, but it is not a Mosul collapse and disintegration of units,” said a senior State department official, trying to put a brave face on the situation.” General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was less polite. The Iraqi forces, he said, were “not driven out of Ramadi, they drove out of Ramadi.”

The events in Ramadi have focused attention on four principal problems with the US and Iraqi campaign against Isis. The first is the most obvious, the quality of the Iraqi forces. After the Mosul collapse, the US sent back trainers to Iraq to help stand up a more resilient and disciplined force, but Ramadi has demonstrated the scale of the challenge.

The ISF was not driven out of Ramadi. They drove out of Ramadi

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Kirk Sowell, Amman-based publisher of Inside Iraqi Politics, says that the eighth division of the Iraqi army, which had been in charge in eastern Anbar, was “clearly a hollow division . . . This shows the health of the Iraqi government and security forces.” He adds: “You have 300 [US] trainers for the Iraqi forces in Anbar. What can 300 trainers actually do?”

Ramadi is not the only place where these weaknesses have been in evidence. Along the front lines in Anbar province during a visit in February, Shia volunteer forces took up the bulk of the fighting against Isis, even as a nearby army unit held some positions. Recruited from southern cities, Shia volunteers voiced contempt for the fighting abilities of the uniformed army, which they said lacked morale and discipline. “The army is full of corruption and backbiting,” said Hamid Yasseri, commander of the volunteer force. “I protect my people much better than the army protects its people.”

As a first step, the Obama administration is backing the Iraqi government’s plan to accelerate recruitment for the army in Anbar and to rebuild the police force. An amnesty has been issued for the around 24,000 members of the police in the province who left their posts over the past couple of years, US officials said.

At the same time, the administration is also looking at expanding its own training mission in Iraq and is trying to “streamline” the delivery of weapons to Sunni tribes which are prepared to confront Isis, despite fears that some of those weapons could end up in the hands of Isis fighters.

The weaknesses of the Iraqi military has exposed a second problem, a growing dependence on the part of the Baghdad government and the US on Shia militias, many of which have links with Iran. For months, the US has had an almost competitive relationship with the militias. US commanders ordered heavy air strikes over Tikrit in March in part to demonstrate that Iran-backed militias could not take the city on their own. But now Baghdad has called on a Shia-dominated militia force to play a central role in the campaign to retake Ramadi.

Ramadi takeover is yet another symbol of a hollowed-out state

The violent seizure by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province — which stretches from near Baghdad to Iraq’s border with Jordan — is a huge blow to the Iraqi government and once again calls into question the country’s future as a unitary state, writes David Gardner.

As well as the political sensitivities of working alongside forces supported by Iran, the concern is that the heavy presence of Shia militias will exacerbate sectarian tensions in Sunni Anbar province. However, Michael Knights, an expert on the Iraqi military at the Washington Institute, says that some Shia units have learnt over the past year how to operate in Sunni areas without alienating the local population.

The fall of Ramadi has, at least, concentrated minds in both Baghdad and Washington about where the anti-Isis campaign should be focused. Earlier this year, US defence officials had talked openly about the prospect of a spring offensive to retake Mosul in the north. However, the immediate priority is now on trying to repel Isis in Anbar, much closer to Baghdad.

The fourth issue is whether the White House needs to expand its direct military involvement in the Iraq campaign against Isis, despite President Barack Obama’s ban on “boots on the ground”. For months, US military leaders have been suggesting they will need US forces in the country to play a more active role — as spotters for air strikes, greater flexibility for special forces and for “trainers” to operate nearer the front lines, co-ordinating anti-Isis operations.

Senior administration officials say no formal requests have come from the military for such changes, but Mr Obama must now answer difficult questions about how deeply he wants to get involved in the Iraqi conflict.

Supplies run short as Iraqis flee Ramadi

Thousands of Iraqis fleeing the jihadi takeover of Ramadi have been stranded in the desert, some dying of heat exhaustion, as the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) warns it is running out of supplies, writes Erika Solomon.

UNAMI deputy Lise Grande said that within a month the UN would be out of emergency supplies and would close 77 health centres unless it received financial support.

“In about two weeks we will be completely out of emergency kits and food boxes. If another town is attacked, that’s it, we’re out of stock . . . By July, the food pipeline breaks,” she told the Financial Times on Thursday. “Worried isn’t the word. We’re panicked.”

Almost 3m have been displaced by violence in Iraq. In the past week alone, some 40,000 Iraqis fled Ramadi after Isis seized the city on Sunday. 130,000 others fled Isis attacks there last month.

Nearly half of those displaced from Ramadi were denied entry into Baghdad or nearby Karbala, home to revered Shia shrines, because of worries that there could be Isis infiltrators among the largely Sunni displaced. Local leaders from Anbar province argue that without more help, desperate refugees will be more likely to turn to Isis.

Seven people died under the dire conditions in the past few days, most of them children, Ms Grande said. “At one point up to 6,000 people were forced to sleep outside. The UN tried to get convoys to those people and security didn’t allow it.”

Another 13,000 people are trying to squeeze into about 1,000 UN tents and caravans in nearby Habbaniya, she said. But with a military base in the city, it too could become the site of an Isis attack and force another mass expulsion.

The US spends about $8m per day in its fight against Isis. Ms Grande is calling for $500m to fund UNAMI. “It’s an issue of proportionality. So much money goes into the military operations and so little goes to victims of the violence,” she said.

Ms Grande warned that the UN will not be able to help the expected waves of displaced people fleeing Iraqi forces, backed by US-led coalition air strikes, fighting to push Isis out of Anbar and, eventually, Iraq’s second-largest city Mosul. Millions more may seek safety.

“We could be facing 14 more Ramadi-like situations before Mosul,” Ms Grande said. “We’re already at breaking point and the big battle hasn’t even started.”

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Pentagon Rhetoric About Ramadi’s Fall Risks U.S. Credibilityby Mark Thompson
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When generals start playing with syntax, hold on to your wallets. “The ISF (Iraqi Security Forces) was not driven out of Ramadi,” Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday. “They drove out of Ramadi.”

That grammatical shift from the passive to the active voice—Dempsey boasts a master’s degree in literature from Duke, after all—highlights just how badly Iraq’s U.S.-backed war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is now going.

“We saw this movie—it was called Vietnam,” says Anthony Zinni, a retired four-star Marine general who began his career in that country in 1967, advising South Vietnamese marines. “They are losing credibility. We went through this in Vietnam where we touted pacification and winning all these battles while strategically losing the war.”

The growing disconnect between what’s happening on the ground, and what U.S. military leaders say is happening on the ground, has consequences. “For the last 13 years, even though we have not done well in either Iraq or Afghanistan, the American people have stayed with the military,” Bing West, a one-time Marine infantryman and former assistant defense secretary, says. “But if the American people now see a gap between the reality and what the military is telling them, then you end up with the corrosiveness that we saw in Vietnam.”

Dempsey’s verbal twist—implying that ISIS didn’t force some of Iraq’s best troops out of the city, but, thanks in part to American training, they left in a crafty and bold military move—comes on the heels of a Friday briefing at the Pentagon that Saturday revealed to be close to fiction.

“We firmly believe [ISIS] is on the defensive throughout Iraq and Syria,” Marine Brigadier General Thomas Weidley told Pentagon reporters in a teleconference from the region. “The Iraqis, with coalition support, are making sound progress,” Weidley, chief of staff of Operation Inherent Resolve, the anti-ISIS operation, added. “The coalition will continue to support the government of Iraq as they conduct operations in Ramadi.”

The next day, after a series of bombings, ISIS fighters took over Ramadi after Iraqi troops fled, collecting a half-dozen U.S.-provided tanks and 100 vehicles abandoned by the Iraqis in their rush to drive out of the capital of Anbar province. ISIS forces killed an estimated 500 Iraqi troops and civilians, while 25,000 residents fled the city. In addition to Ramadi, they now occupy the major Iraqi cities of Mosul and Fallujah.

Pentagon officials argue that the long-term U.S. strategy—stepped-up (re)training of Iraqi troops, backed by U.S. and allied air power—ultimately will prevail. They note that they have said from the start that the anti-ISIS campaign could take three years. The U.S. joined the fight last August, and has been flying nearly-daily air strikesagainst ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. There’s a push “for a narrative about success, and that the strategy is fine, that influences different echelons of our government and military to not go outside that narrative,” says Derek Harvey, a one-time Army intelligence officer now at the University of South Florida. “That disconnect risks undermining their credibility.” The retired colonel, who worked for Army general David Petraeus, believes the U.S. focus on vehicles destroyed “measures progress by elements that are irrelevant and meaningless.” The U.S.-led effort is additionally handicapped because it has been done half-heartedly. “A bad strategy that is not properly resourced has a zero chance of success,” he says.

The Pentagon has deployed about 3,000 U.S. troops to train Iraqi forces, although President Obama has restricted their efforts to areas well behind the front lines. That means they can’t call in air strikes and gather front-line intelligence that could give Iraqi forces a critical advantage. Zinni contends a relatively small U.S. combat force on the ground inside Iraq could destroy ISIS, but Obama’s aversion to casualties has ruled that out. “Everybody with any kind of military experience in the Pentagon knows damn right well that this strategy isn’t going to work because you’re counting on breaking his will and there’s no sign of that happening,” he adds. “This strategy has got to bring up Vietnam, where they were saying, `Give us time, we’ll kill enough of them and hit a tipping point.’ The problem is they have not found the tipping point.”

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“If the battle is going against you—and it is—do not put yourself in the position where the credibility of the U.S. military is undermined,” West says of Dempsey’s drive-time comment. “If it doesn’t look good, say nothing.”

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Russia offered visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi military and other aid on May 21 to help push back the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants who have made further sweeping gains in both Iraq and Syria this week.

The advances by ISIL, which captured the Iraqi city of Ramadi last weekend and on May 21 was tightening its grip on the historic city of Palmyra in neighbouring Syria, have exposed the shortcomings of Iraq's army and the limitations of

air strikes.

"We are expanding cooperation in the area of military technology,"

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President Vladimir Putin said at the start of talks with Abadi in the Kremlin, hailing Iraq as an "old and reliable partner in the region".

"Our relations are developing very successfully ... Our companies are working in your country and we are talking of investments in the order of billions of dollars," Putin added, without elaborating.

Russian companies were involved in the Iraqi economy for decades during the rule of Saddam Hussein and strongly opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 which ousted the dictator and ushered in a prolonged period of turmoil.

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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would make every effort to help Iraq defeat ISIL, whose capture of Ramadi last weekend was the most significant setback for the Baghdad government in a year.

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Thursday May 21st, 2015 at 2:25 PM

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Perhaps sensing that his allies’ support for Iraq is weakening Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has flown to Moscow to try and renew the two countries previously warm relationship.

Immediately before he went in for talks with President Vladimir Putin Russia’s foreign minister announced Moscow was ready to resume arms sales to Baghdad.

Beyond expanding military co-operation al-Abadi is hoping the two oil exporters will find common economic cause, as well.

“We hope todays visit will help further the support and cooperation in the fight against terrorism not only in Iraq, but in the whole region,” he said.

Vladimir Putin appears willing to step in, not only with military and other aid, but also by investing. He said Russian companies were discussing investments worth “billions of dollars”.

“Iraq is a long-standing and reliable partner for us in the region. And notwithstanding problems in the world`s economy and problems in the regions, our relations are developing very successfully,” said Putin.

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21/05/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2:41 p.m. EDT. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Before he left New Zealand, Mark Taylor spoke with a local television network. "I've been lonely all my life," he said. "Been rejected by ...

» Pentagon Rhetoric About Ramadi’s Fall Risks U.S. Credibility
21/05/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. When generals start playing with syntax, hold on to your wallets. “The ISF (Iraqi Security Forces) was not driven out of Ramadi,” Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, s...

» Destruction of Palmyra would be 'loss to humanity'
21/05/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 01:14 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe The destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra would be a...

» Obama: 'I don't think we're losing' fight with Islamic State: Atlantic
21/05/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said the fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to Islamic State militants was a "tactical setback" but in an interview released on Thursda...

» Jeb Bush says brother should have been tougher on spending - USA TODAY
21/05/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Jeb Bush says brother should have been tougher on spending USA TODAY Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to a morning crowd at the Draft restaurant, Thursday, May 21, 2...

» Russia offers military aid to Iraq during PM visit
21/05/15 15:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Hurriyet Daily News. MOSCOW - Reuters Print Page Send to friend » Share on Facebook Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi during their meeting...

» Iraq’s PM seeks fresh support in Moscow talks
21/05/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from euronews. Perhaps sensing that his allies’ support for Iraq is weakening Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has flown to Moscow to try and renew the two countries previously warm relationship. Immediatel...

» After Novorossia
21/05/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. If and how the separatist-held territories of Donbas will be reintegrated into Ukraine will be the main battleground in the conflict's endgame. And for scenarios of how t...

» Iraq's PM seeks fresh support in Moscow talks - euronews
21/05/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. euronews Iraq's PM seeks fresh support in Moscow talks euronews Perhaps sensing that his allies' support for Iraq is weakening Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has flown to Moscow to try...

» Isis militants control half of Syria
21/05/15 15:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. City’s capture sparks antiquity fears but Assad opponents say jihadis ‘more merciful’ than president

» US Senate boosts Obama in trade fight
21/05/15 15:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Legislative dance highlights difficult balancing act president faces in Congress

» Obama says to designate Tunisia a major non-NATO ally
21/05/15 15:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he plans to designate Tunisia as a major non-NATO ally of the United States,

» Suspect in D.C. family's brutal murder may be in NYC
21/05/15 14:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. District police chief says slaying of four in Savopoulos mansion wasn't random, suspect once worked for one victim's construction company

» Daron Dylon Wint named suspect after Savvas Savopoulos, family found dead, Washington police say
21/05/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from National news from Newsday. WASHINGTON - Investigators believe a suspect in the mysterious slayings of a wealthy Washington family and their housekeeper is in the Brooklyn area, police said Thursday. D.C. ...

» Police name suspect in D.C. family's brutal murder
21/05/15 14:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Police have named a suspect in a harrowing quadruple murder in Washington, D.C., blocks away from the vice president's home, reports CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews. Police say Daron Dylon Wint was invol...

» Is your Takata air bag under recall?
21/05/15 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has created some online resources to help consumers whose vehicle may have a defective air bag made by Takata. The Japanese air bag maker announced o...

» Inside the Investigation into the Deaths of a CEO and His Family : People.com
21/05/15 13:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from People.com Latest News. Savvas and Amy Savopoulos were the toast of Washington society. Neighbors described the wealthy couple as "wonderful" people who were active donors to various charities and causes t...

» Can the Iraqi government stop ISIS from taking Baghdad?
21/05/15 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. CNN's Arwa Damon looks at the latest strategy for halting ISIS' advances.

» Will ISIS bulldoze ancient Syrian city?
21/05/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Another world wonder is on the brink of destruction as ISIS continues its rampage through the cultural heritage of Iraq and Syria.

» Imam kicked, pushed and dragged along a nine-year-old boy who forgot passage of the Koran during lessons
21/05/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Raza Ul-Mustafa Sabir, 30, turned on the young boy during a lesson at the Jamiz Nizamia mosque in Derby after he forgot a passage of the Koran, leaving the youngster with a bruised leg.

» Palmyra before the fall: Why ISIS destruction sickens me
21/05/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Palmyra: a 2,000-year old city that's remarkably preserved in the middle of the Syrian desert. And now, it's in the hands of ISIS.

» Russians face ultimate test of loyalties
21/05/15 12:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. The educated and wealthy head the queue for a future abroad and away from the rule of Putin

» Was Picasso a misogynist?
21/05/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The greatest artist of the 20th century has been characterised as a bully, a narcissist and a man who feared as well as desired women. But are the stories really true? Jonatha...

» Phone hacking: Celebrities win damages from Mirror Group - BBC Sport
21/05/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. BBC Sport Phone hacking: Celebrities win damages from Mirror Group BBC Sport Damages totalling nearly £1.25m have been awarded to eight people whose phones were hacked by Mirror Group ...

» How Much More Money Will Moscow Throw At Daghestan?
21/05/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Russian daily Kommersant has reported that the federal Ministry for the North Caucasus is mulling a separate program of financial support for Daghestan under which th...

» AP PHOTOS: Heritage sites under Islamic State control
21/05/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 10 a.m. EDT. When Islamic State fighters routed Syrian government forces and took control of the ruins of Palmyra Thursday morning, the ancient city became the latest archaeological sit...

» Another Spying Scandal Adds to Political Crisis for Merkel
21/05/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. After leaks to the news media, awkward correspondence and a parliamentary investigation, Berlin and Washington are at loggerheads over secret service activities, and not for the first time.

» Abadi Seeks Russian Help In Fight Against IS
21/05/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has met his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, during a visit to Moscow aimed at boosting cooperation in the fight against the Isl...

» Islamic State Claims Full Control of Palmyra
21/05/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Islamic State claimed full control of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and a nearby military airport and prison, as a monitoring group said the militants had now captured 50% of the ...

» HRW Calls On Kyrgyz To Reject 'Foreign Agents' Bill
21/05/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Human Rights Watch has called on Kyrgyz deputies to reject a bill requiring domestic NGOs that receive foreign funding and engage in "political activities" to register as...

» Exclusive: Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas - court documents
21/05/15 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ADANA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014, according to a prosecut...

» Arrogant serial criminal wanted for killing CEO, his wife and their son in DC mansion
21/05/15 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Suspect Daron Wint, 34, whose DNA was on a Domino’s pizza crust at the scene. The man suspected of torturing and killing a wealthy CEO, his wife,...

» Russia ready to help Iraq defeat Islamic State: Lavrov
21/05/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to supply weapons to Iraq, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday, as the country struggles to halt advances by Islamic State militants.

» Chinese University Denies Involvement in 'Economic Espionage'
21/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A Chinese state-run university named in a U.S. indictment as being linked to suspected economic espionage has denied being involved in inappropriate activity, calling the allegations a...

» Police: Washington officer shot men who tried to steal beer - Washington Post
21/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. KOMO News Police: Washington officer shot men who tried to steal beer Washington Post OLYMPIA, Washington — Police in the capital of Washington state say an officer shot two men ...

» Russia, Iraq expanding military cooperation: Putin
21/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow and Baghdad are expanding military cooperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday during talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in th...

» Mexico's Economy Slows Down in First Quarter
21/05/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Mexico’s economy slowed down in the first quarter, as faltering manufactured exports, affected by the severe winter in the U.S., offset an incipient recovery in domestic consumption.

» Air strikes kill 15 militants in northwest Pakistan: officials
21/05/15 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Air strikes killed at least 15 suspected militants in Pakistan's northwestern Shawal Valley on Thursday, intelligence officials said, a week after secu...

» IS affiliate in Egypt vows to attack judges over executions - Washington Post
21/05/15 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Philly.com Al-Bawaba IS affiliate in Egypt vows to attack judges over executions Washington Post CAIRO — The leader of an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt has vowed to kill judges and ...

» 'Suicide' student Jeremiah Duggan may have been pressured by cult, court hears
21/05/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Young British man found dead on a German motorway in 2003 may have suffered psychological violence, French expert tells inquest A British student who was thought to have kille...

» RFE/RL Video Roundup, May 21
21/05/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The EU begins a summit with six eastern countries in Latvia, Kyrgyzstan joins the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, Azerbaijani workers tear down facades blamed for a ...

» Thailand’s Shame
21/05/15 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. Each april, Thailand celebrates its New Year, marking the onset of the monsoon rains and the bounty of the rice harvest. The festival is not just the playful dousing of family and friends with water,...

» Letter From Europe: British Labour Party Faces a Long Road Back
21/05/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Labour Party will not elect a new leader until the autumn, giving candidates time to battle over the rubble of a party that had its worst showing in nearly 30 years.

» Saudi Airstrike Hits Aid Office, Killing 5
21/05/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Saudi shells hit an international humanitarian aid office in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing five Ethiopian refugees and wounding 10, a local official said. Artillery fire and airstri...

» Sir Gerald Kaufman calls SNP MPs 'goons' over their Commons behaviour
21/05/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Father of the house condemns parliamentary conduct of Scottish nationalists as infantile after attempt to take veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner’s seat Listen to our Politics W...

» Putin Says Russia, Iraq Expanding Military Cooperation
21/05/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during talks with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on May 21 that Moscow and Baghdad are expanding military cooperation.

» Briton Guilty Of Making IEDs To Kill US Troops
21/05/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A British bomb-maker has been found guilty of building improvised explosive devices to kill American soldiers in Iraq.

» Eurozone Growth, Confidence Slide, Surveys Show
21/05/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The eurozone’s economy slowed and consumer confidence weakened for the second straight month in May, according to surveys.

» Polish candidate to claw back EU powers
21/05/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Andrzej Duda also wants to recalibrate the country’s relationship with neighbouring Germany

» U.S. sanctions two companies linked to Iran's plane purchases
21/05/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two firms based in Iraq and in the United Arab Emirates for helping Iran purchase second-hand civilian aircraft.

» China warns U.S. jet away from disputed islands
21/05/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Washington sends bold signal to Beijing by flying hi-tech surveillance jet over Spratly Islands, and gets an unwelcome response

» Obama Task Force Lays Out Plan to Save Honeybees
21/05/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The White House laid out a strategy Tuesday to address a surge in honeybee deaths that includes scrutinizing the effect of pesticides on pollinators and planting more bee-friendly vegetation on federal land. ...

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» Former DEA agent, employee charged with secretly running strip club - Daily Mail
20/05/15 22:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Former DEA agent, employee charged with secretly running strip club Daily Mail NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities announced charges on Wednesday against a former Drug ...

» Isis seizes historic city of Palmyra
20/05/15 22:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Pro-government forces pull back leaving heritage site in danger

» 2015-05-20Obama serves Iraq to Iran on a silver platter
20/05/15 22:45 from Mike Nova - Google+
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» Islamic State Seizes Syria's Ancient Town Of Palmyra
20/05/15 22:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Islamic State captured the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra after government defense lines there collapsed May 20, a stunning triumph for the group only days after it g...

» Plane carrying tonne of cocaine crashes during chase by Colombian air force
20/05/15 22:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Pilot’s body recovered from small Hawker jet that went into ocean when engine failed during escape attempt A plane from Venezuela with more than a tonne of cocaine on board ha...

» Sinaloa drug cartel leader 'Chino Antrax' pleads guilty
20/05/15 22:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A kingpin from Mexico's Sinaloa drugs cartel whose boasting on social media may have led to his arrest pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import tons of cocaine and ...

» Chechen Leader’s Advice on Women: Lock Them in
20/05/15 22:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. President Ramzan A. Kadyrov of Chechnya finally had enough Wednesday of social media users mocking him relentlessly for seeming to push polygamy. His solution? Keep women locked up at home.

» Legion of foreign fighters battles for Islamic State
20/05/15 22:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 9:18 p.m. EDT. PANKISI GORGE, Georgia (AP) -- One day this April, instead of coming home from school, two teenagers left their valley high in the Caucasus, and went off to war....

» Concern About Palmyra’s Ancient Riches
20/05/15 22:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Palmyra — whose rich, monumental ruins include the Temple of Ba’al; an ancient theater; and a famous 2000-year-old colonnade that is already scarred by mortar fire — is threatened by the ar...

» U.S. to Send Rockets to Iraq for ISIS Fight
20/05/15 22:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Obama administration officials have called the fall of Ramadi a huge setback, but they have sought to quell critics in the region with the deployment of weapons, expected to arrive in early...

» Rights group: Qatar making little progress on labor reforms
20/05/15 22:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 9:18 p.m. EDT. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Amnesty International said Thursday that Qatar is failing to deliver on reforms for its migrant workers a year after the wealthy Gulf ...

» Under Egypt’s Sissi, crackdown on human rights groups worsens
20/05/15 22:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. CAIRO — A year ago, Mohamed Zarea ran a successful nonprofit in a sprawling office in central Cairo, with 50 employees provid...

» In rare admission of guilt, Wall St. banks say they rigged markets
20/05/15 22:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Traders used private electronic chat rooms in colluding to set currency and interest rates

» Vladimir Putin's lover Alina Kabaeva renews rumours she has given birth
20/05/15 22:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Former Olympian Alina Kabaeva appeared in public for the first time in weeks, looking 'overweight' and 'older', according to Russian media, reigniting rumours of a child with the Russia...

» Islamic State's Egypt affiliate urges attacks on judges: recording
20/05/15 22:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State's Egypt affiliate on Wednesday urged followers to attack judges, declaring a new front in an Islamist militant insurgency in the world's most populous A...

» Exclusive: China warns US surveillance plane - CNN
20/05/15 22:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN Exclusive: China warns US surveillance plane CNN Above the South China Sea (CNN) The Chinese navy issued warnings eight times as a U.S. surveillance plane on Wednesday swoope...

» Police officer, Suspect Killed in Omaha Shooting - NBCNews.com
20/05/15 22:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Police officer, Suspect Killed in Omaha Shooting NBCNews.com OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha's police chief says an officer shot while helping serve an arrest warrant has died, a...

» Ющенко: От Украины Запад уже отбивается как от назойливой мухи - ИА REGNUM
20/05/15 22:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ Версии.сом Ющенко: От Украины Запад уже отбивается как от назойливой мухи ИА REGNUM От Украина западные страны начинают отбиваться как от назойливой мухи, заявил экс-презид...

» Deadly Blaze Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Baku Beautification
20/05/15 22:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. With less than three weeks until the start of the European Games in Baku, authorities are coming under criticism for shoddy construction practices believed to behind a Ma...

» Russia Says Ukraine Debt Repayment Law Amounts To Default
20/05/15 22:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has demanded that Ukraine repays all debts on time and accused Kyiv of effectively setting the stage for default with a new law.

» BP ditched Arctic concerns for strategic deal with Russia
20/05/15 22:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. In wake of the Deepwater Horizon crisis, a bold share swap deal with Putin’s Rosneft allowed the stricken oil giant to reinvent itself with a new centre of gravity to the east As 201...

» Text of Remarks by President Obama at US Coast Guard Commencement
20/05/15 22:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut 11:42 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Appl...

» Vladimir Putin's 'girlfriend' sparks new pregnancy rumours
20/05/15 22:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Alina Kabayeva, the former gymnast linked to the Russian president, takes to the stage at Moscow festival wearing capacious red dress

» The underworld is going freelance: Why The Godfather's Mafia model is no longer viable
20/05/15 22:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. The term "organised crime" instantly conjures up brutal imagery of a crime family going about its day-to-day business to the tune of Coppola's The Godfather. Life began to imitate art, a...

» Дуров продолжил полемику с Кремлем о потере соцсети "ВКонтакте" - Росбалт.RU
20/05/15 22:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская правда Дуров продолжил полемику с Кремлем о потере соцсети "ВКонтакте" Росбалт.RU МОСКВА, 20 мая. Основатель компании "ВКонтакте" Павел Дуров отре...

» Задержанных бойцов ГРУ РФ посетили сотрудники Красного Креста - ЛІГА.net
20/05/15 22:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ЛІГА.net Задержанных бойцов ГРУ РФ посетили сотрудники Красного Креста ЛІГА.net Сотрудники международного комитета Красного Креста посетили двух задержанных в Украине россиян, кото...

» Escaping Islamic State Enslavement
20/05/15 22:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. “First, they took all the men...” Rakhda said, beginning a tale familiar to other victims of the Islamic State. In mid-August, Rakhda’s village, the Yazidi enclave Kocho in northern Iraq,...

» США заявили об отсутствии планов по размещению системы ПРО на Украине - РБК
20/05/15 22:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК США заявили об отсутствии планов по размещению системы ПРО на Украине РБК У Вашингтона и НАТО нет планов по размещению элементов системы ПРО на Украине, заверила официальный пр...

» Inside Bin Laden Papers: Targeting Americans, Missing Family
20/05/15 22:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. “Do you wish to execute a suicide mission?" "What objectives would you like to accomplish on your jihad path?" "Who should we contact in case you become a martyr?" "Do any of your family ...

» Ukraine says it wants a missile shield to protect against Russian aggression
20/05/15 22:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. MOSCOW — Ukraine wants a nuclear missile shield, according to the country’s security chief, something that would almost certainly provoke ...

» Is Saudi Arabia seeking nuclear weapons from Pakistan?
20/05/15 21:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights Saudi defense official on Sunday Times report: "I don't understand what the story is" Report: Saudis have taken "strategic decision" to acquire atomic weapons from Pakistan (CNN) A Saudi defe...

» US Military's New Swarm of Mini-Drones
20/05/15 20:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Agence France-Presse 4:53 p.m. EDT May 17, 2015 A man holds a Cicada, a miniature drone invented by US military scientists, outside the Pentagon on May 14 in Arlington, Va. (Photo: Laurent Barthelemy/AFP) WAS...

» The founder of 'Russia's Facebook' explains how the Kremlin took his company ... - Business Insider
20/05/15 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider The founder of ' Russia's Facebook' explains how the Kremlin took his company ... Business Insider The founder of Russia's most popular social network recently descri...

» NATO meets Russians in Brussels, urges Ukraine withdrawal - Yahoo News
20/05/15 19:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News NATO meets Russians in Brussels, urges Ukraine withdrawal Yahoo News BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Russia's foreign minister met Tuesday for t...

» Latvian Region Has Distinct Identity, and Allure for Russia - New York Times
20/05/15 19:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Latvian Region Has Distinct Identity, and Allure for Russia New York Times While Mr. Locs insists that he has no desire to see the area break away from already tiny Lat...

» U.S. Weighing Punishments for Russia's Nuclear Violations - Bloomberg View
20/05/15 19:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Bloomberg View U.S. Weighing Punishments for Russia's Nuclear Violations Bloomberg View Admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld, the outgoing vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ...

» White House Won’t Upend ISIS Strategy
20/05/15 19:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. Administration officials said President Obama’s strategy of conducting airstrikes while relying on Iraqi forces on the ground have yielded gains.

» Obama Recasts Climate Change as a More Far-Reaching Peril
20/05/15 19:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. In In planned remarks to graduating Coast Guard cadets, the president described describes climate change as an environmental issue with large economic an...

» German spies helped US find bin Laden, claims German newspaper
20/05/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. German intelligence gave the United States a tip of “fundamental importance” about the whereabouts of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, which helped the Americans locate him in Pakistan, acc...

» Al-Qaeda still a more serious threat than ISIS, says ex-CIA official
20/05/15 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. Al-Qaeda and its affiliates continue to pose the most serious unconventional threat to American security, despite the meteoric rise of ISIS, according to a former senior official in the CIA.

» Nazi letter to one of history’s greatest double spies found in Tokyo
20/05/15 19:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. A congratulatory letter sent by from a senior Nazi official to Richard Sorge, a German who spied for the USSR, and is sometimes credited with helping Moscow win World War II, has been found ...

» Obama to sound alarm on climate change
20/05/15 19:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. President will deliver a call to action during his commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy

» Inside Raytheon's Secret Cyber Push
20/05/15 19:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. From the outside, the building is so nondescript that it wouldn't raise eyebrows in any business park in America. On the inside, though, Raytheon's Cyber Operations, Development & ...

» Turkey to Outfit Drones with Local Mini Rocket
20/05/15 19:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Turkey will outfit its locally-built drones with a new mini laser-guided rocket, the Bozok.

» Russia Will Not Sign 'Weak' Arms Trade Treaty
20/05/15 19:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russia will not sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that requires governments to ensure their exports will not fuel conflicts, a senior foreign ministry official said Sunday. ...

» Russia Flexes Central Asia Military Might
20/05/15 19:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russia has deployed hundreds of troops for drills in Central Asia with its ex-Soviet allies in a show of force as anxiety grows over a surge in fighting in neighboring Afghanistan. ...

» IDF To Integrate Druze Across Ranks
20/05/15 19:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Israel's top military officer has decided to disband a 40-year-old Druze-only battalion in favor of integrating soldiers from the minority ethnic community across the ranks of the Isra...

» Burundi President Sacks 3 Top Ministers
20/05/15 19:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza sacked three top minsters Monday after a failed coup attempt, replacing the defence, foreign affairs and trade ministers, a presidential spokesman...

» Interview: Alan Shaffer
20/05/15 19:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Alan Shaffer has helped guide the Pentagon's R&D efforts since 2007. This summer, he is leaving that job to take a new one as the director of the NATO Collaboration Support Office....

» Boehner Drives Another Nail in AUMF's Coffin
20/05/15 19:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to start from scratch on a measure to legally authorize the Islamic State conflict, declaring "we don't have a strate...

» House Panel Proposes $200M To Aid Ukraine
20/05/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The House Appropriations Committee is proposing a $200 million fund to provide weapons, training and other items to assist Ukraine in its standoff with Russian-backed forces. &#...

» NATO To Russia: Be Transparent on Drills
20/05/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. NATO head Jens Stoltenberg urged Russia on Tuesday for full transparency during snap military exercises in order to avoid potentially catastrophic misunderstandings as the Ukraine cris...

» US-ISIS Rumors Hard To Counter, General Says
20/05/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Rumors the US is supplying the Islamic State group not only led to shots being fired at a US helicopter, but they are so stubborn the commander of Iran's Quds Force believes them, a se...

» Obama: Climate change a national security issue
20/05/15 19:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. At his address to Coast Guard grads Wednesday, the president will reframe the environmental issue as a defense priority.

» Colombia's Santos Replaces Defense Minister
20/05/15 19:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday said his defense minister was being reassigned and replaced, as the government wades through peace talks with leftist rebels. ...

» DoD Strategy in Iraq Unchanged Post Ramadi
20/05/15 19:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The Pentagon does not plan on changing its strategy in Iraq, despite the loss of Ramadi to Islamic State forces over the weekend.

» A New Cold War, Yes. But It's With China, Not Russia - Newsweek
20/05/15 19:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Newsweek A New Cold War, Yes. But It's With China , Not Russia Newsweek Something that as recently as a decade ago was almost never discussed in polite company—the prospect for...

» 2015-05-20How to lose the president of the United States | 20,000 trapped in Ramadi
20/05/15 18:36 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-05-20 How to lose the president of the United States | 20,000 trapped in Ramadi as ISIS advance to Baghdad | Thousands of rape kits remain untested in U.S. crime labs | Lack of Cohesion in US National Policing Deplored at Hearing Ho...

» UK police: 7 arrested over London's Hatton Garden heist - CNN
20/05/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. UK police: 7 arrested over London's Hatton Garden heist CNN London (CNN) Seven men have been arrested in connection with the so-called Hatton Garden heist, last month's theft of ...

» Ukraine Takes Step Toward Debt-Payment Freeze
20/05/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's cash-starved government says it has asked parliament to approve a law granting the cabinet "the right, if necessary, to stop payments to foreign debt holders."

» Prince Charles and Gerry Adams shake hands – video
20/05/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. The Prince of Wales meets Gerry Adams, the Sinn Féin leader, believed to be a senior member of the IRA when it murdered Charles's great uncle Lord Mountbatten in 1979. Th...

» Military intel predicted rise of ISIS in 2012, detailed arms shipments from ... - Fox News
20/05/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Military intel predicted rise of ISIS in 2012, detailed arms shipments from ... Fox News Seventeen months before President Obama dismissed the Islamic State as a "J...

» To Russia's Annoyance, US Hones Ukrainians' Fighting Skills
20/05/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Tense Ukrainian soldiers with assault rifles creep stealthily around mock houses before bursting in to clear out gunmen, while others practice setting ambushes or infantry assaults, all u...

» The Navy's Hidden Killer - YouTube
20/05/15 14:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 20, 2015 Suicide is killing our Sailors and it needs to stop.

» Obama: Climate Change is Security Threat - YouTube
20/05/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 20, 2015 Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Get updates and more Breaking News here: http://smarturl.it/APBreakingNews

» Yevkurov Says Insurgency 'Defeated' In Ingushetia
20/05/15 14:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ingushetia's leader says that the North Caucasus insurgency in Ingushetia has been "defeated," and currently numbers just 14 men. At the same time, "there is still a long...

» Massive Forfeiture Opened by US Government for Claims
20/05/15 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A huge Paris-based bank, BNP Paribas, has forfeited some $8.8 billion to the U.S. Department of Justice after it was convicted of handling funds in violation of U.S. sanctions against Ira...

» Петр Порошенко: интервью Би-би-си - BBC Russian - YouTube
20/05/15 14:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 20, 2015 Президент Украины Петр Порош ...

» Fall of Ramadi to ISIS Raises Doubts About U.S. Strategy in Iraq
20/05/15 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (WASHINGTON)—The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria’s capture of Ramadi, a key provincial capital in western Iraq, calls into question the Obama administration’s strategy in Iraq. Is there a Pla...

» Estonia, Russia cut train links amid sanctions, soft demand - KTVN
20/05/15 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Estonia, Russia cut train links amid sanctions, soft demand KTVN Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says her daughter, Bristol, won't marry Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer this...

» Kingpin Claudia Santos jailed in final blow to Colombian burglary gang
20/05/15 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Colombian mother-of-two Claudia Santos (pictured), from West Norwood, south London, 40, was jailed for four-and-a-half years after she helped pinpoint families the gang could target.

» Obama just unveiled a big new plan to save the honeybees - Vox
20/05/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Vox Obama just unveiled a big new plan to save the honeybees Vox A decade ago, beekeepers in the United States started noticing that their honeybees were dying at unusually high ...

» House bill would cap expenses for ex-presidents
20/05/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:25 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House panel has approved a bipartisan bill that would limit expenses for former presidents who earn more than $400,000 a year....

» ISIS' victory in Ramadi: Five lessons
20/05/15 13:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The seizure by ISIS of Ramadi, capital of the Iraqi province of Anbar, has come as a rude awakening to Iraqi and Western officials.

» US accuses Chinese professors of spying
20/05/15 13:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Economic espionage charges focus on sensitive mobile and GPS technology

» The feared Iranian general who supports Assad and Hamas and is hated by America who could be Iraq's only hope of saving Baghdad from ISIS
20/05/15 13:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassem Soleimani (L) stands at the frontline during offensive operations against Islamic State militants in the town of Tal Ksaiba in Salahuddin pr...

» U.S. names ISIS commander killed in raid
20/05/15 13:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The U.S. government says it believes it knows the real name of Abu Sayyaf, the key ISIS commander it says was killed during a U.S. raid in Syria over the weekend.

» Waco Shootout: Biker Gang Crashed Meeting
20/05/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A disturbance in the parking lot prior the gun battle may have been sparked when a biker "had his foot run over", police say.

» U.S., allies conduct 21 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: task force
20/05/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 21 air strikes since early on Monday targeting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the Combined Joint Task Forc...

» Azerbaijan Tower Block Fire Kills 16 People
20/05/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Footage shows desperate residents waving from windows as firemen carry injured children to ambulances.

» Woman charged with marrying 10 times is a day late for court
20/05/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:25 p.m. EDT. NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman accused of marrying 10 times in an immigration scam has reported to a Bronx court a day late after a warrant was issued for her arrest....

» Iraqi soldiers filmed fleeing Ramadi after ISIS take city
20/05/15 13:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The Iraqi government has now begun massing thousands of troops and sympathetic militia on the outskirts of Ramadi in a bid to retake it from the clutches of Islamic State.

» William Shakespeare's only portrait made in his lifetime uncovered by historian
20/05/15 13:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The image, said to show the Bard 'with a film star's good looks', was identified by botanist and historian Mark Griffiths in the first edition of a 16th century book on plants, The Herball

» Polonium, ‘heartbreak grass’ or good old-fashioned cyanide: what’s your poison?
20/05/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. No matter which toxin you choose, it’s getting more difficult to dispatch your enemies without detection as forensic technology improves – just ask Russia’s secret service As ...

» Teen 'forced' to wed married police chief
20/05/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A 17-year-old girl was reportedly forced to marry a Chechen police chief as Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov looked on. CNN's Isa Soares has more.

» Smoker's skull was sliced with an ice skate blade near North Wales ice rink
20/05/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Jemma Fitzgerald, 20, was attacked with the blade of an ice skate and left needing brain surgery after being attacked by Natasha Welsh outside Deeside Leisure Centre in North Wales.

» Hillary Clinton breaks media silence and insists: 'I want those emails out'
20/05/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In testy exchange, Clinton urges State Department to ‘expedite’ release of her personal emails, and defends controversial donations to her family foundation Hillary Clinton ha...

» Azerbaijan Tower Block Fire Kills 16 People - Sky News
20/05/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Fox News Azerbaijan Tower Block Fire Kills 16 People Sky News At least another 50 people were hurt when flames ripped through the 16-storey building in the capital Baku. Footage shows ...

» 6 Chinese Men Indicted in Theft of Code From U.S. Tech Companies
20/05/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The suspects studied in the United States and took jobs at the semiconductor companies Avago Technologies and Skyworks Solutions.

» 4 Killed and Dozens Wounded in Suicide Bombing in Kabul
20/05/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The bomber set off explosives packed in a car in a Justice Ministry parking lot in Kabul, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital.

» Prince Charles and Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein Shake Hands
20/05/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The prince became the first member of the British royal family to meet a leader of Sinn Fein, regarded as the I.R.A.’s political wing, in the Republic of Ireland.

» Battle erupts in eastern Ukraine, four Ukrainian soldiers killed: regional chief
20/05/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - Fighting erupted between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and four Ukrainian servicemen were killed, the region...

» Torture Still Widely Used in Morocco, Amnesty International Says
20/05/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The authorities still use violent interrogation methods to crush dissent and extract confessions, despite pledges to eradicate torture, a new report by the rights group says.

» Kabul Explosion
20/05/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An Afghan official said a large suicide car bombing struck downtown Kabul apparently targeting justice ministry employees.

» Foreign Policy Dominates Early Stage of 2016 Campaign
20/05/15 13:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Though still early in the 2016 presidential campaign, foreign policy issues such as countering Islamic State militants and negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran continue to dominate the de...

» The key to ending Colombia's five-decade civil war could be the US
20/05/15 13:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Despite animosity between the Farc and the US, which considers the rebel group ‘narco-terrorists’, envoy Bernard Aronson is seen as a critical voice at peace talks When Washin...

» Fresh from Ramadi conquest, ISIS pushes east
20/05/15 13:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World.

» Cal Perry Interviews Former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell - YouTube
20/05/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 19, 2015 Morell and Perry discuss the ongoing civil war in Syria - and who the US should support in that conflict - as well as the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and the intelligence failur...

» Cal Perry Interviews Former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell
20/05/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 29:28 Morell and Perry discuss the ongoing civil war in Syria - and who the US should support in that conflict - as well as the raid that killed Osam...

» US Charges 6 Chinese with Economic Espionage
20/05/15 13:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six Chinese nationals with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets for allegedly accessing secret U.S. technologies and sharing them with ...

» Tusk Says Truth Will Prevail Over Russian Propaganda
20/05/15 13:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. European Council President Donald Tusk has said Russian propaganda is a problem in Eastern and also Western Europe, but that the truth will overcome it. Speaking to RFE/R...

» Arlington police officer responding to domestic dispute fatally shoots man - Washington Post
20/05/15 13:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Washington Times Arlington police officer responding to domestic dispute fatally shoots man Washington Post An Arlington police officer responding to a domestic incident fatally ...

» Unfriend request: Mark Zuckerberg’s neighbourhood privacy settings
20/05/15 13:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Facebook’s founder owns four properties surrounding his California home, and a huge, sparse estate in Hawaii. Why do so many tech billionaires crave isolation? Mark Zuckerberg...

» Lack of Cohesion in US National Policing Deplored at Hearing
20/05/15 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Executive Director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission says “public trust in American policing has been shaken.” During a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tu...

» 20,000 trapped in Ramadi as ISIS advance to Baghdad
20/05/15 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The thousands of innocent Iraqi's who fled Ramadi after ISIS took control of their home city are now homeless and still under threat from the militants after the capital Baghdad refused...

» Texas Police Brace for More Biker Gang Violence
20/05/15 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Police in the southwestern U.S. state of Texas said Tuesday they are bracing for the possibility of more motorcycle gang violence in the wake of a deadly shootout between rival bikers and...

» Azerbaijan tower block inferno blamed on 'low quality materials'
20/05/15 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. These shocking scenes show an inferno in an Azerbaijan apartment block today in which at least 16 people - including three children - have been killed and another 64 injured.

» Police offer to help drug users with 'annoying' dealers
20/05/15 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Tweet by Greater Manchester police prompts cheeky responses pointing them towards David Cameron and Boots pharmacy Buying drugs on the street is a risky business, it is often ...

» Hillary Clinton calls for speedy release of her emails – video
20/05/15 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said she wanted the State Department to release her emails from her time as secretary of state as soon as possible. A...

» 'Poisoned' Russian whistleblower was fatalistic over death threats
20/05/15 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Alexander Perepilichnyy, who had a rare poison in his stomach when he died abruptly in Surrey, feared revenge over his role in exposing a huge fraud in Russia A Russian whistl...

» Mournful memories for Prince Charles amid the beauty of Sligo - Telegraph.co.uk
20/05/15 13:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Mournful memories for Prince Charles amid the beauty of Sligo Telegraph.co.uk The first time he laid eyes on Mullaghmore in 1941, Lord Mountbatten wrote to his wife: “N...

» Obama's New Twitter Account Just Broke A Guinness World Record - Huffington Post
20/05/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Huffington Post Obama's New Twitter Account Just Broke A Guinness World Record Huffington Post A time-lapse graphic from Twitter shows just how quickly the president amassed followers ...

» Biggest property turn-offs for buyers revealed including avocado bathrooms
20/05/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The staples of 1970s interior design such as carpets in bathrooms and flocked wallpaper have become deeply unfashionable, according to a poll of 2,000 people and actively put buyers off.

» Tusk: Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine Have Right To ‘European Dream’
20/05/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. European Council President Donald Tusk says that former Soviet republics such as Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine have the right to aspire to EU membership but that he will ...

» Analysts Say Loss of Ramadi Shows Inherent Iraqi Army Weakness
20/05/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Analysts say the fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to Islamic State insurgents has again demonstrated inherent weaknesses in the Iraqi army. Iraqi government military and security forces...

» With Fall of Ramadi, Plight of Iraq Sunnis Worsens
20/05/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Sunni volunteers for the fight against the Islamic State during their first training session at a military base in Amiriyat Fallujah, one of the last cities of Anbar Province in government ...

» ISIS punish their own fighters by stamping on their heads and whipping them
20/05/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. These are the shocking scenes of an Isis terrorist being brutally beaten by one of his own commanders after he was found to be breaking the Jihadi group's tough anti-smoking policy.

» Feds: 34 million vehicles to be recalled because of faulty airbags - Fox News
20/05/15 12:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U.S. News & World Report Feds: 34 million vehicles to be recalled because of faulty airbags Fox News The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that Japanese...

» The Guardian view on the Gerry Adams handshake: a brave act of reconciliation
20/05/15 12:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Prince Charles smiled at the apologist for his great uncle’s murder. Gerry Adams smiled at the colonel in chief of the Paras The long, smiling handshake between Gerry Adams an...

» Thousands of rape kits remain untested in U.S. crime labs
20/05/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. A Senate committee is poised to hold a hearing on thousands of untested rape kits in crime labs across U.S.

» Police beg for biker gang truce but fear more violence: 'Is this over? Likely not'
20/05/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Waco police say gun battle in restaurant parking lot that left nine dead and 18 injured may have been started when a biker’s foot was run over The motorcycle gang gun battle i...

» Pakistani 'success story' IT firm accused of running huge fake degree operation
20/05/15 12:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Officials raided offices belonging to Axact following a report alleging it makes millions of dollars selling bogus university qualifications A technology company that billed i...

» Women's sex desire peaks in their 20 before fatigue and anxiety set in
20/05/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. EXCLUSIVE: Some women are spending up to 20 years battling insomnia, mood swings and sore joints - unaware they could be seeking treatment, the survey for Healthspan found.

» Obama signs Blue Alert Act in honor of murdered NYPD detectives – video
20/05/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Barack Obama signed the Blue Alert Act, to honor NYPD detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were fatally shot in December. The White House said the Rafael Ramos an...

» Iran denies involvement in 1994 Argentinian Jewish centre bombing
20/05/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Former foreign minister suggests US and Israel influenced AMIA centre bombing accusations made by prosecutor Alberto Nisman, found dead earlier this year Senior Iranian offici...

» Police: Collapsed high school stage lacked proper supports - U.S. News & World Report
20/05/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U.S. News & World Report Police: Collapsed high school stage lacked proper supports U.S. News & World Report FILE - In this April 23, 2015 file image from video provided by Zach ...

» Merkel and Hollande urge speedy Greece deal
20/05/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 01:00 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande ...

» NATO urges Russia to be more 'transparent' on military exercises
20/05/15 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 00:54 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe NATO head Jens Stoltenberg urges for full transparency during snap mili...

» Chinese Romeo arrested for fraud for taking money from 17 girlfriends
20/05/15 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The man identified only as Mr Yuan, from Hunan, was found out when doctors contacted his loved ones after he was in a car crash last month. Police have now arrested him for taking money...

» 'Call Girl Killer' Alix Tichelman Gets Six Years for Google Exec's Death - NBCNews.com
20/05/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com 'Call Girl Killer' Alix Tichelman Gets Six Years for Google Exec's Death NBCNews.com The California call girl accused of killing a Google executive on his yacht with ...

» Ebola Cases Rise in Guinea and Sierra Leone After Steep Drop
20/05/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Officials at the World Health Organization said that there had been a nearly fourfold increase during the most recent week of reporting, to about 35 new cases.

» Father Didn’t Know Son Would Be Smuggled Into Spain in Suitcase, Lawyer Says
20/05/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A picture of the 8-year-old boy curled up inside the suitcase was a reminder of the plight of thousands of Africans who have been seeking to enter Europe.

» China's impact looms large as US debates its own trade deals
20/05/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 11:22 a.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the U.S. doesn't write the rules of international trade, President Barack Obama warns, China will. In fact, China is already helping write those ru...

» Lawsuit: Ultrasound students pressured to invasive procedure - Miami Herald
20/05/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Lawsuit: Ultrasound students pressured to invasive procedure Miami Herald Two former students in a community college ultrasound program say they were punished for objecting to a ...

» Faeces, bacteria, toxins: welcome to the chicken farm
20/05/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Whether it’s welfare standards, environmental impact or the emerging threat to human health, we’ve got to change our insatiable greed for this meat It’s the insouciance that b...

» How to lose the president of the United States
20/05/15 12:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Extreme late Twitter adopter Barack Obama this year managed to snag the handle @POTUS? How did he do it? Carelessness, that’s how “Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really! Six&nbs...

» Imprisoned at Sea: Migrants Recount Desperate Journey
20/05/15 12:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Abandoned on a wooden fishing trawler in the Andaman Sea, Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants turned violent as their supply of food and water depleted.

» Camilla treated to a cocktail named The Duchess in her honour in Ireland
20/05/15 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The Duchess made her attempt during a visit to the Claddagh National School in Galway Bay on the first day of her official visit to Ireland. Meanwhile, Prince Charles was meeting Sinn F...

» Steve Bell on Prince Charles meeting Gerry Adams – cartoon
20/05/15 12:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Suicide Blast Kills 4 at Afghan Justice Ministry
20/05/15 12:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Taliban suicide car bomber struck Tuesday near Afghanistan’s Justice Ministry in a busy section of downtown Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding more than 50 others. Afghan ...

» Soros sees risk of another world war - MarketWatch
20/05/15 12:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. MarketWatch Soros sees risk of another world war MarketWatch “If there is conflict between China and a military ally of the United States, like Japan, then it is not an exaggeration to...

» Hillary Clinton on the Iraq war: 'I made a mistake' – video
20/05/15 12:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Clinton says she 'made a mistake' when she voted to authorize the Iraq war as a senator. Speaking to reporters during a campaign stop in Iowa, the 2016 Democratic preside...

» Islamic State isn't actually winning in Iraq - Macleans.ca
20/05/15 12:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Macleans.ca Islamic State isn't actually winning in Iraq Macleans.ca The fall of Ramadi isn't a disaster. It's a chance to try and bridge Iraq's sectarian divide. Adnan R. Khan. ...

» Krasznahorkai wins Man Booker International
20/05/15 12:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Hungarian writer ends run of three wins by North American authors

» Violent gang jailed after carrying out 54 raids in 5 month crime spree
20/05/15 12:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Leader Reginald Soper was pictured swigging beer on a holiday to Mexico funded by the burglaries. He and two others carried out a five-month crime blitz across Devon and Somerset.

» US special forces will not aid Iraqis fighting ISIS in Ramadi - CNN
20/05/15 12:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Newsweek US special forces will not aid Iraqis fighting ISIS in Ramadi CNN Washington (CNN) U.S. military commanders do not plan to ask President Barack Obama for authority to de...

» U.S. signals it could change pro-democracy programs in Cuba
20/05/15 12:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. official said on Tuesday that Washington could change pro-democracy programs in Cuba that Havana objects to, possibly removing one of the biggest impe...

» Cuba Reportedly Establishes U.S. Banking Ties
20/05/15 12:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Cuba has established a banking relationship in the U.S., a senior State Department official said, clearing a major obstacle to re-establishing full diplomatic relations.

» US signals it could change pro-democracy programs in Cuba - Reuters
20/05/15 12:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters US signals it could change pro-democracy programs in Cuba Reuters WASHINGTON A top U.S. official said on Tuesday that Washington could change pro-democracy programs in Cu...

» Inside the Investigation of the Mysterious D.C. Mansion Fire That Killed 4 - People Magazine
20/05/15 12:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. People Magazine Inside the Investigation of the Mysterious D.C. Mansion Fire That Killed 4 People Magazine Savvas and Amy Savopoulos were the toast of Washington society. Neighbo...

» Lithuanian power grid was built with Jewish tombstones in Soviet past
20/05/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, Shmuel Levin, the Chairperson of the Jewish religious Community of Vilnius and Lithuania, looks at the power substation built of tombston...

» Estonia, Russia Cut Train Links Amid Sanctions, Lack Of Demand
20/05/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Train service between the capitals of Russia and Estonia has been suspended due to declining demand.

» Catfish Battle Erupts in US Senate Trade Debate
20/05/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Senate debate over a bill to facilitate approval of a mammoth, 12-nation Pacific Rim free trade pact was mired Tuesday in a squabble over catfish, a whiskered, fresh-water fish comme...

» Boehner: Obama Should Draft Second Version of New War Powers - ABC News
20/05/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Huffington Post Boehner: Obama Should Draft Second Version of New War Powers ABC News The White House pushed back on Tuesday against House Speaker John Boehner who said that Pres...

» Current Time Expanding In Eastern Europe
20/05/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. WASHINGTON -- "Current Time," a TV news program for Russian-speaking audiences in countries bordering Russia, launched its new weekend edition with shows affording viewer...

» After deadly landslide, Colombian rescue teams dig out bodies
20/05/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 00:54 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe After massive landslide kills at least 62 people in northwest Colombia,...

» Six Chinese nationals charged in US over alleged economic espionage plot
20/05/15 12:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Group includes a university professor from China and two men who allegedly stole trade secrets from US companies that design electronic parts for iPhones The US Department of ...

» French Mayor Forced Into Mental Institution For ‘Islamophobic’ Comments
20/05/15 12:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Robert Chardon reportedly committed to psychiatric ward after Twitter outburst. If this story turns out to be accurate, it appears as though the spirit...

» Venezuela's parliament boss blasts report of drug trafficking
20/05/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's powerful parliamentary chief, Diosdado Cabello, on Tuesday slammed a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. authorities are investigating him and other se...

» Marina Abramović: Jay Z 'completely used me'
20/05/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The artist, who collaborated with the rapper for his 2013 video for Picasso Baby, said the experience was ‘cruel’ “cruel” and something she never wants to repeat Marina Abramo...

» Regulators announce massive recall of Takata air bags
20/05/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. The Japanese manufacturer's airbags explode too forcefully, spraying shrapnel, and they've been blamed for 5 deaths in the U.S.

» House Committee Holds Hearing on Policing Strategies
20/05/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a hearing on policing strategies for the 21st century just one day after President Barack Obama issued an executive order to kee...

» Beau Biden, US vice president's son, hospitalized - Reuters
20/05/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Beau Biden, US vice president's son, hospitalized Reuters WASHINGTON Beau Biden, a son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical...

» Bernie Sanders Leaves The Door Open On Marijuana Legalization - Huffington Post
20/05/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Huffington Post Bernie Sanders Leaves The Door Open On Marijuana Legalization Huffington Post Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that he supports the decriminalization of m...

» Countering Russian Strategic Missile Threat Too Hard, Costly for US
20/05/15 12:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Countering the threat of Russia’s intercontinental ballistic missiles is too hard and too costly for the United States, Vice Chairman of the US Joint C...

» Gerry Adams is central to Sinn Fein's republican cause despite IRA denials
20/05/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Gerry Adams's time at the helm of the Sinn Fein party has been overshadowed by one recurring theme – his constant denial that he was a member of the terror group, the IRA.

» Obama Mulls Increasing Aid To Iraq To Retake Ramadi
20/05/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. President Barack Obama met with his national security advisers May 19 to weigh providing accelerated training and weapons supplies for Iraqi tribes, to help them ret...

» Sheriff names clinical psychologist to run Chicago jail - Miami Herald
20/05/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS Local Sheriff names clinical psychologist to run Chicago jail Miami Herald A clinical psychologist has been picked to lead a Chicago jail that is one of the largest in the co...

» Official: Norwegian Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Bermuda - New York Times
20/05/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. ABC Fox News Official: Norwegian Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Bermuda New York Times SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Norwegian cruise ship that departed Boston ran aground Tuesday as it left ...

» Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition: rights group - Times of India
20/05/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Express Tribune The Globe and Mail Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition: rights group Times of India PARIS: Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks agains...

» Prince Charles seethes over Earl Mountbatten's murder as he meets Gerry Adams
20/05/15 11:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The Prince yesterday had to shake the hand of a man who, when his great uncle and mentor Earl Mountbatten was killed in a small fishing boat, was one of the IRA’s most high-ranking comm...

» Prince Charles shakes hands with Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams in Ireland
20/05/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Putting aside the murder of his beloved great uncle Lord Mountbatten by the IRA, which Gerry Adams justified at the time, Charles agreed to the meeting at the start of his four-day trip...

» Egypt 'steps up' sexual violence - Irish Examiner
20/05/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Irish Examiner Egypt 'steps up' sexual violence Irish Examiner Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual violence since the military overthrew the first freely elected president ...

» Love hormone oxytocin is similar to alcohol and makes us more trusting
20/05/15 11:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The similarities between alcohol and oxytocin - a hormone released by new mothers, lovers and even doting dog owners - are ‘striking’, say British researchers.

» Drug Use Rises in Afghanistan Following Record High Poppy Crops
20/05/15 11:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 01:42 Afghanistan has seen record high poppy crops during the last few years - and the result has been an alarming rise in illegal drug use and addic...

» Geoffrey Howe retires from Lords after 51 years in Parliament
20/05/15 11:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The former Chancellor was a key figure in the Thatcher years but went on to deliver the devastating Commons speech in November 1990 which signalled the end of her premiership.

» New Tensions Flare in Waters off Yemen
20/05/15 11:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.S. military and its Saudi allies are preparing for another potential showdown with Iran in the Gulf of Aden over the fate of a cargo ship said to be carrying aid for Yemen.

» Sex attacker Mark Willis picked on kickboxer who was given £500 reward
20/05/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Sex attacker Mark Willis, 39, of Churchdown, Gloucester, attacked his victim as she walked home at 2am. He got more than he bargained for when she fought back, throttling him with her l...

» Burundi Crisis Won't Delay Presidential Election
20/05/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Burundi’s government plans to hold a presidential election on June 26, despite international pressure to put off the vote amid fears of broader ethnic conflict after weeks of protests ...

» Rapper among 19 arrested and accused of glorifying violent separatism in Spain
20/05/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Def Con Dos leader Cesar Montana Lehmann, aka Cesar Strawberry, among those alleged by police to have glorified Eta, Terra Lliure and Grapo groups Spanish police have arrested...

» Historic handshake between Prince Charles and Gerry Adams - Irish Independent
20/05/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Irish Independent Historic handshake between Prince Charles and Gerry Adams Irish Independent Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has claimed he had a meeting of minds talking to the Princ...

» UN Condemns 'Terrorist' Attack On Russian Embassy In Syria
20/05/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The UN The U.N. Security Council May 19 strongly condemned what it called a "terrorist attack" on the Russian Embassy embassy in Syria's capital.

» Mother seeks groom for her son in India's first gay personals advert
20/05/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Message looking for husband for activist Harish Iyer subverts tradition after India re-criminalised homosexuality in 2013 In all but one word, the advertisement was like thous...

» Secondhand car dealer, 76, and his son, 50, are among nine men with combined age of 533 arrested over Hatton Garden jewellery heist after 200 police officers carry out gunpoint raids on homes
20/05/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Officers from the Metropolitan Police were seen outside the home of Brian Reader in Dartford, Kent, on Tuesday morning despite it being outside their patch, neighbours said.

» Egypt Using Sex Attacks to Crush Opposition: Rights Group - NDTV
20/05/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. NDTV Egypt Using Sex Attacks to Crush Opposition: Rights Group NDTV Paris: Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks against detainees since the ouster of president Moham...

» Major airbag recall still leaves questions unanswered
20/05/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. In one of the largest actions of its kind ever, federal regulators say it is still unclear why airbags made by Takata are injuring drivers

» U.S., Iranian Warships Shadowing Cargo Ship Near Yemen
20/05/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iran has sent two warships to accompany an Iranian cargo boat delivering humanitarian aid to Yemen, and the United States has sent warships to shadow the Iranians.

» World Briefing: France: Germanwings Flight’s Victims Identified
20/05/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The remains of all 150 victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the Alps will be turned over to their families for burial now that investigators have completed the process of identifying t...

» World Briefing: Britain: 9 Arrested in Jewel Heist
20/05/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Men believed to have pulled off a daring heist in London’s diamond district over the Easter weekend were arrested Tuesday in raids in London and Kent by more than 200 police officers.

» Father of Boy Found in Suitcase at Spanish Border Speaks Out
20/05/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A lawyer for the father of an African boy caught being smuggled in a suitcase into a Spanish enclave said Tuesday his client wouldn’t have allowed his son to illegally cross the border had he k...

» Grim future for Obama's request to fight ISIS
20/05/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. House Speaker John Boehner has shut the door on the president's request to use military force