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Lame duck: Democrats clip Obama's wings

New questions arise about House Democratic caucus’s loyalty to Obama

» House Deals Blow to Obama's Bid for Trade Deal
12/06/15 14:28 from WSJ.com: World News

» Obama quest for fast-track trade bill defeated for now in House
12/06/15 14:25 from Reuters: Top News

» Obama fast-track trade bill stumbles
12/06/15 14:23 from FT.com - World

» US House rejects Obama on trade authority
12/06/15 14:09 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Feds Eye Link to Private Contractor in Massive Government Hack

Newly disclosed hack got ‘crown jewels’

CDC Finds Live Anthrax In All Test Samples Shipped By Military, Orders Labs to Destroy Remaining Lots

CIA releases secret report identifying errors before 9/11

Here's the CIA's Just-Released Top Secret File on Saudi Ties to 9/11

Documents show bitter CIA dispute over pre-9/11 performance

Judiciary chairman presses FBI for details on remote cyber spying

Clinton Prison Worker Close to Escaped Convicts Is Arrested

Isis's dirty bomb: Jihadists have seized 'enough radioactive material to build their first WMD'

Costs Rise for US in Battle Against IS

Iran Nuclear Talks ‘Virtually Stalled’, Deadline May Be Missed

A mockery of human rights in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan

Drug war thuggery - The Washington Post

U.S., Europe ready new Ukraine sanctions to deter Putin

US, Russian aircraft came within 10 feet over Black Sea - CNN

U.S. and Russian Navies Hold Talks on Avoiding Accidental Clashes
Horrific Video Amplifies Bus Tragedy At Baku's European Games
US Considers Opening Network of Bases in Iraq - Wall Street Journal

Al Jazeera is anti-Israel and discriminates non-Arab members of staff, says former employee suing the network - Americas - World

Two U.S. men charged with beheading plot to help Islamic State

Tens of thousands take part in Friday's Tel Aviv Gay Pride parade
Haaretz

Life for gays in the Israeli military just got easier

Islamic State Grows Stronger in Libya

Jailed journalist criticises Azerbaijan corruption as European Games begin by Associated Press

Prague Activists Protest Azerbaijan Abuses
Jailed dissident criticizes Azerbaijan - seattlepi.com

Ex-Pussy Riot member held in Russia

Germany drops probe into U.S. spying on Merkel

U.S. and Russia jets come within 10 feet from crashing

What can US trigger-happy cops learn from Britain's gunless police? - Americas - World

Leftist Mayors Surge Into Power in Spain

Volunteer Ukrainian unit includes Nazis - USA Today

U.S. House Passes 3 Amendments By Rep. Conyers To Defense Spending Bill To Protect Civilians From Dangers Of Arming and Training Foreign Forces - Press Releases - News: 
WASHINGTON— Late yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 2685, the “Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015.”  During consideration of the legislation, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) offered bipartisan amendments to block the training of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary militia “Azov Battalion,” and to prevent the transfer of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles—otherwise known as Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems (MANPADS)—to Iraq or Ukraine.

DC Mansion Murder Housekeeper Adds New Details to Mysterious Timeline

Obama’s Justice Dept. Wants Names of Internet Commenters Who Trashed Judge: Increasingly in America, it's not what you say that gets you in trouble, but who you are when you say it.

The OPM Hacking Scandal Just Got Worse

More Records Compromised in OPM Hack Than Estimates Suggested

Record Number of Americans Renounced Their U.S. Citizenship in 2015: 1,336 Americans renounced their U.S. citizenship, according to a quarterly report by the Internal Revenue Service.

Hackers nabbed data on every federal employee, union claims

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AP Top News at 2:20 p.m. EDT House rejects Obama on trade authorityWASHINGTON (AP) - The House derailed a high-profile White House-backed trade bill on Friday, a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party. The 302-126 vote left the legislation in perilous limbo, and came a few hours after Obama journeyed to the Capitol to deliver a last-minute personal plea to fellow Democrats to give him power to negotiate global trade deals that Congress could approve or reject but not change. DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) - A prison employee being questioned about her suspected role in the escape of two killers supplied them with prohibited items before they cut their way out of the maximum-security institution, a prosecutor said Friday. Meanwhile, law enforcement officers refocused their search on a new area after residents reported seeing two men jumping a stone wall. Court extends order blocking 'Angola 3' member's releaseST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - A federal appeals court extended an order Friday blocking the release of Albert Woodfox, the last incarcerated member of a group of Louisiana prisoners known as the Angola Three. A federal judge this week ordered Woodfox's "immediate" and "unconditional" release and barred the state from trying him a third time in the 1972 death of a prison guard, but an appeal by the state will keep him behind bars for the immediate future. Parents say NAACP leader has lied about her racial identitySPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - NAACP leaders have responded to questions about the racial identity of the woman who leads a local chapter in Washington state by noting that ethnicity is not a qualifying criterion for leadership in the organization. Rachel Dolezal has led the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the African-American civil rights group for several years. Before big speech, Clinton steps to left _ but not too farWASHINGTON (AP) - Union members broke into cheers when Hillary Rodham Clinton said she supported a $15-an-hour national minimum wage. "Thank you for giving me this chance to tell you all how much I support your movement," she told a conference organized by the Service Employees International Union. "I want to fight with you every day." Iowa Republicans ending straw poll, a tradition born in 1979DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Republican straw poll, once a staple campaign event for GOP presidential candidates, is vanishing because of waning interest from 2016 hopefuls and questions about its relevancy. A governing board for the Republican Party of Iowa voted unanimously during a private conference call Friday to drop the event, according to state GOP Chairman Jeff Kauffman. It was scheduled to be held in the central Iowa city of Boone on Aug. 8. LILLE, France (AP) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn had a caustic reaction as four years of legal battles involving sex charges on two continents ended without a single conviction: "All that for this?" From a sordid New York hotel encounter to orgies in Paris, the former International Monetary Fund chief has admitted to questionable behavior that destroyed his political career and onetime presidential ambitions. He's a sexual libertine, by his own admission. But courts have repeatedly found no grounds to convict him as a criminal. Officials: Hack exposed up to 14 million federal recordsWASHINGTON (AP) - As many as 14 million current and former civilian U.S. government employees had their personal information exposed to hackers, according to two people who were briefed on the investigation, a far higher figure than the 4 million the Obama administration initially disclosed. The newer estimates put the number of compromised records at between 9 million and 14 million going back to the 1980s, said one congressional official and one former US official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because information disclosed in the confidential briefings includes classified details of the investigation. At 91, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is a frequent flyerJOHANNESBURG (AP) - The African president has his hands firmly on the reins of government at home and is frequently on the move, flying around the globe. At age 91, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe shows few signs of slowing down amid periodic speculation about whether he is ill or in decline. Before Francis, long line of popes voiced environment alarmVATICAN CITY (AP) - Anxiety has gripped American conservatives over Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on the environment. So much so that you might think a pope had never before blamed fossil fuels for global warming. Or accused energy companies of hoarding the Earth's resources at the expense of the poor. Or urged the rich to consume less and share more. But several of Francis' immediate predecessors have done just that, inspired by the Bible itself - raising the question of what all the fuss is about. Why would U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, a devout Catholic who says he loves the pope, urge Francis to "leave science to the scientists" and stop talking about global warming? And why would conservative Catholic commentators attack the Vatican for hosting the U.N. secretary-general at a climate conference?

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» CDC Finds Live Anthrax In All Test Samples Shipped By Military, Orders Labs to Destroy Remaining Lots
12/06/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now believes that there was live anthrax in all of the samples mistakenly sent by the U.S. military to 69 laboratories in 19 states, the D...

» Saudi air chief killed in Yemeni rebel Scud attack on Khamis Mushayt air base
12/06/15 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Saudi Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Muhammad bin Ahmed Al-Shaalan was killed in a Scud missile cross-border attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on the big King Khalid Air Base at Khamis Mushayt in the southwest...

» Clinton administration bankrupted CIA ahead of 9/11, ex-director says
12/06/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Clinton administration had bankrupted the intelligence community and refused to let the CIA prioritize anti-terrorism over other major priorities in the late 1990s, leaving the agency stretched too thin i...

» CIA Declassifies Report On 9/11, Blanks Out Saudi Section
12/06/15 20:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BuzzFeed - Hayes Brown. President Bush meets with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah in 2005 Eric Draper / ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A newly released report from the CIA blocked out all but a few senten...

» Second OPM Hack Exposed Information About Military, Intelligence Workers
12/06/15 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense One - All Content. A second breach of the Office of Personnel Management by hackers believed to be associated with China exposed sensitive security-clearance information of intelligence and militar...

» Does Obama Know There's a Cyberwar Going On?
12/06/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Investors.com. H acking: Chinese hackers apparently stole far more data on more federal employees than first suspected, creating a huge national security problem. Worse, the Obama administration knew this ...

» 2015-06-12» Does Obama Know There's a Cyberwar Going On? - Investor's Business
12/06/15 19:53 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-06-12 » Does Obama Know There's a Cyberwar Going On? - Investor's Business Daily 12/06/15 19:01 from cyber warfare - Google News - U.S. National Security and Military News Review U.S. National Security and Military News Review us na...

» AP Top News at 6:26 p.m. EDT
12/06/15 19:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 6:26 p.m. EDT House rejects Obama's appeals and imperils his trade bill WASHINGTON (AP) - Led by union-backed Democrats, the House delivered a stinging blo...

» AP Top News at 2:20 p.m. EDT
12/06/15 19:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 2:20 p.m. EDT House rejects Obama on trade authority WASHINGTON (AP) - The House derailed a high-profile White House-backed trade bill on Friday, a humilia...

» Congressional Democrats Move to Institute New Jersey Style Gun Control
12/06/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Bill comes less than a week after woman was murdered while waiting for gun under similar restrictions Woman with gun / AP BY: Stephen Gutowski Congressional Democrats introduce...

» Chinese hack compromised security-clearance database
12/06/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Union: Government data breach worse than disclosed (0:57) The massive data breach into the records of current and former federal employees is believed to be worse than first thought. (Reuters) The Chinese bre...

» Here's the CIA's Just-Released Top Secret File on Saudi Ties to 9/11
12/06/15 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Gawker. True to form, the CIA waited until 4:16 p.m. EDT this afternoon to release a trove of documents related to the September 11 attacks . Deep within one of those documents is a section on everything t...

» Judiciary chairman presses FBI for details on remote cyber spying
12/06/15 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the FBI for more information about its attempts to expand remote electronic spying powers. “Publicly available information on the ...

» CIA releases secret report identifying errors before 9/11
12/06/15 19:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . After a decade of secrecy, the CIA on Friday released a  n early 500-page inspector general report  outlining multiple “systemic problems” in the nation's spy agencies ahead of the terro...

» Isis's dirty bomb: Jihadists have seized 'enough radioactive material to build their first WMD' - Middle East - World
12/06/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Isis declared its ambition to develop weapons of mass destruction in the most recent edition of its propaganda magazine Dabiq , and Indian defence officials have previously warned of the possibility the milit...

» Russia in Review - Harvard
12/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Latest Publications. I. U.S. and Russian priorities for the bilateral agenda. II. Russia news. Back issues of Russia in Review are available here. If y...

» More Records Compromised in OPM Hack Than Estimates Suggested
12/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. AP BY: Robert Davis Edelman The hackers responsible for breaching the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) database have potentially acquired more than double the four ...

» Iran Nuclear Talks ‘Virtually Stalled’, Deadline May Be Missed
12/06/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Negotiators of Iran and six world powers face each other at a table in the historic basement of Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna / Reuters BY: Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nuclear ...

» A mockery of human rights in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan
12/06/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Demonstrators protest the verdict of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in Berlin. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images) By Editorial Board June 11 at 6:47 PM RECENT EVENTS in Azerbaijan...

» Drug war thuggery - The Washington Post
12/06/15 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . From the OC Weekly : The Weekly has received footage from a recent marijuana dispensary raid that appears to show Santa Ana police officers eating pot candy and throwing darts after destroying–or so the...

» U.S., Europe ready new Ukraine sanctions to deter Putin
12/06/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Washington (CNN) The United States and the European Union are finalizing further sanctions against Russia that could be imposed if Moscow takes additional military action in Ukraine, senior U.S. administratio...

» US, Russian aircraft came within 10 feet over Black Sea - CNN
12/06/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN US, Russian aircraft came within 10 feet over Black Sea CNN The close call comes weeks after another incident between the U.S. and Russia over the skies of Europe, when a U.S. RC-...

» Moscow's suburbs may look monolithic, but the stories they tell are not
12/06/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. At the end of the 1950s, the Soviet Union began the largest experiment in industrialised housing in history. Owen Hatherley visits three of Moscow’s resulting mikrorayons , where the...

» Horrific Video Amplifies Bus Tragedy At Baku's European Games
12/06/15 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A terrifying video clip has emerged of a bus ramming into a group of teenage Austrian competitors at the European Games in Azerbaijan in an incident that has left Austria...

» Artist Loses University Post Over Anti-Kremlin Protest
12/06/15 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian artist has become the first person to be punished for a May 21 student protest against a university lecture by a pro-Kremlin activist. Yelizaveta Savolainen was...

» Глава Службы безопасности Украины уволил всех руководителей управления по борьбе с коррупцией - Коммерсантъ
12/06/15 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская Правда в Украине Глава Службы безопасности Украины уволил всех руководителей управления по борьбе с коррупцией Коммерсантъ Председатель Службы безопасности Украины (С...

» U.S. and Russian Navies Hold Talks on Avoiding Accidental Clashes
12/06/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The U.S. and Russian navies met this week for the first time since the Ukraine crisis began to discuss how to avoid an accidental clash at sea or in the air.

» Дмитрий Быков: отношения США и России через призму литературы
12/06/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from golosamerikius's YouTube Videos. From: golosamerikius Duration: 03:18 Восхищение, разочарование, поиски врагов. Но… скоро все будет хорошо Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/vi...

» Russian Scholar Attacks Idea ‘Diversity of Russia is a Source of Its Strength’
12/06/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, June 12 – Even Vladimir Putin repeats as mantras the idea that “the variety o...

» Germans increasingly resigned to Grexit
12/06/15 14:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Merkel remains publicly committed to a deal with Greece but doubts are growing among top officials

» US Considers Opening Network of Bases in Iraq - Wall Street Journal
12/06/15 14:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Wall Street Journal US Considers Opening Network of Bases in Iraq Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is considering opening a network of new bases in Iraq like the...

» If You Didn’t Know What ‘Aggravated Pimping’ Was Before DSK’s Trial, You Will Now
12/06/15 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A French court is expected to deliver its verdict shortly on charges of “aggravated pimping” made against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the BBC reports. As TIME noted when Strauss-Kahn was...

» Spain's King strips title of duchess from his sister
12/06/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe VI has stripped the title of duchess from his sister, the palace said, heaping pressure on Cristina de Borbon to give up her succession rights as...

» Spain: King 's removes title from sister facing fraud trial - Daily Mail
12/06/15 14:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Indian Express Spain: King 's removes title from sister facing fraud trial Daily Mail MADRID (AP) — Spain's King Felipe VI has removed the title Duchess of Palma de Mallorca from h...

» More lashes imminent for Saudi blogge
12/06/15 13:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Raif Badawi set up a website to express his views and those of others. For that he was sentenced to 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes with a whipping cane.

» Third Suspect Arrested Over Plot To Kill Cops
12/06/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Nicholas Rovinski is held in Rhode Island days after FBI agents shot dead a man suspected of plotting to behead police officers.

» Australia accused of bribing traffickers
12/06/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. PM Abbott dodges questions that navy paid crew of asylum seeker boat to return to Indonesia

» 'Merkel phone' tapping probe dropped
12/06/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Germany drops investigation into alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone by US security agency

» Pentagon again asks China to end island building, seeks more military contact - Reuters
12/06/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Pentagon again asks China to end island building, seeks more military contact Reuters WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and rep...

» Ismayilova Says Azerbaijan In 'Midst Of Human Rights Crisis'
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Azerbaijan's most prominent investigative A jailed Azerbaijani journalist says the country is in the "midst of a human rights crisis" as it gets set to host the first Eur...

» Night Fighting In Eastern Ukraine
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian-backed separatists attacked positions of the Ukrainian army's 93rd mechanized brigade defending the village of Pisky, near Donetsk, on the night of June 6-7. Atta...

» Moldovan Prime Minister Steps Down
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The prime minister of Moldova says he is stepping down after questions arose over his high-school and university degrees.

» VIDEO: Saudi blogger's 'slow death sentence'
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The wife of the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes, describes his punishment as "a slow death".

» Interpol Cuts Ties With FIFA
12/06/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Interpol is to cut its ties with the soccer world’s governing body and not use the $22.4 million donation it received in 2011 to fight match-fixing in sports.

» Merkel on Greece: 'Where There's a Will, There's a Way' - New York Times
12/06/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Merkel on Greece: 'Where There's a Will, There's a Way' New York Times BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it's important that talks aimed at unlocking Greece's...

» Spanish leftist mayor ends 24 years of PP rule in Madrid
12/06/15 13:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MADRID(Reuters) - A left-wing former judge, backed by anti-austerity party Podemos, was named mayor of Spain's capital on Friday, ending 24 years of center-right Popular Party (PP) rul...

» US net neutrality rules to go ahead
12/06/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. A US court has decided that attempts to block the implementation of net neutrality rules in the US cannot be upheld.

» Rachel Dolezal 'Disguised Herself' As Black
12/06/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Activist Rachel Dolezal says she "understands" some may feel she misrepresented her ethnicity, as she sparks a social media storm.

» Poland says next NATO summit should invite Macedonia, Montenegro to join
12/06/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WARSAW (Reuters) - The former Yugoslav republics of Macedonia and Montenegro should be invited to join NATO when it holds its next summit in Warsaw in 2016, Polish Defense Minister Tom...

» Germany Drops Inquiry Into Claims U.S. Tapped Merkel’s Phone
12/06/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The investigation over allegations of eavesdropping by the N.S.A. was ended because of a lack of concrete evidence, a federal prosecutor said.

» Inside Skolkovo, Moscow's self-styled Silicon Valley
12/06/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. With buildings like the Hypercube and the Matrix, the Russian startup hub looks the part – but corruption allegations, the parlous international situation and getting on the w...

» Ukrainian Activists Welcome Saakashvili In Odesa
12/06/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Around 300 Ukrainian activists gathered outside the main administration building in Odesa on June 11 to meet the new governor of the region, former Georgian President Mik...

» Russia Steps Up Military Modernization – But at What Cost?
12/06/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — It has a remote-controlled turret, it bristles with state-of-the-art defense systems and its computerized controls make driving it “feel like a video game.” R...

» Black Pastor Invokes ISIS-Style Terror Attack Over Texas Pool Party Incident
12/06/15 13:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Americans will likely face a domestic terror attack from disgruntled black Americans – not ISIS – for allowing racism to perpetuate, a black Texas-base...

» Civil rights activist 'pretending to be black'
12/06/15 13:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The parents of a civil rights activist in America says she's been "pretending" to be African-American for years.

» PHOTOS: Tel Aviv Pride 2013 | Advocate.com
12/06/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Advocate.com - Gay News | The Advocate | The World's Leading Source for LGBT News and Entertainment. Pride PHOTOS: Tel Aviv Pride 2013 Tens of thousands of people gathered Friday to celebrate LGBT Prid...

» Gay Pride revelers take to the streets in Tel Aviv
12/06/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Times of Israel. Some 180,000 people marched through Tel Aviv’s streets Friday in the city’s 17th annual Gay Pride Parade, the nation’s largest and oldest gay pride event. Get The Tim...

» Gay Pride Parade draws 180,000 to Tel Aviv - Israel News
12/06/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Around 180,000 people came to party in central Tel Aviv on Friday for the annual Gay Pride Parade, and police were deployed in force to secure the event and redirect traffic in the notoriously congested city....

» Over 100,000 at Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade, regions biggest
12/06/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of bare-chested muscular men, drag queens in heavy makeup and high heels, women in colorful balloon costumes and others partied at Tel Aviv's annual gay pride parade on Friday...

» Life for gays in the Israeli military just got easier
12/06/15 12:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has announced a small but dramatic policy change to help same-sex couples continue serving in the reserves with ease even after becoming parents. The new policy ensures ...

» Five reasons we should celebrate Albert Einstein
12/06/15 12:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. From his radical thinking to his radical politics, his disavowal of celebrity to his wild hairstyle, the great physicist’s significance endures, argues his biographer Einstein...

» Al Jazeera is anti-Israel and discriminates non-Arab members of staff, says former employee suing the network - Americas - World
12/06/15 12:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Details of the claim against Al Jazeera America (Ajam), brought by the former head of its documentary unit, Shannon High-Bassalik, emerged on Thursday evening. It is the latest in a series of legal actions ta...

» Two U.S. men charged with beheading plot to help Islamic State
12/06/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BOSTON Prosecutors charged two U.S. men on Friday of plotting to help the Islamic State militant group by beheading Americans, after an investigation that led law enforcement officers to shoot a suspect dead ...

» Armed group storms Tunisian consulate in Libyan capital, kidnap 10 staff
12/06/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . <iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-W9SLGS" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe&amp...

» US Charges 2 Men as Islamic State Supporters
12/06/15 12:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. WASHINGTON— U.S. authorities say two men accused of plotting to attack police officers in Massachusetts are being charged with conspiracy to provide material support to Islamic Stat...

» Ex-Pussy Riot member held in Moscow over prisoner demo
12/06/15 11:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. A former member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot has been arrested in Moscow after staging a brief performance protest in support of women prisoners. Nadya Tolokonnikova, along with activis...

» AP Top News at 1:55 a.m. EDT
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:55 a.m. EDT Cuomo: Harsh penalty for any prison worker crossing the line DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) - The law will come down hard on any prison system employee...

» AP Top News at 6:03 a.m. EDT
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 6:03 a.m. EDT Union says all federal workers fell victim to hackers WASHINGTON (AP) - A major federal union says the cyber theft of employee information is...

» AP Top News at 10:10 a.m. EDT
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 10:10 a.m. EDT DA: Prison employee supplied contraband to escaped convicts DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) - A prison employee being questioned about her suspected ro...

» Jailed dissident criticizes Azerbaijan - seattlepi.com
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. seattlepi.com Jailed dissident criticizes Azerbaijan seattlepi.com MOSCOW (AP) — A jailed journalist has written a letter criticizing Azerbaijan for corruption and human rights violati...

» EU Plans To Push Central Asian States Harder On Human Rights
12/06/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The European Union plans to step up efforts to address "serious challenges to human rights" in Central Asia, according to a strategy document seen by RFE/RL.

» Russian Tank Feels 'Like Playing Computer Game'
12/06/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The machine may eventually become a fully robotic vehicle that could operate autonomously on the battlefield, its designers say.

» Germany drops probe into U.S. spying on Merkel
12/06/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's top public prosecutor closed a year-long investigation into the suspected tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone by U.S. spies, saying there was ...

» Nine killed in clashes between Islamic State and other militants in eastern Libya
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - At least nine fighters were killed in clashes on Friday between Islamic State and another Islamist force in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a source in on...

» Seven Million May Have Been Hacked In US
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Suspected Chinese hackers targeted the Office of Personnel Management, which deals with federal employee data in the US.

» We need to stop rapists, not change who gets raped | Jessica Valenti
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Lasting solutions don’t just change statistics, they change the culture that leads to assault What if rape reduction programs are actually just redirecting assault? A new stud...

» C.E.O. of Orange Meets With Netanyahu to Apologize for Remarks
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Stéphane Richard, the executive, said his comments were “distorted and misunderstood” as part of a boycott movement targeting companies that operate in Israeli settlements in the occupied W...

» The life and poetry of William Butler Yeats – quiz
12/06/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A century and a half after his birth, the influence of WB Yeats is greater than ever. But how much do you know about the Nobel laureate's life and work? Find out with our anni...

» Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition leader sees state links in unrest
12/06/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party on Friday accused figures within the state of links to violence in the largely Kurdish southeastern province of D...

» U.S. and Russia jets come within 10 feet from crashing
12/06/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A Russian fighter jet, flying at high speed, came within 10 feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea late last month, several U.S. offi...

» Germany Ends Probe of NSA Monitoring
12/06/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. German federal prosecutors say they have closed a year-long probe into the alleged wiretapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone by the U.S. National Security Agency. The German ch...

» Orange boss tells Israel of regret
12/06/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The head of French telecom giant Orange tells Israel's PM he deeply regrets the controversy following comments he made indicating he wanted to pull out of Israel.

» Islamic State Grows Stronger in Libya
12/06/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Libyan militiamen battling the Islamic State’s affiliate in their country say most of the jihadi fighters are not Libyans — the bulk of them, they say, come from neighboring North African...

» What can US trigger-happy cops learn from Britain's gunless police? - Americas - World
12/06/15 11:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Then there is the rigorous selection process — an unforgiving complement of fitness tests, psychological appraisals and marksmanship exams. Finally, there is the training, which involves endless drillin...

» UK's fast-track asylum system ruled unlawful
12/06/15 11:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Government appeal system for processing asylum seekers’ applications, which has been in use for a decade, must be quashed, high court rules A fast-track immigration appeals pr...

» Ancient city hit by Saudi airstrikes
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Photographer Alex Potter captures images of neighbors and families searching for survivors after airstrikes hit in the old city of Sanaa in Yemen.

» Twitter's chief steps down - NBCNews.com
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Twitter's chief steps down NBCNews.com CNBC CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports Dick Costolo is stepping down as Twitter CEO and Jack Dorsey will take over the leadership r...

» Tusk Challenges Venezuela Over Human Rights
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. European Council President Donald Tusk said the political crackdown in Venezuela had been a big topic behind closed doors of a recent summit between European and Latin American leaders...

» Video Shows Deadly Blast Ripping Through Cafe
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Customers are seen running for their lives from the explosion at a cafe in Australia, which claimed the life of the manageress.

» Leftist Mayors Surge Into Power in Spain
12/06/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A new wave of leftist leaders is taking office in city halls across Spain on Saturday, replacing career politicians hobbled by economic crises and corruption scandals.

» Volunteer Ukrainian unit includes Nazis
12/06/15 11:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Members of the Azov Brigade train in Kulykivske, Ukraine, on March 7. (Photo: Brendan Hoffman for USA TODAY) 2644 CONNECT 1027 TWEET 33 LINKEDIN 87 COMMENT EMAIL MORE MARIUPOL, — A volunteer brigade wit...

» NYT Whites Out Ukraine’s Brown Shirts
12/06/15 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Consortiumnews. Exclusive: The New York Times has been more biased on the Ukraine crisis – endlessly promoting State Department propaganda – than when it published false Iraqi WMD sto...

» azov battalion news - Google Search
12/06/15 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US Congressmen block supply of MANPADS to Ukraine, call Azov ... Ukraine Today - 3 hours ago "Ukraine's Azov Battalion is a 1,000-man volunteer militia of the Ukrainian National Guard that Foreign Policy Maga...

» US congressmen block supply of MANPADS to Ukraine - read on
12/06/15 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uatoday.tv. 14:53 Jun. 12, 2015 Azov Battalion (UNIAN Photo) House representatives also voted to prohibit training of Ukraine's Azon Battalion US Congressmen have banned the supply of shoulder-fired anti-a...

» U.S. House Passes 3 Amendments By Rep. Conyers To Defense Spending Bill To Protect Civilians From Dangers Of Arming and Training Foreign Forces - Press Releases - News
12/06/15 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr.. WASHINGTON— Late yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 2685, the “Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015.” ...

» DC Mansion Murder Housekeeper Adds New Details to Mysterious Timeline
12/06/15 10:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. A housekeeper for the Savopoulos family is providing new insights about the day the three members of the Washington, D.C., family and another housekeeper were killed inside their fire-damag...

» 2,954,5062,954,506Obama’s Justice Dept. Wants Names of Internet Commenters Who Trashed
12/06/15 03:23 from Mike Nova - Google+
2,954,506 2,954,506 Obama’s Justice Dept. Wants Names of Internet Commenters Who Trashed Judge: Increasingly in America, it's not what you say that gets you in trouble, but who you are when you say it. | The OPM Hacking Scandal Just Got ...

» EU Accents Trade, Better Ties in Talks With Latin Americans
12/06/15 00:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Unable to match China's offer of $250 billion in investment in Latin America, the EU sought ways Thursday to avoid being marginalized in the region, offering new trade deals, visa-free tr...

» В Одессе два сильных взрыва - Украинское национальное информагентство
12/06/15 00:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Подробности В Одессе два сильных взрыва Украинское национальное информагентство В Одессе прогремели два сильных взрыва: один в центре города - на перекрестке улиц Большой Арнаутско...

» Uzbeks, Kazakh Charged In New York With Recruiting For Islamic State
12/06/15 00:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Uzbek citizen June 11 became the fifth person in New York to be charged with plotting to recruit U.S. fighters to join the Islamic State.

» A System for Bothering People
12/06/15 00:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. Even the most cynical critics of the Transportation Security Administration, perhaps the most unpopular organization in the whole U.S. government, must have been surprised by the recent r...

» The OPM Hacking Scandal Just Got Worse
12/06/15 00:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. The other day I explained in detail how the mega-hack of the Office of Personnel Management’s internal servers looks like a genuine disaster for the U.S. Government, a setback that will h...

» Senate Democrats block cybersecurity amendment to defense bill
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a proposal to shield companies from lawsuits when they share cyberattack information with each other and federal agencies.

» Stalin makes a resurgence in Putin’s Russia
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Josef Stalin’s 29-year reign, generally seen by Russians in recent years as a dark and bloody chapter in the nation’s history, has lately been applauded by Vladimir Putin and his support...

» DOD: $2.7B spent on Islamic State fight so far — $9M a day
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The Defense Department is releasing a detailed breakdown of the costs of the war against the Islamic State, showing that the Air Force has borne two-thirds of the daily spending.

» Special Forces officer: US 'failed' American hostages held overseas
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Washington's effort to recover American hostages held overseas is "dysfunctional" and mired in failures hidden by bureaucracy, an Army officer once involved in the Pentagon's part of the...

» Delicate balance for Pope Francis as he meets Putin - CBS News
12/06/15 00:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CBS News Delicate balance for Pope Francis as he meets Putin CBS News CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti reports that at a time when much of the world has slammed the door on Russia over it...

» Intrusions in Baltic Sea Show a Russia Challenging the West - New York Times
12/06/15 00:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Intrusions in Baltic Sea Show a Russia Challenging the West New York Times Cutting the region's dependence on Russian energy — long one of Moscow's main levers to squee...

» Russia says US coerces Kiev and violates arms treaties - Reuters
12/06/15 00:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Deutsche Welle Russia says US coerces Kiev and violates arms treaties Reuters MOSCOW Russia accused the United States on Thursday of coercing Kiev into pressing on with the conflict i...

» US encircling Russia with bioweapons labs, covertly spreads them – Russian FM - RT
12/06/15 00:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT US encircling Russia with bioweapons labs, covertly spreads them – Russian FM RT The accusations of mishandling biological weapons voiced by the Russian Foreign Ministry refer to a...

» Will Russia force Germany to become a European power once more? - Vox
12/06/15 00:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Politico Will Russia force Germany to become a European power once more? Vox As one of the relatively few Russia experts in Germany, Meister is impossibly busy, shuttling between the ...

» Defying Obama, Many in Congress Press to Arm Ukraine
12/06/15 00:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The Senate has included provisions in its military policy bill to arm Ukraine with antiarmor systems, mortars, grenade launchers and ammunition to aid in...

» Trainers Intended as Lift, but Quick Iraq Turnaround Is Unlikely
12/06/15 00:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). President Obama’s plan does not call for American troops to accompany Iraqi fighters onto the battlefield to call in airstrikes or advise them on combat ope...

» Anxiety and Pain Meds Linked to Homicide Risk
12/06/15 00:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Anti-anxiety and pain medications may be linked to an increased risk of committing murder, according to a new study by Finnish researchers.

» Senator Sessions to Obama: Stop Fast Track Push, Release Secret Trade Documents
12/06/15 00:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Senator Sessions notes TPP creates a new transnational governance structure known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission, similar to the sovereignty-destroying European Union, and Fast Track viol...

» Orwellian Double-think in the War on Terrorism
12/06/15 00:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The war on terrorism, which the United States has been waging since 2001, is a failure for a myriad of reasons, but chiefly because it is a farce. Setting aside the idiocy of waging war on a tactic; t...

» Secretive Globalist Bilderberg Conference June 11-14 in Austria
12/06/15 00:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. From June 11-14 approximately 140 of the world's most influential people will gather in Telfs-Buchen, Austria, for the 63rd secretive Bilderberg policy conference, just 16 miles south of the G7 summit...

» China Hacks Government, Corporate Networks to Build Database on Americans
12/06/15 00:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Only a week after Russian "crime syndicates" hacked the IRS database and stole information on the tax returns of more than 100,000 people, China was blamed for "one of the largest thefts of government...

» Border Patrol Union Leader Sees Surge in Unaccompanied Children Coming
12/06/15 00:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The huge surge of illegal aliens that crossed the southern U.S. border last spring and early summer and then went into temporary decline is showing signs of being on the rise once more.  

» Obama’s Justice Dept. Wants Names of Internet Commenters Who Trashed Judge
12/06/15 00:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Increasingly in America, it's not what you say that gets you in trouble, but who you are when you say it.

» Obama Has a Plan Against ISIS, but Not “a Complete Strategy”
12/06/15 00:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. President Obama told reporters during a news conference at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Germany on June 8 that success against ISIS forces in Iraq is dependent on an “effective partnership” betw...

» Hackers nabbed data on every federal employee, union claims
12/06/15 00:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing White hat hacker: Data breach more serious than gov't admits A major cyberattack on U.S. federal personnel data was far graver than the Obama administration has acknowledged, with hackers obtainin...

» Dozens of new Ebola cases reported in West Africa
12/06/15 00:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights At least 45 new Ebola cases have been reported in West Africa this month "The outbreak is not over and the response efforts must be sustained," a U.N. mission says (CNN) It seemed like the nu...

» The Bilderberg conference: world government or mythical secret clique? | News | DW.DE
12/06/15 00:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . What was Jürgen Trittin's business in Chantilly, US in 2012? His fellow Green party members demanded of him at the time. The question itself revealed a certain amount of dissatisfaction, because the answ...

» Obama looks to save his legacy from the Supreme Court
12/06/15 00:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Washington (CNN) It's the constitutional law professor in the Oval Office versus the Supreme Court, again. President Barack Obama's politicized, difficult relationship with the court's conservative wing is ba...

» Iran Backs Taliban With Cash and Arms
12/06/15 00:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KABUL—When Abdullah, a Taliban commander in central Afghanistan, needs more rifles and ammunition, he turns to the same people who pay his $580-a-month salary: his Iranian sponsors. “Iran supplies...

» Dawn of the Drones | The National Interest
12/06/15 00:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . We are living in a drone saturated world. In recent years, drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proliferated rapidly around the globe in both military and civilian spheres. Today, eighty-seven coun...

» Riyadh flays meddling in Badawi case
12/06/15 00:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday denounced the interference of some countries and organizations in its internal affairs and its judiciary, saying it is unacceptable. An official source at the Foreign Ministry...

» Pentagon Puts Cost of US War Against IS at $2.7B
12/06/15 00:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . FILE - A plume of smoke rises above a building after an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State group in Tikrit, Iraq, March 27, 2015. The U.S. has spent more than $2.7 billion on the w...

» Russian banker asks judge to reject charges that he's a spy
12/06/15 00:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press - Thursday, June 11, 2015 NEW YORK (AP) - A Russian citizen who worked in Manhattan as a banker asked a federal judge Thursday to toss out charges that he participated i...

» 2015-06-10Thousands flee into Turkey from Syria as Kurds fight Islamic state
12/06/15 00:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-06-10 Thousands flee into Turkey from Syria as Kurds fight Islamic state Thousands flee into Turkey from Syria as Kurds fight Islamic state Wednesday June 10 th , 2015  at  12:05 ...

» 2015-06-10TV5 Monde attack 'by Russia-based hackers' - BBC | "An investigation by
12/06/15 00:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-06-10 TV5 Monde attack 'by Russia-based hackers' - BBC | "An investigation by the French news magazine L’Express has claimed French authorities now believed that the attack came t...

» 2015-06-11Middle East News
12/06/15 00:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-06-11 Middle East News "Your new widget 1" Powered by RSS Feed Informer _______________________________________________ Archive Middle East News "Your new widget 1" Powered by RS...

» 2015-06-11"Simply put, we have been witnessing the revival of the slave trade
12/06/15 00:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-06-11 "Simply put, we have been witnessing the revival of the slave trade in the 21st century." - Zainab Hawa Bangura: Opinion: Women were 'examined like cattle' | "We will conque...

» 2015-06-11Ukraine News: Equal rights for gays still distant dream in Ukraine
12/06/15 00:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-06-11 Ukraine News: Equal rights for gays still distant dream in Ukraine | EU lawmakers slam Russia, demand sanctions maintained | IMF says still discussing next review with Ukrai...

» Defying Obama, Many in Congress Press to Arm Ukraine: The Senate
12/06/15 00:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. Defying Obama, Many in Congress Press to Arm Ukraine: The Senate has included provisions in its military policy bill to arm Ukraine with antiarmor systems, mortars, grenade launchers a...

» Record Number of Americans Renounced Their U.S. Citizenship in 2015
12/06/15 00:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. 1,336 Americans renounced their U.S. citizenship, according to a quarterly report by the Internal Revenue Service.

» Video: The Madness of King Obama
12/06/15 00:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Presidency paved with lies and fraught with cowardice...

» Isis’s deadliest atrocity: 600 bodies confirmed found following ‘worst massacre’ by jihadists
12/06/15 00:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. The bodies are all those of young air cadets.

» Political Watershed in Turkish Elections?
12/06/15 00:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By Brett Daniel Shehadey Special Correspondent for In Homeland Security At first glance, it appears that the Turkish people (86 percent) have spoken in a recent national elections to ...

» How should U.S. respond to Chinese hacking?
12/06/15 00:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Espionage by a foreign government falls into a different category than attempting to steal trade secrets

» Second man arrested in connection with Boston terror case
12/06/15 00:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. FBI says Nicholas Rovinski was plotting with two other men, including one killed last week in Boston, to attack police officers and others

» Russia Threatens 'Consequences' If US Deploys Missiles
12/06/15 00:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russia on Thursday warned the United States of consequences if it moves to deploy land-based missiles in Europe in contravention of a key Cold-War era arms control treaty.    ...

» Pentagon Planning for Potential Iraq Expansion
12/06/15 00:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a greater presence in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed, one day after announcing an increase in personnel in the al-Anbar province.  ...

» Top Chinese Officer Meets With SecDef Carter
11/06/15 23:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. A top Chinese military officer met with US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter at the Pentagon on Thursday, but Beijing asked for limited media attention around the visit amid strains over...

» Man Found Dead in Queens Park Was Killed
11/06/15 23:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The death of a 23-year-old man found in a Queens park this week has been ruled a homicide, the police said on Thursday. Passers-by found the man, Diego Piedrahita, lying face down in Forest Park shortly befor...

» lethal aid ukraine - Google Search
11/06/15 23:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US Senators And Ukraine Prime Minister Ask Obama For Lethal Aid ... International Business Times - Jun 10, 2015 Congress wants Ukraine to receive lethal aid from the U.S. Pictured: Ukrainian soldiers stand gu...

» US Senators And Ukraine Prime Minister Ask Obama For Lethal Aid Again, But Pew Poll Says NATO Citizens Against It
11/06/15 23:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International Business Times. U.S. senators have once again called on Barack Obama to give weapons to Ukrainian troops fighting pro-Russian rebels in the contested region of eastern Ukraine. The request co...

» Armenians, Yazidi, Roma in Turkey's diverse new parliament - DAWN.com
11/06/15 22:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. DAWN.com Armenians, Yazidi, Roma in Turkey's diverse new parliament DAWN.com ANKARA: The new Turkish parliament will show greater diversity than before, with three Armenians elected fr...

» U.S. Prepares Plan to Send Hundreds More Trainers to Iraq
11/06/15 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. President Barack Obama is poised to send hundreds more American military advisers into the heart of the Islamic State stronghold northwest of Baghdad to help devise a counterattack to ...

» Islamic State Rule Transforms Mosul
11/06/15 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Iraq’s second-largest city has never looked so good thanks to strict laws enforced by Islamic State. But beneath the veneer, residents live in fear.

» Russia to Maintain Sanctions Against the West
11/06/15 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Russia will keep sanctions against the West in place and may even expand the penalties if the political tensions of the Cold War nature deepen, officials said.

» France Says Evidence Suggests Russians Hacked Broadcaster
11/06/15 22:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. French investigators suspect a group of Russian hackers posing as Islamic State militants were behind an April attack that crippled a French-language TV broadcaster.

» Ukraine Warns Bailout Could Be Derailed
11/06/15 22:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Ukraine’s leadership warned Wednesday that the likelihood of prolonged conflict against Russian-backed separatists and deadlocked creditor negotiations threaten to derail the West’s $4...

» U.S. Considers Opening Network of Bases in Iraq
11/06/15 22:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The Obama administration is considering opening a network of new bases in Iraq like the hub being established west of Baghdad, the nation’s top military officer said Thursday.

» Barack Obama approves additional troops for fight against Isis in Iraq, says White House - video
11/06/15 22:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. The White House confirms on Wednesday that US president Barack Obama has authorised up to 450 additional military personnel to be deployed to Iraq's eastern Anbar provinc...

» US Weighing More Military Bases in Iraq to Fight ISIS, Top General Says - New York Times
11/06/15 22:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. New York Times US Weighing More Military Bases in Iraq to Fight ISIS, Top General Says New York Times NAPLES, Italy — The United States is considering establishing a new network of Ame...

» Pentagon Calls for China to End Island-Building, Seeks More Military Contact
11/06/15 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a U.S. call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea while stressing that the Pentagon re...

» US Overtakes Saudi Arabia as World's Largest Oil Producer
11/06/15 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States is now the world’s largest oil producer. A report by the BP Energy Company credits the “shale revolution” for a surge in American oil and natural gas production that has...

» US Deploys 450 Additional Troops to Advise Iraqi Forces
11/06/15 22:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 02:34 The Obama administration has announced it will send 450 additional U.S. troops to Iraq to train, assist and advise local forces in their fight ...

» IS Recruiters Target Central Asia
11/06/15 22:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 02:08 Central Asia has become an increasing source of foreign fighters for radical militant groups operating in the Middle East, notably Islamic Stat...

» Hackers nabbed data on every federal employee, union claims - Fox News
11/06/15 22:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Hackers nabbed data on every federal employee, union claims Fox News A major cyberattack on U.S. federal personnel data was far graver than the Obama administration has ...

» Can the U.S. Military Train the Iraqi Army to Victory Over ISIS?
11/06/15 22:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The U.S. military likes to say that when it comes to war, the enemy gets a vote. President Obama made that clear Wednesday as he continued to retool his strategy to “degrade and destroy” ...

» Besieged 
By ISIS
11/06/15 22:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The people of Deir ez-Zor are surrounded—and scared. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria already control about 40% of this city in Syria’s eastern desert and have en...

» U.S. Adapts ‘Lily Pad’ Strategy to Defeat ISIS in Iraq
11/06/15 22:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The top U.S. military officer likened the expanding American footprint in Iraq Thursday to “lily pads” that will sprout across the pond known as Anbar Province, where the Islamic State of...

» The Most Evil Quotes From Bilderberg Insiders
11/06/15 22:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. If you want to know the evils lurking within the Bilderberg Group, look no further than the following quotes from Bilderberg insiders and those who’ve ...

» Americans support military force against Russia if necessary
11/06/15 22:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Ukrainian soldiers take part in exercises near the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, in the Lugansk region on March 27, 2015. A majority of people ...

» US encircling Russia with bioweapons labs, covertly spreads them
11/06/15 22:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. The US is obstructing international efforts to eradicate biological weapons, seeking to involve other nations covertly in research on weaponized diseas...

» Europe tries to compete with China's influence in Latin America
11/06/15 22:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Unable to match China's offer of $250 billion in investment in Latin America, the EU sought ways on Thursday to avoid being marginalized in the region, offering ne...

» Iranian court upholds jail term for son of ex-president Rafsanjani: IRNA
11/06/15 22:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - An Iranian appeals court upheld the jail sentence of Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, son of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, on corruption and security charges, ...

» Pentagon repeats call for China to end island building, seeks more military contact
11/06/15 22:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a U.S. call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea while stre...

» Family: Body Of Tariq Aziz Missing In Iraq
11/06/15 22:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The body of Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former top aide who died last week in prison in Iraq, reportedly went missing on June 11 while en route to Jordan for burial.

» Son Of Iranian Ex-President Rafsanjani To Be Jailed For Ten Years
11/06/15 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An appeal court in Iran has upheld a 10-year jail sentence against Mehdi Hashemi, the son of Iran's ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani, following his conviction on corruptio...

» Russian Charged With Spying In U.S. Asks Court To Dismiss Case
11/06/15 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian citizen who worked in Manhattan as a banker asked a federal judge June 11 to toss out charges that he participated in a Cold War-style Russian spy ring.

» U.S. House Rejects Move To Force Vote On Waging War Against Islamic State
11/06/15 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The U.S. House of Representatives June 11 rejected a measure to force lawmakers to vote by the end of March on providing the president with war powers to fight the Islami...

» World Briefing: Saudi Arabia: Blogger’s Allies Rebuffed
11/06/15 22:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Saudi Arabia rejected foreign criticism of the flogging punishment of Raif Badawi, a blogger who has come to symbolize the kingdom’s oppressive restraints on free speech.

» AP Top News at 9:50 p.m. EDT
11/06/15 22:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 9:50 p.m. EDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's attorney general is insisting on a third trial for the last of the "Angola Three," calling the prison activist...

» AP Top News at 5:41 p.m. EDT
11/06/15 22:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 5:41 p.m. EDT What has Louisiana got on the last of the Angola Three? NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's attorney general is insisting on a third trial for the...

» AP Top News at 1:26 p.m. EDT
11/06/15 22:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:26 p.m. EDT The Latest on prison escape: Officials link worker, getaway 11:30 a.m. (EDT) A person close to the investigation says authorities believe a N...

» AP Top News at 9:17 a.m. EDT
11/06/15 22:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 9:17 a.m. EDT General: New US hub in Iraq could be model NAPLES, Italy (AP) - The new U.S. military hub setting up in Iraq's western desert could be a mode...

» AP Top News at 5:10 a.m. EDT
11/06/15 22:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 5:10 a.m. EDT Official admits: 'No information' on escaped killers DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities searching for two escaped killers who have been on th...

» AP Top News at 1:03 a.m. EDT
11/06/15 22:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:03 a.m. EDT Lawyer: Prior calls took 'emotional toll' on Texas officer DALLAS (AP) - A Texas police officer had answered back-to-back suicide calls and w...

» OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY: Up to 14 million exposed in federal hack
11/06/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Welcome to OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY, your daily rundown of the biggest news in the world of hacking and data privacy. We're here to connect the dots as leaders in government, policy and industry wrap their arm...

» U.S. Weighing More Military Bases in Iraq to Fight ISIS, Top General Says
11/06/15 20:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NAPLES, Italy — The United States is considering establishing a new network of American military bases in Iraq to aid in the fight against the Islamic State, senior military and administration officials...

» Sending More Troops to Iraq
11/06/15 20:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It’s hard not to draw parallels between the Obama administration’s decision to deploy 450 troops to Iraq’s Anbar Province and the effort to empower Sunni fighters during the 2007 troop surge...

» Analysts question whether Conservative government’s talk about joining NATO rapid reaction force is election posturing
11/06/15 19:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Ottawa Citizen. Defence Minister Jason Kenney speaks with the media following a ceremony to re-name a government building the Valour Building Monday May 25, 2015 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS The Harper go...

» Britain gets cold shoulder with Canada’s talk of joining NATO force
11/06/15 19:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Globe and Mail - Politics. The Harper government is considering joining NATO’s rapid reaction force, but doing so could mean spurning a traditional ally who's been courting Canada to be part of i...

» News: Women, Peace and Security agenda in the spotlight at NATO, 01-Jun.-2015
11/06/15 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The participation of women in Allied armed forces has been steadily increasing over the past few decades, and significant strides have been made towards the recruitment and retention of women. However, women ...

» Georgia's NATO accession to be decided at political level
11/06/15 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Aynur Karimova The decision on Georgia's accession to NATO will be adopted at a political level. This remark was made by General Jean-Paul Paloméros, NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, ...

» This chart should terrify Russia's neighbors
11/06/15 19:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Vox - All. The promise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is written into Article V of the group's charter: an attack on one member, it says, is an attack on them all. This principle, known as colle...

» Would Russia Really Invade a NATO Country? Ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine Says Maybe
11/06/15 19:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VICE News. This week, NATO readies itself. On Tuesday the alliance launched the final part of NOBLE JUMP : a 10-day military exercise mostly in Poland which is meant to test the association's ...

» Georgia Questions NATO Ambitions Amid Russia Conflict
11/06/15 19:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: After 10 Years And 30 Deaths, Georgia Question It’s NATO Ambitions. After 10 Years And 30 Deaths, Georgia Question It's NATO Ambitions by EurasiaNet Georgia has paid a high price for its ambit...

» IMF says still discussing next review with Ukraine
11/06/15 18:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . <iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-W9SLGS" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe&amp...

» EU lawmakers slam Russia, demand sanctions maintained
11/06/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Right Sector, Putin take same view on gay rights
11/06/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. Ukraine’s Right Sector, in trying to get a June 6 Kyiv gay pride parade cancelled, wrote that "sodomite orgies are unacceptable in Kyiv" and other statement...

» Russia warns US over missile deployment near its borders
11/06/15 18:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. A picture taken on May 23, 2015 shows Russian military vehicles at a camp at the Kuzminsky training ground in the Rostov region, some 50 km from the Russian-Ukrai...

» An eyewitness account of the attack on Kyiv gay pride
11/06/15 18:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. Although his face was beaten and his nose broken, Nick Storchay a 17-year-old homosexual, says that the attack only makes him stronger. He was marching in a gay r...

» Yatsenyuk does battle with Firtash, ally of Yanukovych
11/06/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. More woes are coming to gas mogul Dmytro Firtash, who is already facing U.S. criminal charges of racketeering and attempted bribery. Ukraine’s government is...

» Equal rights for gays still distant dream in Ukraine
11/06/15 18:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from KyivPost / Independence. Community. Trust. Weekend summer mornings along the riverside promenade in Kyiv's Obolon district usually include scenes of strolling families and 20-something crowds. But on June ...

» Britain Surveillance Law Reform Urged in Government-Ordered Report
11/06/15 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON — Amid growing debate in Europe over electronic spying, an independent report on Thursday called for changes to Britain’s surveillance laws, arguing that they are undemocratic and opaque, a...

» Ukraine's president Poroshenko visits Mariupol trenches
11/06/15 18:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from IBTimes.co.uk : Top News. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko today paid a visit to his country's war stricken Donetsk region to inspect progress on defence capabilities, as violence in nearby towns conti...

» Pedro Zerolo: Activist who helped Spain become first country to recognise same-sex marriage passes away aged 55 - Europe - World
11/06/15 18:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Pedro Zerolo passed away on 9 June, 18 months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which one Catholic priest described as being “a punishment from God”. Mr Zerolo, a politician and lawyer...

» U.S. Says Russia 'Arming, Bankrolling, Fighting' Alongside Ukraine Rebels
11/06/15 18:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Russia is "training, arming, bankrolling, and fighting alongside" pro-Moscow rebels battling government forces in eastern ...

» Washington accuses Russia of 'outright lies' on Ukraine
11/06/15 18:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Kiev (AFP) - Washington's UN envoy accused Russia on Thursday of spinning "outright lies" on Ukraine designed to hide the Kremlin's direct involvement in a war it launched to thwart Kiev's pro-Western drive. ...

» Dominique Strauss-Kahn verdict: Court to announce whether former IMF chief is guilty of 'aggravated pimping' - Europe - World
11/06/15 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . 1 / 1 Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was tried for "aggravated pimping" PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images The verdict will close a 4-year-long legal saga Note: We do not store your email address(es) b...

» Bill Bradley: 5 Steps for Peace in Ukraine
11/06/15 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: feed-explorer. Bill Bradley is a former U.S. senator. In Ukraine, lives continue to be lost, families are split, property is destroyed, the economy is decimated, ethnic divisions proliferate, ...

» The U.S. should send aid to democracy’s front lines in Ukraine
11/06/15 18:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kiev, Ukraine, this month. (Sergey Dolzhenko/European Pressphoto Agency) By Editorial Board June 10 at 7:27 PM IN THE past several months, Ukraine’s freely ...

» Foreign Intervention Can Make Us Less Secure
11/06/15 18:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan recently made a startling but little-noticed admission: A belligerent foreign policy can actually make the United States less safe. Appearing on...

» House Passes Defense Spending Bill
11/06/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. The House on Thursday approved a $579 billion defense spending bill that reflected deep divisions on budget priorities and whether President Barack Obama needs new war powers to fight I...

» Opinion: Women were 'examined like cattle'
11/06/15 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights Zainab Hawa Bangura visited refugees who fled Iraq, Syria conflict Sexual violence is being committed against women strategically, she says Zainab Hawa Bangura is the United Nations special r...

» Rumsfeld and GOP: Still clueless on Iraq
11/06/15 17:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights Paul Waldman: Rumsfeld's remarks, GOP candidates' saber rattling appear to show they think there's virtually nothing to learn from Iraq War Graham wants 10,000 troops in Iraq; Walker: no deal...

» IMF Says Can Support Ukraine Without Private Debt Deal
11/06/15 17:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he International Monetary Fund says it could continue bailout funding for Ukraine even if Kyiv does not reach a debt-restructuring deal with private creditors. IMF spok...

» DC Mansion Murder Suspect’s Stabbing Victim Recalls Nearly Deadly Attacks
11/06/15 17:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. A man stabbed twice by Daron Wint, the only named suspect in custody for the murder of Washington, D.C., businessman Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, their son, and a family housekeeper, descri...

» Bundestag counting cost of cyber attack | News | DW.DE
11/06/15 17:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Germany's parliamentary speaker Norbert Lammert has dismissed media reports that all 20,000 computers in the country's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, would need to replaced. The job would cost mill...

» Protests in Berlin over Saudi punishment of Badawi | Germany | DW.DE
11/06/15 17:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Florian Oswald, the spokesman for the Berlin chapter of Amnesty International, is standing on the edge of the pavement, his back turned to the Saudi embassy. Every Thursday since February, Oswald and others h...

» Tariq Aziz Family Says His Body Has Gone Missing in Iraq
11/06/15 17:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: International. The body of Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former top aide who died last week in prison in Iraq, went missing on Thursday after it was snatched in Baghdad while en route to Jordan fo...

» U.S. considering more military bases in Iraq: top general
11/06/15 17:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NAPLES, Italy The United States is considering building more U.S. military bases in Iraq to drive back Islamic State militants in a move that may require a further increase in American forces, the top U.S. ge...

» Pentagon 'lily pad' strategy could up troops in Iraq - CNNPolitics.com
11/06/15 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Barbara Starr and Alexandra Jaffe, CNN Updated 3:28 PM ET, Thu June 11, 2015 | Video Source: CNN Email Facebook Twitter Share

» Off-Ramp | Ray Bradbury's biographer: FBI spied on the author's kids
11/06/15 15:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from All News | 89.3 KPCC. Ray Bradbury's biographer, Sam Weller, says he was shocked by the FBI's incompetence and perfidy. First, they got Bradbury's name wrong in their documents, consistently calling him "R...

» U.S. House panel to address criminal justice reform piece by piece - News
11/06/15 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After nationwide protests against police and years of debate over sentencing guidelines, the U.S. House of Representatives' top judicial lawmaker plans to consider crim...

» House panel eyes criminal justice overhaul
11/06/15 15:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The House Judiciary Committee is planning a wide-ranging review of the nation’s criminal justice system, against the backdrop of heightened national tensions around violence involving police. Starting w...

» FBI Successfully Stonewalls Inspector General Into Irrelevance By Withholding Timely Section 215 Documents
11/06/15 15:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Techdirt. The FBI doesn't just stonewall FOIA requesters . It also stonewalls its in-house investigator. Remember all those deferrals to "lawful authority" and "rigorous oversight" the agency makes when no...

» US Government Notifies American Muslims, Who Refused to Be FBI Informants, of Removal from No Fly List
11/06/15 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Firedoglake. The United States government sent four American Muslim men letters notifying them that they had been removed from the No Fly List. The men had no criminal records when they were put on the lis...

» Does FBI Use No-Fly List to Supply Informants?
11/06/15 15:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Al Jazeera America. The U.S. government recently removed four law-abiding Muslim men from the no-fly list just days before a New York federal district court hears their case, scheduled for Friday. Tanvir v...

» sexual slavery isis - Google Search
11/06/15 12:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ISIS Sells Women And Girls Into Sexual Slavery For 'As Little As A ... Huffington Post - Jun 9, 2015 The United Nations envoy on sexual violence detailed Monday how Islamic State militants are selling teenage...

» US Supports Ukraine on ‘Two Fronts’
11/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States supports Ukraine’s efforts to counter Russian aggression and build an open government, says Washington’s envoy to the United Nations. "The message of the Uni...

» Map: Is Islamic State in a neighborhood near you?
11/06/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Since the creation of the Islamic State in early 2014, the terrorist group has blitzed social media with propaganda aimed at luring adherents overseas to join the fight in Iraq and Syria, take up arms at home...

» Russian Groups Crowdfund the War in Ukraine
11/06/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The Novorossiya Humanitarian Battalion boasts on its website that it provided funds to buy a pair of binoculars used by rebels in eastern Ukraine to spot and destroy an armored vehicle. Ano...

» What jihadis plan for women
11/06/15 11:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights Frida Ghitis: ISIS and other jihadi groups see women as crucial in role of caliphate they want to create She says the groups want to enslave women, tie them to a long outdated view of how soc...

» Ex-Rhode Island House Speaker Gets 3 Years for Corruption
11/06/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. Former Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for corruption, bringing to a close the federal investigation into a man once considered the...

» American Keith Broomfield Killed Fighting Against ISIS in Syria
11/06/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . An American man killed fighting alongside Kurdish forces against ISIS believed it was "God's will" that he go to Syria, his mother told NBC News. "I didn't want him to go but I didn't have a choice in the mat...

» Russian journalist Konstantin Goldenzweig resigns from state-funded channel NTV due to 'propaganda madness' - Europe - World
11/06/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Konstantin Goldenzweig was formerly a reporter for NTV, a pro-Kremlin TV channel owned by state gas company Gazprom. Announcing his resignation on his Facebook page , he wrote in Russian: "I'm leaving NTV, wh...

» Alexandria, Virginia ISIS recruiter teen pleads guilty
11/06/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) Ali Shukri Amin, from Alexandria, Virginia, pleaded guilty Thursday in a federal court to providing material support to ISIS and faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced ...

» Terror Watchdog Calls on UK to Draw Up New Surveillance Law
11/06/15 11:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON — Britain's terror legislation watchdog concluded Thursday that the country needs a new law on monitoring online communications, arguing a fresh approach is necessary to address the concerns of b...

» Female prison worker, in love, agreed to drive getaway car: NBC News
11/06/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NEW YORK (Reuters) - A female prison worker being questioned by police, who are hunting two escapees from an upstate New York prison, thought she had a romantic relationship with one of them and had planned t...

» Deaths of soldiers and civilians strain Ukraine's ceasefire
11/06/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KIEV Three civilians and two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in eastern Ukraine, renewing pressure on Thursday on a four-month truce in the separatist conflict, and international monitors said violence co...

» Calls for aid to Syria's Druze after al Qaeda kills 20
11/06/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BEIRUT/AMMAN Fighters from Syria's al Qaeda branch, the Nusra Front, have killed at least 20 Druze villagers, raising fear for one of Syria's minorities as insurgents including Sunni Islamists gain ground aga...

» AFP assessing reformed Islamic radicals as potential counter-radicalisation poster-boys and girls
11/06/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . You can't negotiate with IS: Abbott The Prime Minister foreshadows Australia playing a greater role in the fight against Islamic State during a counter-terrorism summit in Sydney. PT1M16S 620 349 Video will b...

» OPM Hack Far Deeper Than Publicly Acknowledged, Went Undetected For More Than A Year, Sources Say
11/06/15 11:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. The massive hack into federal systems announced last week was far deeper and potentially more problematic than publicly acknowledged, with hackers believed to be from China moving throu...

» Despite recruitment struggle, Pentagon confident ‘Sunnis will come to them’ this time
11/06/15 11:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Now Playing President Obama authorizes 450 additional US troops to Iraq The Pentagon is ready to try what appears to be a "Field of Dreams" strategy in Iraq, hoping to entice Sunnis to join the fight against ...

» Besieged by ISIS: Photographs From Inside the Syrian City of Deir ez-Zor
11/06/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: feed-explorer. The people of Deir ez-Zor are surrounded—and scared. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria already control about 40% of this city in Syria’s east...

» Syria's Al-Qaida Branch Kills 20 Minority Druze Villagers
11/06/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BEIRUT — Al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria has killed at least 20 villagers belonging to the minority Druze sect after a confrontation in northwestern Idlib province, where the militants have forced hundred...

» Rupert Murdoch to Step Down as C.E.O. of 21st Century Fox
11/06/15 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Rupert Murdoch , the 84-year-old chief executive of 21st Century Fox, is planning to hand over the media company’s reins to his son James, two people briefed on the plans said Thursday. The elder Mr. Mu...

» Rupert Murdoch preparing to step down as Fox CEO: reports
11/06/15 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Rupert Murdoch, the 84-year-old chief executive of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, is preparing to step down and name his son James as successor, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing sources close to the Murdoch f...

» Murdoch 'to step down' as 21st Century Fox chief executive
11/06/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive of 21st Century Fox, according to reports. His son James will take over the role, while his other son Lachlan will become execut...

» Russian-Occupied Ukraine Is Consumed by Chaos
10/06/15 21:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. Opinion A shrapnel-hit bus belonging to Ukraine's "Donbas" battalion is seen in the eastern Ukrainian town of Ilovaysk August 24, 2014. Most educated, skilled and wealthy people have fled the Don...

» What is at stake in Ukraine if Russia continues its onslaught
10/06/15 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A Ukrainian serviceman is seen at a checkpoint at the frontline with pro-Russian separatists in Novotoshkivske, eastern Ukraine, on June 8. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters) By Arseniy Yatsenyuk June 8 Ukraine is fight...

» yatsenyuk - Google Search
10/06/15 19:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . CNN: Yatsenyuk says 10000 Russian military boots on our soil ... Kyiv Post - 7 hours ago Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk attends a press conference after a meeting with German Chancellor on April 1...

» Yatsenyuk Pledges to Reclaim Crimea, Donbass, Pleads for Washington's Help / Sputnik International
10/06/15 19:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Sputnik International. World Get short URL According to the head of the Ukrainian government, his country “is fighting a war on two fronts: the one you see on television is taking...

» Yatsenyuk Again Plays ‘Russian Aggression’ Card in Plea for More US Aid / Sputnik International
10/06/15 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Sputnik International. World Get short URL “I want to be very clear – more than 10,000 Russian military boots are on Ukrainian soil. In addition, about 30,000 are Russian-le...

» 10,000 Russian military boots on Ukrainian soil, Premier says < News < Home
10/06/15 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The National Radio Company of Ukraine. 10-06-2015 12:43 There are 10,000 Russian military boots on the Ukrainian soil, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in an interview with CNN. The PM is c...

» US pledges additional USD 1bn loan guarantees to Ukraine - watch on
10/06/15 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uatoday.tv. Yatsenyuk says the funds will go towards purchasing defensive weapons for the army Washington has pledged to provide an additional one billion dollar loan to Ukraine to support the country's br...

» Ukrainian prime minister says Putin wants to control all of his country
10/06/15 19:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In early June, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk listens to President Petro Poroshenko during his annual address to Parliament in Kiev. (Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA) Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseny...

» Ukraine Seeks Arms as Putin Makes Russian Troop Losses Secret
10/06/15 19:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top news - SWI swissinfo.ch. (Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to the U.S. and Europe to arm his country in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, as the Kremlin ordere...

» Ukrainian delegation in USA for more IMF talks - watch on
10/06/15 19:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uatoday.tv. PM Yatsenyuk is leading the tour to gain support for economic and social initiatives A Ukrainian delegation in the USA – for negotiations with the International Monetary Fund and to gain ...

» Senators call for more aid to Ukraine
10/06/15 19:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called for more U.S. aid to Ukraine, after senators met with a Ukrainian official to discuss the ongoing crisis.  Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with the Se...

» Ukraine Is In Crisis. Here’s Why the West Can’t Save It.
10/06/15 19:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» The Other War in Ukraine
10/06/15 19:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. For more than a year now, Ukraine has been at war, as Russian-backed separatists have battled Western-leaning Ukrainian nationalists in the East. But what’s happening to the country’s...

» Vice President Joe Biden Returns to White House For First Time Since Son's Death
10/06/15 19:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. Vice President Joe Biden returned to the White House for the first time today since the death of his son Beau two weekends ago. On his first day back to work, Biden joined the president...

» Can Pope Francis Work a Vladimir Putin Miracle?
10/06/15 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: feed-explorer. Christopher Hale is executive director at Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and the co-founder of Millennial. In light of Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin meeting Wednesd...

» Obama’s Big Talk on ISIS and Putin Isn’t Matched By His Actions
10/06/15 18:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: feed-explorer. The U.S. is dispatching around 450 additional military instructors to help Iraq’s government recapture Ramadi and Mosul, adding to the approximately 3,500 US military pers...

» Next round of Iran nuclear talks 'pretty tough': U.S. official
10/06/15 18:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON The next round of Iran nuclear negotiations will be "pretty tough," a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday ahead of new talks including top diplomats from the seven countries involved. Iran and s...

» U.S. officials looking into possible seventh Takata air bag death
10/06/15 18:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said on Wednesday that they are looking into a possible seventh death linked to defective Takata air bag inflators, a Louisiana woman who die...

» Islamic State Sells Captured Teen Girls Like 'Packs Of Cigarettes'
10/06/15 17:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T eenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," the UN envoy on sexual violen...

» Pope Urges Putin to Commit to 'Sincere, Great Effort' for Ukraine Peace
10/06/15 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Putin Visits Pope Francis at The Vatican 1:16 autoplay autoplay VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to commit himself to a "sincere and great effort" to achie...

» Can the U.S. Military Train the Iraqi Army to Victory Over ISIS? | TIME
10/06/15 17:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: feed-explorer. The U.S. military likes to say that when it comes to war, the enemy gets a vote. President Obama made that clear Wednesday as he continued to retool his strategy to “degra...

» US Orders More Troops to Iraq, but No Overhaul of Strategy
10/06/15 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more American troops to Iraq on Wednesday in an effort to reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State, an escalation but...

» AP Top News at 4:50 p.m. EDT
10/06/15 17:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 4:50 p.m. EDT US orders more troops to Iraq, but no overhaul of strategy WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more ...

» Pope Francis Urges Putin to Make ‘Sincere’ Peace Efforts in Ukraine
10/06/15 17:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis met privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican on Wednesday, using the talks to call for a sincere effort aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine. V...

» Liberal Clergy Lobby Vatican Ahead of Pope’s U.S. Visit
10/06/15 17:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A group of liberal clergy and union leaders headed to the Vatican this week to lobby for Pope Francis to address race relations, income inequality and immigration reform, among other issues, in his u...

» ‘Russian hackers’ cripple Bundestag computer network | The Times
10/06/15 17:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russian hackers were accused yesterday of being behind a damaging cyberattack on the German parliament that could require a complete overhaul of computer equipment, costing millions of euros. The invasion of ...