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June 01, 2015

Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen: sources
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:53 PM

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of the Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, killing 38 policemen, military and police sources said.

Ramadi fell to ISIS because troops were ordered to leave, Iraq's speaker says - CNN
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Suicide Bombers Target Iraqi Police Base In Anbar
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:51 PM

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Iraqi authorities say Islamic State suicide attacks targeting a police base have killed at least 30 troops in the western Anbar Province.

Isis suicide bombers in Humvees attack Iraqi police baseby Associated Press in Baghdad
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:50 PM

Network Front | The Guardian

At least 30 troops killed in attack by three bombers driving vehicles seized from Iraqi army

Islamic State suicide bombers targeting a police base have killed at least 30 troops in western Anbar province.

Officials said three Isis militants drove Humvees seized from the Iraq army into a police base in the Tharthar area. The attacks caused a large explosion in an ammunition depot inside the base.

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ISIS kills 34 Iraqi police with explosive-laden tank
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:48 PM

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At least 34 Iraqi police officers were killed and at least 48 more wounded Monday when an ISIS fighter drove a tank rigged with explosives into a joint Iraqi security forces base about 28 kilometers (17 miles) southwest of Samarra, two security officials told CNN.

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Islamic State Targets Iraqi Police Baseby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:48 PM

Voice Of America

Islamic State militants drove a tank filled with explosives onto an Iraqi police base Monday, killing at least 37 people and injuring dozens more, Iraqi security officials said. The suicide bombing near Samarra, northwest of Baghdad and north of IS-held Ramadi, targeted security forces and triggered a secondary explosion in an ammunition depot on the base. Military and paramilitary forces are using the area as a launchpoint for anti-Islamic State operations. The U.S.-led...

U.S., allies conduct 23 air strikes against Islamic State: military
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:46 PM

Reuters: World News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with 13 air strikes from Sunday morning through Monday morning and conducted another 10 strikes against the group in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Monday.

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Greece may need to default on debts as IMF deadline looms, warns Goldman by Helena Smith in Athens and Graeme Wearden
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:33 PM

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Athens could be forced to take drastic action, including snap elections, amid fears it will miss €305m payment to IMF on Friday, investment bank says

Greece may have to default on its debts and impose curbs on bank withdrawals before reaching a deal with its creditors, according to Goldman Sachs, as a crucial payment deadline approaches.

The pressure on Athens increased on Monday as a senior German central banker warned that it was “five minutes to midnight” for a Greek financial system on the cusp of collapse.

The Greek government would be well advised to act quickly. For the Greeks banks it is five minutes to midnight

IS revamps recruitment, with savvy, professional broadcastsby By LORI HINNANT
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 5:32 PM

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PARIS (AP) -- After a selection of tunes, the presenter with an American accent offers "a glimpse at our main headlines." IS militants have just seized three Iraqi cities. A bomb blows up a factory, killing everyone inside. Militants destroy four enemy Hummers and an armored vehicle....

Wanted: A Theology of Atheism
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 1:43 PM

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — ONE Sunday last month, I walked into an auditorium past greeters and a table loaded with coffee, fruit and cookies. Onstage two young men tuned their guitars. A blank screen hung down, a silent signal that not knowing the words would be no excuse for not singing along. But this was no typical church service.

I’d come for Sunday Assembly, a godless alternative to church founded in London in 2013. A cheerful woman with a name tag stood and promised a crowd of about 40 people “all the fun parts of church but without any religion, and with fun pop songs.” The band led us in secular “hymns” like “Walking on Sunshine” and “Lean on Me.” The day’s guest preacher, a Ph.D. candidate from Duke, described his research on bonobos and the biological roots of our species’ instinct to help one another — the “seeds of a nature that is good,” he told us.

Is this what secular humanism — the naturalist worldview that many nonbelievers embrace and religious conservatives fear — looks like in practice? In one sense, secular humanism is a style of fellowship intended to fill the church-shaped void, but it is also a strand of the liberal intellectual tradition that attempts to answer the canard that godlessness means immorality.

It’s no secret that nonbelievers still grapple with social stigma. Last year, more than half of Americanstold pollsters that they would be less likely to support a presidential candidate if they learned he was an atheist. The nonbelievers I met were eager to challenge the stereotype of atheists as ill-tempered nihilists whose only sacred tradition is picketing the City Hall Christmas tree.

How will these nonbelievers do that? By focusing on a “100 percent celebration of life” and being “radically inclusive,” according to Sunday Assembly’s non-creedal creed. They’d rather befriend a Christian than argue about faith and reason. “When it comes to daily life, ideas are not the thing that matters; human connection matters,” said Nichelle Reed, who helped found Chapel Hill’s Sunday Assembly.

Most Christians, especially evangelical Protestants, would find the outlines of Sunday Assembly familiar: hymns and a worship band; a sermon; afterward, coffee hour. (The organization attracts a mix of recovering believers and people who have never been religious.) The meeting last month even featured a ritual that echoed the ancient Christian practice of the Passing of the Peace, the moment when congregants reconcile with one another, often by shaking hands. Instead, the Assembly leader asked us to turn to our neighbors for a quick thumb-wrestling match.

Humanist fellowships have often imitated the practices of traditional worship. Sunday Assembly’s close relative, the Society for Ethical Culture, has featured rousing music and a lecture at Sunday meetings since 1876. Yet it is a mistake to think of secular humanism as a pale, materialist substitute for religious communion. Some activists call it a movement — and if it is, then it’s a movement grounded in ideas, despite what Ms. Reed says.

Groups like Sunday Assembly are not pseudo-churches, but the fraternal embodiment of an intellectual tradition, a branch of moral philosophy that goes back to Socrates’ sly challenges to the moral authority of Olympus. This tradition has never been livelier than it is today, when even New Atheist writers known for impolitic screeds have refocused their efforts on preaching secular alternatives to religious morality.

Sam Harris’s 2004 best-seller, “The End of Faith,” compared religion to mental illness and dismissed even religious moderates as dupes of a “dilution of Iron Age philosophy.” More recently he’s gotten interested in promoting science as a universal moral guide. This proposal is an old one. The 19th-century French philosopher Auguste Comte and the American intellectuals Walter Lippmann and John Dewey all wrote that moral progress depended on the scientific method.

Morality depends on “the totality of facts that relate to human well-being, and our knowledge of it grows the more we learn about ourselves, in fields ranging from molecular biology to economics,” Mr. Harris told me. He has stressed the special role of his own field, cognitive science. Every discovery about the brain’s experience of pleasure and suffering has implications for how we should treat other humans. Moral philosophy is really an “undeveloped branch of science” whose laws apply in Peoria just as they do in the Punjab.

Pragmatist philosophers like Philip Kitcher offer a different approach to the question of atheist morality, one based on “the sense that ethical life grows out of our origins, the circumstances under which our ancestors lived, and it’s a work in progress,” he said. In the pragmatist tradition, science is useful, but ethical claims are not objective scientific facts. They are only “true” if they seem to “work” in real life.

“Successful experiments” — the trial and error of weighing self-interest against the needs of the community — “built the human conscience,” Mr. Kitcher wrote in his 2014 book, “Life After Faith.”

“People and societies may balance valuable things in different ways,” he told me. “A certain kind of pluralism is O.K.. But that’s a long way from moral relativism. A bedrock of ethical truth emerges and remains stable.”

The average nonbeliever may know even less about his tradition’s intellectual debates than the average Christian does — because its institutions, like Sunday Assembly, tend to be tiny, relatively new and allergic to anything that resembles dogma. But nonbelievers should pay attention. Atheism, like any ideological position, has political and moral consequences. As nonbelievers become a more self-conscious subculture, as they seek to elect their own to high office and refute the fear that a post-Christian America will slide into moral anarchy, they will need every idea their tradition offers them.

Yet modern secular humanism is also a species of 21st-century liberalism, and many of its adherents have absorbed the modern liberal tendency to shy away from ideology in favor of a message of nonjudgmental inclusion. Mr. Harris worries about any secular humanist who upholds “tolerance, above all, as the master value,” he told me. “What that person doesn’t see is that these irrational beliefs he’s refusing to criticize are of huge consequence geopolitically and personally — and are themselves sources of intolerance.”

Today, nonbelievers often seem inclined to describe atheism and secular humanism as an “identity” whose claimants should focus on winning cultural acceptance rather than intellectual debates. Here, they are taking their cues from the civil rights movement, particularly the rhetoric of gay liberation. Some organizations, for example, declared April 23 the first “Openly Secular Day,” “a celebration of secular people opening up about their secular worldview, and an opportunity for theistic allies to show their support for secular friends and family.”

“Many atheists are still in the closet,” said Nichelle Reed of Sunday Assembly. Nonbelievers like her hope that if they emphasize good works over grand argument, they can convince the bigots that atheists are decent human beings. Kelly Damerow, the interim executive director of the Secular Coalition for America, said that there is little discussion of moral philosophy among the activists she works with. “We get it. We know we’re good to each other,” she told me. “We would rather show people that we’re good.”

In the short term, this is a smart strategy. The language of tolerance and personal identity has particular appeal to millennials, who account for 40 percent of the atheist and agnostic population, according to the Pew Research Center’s latest study. August E. Brunsman IV, who directs the Secular Student Alliance, said that “nowadays you’re seeing a whole lot of people for whom it’s more important that they’re understood and valued by fellow citizens, not seen as being too weird.”

Yet the liberal notions of tolerance and freedom of conscience are not anodyne slogans; they are contentious issues. As nonbelievers tangle with traditional Christians over same-sex marriage and navigate conflicts between conservative Muslims and liberal democracy, they will need a confident humanist moral philosophy. The secular humanist liberation movement, in its zeal to win over religious America, should not encourage nonbelievers to turn away from their own intellectual heritage at the time when they will want it most.

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Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
Monday June 1st, 2015 at 1:41 PM

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s recent assessment of Iraqi security forces was impolitic and true, and rarely voiced by senior officials. After the devastating loss of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to the Islamic State in May, he told CNN that while Iraqi troops vastly outnumbered the brutal extremists, they “just showed no will to fight.”

Mr. Carter’s stark judgment once again raises the question of how long the United States should continue arming and training Iraqis and dropping bombs on targets related to the Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim group also known as ISIS or ISIL. If the Iraqis don’t care enough to defend and sacrifice for their own country, then why should the United States?

The American strategy is based on building up local security forces that can back up American airstrikes by recapturing territory and then holding it. Presuming ISIS is ever defeated, no peace can be sustained if Iraqis aren’t committed to preserving it.

It was no surprise that Iraqi leaders reacted angrily to Mr. Carter’s remarks, prompting Vice President Joseph Biden to call Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi last Monday to reassure him of continued American support.

But diplomatic words could not paper over the contradictatory messages after Ramadi fell. The White House acknowledged a serious setback there, but made a point of highlighting instances, like the April fight to reclaim Tikrit, when Iraqi forces “performed well on the battlefield.” A senior State Department official said that while the Ramadi defeat was “very serious” and a counteroffensive will “take some time,” Iraqi units did not completely collapse, as they did during last year’s battle over Mosul. That is not much of an endorsement.

On the Iraqi side, a spokesman admitted to mismanagement and poor planning by some senior military commanders, but other Iraqi officials pointed a finger at Washington, complaining of delayed American weapons deliveries, overcautious use of airstrikes and other failings. With ISIS tightening its grip on the Sunni-dominated Anbar Province, the Americans have promised to rush 1,000 rockets to help counter the vehicles laden with massive bombs that ISIS used in capturing Ramadi, including 10 that had the explosive power of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

The Americans are also considering training a cadre of Iraqi special forces to help pinpoint targets to carry out airstrikes more quickly and expanding the training of regular Iraqi forces. The United States has 3,000 military trainers and advisers in Iraq, but there is no serious discussion of adding ground troops overtly desginated for combat — nor should there be.

The best chance of quickly responding to the Islamic State would be to get weapons and training directly into the hands of Sunni tribal fighters in Anbar. But the Shiite-led central government, which wants to control the weapons, has resisted that, just as it has resisted integrating those Sunni units into a provincial-based, government-paid national guard. It has instead relied increasingly on Shiite-based militia, some backed by Iran, to fight against ISIS, thus worsening the country’s sectarian divisions and expanding Iran’s influence. Given the urgent threat, the Americans should consider working more directly with the Sunni tribes if Baghdad continues to refuse.

After the Ramadi debacle exposed more weaknesses in the regular Iraqi security forces, American officials say they will have to rely more heavily on a combination of elite Iraqi units, Kurdish forces, the Sunni tribes and some Shiite militias to fight ISIS.

The Iraqi state has been fragile since the Americans overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003, in part because the Shiites have excluded Sunnis from a fair share of the country’s political and economic power and fostered grievances that extremists exploit. Now, under the new threat of ISIS, the politically dysfunctional state is under more strain, and may be in greater danger than ever of splitting apart into Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni sectors. That would make defeating Islamic State forces even harder.

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mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. НТВ.ru ДНР и «КиберБеркут» раскрыли план Киева устроить психологическую войну НТВ.ru В министерстве обороны ДНР появилась информация об очередных провокациях со стороны украинских ...

» Police Break Up Unsanctioned LGBT Rally in Central Moscow
31/05/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Police broke up an unsanctioned gay rights rally in central Moscow on Saturday, detaining around 20 people, including anti-gay campaigners who attacked the activists.

» Russia Produces Blacklist of EU People Banned From Entering Country - Wall Street Journal
31/05/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Forbes Russia Produces Blacklist of EU People Banned From Entering Country Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS— Russia has produced a blacklist of 89 prominent people from the European Union...

» Russian aircraft head off US warship in Black Sea, news agency says - The Guardian
31/05/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Russian aircraft head off US warship in Black Sea, news agency says The Guardian Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a US warship that was acting “aggres...

» ‘Novorossiya’s’ ‘Leftist’ Friends
31/05/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. The frenzied world-wide front is expanding Mercy to no one, no one, no one! Stanza from 1989 Russian anarchists’ song Vintovka – eto prazdnik (The Rifle is a Holiday) By the...

» Против самопровозглашённых республик Донбасса может готовиться крупная провокация - Первый канал
31/05/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Первый канал Против самопровозглашённых республик Донбасса может готовиться крупная провокация Первый канал Об этом заявили сегодня компьютерные взломщики, называющие себя группой ...

» Russia will take part in multinational navy drills in disputed South China Sea - RT
31/05/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT Russia will take part in multinational navy drills in disputed South China Sea RT Russia will take part in naval military exercises together with its Asia Pacific allies, accordi...

» Ukrainian Migrants Fleeing Conflict Get a Cool Reception in Europe
31/05/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Favored destinations in the European Union for Ukrainian asylum-seekers have overwhelmingly rejected their applications, saying that unlike other restive nations, areas of Ukraine remain s...

» Soviet Tradition of Snitching Makes Comeback in Russia
31/05/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Last week Anna Reshyotkina, editor-in-chief of a glossy magazine in Yekaterinburg, was unexpectedly summoned to the Prosecutor's Office for a 30-minute conversation about the ...

» U.S. operating hundreds of foreign military bases - WPDE
31/05/15 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. U.S. operating hundreds of foreign military bases WPDE (SBG) -- Just as World War II was wrapping up, a new mission by the United States was just getting started -...

» OSS: The Myth That Never Dies
31/05/15 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. It’s now apparent to anyone with open eyes that the Islamic State is on the march in Iraq and is not being halted by American actions. Obama’s ardor to defeat Da’ish can charitably be cal...

» Army combat veteran's call for help lands him in jail
31/05/15 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Ryan Broderick has been trapped inside his mind, watching a constant reel of explosions that rocked the Army vehicles he had scrubbed of blood during three combat tours in Iraq and Afgha...

» Pentagon chief to hold people accountable for anthrax
31/05/15 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday that he will find out who was responsible for the mistaken shipments of live anthrax to 11 U.S. states and two countries and will "hold them...

» Europe’s problem is with Russia, not Putin
31/05/15 18:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Moscow is not a rising revolutionary force but one seeking to restore power, writes Thomas Graham T he west acts as if it had a Vladimir Putin problem. In fact it has a Russia problem . The Russian president ...

» Europe's problem is with Russia, not Putin - Financial Times
31/05/15 18:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Financial Times Europe's problem is with Russia , not Putin Financial Times The Russia problem is not new. It emerged 200 years ago, at the end of the Napoleonic period, with the open...

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» 2,890,6772,890,6772015-05-30La Noche Oscura, The Darkness Of My Soul
30/05/15 14:00 from Mike Nova - Google+
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» With Russia Boxed In, Frozen Transdniester Conflict Could Heat Up
30/05/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's decision to halt military cooperation with Russia may unintentionally rouse the long-sleeping conflict in breakaway Transdniester.

» McCartney says he's given up pot now that he's a granddad
30/05/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 9:35 a.m. EDT. LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney says he has given up marijuana after many years of indulgence and now prefers wine or "a nice margarita."...

» US judge jails Silk Road mastermind for life
30/05/15 11:17 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 American convicted of masterminding the criminal website Silk Road ...

» Основатель Silk Road Ульбрихт получил пожизненный срок - BBC Russian
30/05/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. BBC Russian Основатель Silk Road Ульбрихт получил пожизненный срок BBC Russian Росс Ульбрихт, основатель сайта "Шелковый путь" (Silk Road), которым анонимно пользовались тысячи нар...

» Why did the Boston marathon bombers do it? An interview with Masha Gessen
30/05/15 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Vladimir Putin’s biggest critic talks about exile, conspiracy theories and the uncomfortable truth about the Tsarnaev brothers and their ‘radicalisation’ Masha Gessen is the first jo...

» Внезапно умер президент American Express - Forbes Ukraine
30/05/15 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Forbes Ukraine Внезапно умер президент American Express Forbes Ukraine Президент американской финансовой компании American Express Эд Гиллиган внезапно скончался на пути в Нью-Йорк...

» СМИ: во Франции окончено строительство второго вертолетоносца типа Mistral - Коммерсантъ
30/05/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости СМИ: во Франции окончено строительство второго вертолетоносца типа Mistral Коммерсантъ Во французском городе Сен-Назер завершено строительство второго вертолетоносца ти...

» Reuters рассказало о неудачной попытке хакерской атаки США на КНДР - РБК
30/05/15 11:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Зеркало недели Reuters рассказало о неудачной попытке хакерской атаки США на КНДР РБК В 2010 году США предприняли попытку провести компьютерную атаку на программы ядерных вооружени...

» Police Break Up Gay Pride Rally In Moscow
30/05/15 11:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian police have detained several gay rights activists for attempting to stage an unauthorized pride rally in central Moscow.

» «РИА Новости»: российские истребители выдворили эсминец ВМС США в нейтральные воды - Коммерсантъ
30/05/15 11:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета «РИА Новости»: российские истребители выдворили эсминец ВМС США в нейтральные воды Коммерсантъ Штурмовики Су-24 Черноморского флота РФ вынудили эсминец «Росс» ВМС...

» US military orders review as anthrax mishap widens - Reuters
30/05/15 11:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Reuters US military orders review as anthrax mishap widens Reuters WASHINGTON The U.S. military said on Friday it discovered even more suspected shipments of live anthrax than ...

» Chinese Security Laws Elevate the Party and Stifle Dissent. Mao Would Approve. - New York Times
30/05/15 11:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Reuters Chinese Security Laws Elevate the Party and Stifle Dissent. Mao Would Approve. New York Times BEIJING — China 's new national security law, released in draft form this ...

» Activists say Syrian army strikes kill 45 people in Aleppo
30/05/15 11:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Syrian army airstrikes killed at least 45 people, most of them civilians, and wounded scores in attacks Saturday in the northern province of Aleppo that struck civilian areas, including ...

» To counter Putin, Poland and Lithuania officials want US bases, Sen. Durbin says
30/05/15 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Officials in Lithuania and Poland told Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin they’re concerned enough about the threat posed by Russia that they want to host U.S. military bases.

» Россия будет вынуждена ответить на развертывание ЕвроПРО
30/05/15 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russkie.org. НАТО продолжает игнорировать опасения России о наращивании ПРО в Европе

» Russia's online 'Kremlin troll' army - New York Post
30/05/15 11:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Post Russia's online 'Kremlin troll' army New York Post ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Deep inside a four-story marble building in St. Petersburg, hundreds of workers tap away at c...

» Russia Steps up Propaganda Push with Online 'Kremlin Trolls' - NBCNews.com
30/05/15 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Russia Steps up Propaganda Push with Online 'Kremlin Trolls' NBCNews.com Known as "Kremlin trolls," the men and women work 12-hour shifts around the clock, flooding the Internet w...

» US sees need to build bridges with Russia – Lavrov - RT
30/05/15 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT US sees need to build bridges with Russia – Lavrov RT Washington sees the need to build bridges with Moscow and end the unsuccessful period of US- Russia relations that benefits no...

» Archaeologists discover 2400-year-old gold bongs in Russia - The Independent
30/05/15 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Independent Archaeologists discover 2400-year-old gold bongs in Russia The Independent Ornately embellished with depictions of humans and animals, archaeologists found the golden ...

» Russian Military Insignia Are Reported in Ukraine - New York Times
30/05/15 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Russian Military Insignia Are Reported in Ukraine New York Times MOSCOW — International monitors tracking cease-fire violations in eastern Ukraine reported Friday that ...

» Russia releases travel ban blacklist - Deutsche Welle
30/05/15 11:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Deutsche Welle Russia releases travel ban blacklist Deutsche Welle Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte used a weekly press conference on Friday to announce that two Dutch parliamentarians...

» 2015-05-29» Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition - YouTube 29/05/15 12:34
30/05/15 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-05-29 » Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition - YouTube 29/05/15 12:34 Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks Review From The Major News Sources » Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition ...

» 2015-05-29F.B.I. Investigates Whether Harm From Surgical Power Tool Was Ignored
30/05/15 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-05-29 F.B.I. Investigates Whether Harm From Surgical Power Tool Was Ignored - NYTimes.com The New York Times 2015-05-29 Stunning indictment raises questions about ex-speaker | U.S...

» What Obama Hates About Jesus
30/05/15 10:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. ...and why Obama wages war on Christianity.

» Investigative Journalist Blew Whistle On Hastert 9 Years Ago
30/05/15 10:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Mainstream media fights to catch up on Hastert revelations.

» US-Trained Special Forces Chief Joins ISIS, Vows To Bring Jihad To Russia & America
30/05/15 10:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. "I will come with this weapon to your cities, your homes, and we will kill you."

» Syrian Army In Retreat As Rebels Tighten Grip On Idlib
30/05/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Syrian troops retreated as regime warplanes bombarded Al-Qaeda-led rebel fighters on Friday, a day after the insurgents overran the last government-held city in the key northwestern pr...

» NSA Spying Did Not Result In a SINGLE Foiled Terrorist Plot Washington's Blog
30/05/15 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington's Blog. Tattered Flag With Surveillance Camera (Photographer Unknown ) Debunking Government’s Justification for Mass Surveillance Preface: The Bush and Obama administrations have claim...

» FBI Probing Power Morcellators, WSJ Reports
30/05/15 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The FBI is investigating power morcellators, the surgical tool in widespread disfavor because it can spread occult uterine cancers during gynecologic procedures, the Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ) reported today...

» FBI investigating Johnson & Johnson's power morcellator device that may be spreading uterine cancer
30/05/15 10:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from abc7news.com RSS Feed. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is being investigated by the FBI over a controversial surgical tool that may be putting women's lives at risk. The d...

» FBI investigating Johnson & Johnson device's potential link to uterine cancer — RT USA
30/05/15 10:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RT - Daily news. Published time: May 29, 2015 00:16 Reuters / Lucy Nicholson The FBI has opened a probe into a surgical gynecological tool after reports have linked its use to the spread of uterine cancer ...

» Aurora theater gunman says he hoped FBI would stop him, lock him up
30/05/15 10:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Posted: 05/29/2015 08:45:12 AM MDT Video of Dr. William Reid's psychiatric evaluation, which started in July 2014, of Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes is played in court Thursday afternoon, ...

» Rollback of U.S. spy powers would mark post-9/11 watershed
30/05/15 10:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON At 3:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the National Security Agency and telecommunications companies will begin mothballing a once-secret system that collected Americans' bulk telephone records, shutting down...

» FORMER CIA OPERATIONS OFFICER VALERIE PLAME JOINS ADVISORY BOARD OF GLOBAL DATA SENTINEL
30/05/15 10:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Dark Reading:. NEW YORK, NY, MAY 28, 2015 -- Former career covert CIA operations officer, Valerie Plame joins the advisory board of Global Data Sentinel (GDS), the cyber defense platform that secures, encr...

» Days After Obama Admin Asked Networks to Not Show ‘Inaccurate’ B-Roll of its Advances, Islamic State Seized Two Cities
30/05/15 10:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. BY: David Rutz Merely days after reports of the Obama administration asking networks to stop airing “inaccurate” B-roll of the Islamic State because it portrayed them ad...

» New Survey Shows Lack of Confidence in Organizations' Cyber Security
30/05/15 10:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Dark Reading:. New Lieberman Software survey reveals that today's complicated IT security solutions are not being properly deployed and, for most organizations, compliance trumps security Los Angeles, CA &...

» Russia concerned over upcoming missile defense drills involving US
30/05/15 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . TASS May 29, 11:24 UTC+3 The drills will also involve Norway, the UK, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands and France and will simulate interception of Russian ballistic missiles MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. Russia's De...

» Russia Will Respond to NATO's Missile Defense Buildup in Europe – General
30/05/15 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Sputnik News 12:24 29.05.2015(updated 12:33 29.05.2015) Russia will adequately respond to what it sees as an "unrestrained expansion" of NATO's missile defenses, a top defense ministry official said on Friday...

» UN 'deeply concerned' by desperate situation facing thousands of Iraqis fleeing Ramadi
30/05/15 10:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . 29 May 2015 – Some 85,000 Iraqis have fled fighting in the central city of Ramadi but as temperatures in the region soar, thousands more still on the move are facing obstacles in reaching safety such as...

» Iraq's latest gains over ISIL herald more: Cmdr.
30/05/15 10:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Iran Press TV Fri May 29, 2015 9:49AM The secretary general of Iraq's Asaib Ahl al-Haq volunteer forces says the recent army victories against the ISIL in the northern province of Salahuddin herald the libera...

» UN says 85,000 Iraqis have fled ISIL violence in Ramadi
30/05/15 10:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Iran Press TV Fri May 29, 2015 3:25PM About 85,000 people have fled the Iraqi city of Ramadi since mid-May, when Takfiri ISIL terrorists seized the capital of the western province of Anbar, the UN says. Willi...

» This Is Why The Army Sent Anthrax To South Korea, Australia, and 11 States
30/05/15 10:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense One - All Content. The Army accidentally sent live anthrax samples to labs in nine states plus South Korea. Update : After we posted this on Friday, DoD officials issued a new statement saying...

» North Korea plans city cyberwar
30/05/15 10:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . &amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/N3048/jump/news.thetimes/technology;section=tto/technology/_TP_/;sec_id=604;adm_sec_id=1008;log=0;pw=0;shared=0;shared_token=null;pos=pushdown;aid=445...

» The IRS Is Still Using Windows XP, Has A Cybersecurity Staff Of 363 People – Consumerist
30/05/15 10:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Consumerist. In the last few years, tax return fraud has become a serious problem at the state and federal levels, thanks to the growth of e-filing and security holes in IRS and third-party tax software sy...

» Army End Strength Issue Still Unsettled
30/05/15 10:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By C. Todd Lopez Army News Service WASHINGTON, May 29, 2015 – When the Army's chief of staff retires this August, one thing he'll be leaving for his successor is the unfinished business of how big the A...

» IS Skilled at Gathering Intelligence, Adjusting Tactics
30/05/15 10:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . by Sharon Behn May 29, 2015 While U.S. and coalition partners pluck intelligence on Islamic State extremists from the militants' communications or movements and then bomb them from the air, the militant group...

» DoD Announces Comprehensive Review of DoD Laboratory Procedures, Processes, and Protocols Associated With Inactivating Spore-Forming Anthrax
30/05/15 10:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . No. NR-203- 15 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2015 DoD Announces Comprehensive Review of DoD Laboratory Procedures, Processes, and Protocols Associated With Inactivating Spore-Forming Anthrax After consulti...

» NATO Is Lost In Cyberspace
30/05/15 09:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from StrategyPage.com. May 30, 2015: Tiny Estonia (population 1.3 million) has formed a Cyber War militia because Russia keeps threatening another major Cyber War offensive. Despite its small size Estonia is th...

» Authorities in India nab suspected spy pigeon
30/05/15 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights The bird is found on a home, with an illegible Urdu message on its wings and carrying a wired object Residents of the Pathankot district of Indian Punjab turn it over to police So far, police...

» Islamic State suicide bomber in women's garb kills three in Saudi Arabia
30/05/15 09:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ABU DHABI/DUBAI An Islamist militant suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up outside a Shi'ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing himself and three other people, the second attack o...

» Russian Rights Activists Slam Putin's Crackdown on NGOs
30/05/15 09:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. MOSCOW— Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed into law a bill giving prosecutors the power to declare foreign and international organizations "undesirable" in Russia, shu...

» Report: Dennis Hastert Hush Money Was for Sexual Misconduct
30/05/15 09:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Report: Dennis Hastert Hush Money Was for Sexual Misconduct. Indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying an individual from his past to conceal sexual misconduct, two federal law e...

» With no peace, Ukraine is beset by humanitarian risks: U.N.
30/05/15 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . GENEVA Ukraine's flawed ceasefire has left pensioners, infants and women mired in a humanitarian crisis that could get rapidly better or rapidly worse, the U.N.'s top representative in the country said in an ...

» ‘Novorossiya’ Falls From Putin’s Vocabulary as Ukraine Crisis Drags
30/05/15 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW—When Vladimir Putin first mentioned Novorossiya over a year ago, alarm bells went off in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. The czarist-era term, which means New Russia, refers to a large swath of mo...

» Obama Steps Up Pressure for Renewal of Surveillance Measures
30/05/15 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. CAPITOL HILL— President Barack Obama is stepping up pressure on the U.S. Senate, which appears set for a political showdown Sunday when it meets only hours before some key surveilla...

» Puerto Rico's governor signs tax bill into law
30/05/15 09:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . &amp;amp;amp;lt;iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-W9SLGS" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/iframe&amp...

» F.B.I. Investigates Whether Harm From Surgical Power Tool Was Ignored
30/05/15 09:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun looking into whether medical device makers, doctors and hospitals broke the law by failing to report problems linked to a power tool used during gynecologic surge...

» Thousands Fleeing Ramadi Are Stuck at Baghdad Checkpoint
30/05/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. GENEVA— The United Nations refugee agency reports thousands of Iraqis who have fled the bloody takeover of Ramadi by so-called Islamic State militants are stuck at checkpoints in An...

» Reports say Hastert Case Linked to Sexual Misconduct
30/05/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Reports say Hastert Case Linked to Sexual Misconduct Print Share: FILE - Rep. Dennis Hastert announces that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House as he stands on the steps of the...

» Pentagon Reports Higher Number of Anthrax Shipments
30/05/15 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Pentagon Reports Higher Number of Anthrax Shipments Print Comment Share: Spores from the Sterne strain of anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis) are pictured in this handout scanning elect...

» US Defense Chief to China: Halt Land Reclamation
30/05/15 09:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. SINGAPORE— The U.S. defense secretary delivered a blunt rebuke to China for being “out of step” with international norms amid its unprecedented pace of reclamation effor...

» Obama says 'handful of senators' blocking surveillance reforms
30/05/15 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Friday that surveillance powers used to prevent attacks on Americans could lapse at midnight on Sunday unless "a handful of senators" stop standing in the way ...

» U.S. says China's island-building erodes security; Beijing angered
30/05/15 09:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . SINGAPORE U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Saturday that China 's island-building in the South China Sea was undermining security in the Asia-Pacific, drawing a scathing response from the foreign min...

» Russia imposes travel ban on 89 EU politicians
30/05/15 09:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BERLIN Russia has imposed an entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders, according to a list seen by Reuters, a move that has angered Europe and worsened its standoff with the West over Moscow'...

» Russia Produces Blacklist of EU People Banned From Entering Country
30/05/15 09:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BRUSSELS— Russia has produced a blacklist of prominent people from the European Union who won't be allowed to enter the country, European Union authorities confirmed Saturday. The Russian move comes aft...

» Inside the Mind of a Criminal
29/05/15 23:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . FOR decades, researchers have interviewed criminals to find out how and why they break the law. But the accounts are not always accurate: Narrators manipulate, suffer from faulty memory or justify actions rat...

» Hastert Case Is Said to Be Linked to Decades-Old Sexual Abuse
29/05/15 23:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — J. Dennis Hastert, who served for eight years as speaker of the House of Representatives, was paying a former student hundreds of thousands of dollars to not say publicly that Mr. Hastert h...

» Why the IRS’s efforts to help identity theft victims are likely to fall short
29/05/15 23:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The 104,000 people who had their most sensitive tax information stolen by hackers as part of the latest cyber-attack on the Internal Revenue Service are getting free credit monitoring services, cour...

» Pentagon: Anthrax shipments broader than first thought
29/05/15 23:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . FILE - In this May 11, 2003, file photo, Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The specialized ...

» Saudi Arabia is no friend to the United States
29/05/15 23:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on May 5. (Fayez Nureldine/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) By Colbert I. King May 29 at 9:05 PM In my Post colleague Charles Krauthammer’s May 21 op-ed colum...

» Marco Rubio: Obama’s strategy for the Middle East has backfired
29/05/15 23:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) (Michael Reynolds/EPA) By Marco Rubio May 29 at 9:02 PM The fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to the Islamic State and recent gains by the group in Syria are the latest signs that Pre...

» Hastert indictment is related to old allegations of sexual misconduct, law enforcement says
29/05/15 22:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Former House speaker Hastert indicted on federal charges (1:13) Former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert was indicted on federal charges Thursday, including lying to the FBI in an alleged effort to hide $3.5 ...

» FBI notifies crime labs of errors used in DNA match calculations since 1999
29/05/15 22:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . This undated image shows the 46 human chromosomes, where DNA resides and does its work. (National Cancer Institute/via Associated Press) The FBI has notified crime labs across the country that it has discover...

» Iran’s revolutionary courts are criticized as swift and unjust
29/05/15 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Iran’s revolutionary courts, where Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian is being tried on espionage and related charges, are notorious among human rights activists as venues where verdicts are preorda...

» Snowden’s Dirty Work for Putin
29/05/15 21:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ‘Handygate” is another instance of foreigners hijacking what they think is American English and hip. A “handy” is a cellphone in German. Melded with “gate,” it stands for t...

» Stunning indictment raises questions about ex-speaker
29/05/15 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Prosecutors allege Dennis Hastert tried to cover up "prior misconduct" with a person identified only as "Individual A" 'A"

» Water Revolution in Israel Overcomes Any Threat of Drought
29/05/15 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Sorek desalination plant rises out of the sandy ground about nine miles south of Tel Aviv. Said to be the largest plant of its kind in the world, it produces 40 billion gallons of potab...

» ‘Farewell, readers’: Alan Rusbridger on leaving the Guardian after two decades at the helm
29/05/15 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. After 20 years as editor, Alan Rusbridger is stepping down. Here he reflects on two decades of sweeping change – from broadsheet to Berliner, Aitken to Snowden, and newsprint ...

» U.S. Removes Cuba From State-Sponsored Terrorism List
29/05/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The decision to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism is a crucial step in normalizing ties between Washington and Havana.

» US Removes Cuba From State-Sponsored Terrorism List - New York Times
29/05/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. New York Times Chicago Tribune US Removes Cuba From State-Sponsored Terrorism List New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday removed Cuba from a list of state spon...

» IS Group Claims Baghdad Hotel Bombings
29/05/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for car bomb attacks outside two upscale Baghdad hotels.

» Congress wants answers from CDC, DOD on anthrax scare
29/05/15 15:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. A House panel wants briefings from the two government agencies

» Cuba officially off U.S. terror blacklist
29/05/15 15:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The United States officially removed Cuba from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism on Friday, setting the two nations up for a full renewal of diplomatic ties.

» Hollande, Merkel Call For ‘Rapid’ Implementation Of Minsk Deal
29/05/15 15:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “rapidly” implement measures agreed under the Mi...

» Old Goat Blatter May Be Running Out Of Time
29/05/15 15:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Although Sepp Blatter will continue to head FIFA, time is running out for the old goat of football's international governing body.

» Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Cuban-American Church in Miami
29/05/15 15:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama made an unscheduled visit Thursday to a Miami church popular with Cuban exiles as the U.S. moves toward re-establishing ties with Cuba. The White House said Obama m...

» Venezuela, Russia's Rosneft Agree On '$14 Billion Oil Deal'
29/05/15 15:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Venezuela and Russia's top oil producer, Rosneft, have agreed on around $14 billion in investment in the South American OPEC country's oil and gas sector.

» Top US Iran Negotiator Departing Post
29/05/15 15:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The lead U.S. negotiator in the Iran nuclear talks is leaving her post when they end. On Thursday, the State Department said Wendy Sherman, the under secretary of state for political af...

» США больше не перебрасывают через Россию в Афганистан ни военные грузы, ни солдат - Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ
29/05/15 14:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Lenta.ru США больше не перебрасывают через Россию в Афганистан ни военные грузы, ни солдат Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ Так агентству ТАСС ответили в американском министерстве обороны. ...

» СМИ: Захарченко заявил о планах захватить Славянск, Константиновку и Красноармейск - Комсомольская Правда в Украине
29/05/15 14:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская Правда в Украине СМИ: Захарченко заявил о планах захватить Славянск, Константиновку и Красноармейск Комсомольская Правда в Украине Лидер "ДНР" Александр Зах...

» At Least 20 Years in Prison Await Silk Road Founder
29/05/15 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Prosecutors are asking a Manhattan judge to sentence a San Francisco man who created the online drug-peddling site Silk Road to decades in prison, while the defendant is asking to be free...

» Глава МИД Литвы: РФ стянула войска к границе с Украиной - BBC Russian
29/05/15 14:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. BBC Russian Глава МИД Литвы: РФ стянула войска к границе с Украиной BBC Russian Министр иностранных дел Литвы Линас Линкявичюс заявил, что Россия стягивает к границе с Украиной вой...

» North Caucasus Insurgency Selects New Leader
29/05/15 14:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Magomed Suleymanov, aka Abu Usman Gimrinsky, has been chosen as the new leader of the Caucasus Emirate.

» Contributing Op-Ed Writer: The Kremlin vs. The NGOs
29/05/15 14:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. The state's repressive machine won't quit until it has vacuumed up every last bit of independent activity.

» Russian internet 'troll' sues former employer
29/05/15 14:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Lyudmila Savchuk says lawsuit will shed light on secretive practice of paying people to post political comments online. The Moscow Times reports A former Russian internet “troll” hir...

» Finland Not Afraid to Criticize Russia - New Foreign Minister
29/05/15 14:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Finland's government aims to maintain good relations with neighboring Russia, but it condemns the annexation of Crimea and will comply with EU positions on the Ukraine crisis,...

» Near Donetsk, a Rift Frozen in Time
29/05/15 14:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. For months, a billionaire-funded Ukrainian militia and whip-wielding Cossacks have been locked in a war of waiting near the long-contested Donetsk airport.

» Podcast: Trolls, Censors, And Extremists -- Oh My!
29/05/15 14:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A big chill has settled over the Russian Internet since the Kremlin's online crackdown. Or has it?

» US Warns G7 of Global Economy 'Accident' Without Greece Deal
29/05/15 14:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States warned on Friday of a possible accident for the world economy if Greece and its creditors miss their June deadlines to avert a debt default. Germany said there was no si...

» US Takes Cuba Off Terrorism List
29/05/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States on Friday dropped Cuba from a blacklist designating the communist country as a state sponsor of terrorism in another step toward the resumption of diplomatic links betwe...

» На переговорах о «Мистралях» Франция выдвинула «неприемлемые условия» - РБК
29/05/15 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК На переговорах о «Мистралях» Франция выдвинула «неприемлемые условия» РБК Переговоры между российскими представителями и французскими экспертами по «Мистралям» прошли в Москве ...

» US Economy Shrank in Early 2015
29/05/15 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2015, as unusually foul winter weather hurt economic activity, the strong dollar made it harder to sell American-made goods in other n...

» U.S. Removes Cuba From Terror List
29/05/15 14:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The United States has removed Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as part of a process of normalizing relations between the Cold War foes.

» США исключили Кубу из списка «спонсоров терроризма» - РБК
29/05/15 14:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК США исключили Кубу из списка «спонсоров терроризма» РБК США исключили Кубу из списка стран — «спонсоров терроризма». Решение Вашингтона фактически снимает одно из последних пре...

» «Ситуация на востоке Украины стала значительно более шаткой» - Коммерсантъ
29/05/15 14:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Коммерсантъ «Ситуация на востоке Украины стала значительно более шаткой» Коммерсантъ Представители миссии ОБСЕ на Украине считают, что «ситуация на востоке Украины стала значительн...

» Why Medical Identity Theft Is Rising And How To Protect Yourself - Forbes
29/05/15 14:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Information & Cyber Security - Google News. Forbes Why Medical Identity Theft Is Rising And How To Protect Yourself Forbes For the past three years, the health/medical sector has accounted for the high...

» Looks Like Russian Hackers Stole 100000 Americans' Tax Returns Online - Gizmodo
29/05/15 14:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Computer Security - Google News. Gizmodo Looks Like Russian Hackers Stole 100000 Americans' Tax Returns Online Gizmodo The Internal Revenue Service suspect that Russian hackers are the culprits who stole t...

» Snowden's Dirty Work for Putin - Wall Street Journal
29/05/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Snowden's Dirty Work for Putin Wall Street Journal Is this anti-Americanism ? True, the chattering classes are none too fond of Uncle Sam. But ...

» “I Had Groups of ISIS Fighters in My Sights, but Couldn't Get Clearance to ... - FrontPage Magazine
29/05/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. FrontPage Magazine “I Had Groups of ISIS Fighters in My Sights, but Couldn't Get Clearance to ... FrontPage Magazine This isn't really news. It's just a reminder t...

» The Economist explains - The Economist (blog)
29/05/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. The Economist (blog) The Economist explains The Economist (blog) It has failed to dislodge the Castros, hurt the Cuban people, and stoked anti-Americanism in the r...

» I Told You So
29/05/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. I can’t help but take some pleasure in seeing the mainstream media, however belatedly, explain that the NSA defector Edward Snowden is a very useful tool for Vladimir Putin and his intell...

» U.S. Rebukes China on Efforts to Build Artificial Islands
29/05/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. Comments left little doubt that Washington shared the concerns of other Asian nations about China’s growing military presence in disputed areas of ...

» Пятый Всемирный конгресс соотечественников пройдет в Москве
29/05/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russkie.org. В Пятом Всемирном конгрессе соотечественников примут участие около 400 человек

» Глава МИД РФ встретился с представителями Русского мира
29/05/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russkie.org. Сергей Лавров поблагодарил членов ВКС за вклад в работу русскоязычных общин за рубежом

» Сергей Лавров: Готовность соотечественников быть полезными своей исторической Родине заслуживает глубокого уважения: Выступление главы МИД России на встрече с членами ВКС
29/05/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russkie.org. Министр иностранных дел России Сергей Лавров встретился с членами Всемирного координационного совета российских соотечественников, проживающих за рубежом (ВКС). Встреча прошла в рамках 24-го з...

» Russia steps up propaganda push with online "Kremlin trolls" - Yahoo News
29/05/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Russia steps up propaganda push with online "Kremlin trolls" Yahoo News ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Deep inside a four-story marble building in St. Petersburg, ...

» Ruble rebound threatens 'Made in Russia' industry revival - Yahoo News
29/05/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Ruble rebound threatens 'Made in Russia ' industry revival Yahoo News But it is worrying one part of the economy — the local industry that had seen demand grow for its Russ...

» Ruble rebound threatens 'Made in Russia' industry revival - U.S. News & World Report
29/05/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. U.S. News & World Report Ruble rebound threatens 'Made in Russia ' industry revival U.S. News & World Report In this photo taken on Friday, May 22, 2015, Stanislav Obraztsov, left, sp...

» Vladimir Putin's week of muscle-flexing - CNN
29/05/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Vladimir Putin's week of muscle-flexing CNN (CNN) When Vladimir Putin makes a move, the world sits up and takes notice. And this week, he's been particularly busy, maki...

» Blatter says vote for Russia, Qatar the root of FIFA crisis - USA TODAY
29/05/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. KABC-TV SkySports Blatter says vote for Russia , Qatar the root of FIFA crisis USA TODAY ZURICH (AP) — The worst corruption crisis in soccer history stems from the governing body's de...

» Russia in Review
29/05/15 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - The US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism. May 29, 2015 Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nu...

» Against Islamic State, airstrikes may not suffice
29/05/15 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. It's the modern era's military strategy of choice: overwhelming air power delivering precision-guided punishment. Seductive though it is to governments with war-weary publics, the approa...

» Carter latest Pentagon chief to put Obama on defensive
29/05/15 13:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Two of his defense secretaries wrote books critical of his administration after they left office, and his third was essentially fired. On Tuesday, the White House scrambled to clarify re...

» Biden cracks door to lethal aid to Ukraine
29/05/15 13:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The debate over whether to provide lethal defensive aid, such as anti-tank missiles, to Ukraine is "worth having," Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

» France wants Europe to do more to fight Islamic State
29/05/15 13:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. France's foreign minister wants European countries to do more to fight the Islamic State group, and is seeking support from Russia in international talks about defeating the group.

» Russia classifies military casualties in peacetime
29/05/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to make losses of Russian troops in peacetime a secret.

» NATO discusses membership path with Ukraine as fighting continues
29/05/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. At least nine people died over the last day in fighting that has flared in eastern Ukraine as both sides appear to be ignoring a cease-fire proclaimed more than three months ago, news re...

» Georgia man pleads guilty in attempt to join Islamic State
29/05/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Leon Nathan Davis had a family and a sales job - and says he left them behind last fall with a one-way ticket overseas and a plan to join the Islamic State group.

» Israel defense minister: Islamic Jihad behind Gaza flare-up
29/05/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Israel's defense minister is blaming Islamic Jihad — a smaller Palestinian militant group in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip — for the latest rocket fired at Israel that drew retaliatory airstr...

» How the Islamic State group could win
29/05/15 13:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. What would success look like for the Islamic State? Essentially, it would amount to the group holding, for the foreseeable future, the core of what it has conquered — roughly half of Ira...

» Federal judge sets new trial date for accused Ohio terrorist
29/05/15 13:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A judge has set a new trial date for an Ohio man charged with plotting a U.S. attack after receiving overseas terrorism training.

» DC commuters may see winning Muhammad cartoon; Muslim group denounces activist
29/05/15 13:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. So far, relatively few people have seen the winning Prophet Muhammad cartoon from the Texas contest that provoked an attack by would-be jihadists this month. Soon, commuters and tourists...

» Kurdish fighters in Syria on the march against Islamic State militants
29/05/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. In contrast to the Iraqi army's failures, Kurdish fighters in Syria are on the march against the Islamic State group, capturing towns and villages in an oil-rich swath of the country's n...

» Lithuania wants NATO battalion as 'security guarantee'
29/05/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Lithuania's foreign minister says his government wants a NATO battalion deployed permanently in the country as a "security guarantee" — not a provocation against Russia which has stepped...

» Fired nuclear power plant employee arrested with explosives
29/05/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A recently fired nuclear power plant employee upset with his union was arrested last week with leg irons, igniter fluid, propane, explosives and 500 rounds of rifle shells in his car, ac...

» Odierno: Iraq has final say on use of US-trained troops
29/05/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The Army chief of staff said Thursday the United States must respect the Iraqi government’s decisions on deploying thousands of its U.S.-trained troops, even if those forces are not sent...

» At least 10 dead in 2 separate Baghdad hotel car bombings
29/05/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Authorities in Iraq say two separate car bombs in parking lots of two hotels have killed 10 people in the capital Baghdad.

» Iraqi authorities raise Baghdad attacks death toll to 15
29/05/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Authorities in Iraq have raised the death toll from bombings that targeted two top hotels in Baghdad to 15 people, with another 42 wounded.

» US says China has artillery vehicles on artificial island
29/05/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Two large artillery vehicles were detected on one of the artificial islands that China is creating in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said Friday, underscoring ongoing concerns that ...

» Islamic State affiliate in Libya takes civilian airport
29/05/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A Libyan militia spokesman and a militant group say the local Islamic State affiliate has taken control of a civilian air base in the central city of Sirte —the group's stronghold in the...

» 1 in custody, others sought after shots fired at Fort Benning
29/05/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The military says two speeding vehicles entered Fort Benning in Georgia, and at least one shot was fired before some of the occupants fled into the woods.

» Russia steps up propaganda push with online "Kremlin trolls"
29/05/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Deep inside a four-story marble building in St. Petersburg, hundreds of workers tap away at computers on the front lines of an information war, say those who have been inside.

» Stage set for Cuba’s removal from US terrorism list
29/05/15 13:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. For 33 years, Cuba has occupied a spot on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism — a place reserved for nations that repeatedly provide support for international acts of premeditat...

» Navy's first openly gay SEAL builds his life anew
29/05/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. For years, Brett Jones lived a double life. He was a Navy SEAL, a muscular M-60 gunner trained to kill and survive in enemy territory. He was also gay.

» Atlantic Resolve: US troops training with allies across Europe
29/05/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. U.S. forces continue to work alongside their European counterparts at a number of training exercises throughout Europe.

» Osan halts biological defense program after anthrax incident
29/05/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Osan Air Base halted operations at its laboratory biological defense program this week after 22 people were possibly exposed to live anthrax spores, U.S. military officials said Friday.

» Russia moves to silence civil society and its 'undesirable' contacts
29/05/15 13:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Christian Science Monitor | World. Moscow — Russia's largest grassroots election watchdog , Golos, has been almost driven out of existence by a law passed three years ago that saddled it with a "fore...

» Hillary Pledges to Restore Faith, Confidence, Optimism in US Post-Obama
29/05/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Hillary Pledges to Restore Faith, Confidence, Optimism in US Post-Obama. by Pam Key 27 May 2015 609 Wednesday in Columbia, at the South Carolina House Democratic Women’s Caucus, former s...

» Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition - YouTube
29/05/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Mar 12, 2015 From time to time, we give celebrities a chance to read some of the mean things people tweet about them. We extended that same offer to our Commander in Chief, who happily agreed. Th...

» Russians hold military drills in the south - YouTube
29/05/15 12:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 29, 2015 ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRRATION Russia conducted air defence exercises involving 800 soldiers and 200 aircraft and pieces of military hardware on Wednesday (May 28) in Astrakhan r...

» Saudi Arabia says four killed in foiled mosque attack - YouTube
29/05/15 12:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 29, 2015 At least four people have been killed when a car exploded in the parking lot of a Shi'ite mosque in Dammam in Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, but authorities said the militants f...

» Blatter set to win new term despite FIFA scandal - YouTube
29/05/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 29, 2015 With FIFA's reputation in tatters, Sepp Blatter arrived at the the organization's Congress in Zurich this morning, his future as president in the hands of FIFA's voting members. He's...

» Lasers target multiple passenger airplanes - YouTube
29/05/15 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 29, 2015 Laser pointers that the FAA says can temporarily blind pilots targeted four commercial passenger jets near Farmingdale, New York. CNN's Rene Marsh reports.

» Merkel will work constructively with Cameron to reform EU - YouTube
29/05/15 12:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 29, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel will work constructively with British Prime Minister David Cameron on reforming the European Union, reaffirming her desire to keep the UK in the bloc....

» Governors General praise Indigenous Academy2:32 - NEWS.com.au (blog)
29/05/15 12:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. NEWS.com.au (blog) Governors General praise Indigenous Academy2:32 NEWS.com.au (blog) It came just weeks after NATO members — including Britain — sent tanks and troops to conduct live...

» Russia moves to silence civil society and its 'undesirable' contacts - Christian Science Monitor
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Christian Science Monitor Russia moves to silence civil society and its 'undesirable' contacts Christian Science Monitor Under a new law, Russian NGOs could face prosecution for commu...

» How much could Russia lose from FIFA scandal? - CNBC
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNBC How much could Russia lose from FIFA scandal? CNBC Russia was quick to say it would both cooperate with the investigations, while condemning them at the same time. The Russian Fo...

» Putin's Russia: Don't Walk, Don't Eat, and Don't Drink - The New Yorker
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The New Yorker Putin's Russia : Don't Walk, Don't Eat, and Don't Drink The New Yorker It is not clear when and how Kara-Murza may have been poisoned, but Russian activists and journal...

» Incoming NATO Military Committee Chairman: Russia could occupy the Baltics ... - Business Insider
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Incoming NATO Military Committee Chairman: Russia could occupy the Baltics ... Business Insider The future chairman of the NATO Military Committee has issued some dir...

» Baltics mull joint air defence system against Russia - Yahoo News
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Baltics mull joint air defence system against Russia Yahoo News The ministers of NATO-members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met in the northern Lithuanian city of Panevezys...

» IRS believes massive data theft originated in Russia - CNN
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Sources: IRS believes massive data theft originated in Russia CNN CNN first reported the breach's Russian origin on Wednesday. "It's a problem, no matter where it's coming from, f...

» Vladimir Putin declares all Russian military deaths state secrets - The Guardian
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Vladimir Putin declares all Russian military deaths state secrets The Guardian “I don't know what [the new decree] is connected with, but the bolsheviks and Russian autho...

» US to Russia: Fifa corruption inquiry has nothing to do with you - The Guardian
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian US to Russia : Fifa corruption inquiry has nothing to do with you The Guardian The Russian president also suggested the charges were in part a retaliation against Fifa fo...

» Putin denies Russian troops are in Ukraine, decrees certain deaths secret - Washington Post
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Putin denies Russian troops are in Ukraine, decrees certain deaths secret Washington Post MOSCOW — If there was one weak spot in Russian support for the Kremlin's aims in...

» Another Huge Statue in Russia? Not Rare, but Hugely Divisive - New York Times
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Another Huge Statue in Russia ? Not Rare, but Hugely Divisive New York Times What the city lacks is a spectacular monument to a religious figure, but the Russian Orthod...

» Russia censors discussion of involvement in Ukraine - Financial Times
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek Russia censors discussion of involvement in Ukraine Financial Times Russia has made it a crime to speak, write or broadcast about Russian troop losses in peacetime and about ...

» Putin makes Russia's peacetime military deaths a state secret - CNN
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Putin makes Russia's peacetime military deaths a state secret CNN A new presidential decree puts Russia's military losses "in peacetime during special operations" on the country's...

» Putin, on Guard for 2018 World Cup in Russia, Denounces FIFA Arrests - New York Times
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Putin, on Guard for 2018 World Cup in Russia , Denounces FIFA Arrests New York Times MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin sought to transform the burgeoning scandal ove...

» Is Belarus and Russia's 'brotherly love' coming to an end? - The Guardian
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mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Is Belarus and Russia's 'brotherly love' coming to an end? The Guardian Throughout his 21-year rule president Alexander Lukashenko has traditionally held close political,...

» Live Anthrax Spores Shipped to Laboratories
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mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The Pentagon said that it had inadvertently shipped live anthrax spores to as many as nine laboratories and was investigating how that happened.

» ISIS Alternates Stick and Carrot to Control Palmyra
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mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Islamic State militants have alternated between terrorizing residents and courting them in their takeover of the ancient Syrian city. them, and has take...

» Explosion Near Shiite Mosque Kills 4 in Eastern Saudi Arabia
29/05/15 11:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The episode, which officials called an attempted terrorist attack, occurred a week after a similar attack by the Islamic State group killed 21 worshipers.

» Police Commander From Tajikistan Appears in ISIS Video
29/05/15 11:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Col. Gulmurod Khalimov, who led an elite police division, vanished last month. In the video, he declares his intention to wage jihad in Central Asia.

» Appeals Court Lets Stand Injunction Against Obama Amnesty
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mikenova shared this story from rss. The U.S. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans decided on May 25 to let stand a February 16 injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the U.S. Distr...

» Liberals Respect Me
29/05/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Liberals unintentionally treat me like a white person. Unlike their response to other blacks, they demand that I back up my statements. For that, I thank them.

» FBI Report Adds Fuel to Fire Over Expiring Patriot Act Snooping Powers
29/05/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. An FBI report admitting that no major cases have been cracked with surveillance powers authorized by the Patriot Act provides fodder to fuel the fire against extending the act's Act's bulk data collec...

» Report Says Hamas Tortured Israeli “Collaborators” and Fatah Members in Gaza
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mikenova shared this story from rss. A report released on May 26 by Amnesty International said that Hamas — the more violent faction of the Palestinian National Authority that took control of Gaza from Fatah in 2007 — carried out a “brut...

» 2015-05-27Russia: Anti-Kremlin activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in hospital after
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mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-05-27 Russia: Anti-Kremlin activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in hospital after 'poisoning' - International Business Times UK | Opposition Writer Kara-Murza Diagnosed with ‘Severe Kidne...

» 2015-05-27Police Search for Motive in Deadly Wal-Mart Shooting - ABC News
29/05/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-05-27 Police Search for Motive in Deadly Wal-Mart Shooting - ABC News Police Search for Motive in Deadly Wal-Mart Shooting - ABC News Wednesday May 27 th , 2015 at 10:25 AM Top ...

» Switzerland to probe claims it was spied on by US, German agencies
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mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. The office of the Swiss Federal Prosecutor has launched an investigation into claims that the country’s largest telecommunications provider was spied on by a consortium of German and America...

» Deaths, Gang Activity Surge as Illegals Flood Border, 30,000 Expected
29/05/15 11:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. "Those that are fleeing and trying to get out of their countries are now using even more dangerous tactics..."

» Two U.S. Soldiers Dead in Afghanistan Since Combat Mission Ended
29/05/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. War continues despite claims from White House.

» Obama Hosts Q&A Session, Americans Ask Him Why He Sucks
29/05/15 11:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Twitter users point out Obama's never-ending failures.

» Governments Eye New Stingray-Detecting System
29/05/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Espionage driving governments to protect their cellular communications.

» Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges
29/05/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Justice Department charges Illinois Republican The Justice Department charged the Illinois Republican Thursday for evading reporting requirements, lying to FBI. requirements and lying to the FBI ...

» Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, More Black People are Now Being Killed in Baltimore
29/05/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Deadliest month in 15 years as cops fearful of making arrests.

» Secrets of the Dennis Hastert Indictment
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mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Obama burns compromised politician in latest power grab.

» America The Obese: Is There A Multibillion Dollar Conspiracy To Make Sure Americans Stay Overweight?
29/05/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. According to Gallup, America is now fatter than it has ever been before.

» Baltimore Has Descended Into A State Of Lawlessness – And More Cities Will Soon Follow
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mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Did you really think that Baltimore would return to normal after everything that has happened?

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