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June 02, 2015

Russia's economy contracts 4.2% in April - MarketWatch
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:19 PM

Russia's economy contracts 4.2% in April
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MOSCOW--Russia's economic contraction deepened in April as its key drivers deteriorated, the economy ministry said Monday. Russia's gross domestic product contracted by 4.2% in April, compared with a year earlier, after shrinking by 2.7% in March. In ...
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Москва заявила о праве размещать ядерное оружие в Крыму - РБК
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:18 PM

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Москва заявила о праве размещать ядерное оружие в Крыму
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«Россия, безусловно, имеет право размещать, если потребуется, свои ядерные вооружения в любом месте на своей национальной территории, в том числе и на Крымском полуострове», — заявил Ульянов в интервью РИА Новости. Так он прокомментировал высказывания министра ...
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The Daily Vertical: The Stalemate Inside Putin's Head
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:18 PM

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The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page.

Russia Threatens to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Crimea - The National Interest Online (blog)
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:17 PM

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Russia Threatens to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Crimea
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This is not the first time that Russia, or even Ulyanov himself, has said that Russia has a right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea. Back in March of this year, Ulyanov told reporters, “Naturally, Russia has the right to put nuclear weapons in any ...
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Russian TV doc on 1968 invasion angers Czechs and Slovaks - BBC News
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:16 PM

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Russian TV doc on 1968 invasion angers Czechs and Slovaks
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The Czech and Slovak governments have accused Russia of rewriting history after Russianstate TV broadcast a documentary about the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. The programme, aired on 23 May, argued the invasion was aimed at ...
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Russia faked MH17 images: Report - CNBC
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:15 PM

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Russia faked MH17 images: Report
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Bellingcat's team analyzed image content and soil structures through publicly sourced Google Earth images and concluded that Russia tried to pass June photos as ones from July. "TheRussian Ministry of Defence presented digitally modified and falsely ...
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Moscow’s Actions Mean Soon There Will Be No Crimea to Return to Ukraine Peacefully or Otherwise by Paul Goble
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:14 PM

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Staunton, June 1 – Many Ukrainians and their supporters abroad talk about the possibility of the peaceful return of Crimea to Ukrainian control at some point in the future, but such talk, while possibly understandable ignores the fact that Moscow is changing Crimea so dramatically that there will soon be no Crimea to return, according to Petr Oleshchuk.

In Novoye Vremya today, the Kyiv political scientist says that he understands perfectly well how “catastrophic” would be any attempt at a military return of Crimea. But he argues that “to lie about ‘a peaceful path’ is simply irresponsible with regard to Ukrainians. There is no ‘peaceful path.’”

It is of course possible to speak about Russia’s occupation of Crimea de facto while refusing to recognize it de jure. “Apparently, there is now no other way. But why sow in society false hopes and not prepare it for a struggle,” especially given what the Russian occupation authorities are doing to transform the Ukrainian peninsula into something else.

Oleshchuk makes five points in this regard: First, he points out, “Russia is completely changing the composition of the population. Mass shifts are taking place already now. After a certain time, Crimea will be completely different demographically. And there will not be an ounce of Ukrainian in it.”

Second, he argues, the imposition of anti-Ukrainian attitudes “after a few years will yield a generation which it would be impossible to reintegrate into Ukrainian society.” Third, “as a democratic state, Ukraine cannot solve its problems by deportations. But it also will not be able to integrate such an enclave.”

Fourth, “every day, the development of the economy in the various systems is leading to a situation in which it will be practically impossible to combine into one again.” (In support of this, Novaya Gazeta today describes the way in which Moscow is making Russian-occupied Crimea a money-laundering hub.

And fifth, for Crimea to return to Ukraine, it would be necessary for Russia to descend into the kind of “government crisis in which no one in the world is seriously interested.” In short, Oleshchuk says, there is no reason to accept the idea that Crimea will somehow miraculously and peacefully return to Ukraine.

Additional evidence for his position, the Kyiv political scientist says, is provided by the continuing existence of “two Chinas, two Koreas, two Cypruses, and so on.” And he concludes that “it is not excluded” that in the decades ahead, “the issue of the return of Crimea” will agitate Ukrainians in much the same way the unification of the two Koreas agitates Koreans.

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World Museums Warn Of Traffic In Looted Iraqi Antiquities
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:14 PM

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Museum experts from around the world have issued an "emergency red list" to help identify Iraqi antiquities at risk of being looted and illegally exported.

French philosopher and Swedish tax chief among EU 89 banned by Russia by George Arnett
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:13 PM

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Polish politicians and military chiefs lead blacklist of 89 EU citizens banned from entering Russia, with UK second, but document has many obscure names as well

A leaked document that reportedly contains the names of the 89 EU citizens Russian authorities have banned from entry into their country has been published by the Finnish state broadcaster YLE.

The document, which is in German, mostly features politicians and military officials, but there are a few notable exceptions.

Full list of 89 persons from EU blacklisted / banned by Russia http://t.co/CaNYCUC2PL

French philosopher and Swedish tax chief among EU 89 banned by Russia - The Guardian (blog)
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:13 PM

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French philosopher and Swedish tax chief among EU 89 banned by Russia
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The French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy is among the 89 EU citizens banned from enteringRussia. Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images. George Arnett. Tuesday 2 June 2015 01.00 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 2 June 2015 01.03 EDT.

Russian 'aggression' sees Poland rearm its military as minister warns: 'We must be ready'
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:12 PM

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Poland says it is bolstering its armed forces in the face of perceived Russian aggression, and says that is “has to be ready” for what it calls its greatest threat since the Cold War.

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Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:11 PM

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Rohani Vows Iran To Back Syria Till End
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:11 PM

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Iranian President Hassan Rohani has vowed his country will back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad until the end.

US Navy releases video showing dramatic close pass by Russian warplane in Black Sea
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:11 PM

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The US Navy has released dramatic footage of a close pass by a Russian military jet as tensions continue to rise in the Black Sea.

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World Bank Says Russia Bear A 'Bull' - Forbes
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:11 PM

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World Bank Says Russia Bear A 'Bull'
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Russia Producing Oil Near Record Swells Global Glut Before OPEC - Bloomberg
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:10 PM

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Russian oil output neared a record in May, damping speculation before OPEC meets this week that major producers may cooperate to curb a global supply glut. Production of oil and natural-gas condensate climbed 1.6 percent from a year earlier to 10.708 ...
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History Hijacked: Four Facts Recast By The Kremlin
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 at 3:08 PM

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A new Russian film on the 1968 events in Czechoslovakia has revived accusations that the Kremlin is twisting historical facts to forge a new ideology and justify some of its most controversial actions and policies.

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The West Needs More Russophiles (Op-Ed) by By Mark Galeotti
Tuesday June 2^nd, 2015 at 3:08 PM

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The West needs more unsentimental Russophiles, and this would be good for Russia too, writes columnist Mark Galeotti.

Islamic State ‘Entrenching’ in Syria, Iraqby webdesk@voanews.com (Jeff Seldin)
Tuesday June 2^nd, 2015 at 3:07 PM

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Underestimated on the battlefield, the group known as the Islamic State is aiming to surprise the Western world again, trying to develop a state-like infrastructure that could help sustain its self-declared caliphate. Obama administration officials consistently have dismissed such concerns, insisting Islamic State has yet to create anything close to the civic and financial systems associated with a well-functioning state. They argue the group’s ambitions will outpace its resources over the long term, which combined with the group’s brutality will eventually doom it to failure. Outside the administration, however, there is a growing consensus the Islamic State’s adaptability, creativity, and staying power cannot be ignored. “Their finances are in pretty good shape,” said Ben Bahney, a researcher with the RAND Corporation. “Over the next three to five years they are more than capable of keeping things running.” And just as with some of the group’s recent military victories, like the takeover of Ramadi, the Islamic State seems to be pulling it off without many people. “You are looking at a handful of guys in a back office somewhere keeping notes and writing memos,” said Bahney. Huge war chest U.S. officials say the terror group’s efforts have allowed it to generate tens of millions of dollars a month. Treasury Department estimates from earlier this year put the Islamic State’s cash reserve at about $500 million, though some estimates suggest it could be much higher, perhaps up to $2 billion, and likely stashed in eastern Syria. And while much of the focus on the Islamic State has been on the group’s violence and recruiting, not all of that money is being pumped back into the group’s war machine. “They are trying to maintain a modicum of infrastructure,” Bahney said. “Communications clearly are important to the group. We have seen them keep hospitals running.” Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, a fellow with the U.S.-based Middle East Forum, warns that the group’s efforts go even deeper. “There is a lot of groundwork being done to solidify that state-like structure,” Al-Tamimi said via Skype. “It’s certainly entrenching itself and there’s a quite clear evolution you can see over time in the Islamic State’s administrative structure, transcending something that was a lot more localized.” Even though some of Islamic State’s efforts may be nascent, Al-Tamimi warned that the more time goes by, the more the group’s bureaucracy will become entrenched in the fabric of daily life. “People in Syrian rebel-held areas, for example, they will quite readily admit that people go do business in the Islamic State because they have ties in those territories. They have relatives,” he said. “Buses can go in and out of Islamic State territory, sometimes on a daily route.” Organizational structure Al-Tamimi said the group already has developed a centralized administration overseeing various departments, or Diwans, for education, public services and precious resources, like oil and antiquities. At times, the Diwans have issued orders that have been sent out to all of the group’s self-declared provinces. “Because there is this state-like structure it leaves plenty of avenues open for gaining income by taxing people for services, whether it’s garbage disposal, school registration fees, and the like,” he said. “You can’t really get rid of that unless you dismantle the state structure.” Unlike other terror or rebel groups in the region, the Islamic State has been vigilant about preserving, and profiting from, existing state structures. In Iraq, for example, the group has made a practice of keeping Iraqi government employees on the job, but then taxing their salaries up to 50 percent. U.S. officials say the financial picture for the Islamic State is less than rosy with demands such as salaries for fighters, bureaucrats and teachers, and the need to provide basic services, like garbage collection, proving to be a drain. “ISIL’s ability to sustain revenue streams to meet such demands is a constant challenge for them,” a U.S. intelligence official told VOA. “The financial cost of running a self-declared caliphate is enormous.” The U.S. Treasury Department estimates the cost of paying its fighters likely is $10 million a month. Officials and analysts also point out the Islamic State appears to be making minimal investments in any infrastructure that could be targeted and destroyed by coalition airstrikes. In addition, there also are doubt as to the extent civilians in areas under Islamic State control are willingly buying into the idea they are living in a sustainable caliphate. “The group’s harsh governance and oppression of civilians is the only responsibility it appears to deem worthy of its attention,” the intelligence official said. Blood money Matthew Levitt, a former deputy assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis at the U.S. Treasury Department, said it is the Islamic State’s oppression, in the form of “extortions and shakedowns,” and not any state-like infrastructure, that has been filling the terror group’s coffers. “Most of their funding is produced by criminal enterprises within Iraq,” said Levitt, now with the Washington Institute. “It suggests they may not have a sustainable financial model.” Making long-term sustainability more difficult, U.S.-led efforts have helped to cut off any IS access to the international banking system. And the terror group’s self-hyped efforts to create its own currency appear to have made little real progress. Given such obstacles, Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, called the Islamic State’s financial capabilities nothing short of surprising. “The operations are conducted on multiple fronts, as well as the occupation and management of the cities; it is a major financial burden,” said Roggio. “We’re not seeing reports of people starving in areas where the Islamic State is. They’re not starving people out. There doesn’t seem to be a shortage of supplies and things of that nature.”

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» Schoolboy found hanged days after video of him being punched by another teenager as others laugh was posted online
02/06/15 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. In footage which has been widely circulated on social media, Adam Tharia, from Cheltenham, was seen being knocked to the ground, just one week before he was found hanged.

» Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low - Washington Post
02/06/15 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low Washington Post After five months of forums, fundraising appearances and trips to the early states, ...

» Russian Missile Maker Points Finger At Ukraine In MH17 Shootdown
02/06/15 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Russian maker of the Buk surface-to-air missile system says the Malaysian Airlines jet that crashed in eastern Ukraine last summer was hit by a missile that is used b...

» China Races to Find Ferry Accident Survivors
02/06/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Chinese authorities are racing to reach survivors still trapped beneath a passenger ship that capsized in the Yangtze River late Monday.

» Iraqi PM Warns That New ISIS Fighters Are Overwhelming the Iraqi Army
02/06/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. As U.S., European and Middle Eastern officials gathered in Paris on Tuesday to discuss how to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), Iraq’s Prime Minister told reporters that hund...

» Missile maker says Russia did not shoot down Malaysian plane over Ukraine
02/06/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian company that makes the BUK air defense system that was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine said on Tuesday the plane was hit by a mis...

» US senators call for mandatory reporting of police killings
02/06/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Plan, announced one day after Guardian investigation, would force all US law enforcement agencies to report officer-involved killings to Department of Justice Related: The Cou...

» Anti-IS Coalition Vows Support For Iraqi Plan
02/06/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Coalition countries fighting the Islamic State (IS) group have pledged their "firm support" for an Iraqi plan to tackle IS advances in Iraq's western Anbar Province.

» FBI Flying Surveillance Planes Over US Cities
02/06/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. There are dozens of planes in the agency's spy fleet - all registered to front companies - circling over neighbourhoods.

» Crimean Tatar Leader's Son Found Guilty Of Manslaughter
02/06/15 15:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The son of a leading Crimean Tatar figure has been found guilty of manslaughter by a Russian court.

» Syria: Isis advance on Aleppo aided by Assad regime air strikes, US says
02/06/15 15:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Opposition fighters make same claims as Isis advances towards Azaz, 20 miles north-west of Aleppo, which would imperil their supply line into Syria’s biggest city The US has a...

» US Homeland Security Chief Reassigns Top TSA Official
02/06/15 15:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he reassigned the acting administrator for the Transportation Security Administration, TSA, after earlier ordering improved security...

» CIA sex abuse and torture went beyond Senate report disclosures, detainee says
02/06/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Majid Khan, who underwent ‘enhanced interrogation’, says authorities poured ice water on his genitals and hung him naked from a beam for days The US Central Intelligence Agenc...

» Blatter Resigns as FIFA Chief
02/06/15 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term. Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after th...

» FIFA President Sepp Blatter To Resign
02/06/15 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. FIFA President Sepp Blatter is to quit amid a corruption scandal engulfing the footballing body.

» FIFA President Sepp Blatter Resigns
02/06/15 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (ZURICH)—FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will resign from soccer’s governing body amid a widening corruption scandal and has promised to call for fresh elections to choose a successor.

» Sepp Blatter to Resign as FIFA President
02/06/15 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he will step down as the head of the global governing body of soccer, in the wake of the disclosure last week of more than a dozen U.S. indictments aga...

» FIFA President Blatter to step down
02/06/15 14:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. FIFA President Sepp Blatter will step down as head of world soccer's governing body but only after the organization's executive committee organizes a fresh vote "for the election of my suc...

» Blatter stands down as FIFA president
02/06/15 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Russia Extends Detention Of Alleged Estonian Spy
02/06/15 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A court in Russia’s northwestern Pskov region has extended the pretrial custody until August 4 for Eston Kohver, an Estonian security officer that Russia accuses of espio...

» FBI Behind Mysterious Surveillance Aircraft Over US Cities
02/06/15 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Associated Press has learned the FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video or, at times, cellphone surveillance technology....

» Justices don’t resolve much in online threats case
02/06/15 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. It’s worse to be reckless than it is to be negligent, but a reckless person may not fully know what he’s doing. Would recklessness suffice to convict Elonis?

» 11112015-06-02ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Upends US Strategy | Obama: 'We Have Put
02/06/15 12:52 from Mike Nova - Google+
11 11 2015-06-02 ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Upends US Strategy | Obama: 'We Have Put Our International Relationships on Very Strong Footing' ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Upends US Strategy by Glynn Cosker Tuesday June 2 nd , ...

» ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Upends US Strategy
02/06/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By John Ubaldi Contributor, In Homeland Security The fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi and the Syrian city of Palmyra has placed into question the U.S. strategy for dealing with ISIS.

» Nukes Along the Sunni-Shia Divide
02/06/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By Dr. Terry Simmons Contributor, In Homeland Security When the Saudi Royal House snubbed President Obama with their low profile attendance at the GCC conference recently, there was a...

» Cybersecurity: What are the Best Options?
02/06/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By Madison O’Day Special Contributor to In Homeland Security The Department of Defense’s newly-released Cyber Strategy isn’t strongly worded by any means, but it does state unam...

» Russia invites Asia-Pacific military specialists to observe defense drills
02/06/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Russia is interested in inviting military specialists from the Asia-Pacific region as observers to drills held on a bilateral and multilateral basis, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ana...

» Joint Press Conference by Secretary Carter and Minister of National Defense Thanh, in Hanoi, Vietnam
02/06/15 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Presenters: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Vietnamese Minister of National Defense General Phung Quang Thanh

» Carter: China "Out of Step" With Pacific
02/06/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. In a major address Saturday, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter once again asserted America's right of transit in the Pacific while continuing to single out China as a bad actor in the...

» Long-term Responst to Russia
02/06/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Peter Hultqvist, Swedish defense minister, on his country's concerns with Russian actions.

» Tensions High as Russia Responds to Exercise
02/06/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russia's decision to conduct unscheduled large-scale maneuvers in response to the Norway-led Arctic Challenge Exercises 2015 (ACE) in the High North has added fuel to growing geo-polit...

» Iraq Lost 2,300 Humvees in Mosul, Prime Minister Says
02/06/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armored vehicles when the Islamic State jihadist group overran the northern city of Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday.

» China Rejects US Criticism of Sea Reclamations
02/06/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. China on Sunday rejected US demands to stop reclamation works in the South China Sea, saying it was exercising its sovereignty and using the controversial outposts to fulfill internati...

» Carter's Focus: Building Up Pacific Partners
02/06/15 12:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter will spend the next week touring Asia, where he will focus on building up the maritime security capabilities of regional allies. &#...

» Election Could Alter Poland's Defense Focus
02/06/15 12:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The largely unexpected victory by opposition candidate Andrzej Duda in the second round of Poland's recent presidential elections could shift Polish military priorities and create more...

» Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm
02/06/15 12:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm

» OMB Chief: Fix Sequestration, End OCO 'Gimmick'
02/06/15 12:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Ahead of a House Appropriations Committee markup session set for Tuesday, a senior White House official sent a letter to committee leadership decrying the use of war accounts to pay fo...

» US Downplays Russian Flyover in Black Sea
02/06/15 12:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The US military released a video Monday of a Russian Su-24 bomber flying past an American warship in the Black Sea to dispel what it called inaccurate media reports about a routine enc...

» NATO Flexes Muscles in Baltics, Poland
02/06/15 12:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. US-led NATO drills began Monday in the Baltic states and Poland, a move intended to reassure Russia's nervous neighbors amid tensions over Ukraine. &...

» Riding the Tiger of Anti-US Sentiment - Foreign Policy (blog)
02/06/15 12:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Foreign Policy (blog) Riding the Tiger of Anti-US Sentiment Foreign Policy (blog) Then on May 26, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter called for China to halt its island re...

» China Energy Exchange Targets a Market Gap - Wall Street Journal
02/06/15 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Wall Street Journal China Energy Exchange Targets a Market Gap Wall Street Journal SINGAPORE— China may have become the world's largest importer of crude oil in April, but ther...

» The World's Largest Telecom Companies: China Mobile Beats Verizon, AT&T ... - Forbes
02/06/15 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Forbes The World's Largest Telecom Companies: China Mobile Beats Verizon, AT&T ... Forbes China Mobile, the world's largest carrier by subscribers, tops the list of the wor...

» Boat With More Than 450 People Sinks in China's Yangtze - ABC News
02/06/15 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. The Guardian Boat With More Than 450 People Sinks in China's Yangtze ABC News A passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a cyclon...

» How America Can Balance China's Rising Power in Asia - Wall Street Journal
02/06/15 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Wall Street Journal How America Can Balance China's Rising Power in Asia Wall Street Journal China's relative economic and military power will continue to grow. Asia is far fro...

» Iraq's PM: ‘We Lost a Lot' of U.S.-Funded Weapons to ISIS
02/06/15 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Iraq’s PM: ‘We Lost a Lot’ of U.S.-Funded Weapons to ISIS. “In the collapse of Mosul, we lost a lot of weapons,” Iraq’s PM Haider al-Abadi said in an interview with Iraqiya s...

» ISIS Films Torture of Syrian Boy, Kidnaps 500 Children in Iraq
02/06/15 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: ISIS Films Torture of Syrian Boy, Kidnaps 500 Children in Iraq. ISIS captured Ahmed when they caught him planting a bomb near a meeting area for the militants. They dragged him away and procee...

» Syrian Christian Fighter Reportedly Beheads ISIS Militant
02/06/15 12:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Syrian Christian Fighter Reportedly Beheads ISIS Militant. An eye for an eye, reap what you sow, what goes around comes around: choose your favorite aphorism for the wheel of karma turning, as...

» Obama: 'We Have Put Our International Relationships on Very Strong Footing'
02/06/15 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Obama: ‘We Have Put Our International Relationships on Very Strong Footing’. Never mind the world burning outside your window – President Obama thinks he’s been doing a terri...

» In Puerto Rico Debt Talks, Things Are Heating Up - Wall Street Journal
02/06/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from puerto rico - Google News. Wall Street Journal In Puerto Rico Debt Talks, Things Are Heating Up Wall Street Journal It is shaping up as a hectic summer for investors in Puerto Rico's more than $70 billion ...

» Puerto Rico should pay its debts
02/06/15 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Puerto Rico Newswire. ... viewpoints on the best way to face this issue. As we consider our options, we should look to our roots. In the Puerto Rico where I was brought up, we learned to keep our promises ...

» U.S. Supreme Court: Making Threats on Facebook Is No Reason to Go to Jail
02/06/15 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latin American Herald Tribune. Making threatening comments in rap lyrics on Facebook is not sufficient cause to determine that a real threat exists and sentencing someone to prison, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

» Puerto Rico-based medical university looks to answer physician shortage crisis - Inside Higher Ed
02/06/15 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from puerto rico - Google News. Puerto Rico -based medical university looks to answer physician shortage crisis Inside Higher Ed In order to try to fix these problems, Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto...

» New York's New FBI Boss Was Once a Queens School Teacher - Civic Center
02/06/15 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . View Full Caption FBI MANHATTAN - Diego Rodriguez, the new head of the FBI's New York City office , was a public school teacher in Queens before he joined the bureau. He recently quipped that when he resigned...

» Puerto Rico, island of lost dreams: People are leaving the debt-hit territory in droves as near neighbour Cuba's star rises - Americas - World
02/06/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Old San Juan, the colonial gem of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan, is tired but clinging on. Elsewhere on the island, the story is graver. Exhausted by a recession that has lasted for most of the past ei...

» Puerto Rico suffers further credit rating cut
02/06/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Moody’s has cut Puerto Rico’s credit rating deeper into junk territory despite the island’s government this week proposing an austere new budget with severe spending cuts to resurrect a fund...

» Collapse Causes Evacuation at Puerto Rico Condominium
02/06/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nearly two dozen people have been evacuated from their condominiums in Puerto Rico's capital after a water tank collapsed through a residential building's roof. There were n...

» PHOTOS: Man who went on 'miserable' trip to Puerto Rico returns with his wife and daughter
02/06/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from abc7.com RSS Feed. Kevin Blanford couldn't take his wife with him on an April trip to Puerto Rico. But after photos from his "miserable" trip went viral, Puerto Rico offered Blanford and his family to come...

» Why Every American Should Care About Puerto Rico's Austerity Crisis
02/06/15 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Voices - The Huffington Post. Throngs of students hit the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, last week to protest Gov. Alejandro García Padilla's proposal to cut some $166 million from the budge...

» Already deep in debt, Puerto Rico now faces a new crisis
02/06/15 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Puerto Rico has been laid low for nearly a decade by crippling debt and a near-perpetual recession that has triggered a migration to the U.S. mainland unmatched since the 1950s. Now, a growing number of peopl...

» Puerto Rico’s $72 Billion Distress Mess Reunites Lehman-Era Foes
02/06/15 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . For the hedge funds and money managers that pick over the credit market’s scrap heaps, Puerto Rico has become the new ground zero. Some of the same distressed-debt buyers that started battling seven yea...

» Dozens Evacuate Puerto Rico Condominiums After Roof Collapse
02/06/15 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: International. Nearly two dozen people have been evacuated from their condominiums in Puerto Rico's capital after a water tank collapsed through a residential building's roof. There were no immed...

» Puerto Rico Bonds: Proceed With Extreme Caution
02/06/15 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Puerto Rico Bonds: Put Your Money Elsewhere. Puerto Rico is facing well-publicized financial stress. Despite a recent rally, bond prices have declined over the last year and yields have jumped...

» Changing U.S. Bankruptcy Law Will Not Help Puerto Rico
02/06/15 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Imagine a small U.S. city that owns and operates its own electric power company. The business has been poorly run for decades. But it’s backed by the government, so it’s been able to borrow huge s...

» Puerto Rico Debt Nears Two-Month High as Utility Meets Creditors
02/06/15 10:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Puerto Rico bonds traded near a two-month high as creditors met with officials about restructuring the power utility’s debt, a step that could help ease the junk-rated island’s fiscal crisis. Comm...

» In Puerto Rico Debt Talks, Things Are Heating Up
02/06/15 10:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It is shaping up as a hectic summer for investors in Puerto Rico’s more than $70 billion in outstanding debt. On Monday, the U.S. commonwealth’s publicly owned electric monopoly presented creditor...

» Latino Rebels | King of the Towels: The Torture and Murder of Pedro Albizu Campos
02/06/15 10:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. There is a most unusual TV interview of Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín on YouTube. The interview occurred in March 1954, just after the Nationalist attack on U.S. Congress that was led by L...

» Latino Rebels | Interview with Nelson Denis, Author of War Against All Puerto Ricans, Part III
02/06/15 10:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. Editor’s Note: You can read Part I here and Part II here . JM: What are your thoughts on the immigration issue in the United States and how it pertains to Latinos? ND: The immigration ...

» Latino Rebels | Big Brother in Puerto Rico: How the FBI Knew Everything About You
02/06/15 10:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. A recently published book, They Know Everything About You , discusses the loss of privacy in modern life. It shows how corporations, governments and the Internet have eliminated the privacy ...

» Statehood for Puerto Rico
02/06/15 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Puerto Rico. Pedro R. Pierluisi, the territory’s delegate in Congress, writes that “no people have ever prospered while being treated unequally.”

» What We’re Reading
02/06/15 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Puerto Rico. Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting interesting stories from around the web. In this installment, great reads from John Leland, Steve Lohr and ...

» Puerto Rican Mayor Faces Taxi Troubles on a Trip to Bronx
02/06/15 09:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Puerto Rico. Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, P.R., hailed a taxi in Greenwich Village on Wednesday night to go back to her hotel in the Bronx. But the driver refused and kicked her out o...

» Island of misery: 'War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony' by Nelson A. Denis
02/06/15 09:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from [Untitled]. At the conclusion of the Spanish-American War of 1898, the New York Times concluded that “Porto Rico” [sic] was a charming winter resort, with considerable commercial value, and a v...

» It’s Time for the US to Just Legalize Weed: Latest #RebelReport
02/06/15 09:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. We’re back! Here’s the latest Rebel Report , the one where R.J. tells us all to just legalize it. Seriously, just do it.

» White House Formally Responds to Petition Calling for Removal of Puerto Rico’s Governor
02/06/15 09:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latino Rebels. Since an online White House We the People petition calling for the ouster of Puerto Rican govenor Alejandro García Padilla reached the necessary 100,000 signatures in a span of 30 days earli...

» 'Dark Knight' gunman wanted to avoid shooting kids
02/06/15 09:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . DENVER - A psychiatrist testified on Monday that Colorado theater gunman James Holmes chose a midnight screening of a movie to commit mass murder because he believed there would be fewer children present. Cou...

» Shootings, Homicides Spike; NYPD To Beef Up Patrols For Summer « CBS New York
02/06/15 09:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CBS New York. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Crime has been spiking in New York City — with shootings and murders up — and the NYPD is preparing for a long summer. As CBS2’s Tony Aiello re...

» NYPD Reorganizes Force for Summer Crime Spike
02/06/15 09:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TWC News. Today saw some sobering new numbers from the NYPD. What once seemed like a statistical blip is now a trend. Murders and shootings are up significantly this year. NY1’s Dean Meminger filed t...

» New York Police Department Deploys More Officers to Street Patrols as Shootings, Homicides Rise
02/06/15 09:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . New York Police Department officials said Monday they are moving 330 more officers to street patrols to combat an uptick in shootings and homicides this year. Though overall crime in the city was down 6.6% th...

» Vladimir Putin Hides the Truth
02/06/15 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . For President Vladimir Putin of Russia, the manipulation and suppression of facts is as much a tool of his war in Ukraine as an AK-47 or a rocket launcher. He continues to insist that Russian soldiers and wea...

» Oil up ahead of OPEC meeting as dollar slips
02/06/15 09:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON Oil prices rose on Tuesday in response to a weaker dollar and expectations that OPEC producers will maintain their group production target at its current level and resist pressure for an increase. The ...

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» China's Military Isn't Worried About Obama - Bloomberg View
01/06/15 21:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Bloomberg View China's Military Isn't Worried About Obama Bloomberg View Chinese military officials attending a major security conference in Singapore over the weekend made cle...

» Here's how Latin America, Europe, and Africa see China
01/06/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Business Insider. Sean Gallup/Getty Images China’s Asia-Pacific neighbors perceive its rise with a certain level of anxiety, stemming from China’s ambiguous strategic ambitions. Especially amon...

» Here's another sign that Russia's military policies are getting more provocative - Business Insider
01/06/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Business Insider Here's another sign that Russia's military policies are getting more provocative Business Insider The Kremlin has announced plans to dramatically increase the ...

» Obama’s DOJ To Circumvent Congress With ‘More Than A Dozen’ New
01/06/15 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. Obama’s DOJ To Circumvent Congress With ‘More Than A Dozen’ New Gun Controls Obama’s Department of Justice is working on “more than a dozen” new gun control regulations it plans to ...

» NSA Loses Authority to Collect Phone Records as Senate Adjourns
01/06/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. NSA Loses Authority to Collect Phone Records as Senate Adjourns WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans’ phone records in ...

» Ukraine Names Georgia's Saakashvili as Governor of Black Sea Hotspot
01/06/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko has appointed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to be governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region, in a surprise move that is certain to raise hack...

» Саакашвили придумал, как Одессе экономить 4 миллиона гривен в год - РИА Новости
01/06/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Украина Саакашвили придумал, как Одессе экономить 4 миллиона гривен в год РИА Новости Губернатор Одесской области Михаил Саакашвили намерен "ликвидировать должности, не им...

» Ukraine names ex-Georgian president Saakashvili as Odessa governor
01/06/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. President Poroshenko’s surprise appointment of ‘great friend of Ukraine’ to key post in Black Sea region greeted with derision in Moscow Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, h...

» Russia Doctored Photos in Shooting Down of Airliner, Report Finds - ABC News
01/06/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. ABC News Russia Doctored Photos in Shooting Down of Airliner, Report Finds ABC News A new independent report finds that Russia doctored photos to implicate the Ukrainian military in t...

» Chinese Admiral Calls Island-Building 'Justified, Legitimate, Reasonable'
01/06/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. China has strongly rejected U.S. criticism of its land reclamation activities in the South China Sea. Chinese Admiral Sun Jianguo told a security summit in Singapore Sunday that construct...

» Britain: New Russian Travel Ban Shows Western Sanctions Working
01/06/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind says Russia's entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders shows Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its March 2014 annex...

» Report: Russia turning its back on Syrian regime, not honoring prior agreements - Jerusalem Post Israel News
01/06/15 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Jerusalem Post Israel News Report: Russia turning its back on Syrian regime, not honoring prior agreements Jerusalem Post Israel News According to the report, for three months Moscow ...

» US Senate Debates NSA Reforms as Key Program Expires
01/06/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. Senate has advanced a bill to reform the government’s domestic surveillance program. The chamber voted 77-17 to begin debate on the USA Freedom Act, which gives telecommunication...

» Key Spying Provisions Of USA Patriot Act Expire
01/06/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Key parts of of post-September 11 Patriot Act that allow U.S. spy agencies to bulk collect phone data expired after the Senate failed to reach a deal by midnight local ti...

» Assad's Army May Be Losing Its Biggest Backers: Russia And Iran - International Business Times
01/06/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. International Business Times Assad's Army May Be Losing Its Biggest Backers: Russia And Iran International Business Times Members of the Syrian opposition said Sunday as many as 100 R...

» Ruble rebound threatens rise of 'made in Russia' sector of the economy - Omaha World-Herald
01/06/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Omaha World-Herald Ruble rebound threatens rise of 'made in Russia ' sector of the economy Omaha World-Herald “If the oil price goes down or if, God forbid, there is further escalatio...

» Rich Russians turn London into Moscow on the Thames - USA TODAY
01/06/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. USA TODAY Rich Russians turn London into Moscow on the Thames USA TODAY LONDON — Roman Grigorev and Dmitriy Zakirov have spent a lot of time driving around this city's posh neighborho...

» Russia unlikely to drop support of Assad regime - Jerusalem Post Israel News
01/06/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Jerusalem Post Israel News Russia unlikely to drop support of Assad regime Jerusalem Post Israel News Nikolay Kozhanov, a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Moscow Center and a visiting ...

» Moscow Officials Say Non-Russian Language Education Now a ‘Luxury’ Russia Can’t Afford
01/06/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, June 1 – Vladimir Putin’s much-ballyhooed program for the optimization of the...

» Подозреваемый в хищении на космодроме Восточный задержан в Минске - Коммерсантъ
01/06/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Информационное агентство России ТАСС Подозреваемый в хищении на космодроме Восточный задержан в Минске Коммерсантъ В Белоруссии задержан подозреваемый в хищении средств при строите...

» Russia Wants To Convince BRIC Partners To Create Alternative Banking System - Forbes
01/06/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Forbes Russia Wants To Convince BRIC Partners To Create Alternative Banking System Forbes Russia has decided it will take the lead in disrupting the dollar denominated unipolar world....

» Moscow’s Top Five Myths, Fakes and Stupidities about Ukraine This Week
01/06/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, June 1 – As he does each week, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya Stolitsa” ...

» Russia to Start Construction On New Iranian Nuke Plant - Washington Free Beacon
01/06/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Washington Free Beacon Russia to Start Construction On New Iranian Nuke Plant Washington Free Beacon Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation made the announcement early on Mo...

» Russian planes, US warship have close encounter near Crimea - CNN
01/06/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN Russian planes, US warship have close encounter near Crimea CNN Washington (CNN) The U.S. Navy took the unusual step Monday of releasing video of a Russian Su-24 aircraft flying p...

» British victim of clerical sex abuse chosen to help root out paedophilia in the Catholic Church may face legal action from Vatican adviser
01/06/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A British clerical sex abuse victim chosen by Pope Francis to help root out paedophilia in the Catholic Church has been threatened with legal action by one of the pontiff’s closest advis...

» Election Shifts Show Kremlin Wary Of Fallout From Recession
01/06/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Russian authorities are trying to bring forward parliamentary elections due in December 2016 and calling snap elections in the provinces this year in a bid to minimiz...

» US High Court Declines Request to Revive Immigration Law
01/06/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a ruling that struck down an Arizona law that denied bail to illegal immigrants charged with certain felonies. The justices rejected an appeal...

» New Regional Policy Draft Pushing Russia toward Hyper-Centralized ‘Post-Federalism,’ Shtepa Says
01/06/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, June 1 – Vladimir Putin is launching a new regional policy, one so deeply cen...

» Sanctions Spark Russian Cheese Industry Boom
01/06/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Profits at Russia's cheese factories are booming as state support and bans on imports from the West force supermarkets to turn to local producers.

» Egyptian Court Adjourns Al Jazeera Journalists Trial for 4 Days
01/06/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A Cairo court on Monday adjourned the trial of three Al Jazeera television journalists for four days after hearing the prosecution's closing argument that their reporting had endangered E...

» 1915 - век спустя. Блок, Маяковский, Прокофьев - 01 июня, 2015
01/06/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. None

» Fifa scandal dims South Africa’s legacy
01/06/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Corruption probe into alleged $10m bribe to secure football tournament

» Iraqi Security, Stabilization Among Priorities at Meeting
01/06/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Iraqi command and control over all of the forces battling Islamic State militants in the country will be one of the key focal points of a counter-IS coalition ministerial meeting in Paris...

» Blatter’s Top FIFA Deputy Is Said to Have Transferred Money Central to Bribery Case
01/06/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Law enforcement officials said that Mr. Valcke, FIFA’s secretary general, is the person who prosecutors say made a 2008 bank transfer to a soccer official accused of taking a bribe.

» China: Ship with 400 On Board Sinks in Yangtze River
01/06/15 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. China says a passenger ship traveling the Yangtze River with more than 400 people on board sank Monday night in the Hubei region of central China. Early accounts from China's Xinhua news ...

» 2,890,6772,890,6772015-05-30La Noche Oscura, The Darkness Of My Soul
01/06/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2,890,677 2,890,677 2015-05-30 La Noche Oscura, The Darkness Of My Soul La Noche Oscura, The Darkness Of My Soul In darkness of my soul, With passion burning; oh, lucky me - I went a...

» 2015-05-31Easy Access to Money Keeps U.S. Oil Pumping
01/06/15 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-05-31 Easy Access to Money Keeps U.S. Oil Pumping Easy Access to Money Keeps U.S. Oil Pumping Sunday May 31 st , 2015 at 5:57 PM WSJ.Com: World News 1 Share Access to easy money...

» World Bank Raises 2015, 2016 Growth Forecasts for Russia
01/06/15 19:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The World Bank said on Monday it expects Russia's economy to contract less sharply than previously thought in 2015, citing a recovery in oil price, prices in recent months, a ...

» Moscow’s Actions Mean There Will Soon Be No Crimea to Return to Ukraine Peacefully or Otherwise, Oleshchuk Says
01/06/15 19:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, June 1 – Many Ukrainians and their supporters abroad talk about the possibili...

» Iranian Military Officer Killed While Advising Shi'ite Militia Near Ramadi
01/06/15 19:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iranian state media report that an Iranian military officer has been killed near the city of Ramadi while advising Iraqi forces on how to recapture the city from Islamic ...

» Has Russia just earned itself more sanctions? - CNBC
01/06/15 19:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNBC Has Russia just earned itself more sanctions? CNBC Relations between Russia and Europe took a turn for the worse this weekend, on reports that Moscow had banned 89 European polit...

» Russian Military To Deploy Bastion Anti-Ship Missile Complexes In Arctic In 2015 - International Business Times
01/06/15 19:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. International Business Times Russian Military To Deploy Bastion Anti-Ship Missile Complexes In Arctic In 2015 International Business Times In its latest move to enhance the combat rea...

» «Киберберкут» опубликовал переписку Порошенко с Соросом - BFM.Ru
01/06/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Дни.Ру «Киберберкут» опубликовал переписку Порошенко с Соросом BFM.Ru Хакеры из группы «Кибер-Беркут» заявляют, что взломали серверы администрации президента Украины. На сайте «Киб...

» Ruble Slides to Five-Week Low as Russia Limits Supply of Dollars - Bloomberg
01/06/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Bloomberg Ruble Slides to Five-Week Low as Russia Limits Supply of Dollars Bloomberg The central bank is having some success in suppressing the ruble after its first-quarter rally out...

» Love Locks Removed From Paris Bridge
01/06/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Tourists lamented the removal of 45 tons of padlocks tonnes of love locks from Paris’s Pont des Arts on Monday. Authorities say their weight is damaging the structure, and will replace the...

» Russian bear will roar once more, says World Bank
01/06/15 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Russia economy forecast to grow by 0.7pc next year, reversing negative growth forecast

» Fighting in Ukraine Eases, but Abuses Continue on Both Sides, U.N. Says
01/06/15 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Over 6,400 have been killed and 16,000 injured since fighting broke out between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in 2014.

» IS Gains in Syria Threaten Rebel Links to Turkey
01/06/15 19:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Islamic extremists overran three towns in northern Syria this weekend, capturing them from Western-backed Free Syrian Army rebels and Islamist brigades as Syrian warplanes struck widely a...

» Evidence Grows of Russian Military Involvement in Ukraine
01/06/15 19:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.N. human rights monitors say there is growing evidence of Russian military involvement in the war in Ukraine. The U.N. human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has just launched its 1...

» АНБ лишилось права на сбор данных о телефонных звонках
01/06/15 19:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from golosamerikius's YouTube Videos. From: golosamerikius Duration: 02:08 Сенат США не успел принять решение о продлении действия этой секретной антитеррористической программы Originally published at - htt...

» Минск подтверждает проведение переговоров по Донбассу 2 июня - Росбалт.RU
01/06/15 19:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Sputnik Беларусь Минск подтверждает проведение переговоров по Донбассу 2 июня Росбалт.RU МИНСК, 1 июня. Министерство иностранных дел Белоруссии подтвердило, что в...

» Despite Eastern Ukraine Cease-fire, 5 Killed
01/06/15 19:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. At least two civilians and three Ukrainian troops have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing cease-fire, officials on both sides of the conflict said Monday. The hostilities ...

» Report: Russia's Defense Ministry Doctored MH17 Satellite Images
01/06/15 19:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Images used by the Russian Defense Ministry to accuse Ukraine of downing a Malaysia Airlines jet last year were edited using Photoshop, claimed the investigative news site Bel...

» Erdogan angered by golden toilet rumours
01/06/15 19:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Turkey elections overshadowed by talk of gold commode within 1,150-room presidential palace

» Moscow blasts E.U. for leaking ‘blacklist’ of banned Europeans
01/06/15 19:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. MOSCOW — Russia’s latest blacklisting of 89 Europeans was never going to be a positive development in relations, but the sniping over how ...

» Сиротский полк
01/06/15 19:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 02:57 Правозащитники, выпускники детдомов и неравнодушные люди провели в Москве акцию в День защиты детей. Участники акции говорили, что ничт...

» Russian Oligarchs' Exes Battle for Former Husbands' Fortunes
01/06/15 19:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. As Russia's richest man, Vladimir Potanin, prepares to go to court over his ex-wife's divorce settlement, lawyers say there's no risk of her winning half of his assets: Such c...

» НАТО вдвое увеличит число военных в Польше - Коммерсантъ
01/06/15 19:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Украина НАТО вдвое увеличит число военных в Польше Коммерсантъ НАТО приняло решение вдвое увеличить число военных в польском городе Щецин, передает издание Forsal. Отмечается, ...

» Политический футбол
01/06/15 19:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 54:02 Выборы в ФИФА, отставки в РФС, игры в футбол и коррупция в высоких футбольных кабинетах – эти и другие темы обсуждают президент «Автото...

» Словакия не будет снижать объемы реверсных поставок газа на Украину - Коммерсантъ
01/06/15 19:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН Словакия не будет снижать объемы реверсных поставок газа на Украину Коммерсантъ Словакия сохранит объемы реверсных поставок газа на Украину на текущем уровне. Об этом премьер...

» Украина может потребовать от России имущественную компенсацию за Крым - Коммерсантъ
01/06/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Вести Экономика Украина может потребовать от России имущественную компенсацию за Крым Коммерсантъ Украина может потребовать зарубежное имущество России в качестве компенсации за уб...

» Pan-European tax plan dismissed
01/06/15 19:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Move to combat tax avoidance described as ‘an answer still looking for a question’

» Vince Vaughn Wants Guns Allowed In US Schools
01/06/15 19:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The True Detective star believes "monsters" target schools because they know it is illegal to have weapons on campus.

» NSA mass phone surveillance ends: Agency banned from bulk collection of Americans' call records for first time since 9/11 aftermath as Senate fails to reach deal
01/06/15 19:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The director of the CIA said politicians' inability to find a solution in a dispute over surveillance powers has put ordinary people at risk after a bill that gave the NSA special tolls...

» ISIS could get their hands on a NUCLEAR weapon from Pakistan, warns Indian minister of defence
01/06/15 19:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Speaking at a Singapore security conference, Rao Inderjit Singh (pictured) said that with billions in the bank and contact with Pakistani arms dealers, it is feasible that ISIS could bu...

» Let God be a 'she', says Church of England women's group
01/06/15 19:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. First female bishops prompt call to recognise equal status of women by overhauling official liturgy using male language to describe God A group within the Church of England is...

» Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen: sources
01/06/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of the Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, killing 38 policemen, military and police sour...

» Ramadi fell to ISIS because troops were ordered to leave, Iraq's speaker says - CNN
01/06/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Ramadi fell to ISIS because troops were ordered to leave, Iraq's speaker says CNN People search through debris after an explosion at a Shiite mosque in Qatif, Saudi Arab...

» Suicide Bombers Target Iraqi Police Base In Anbar
01/06/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iraqi authorities say Islamic State suicide attacks targeting a police base have killed at least 30 troops in the western Anbar Province.

» Isis suicide bombers in Humvees attack Iraqi police base
01/06/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. At least 30 troops killed in attack by three bombers driving vehicles seized from Iraqi army Islamic State suicide bombers targeting a police base have killed at least 30 troo...

» SCOTUS rules in favor of man convicted of posting threatening messages on ... - CNN
01/06/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN SCOTUS rules in favor of man convicted of posting threatening messages on ... CNN Washington (CNN) The Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Pennsylvania man who posted se...

» ISIS kills 34 Iraqi police with explosive-laden tank
01/06/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. At least 34 Iraqi police officers were killed and at least 48 more wounded Monday when an ISIS fighter drove a tank rigged with explosives into a joint Iraqi security forces base about 28 ...

» Islamic State Targets Iraqi Police Base
01/06/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Islamic State militants drove a tank filled with explosives onto an Iraqi police base Monday, killing at least 37 people and injuring dozens more, Iraqi security officials said. The suic...

» U.S., allies conduct 23 air strikes against Islamic State: military
01/06/15 18:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with 13 air strikes from Sunday morning through Monday morning and conducted another 10 strikes against...

» Russian truck driver left covered in thick yellow paint after explosion
01/06/15 18:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. A collision between two trucks on the M-4 Don highway in Russia saw one of the vehicle's cargo of road marking paint explode, covering the road and one of the drivers in the thick yello...

» Rudolph Hoess' daughter Ingebirgitt talks of life near Auschwitz concentration camp
01/06/15 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. She's guarded the secret of her family name closely for 75 years but now the daughter of Rudolf Hoess has finally broken her silence on the ignorant bliss of her childhood next to the i...

» Obama: Only a deal will stop Iran having nukes, attack won't help - Haaretz
01/06/15 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Haaretz Obama: Only a deal will stop Iran having nukes, attack won't help Haaretz In preview of interview with Israel's Channel 2, U.S. president tells Israeli people that he understan...

» Russian planes, U.S. warship have close encounter
01/06/15 18:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. The U.S. Navy took the unusual step Monday of releasing video of a Russian Su-24 aircraft flying past the right side of the guided missile destroyer USS Ross in the Black Sea.

» Greece may need to default on debts as IMF deadline looms, warns Goldman
01/06/15 18:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Athens could be forced to take drastic action, including snap elections, amid fears it will miss €305m payment to IMF on Friday, investment bank says Greece may have to defaul...

» IS revamps recruitment, with savvy, professional broadcasts
01/06/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 4:42 p.m. EDT. PARIS (AP) -- After a selection of tunes, the presenter with an American accent offers "a glimpse at our main headlines." IS militants have just seized three Iraqi cities...

» Wanted: A Theology of Atheism
01/06/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — ONE Sunday last month, I walked into an auditorium past greeters and a table loaded with coffee, fruit and cookies. Onstage two young men tuned their guitars. A blank screen hung dow...

» Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
01/06/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s recent assessment of Iraqi security forces was impolitic and true, and rarely voiced by senior officials. After the devastating loss of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to the ...

» Easy Access to Money Keeps U.S. Oil Pumping
31/05/15 18:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Access to easy money is encouraging oil drillers to keep production high, even though crude prices are low. The lack of production discipline worries some industry experts, who say it ...

» Russia imposes travel ban on 89 EU politicians - video report
31/05/15 18:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Russia has imposed an entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders, a move that has angered Europe and worsened Russia's standoff with the west over Moscow's...

» Material being lifted by crane in NYC falls; 10 injured
31/05/15 18:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5 p.m. EDT. NEW YORK (AP) -- A piece of mechanical equipment being lifted by a crane at a Manhattan office building broke free Sunday morning and fell about 28 stories to the sidewalk b...

» Putin’s travel bans are the latest mis-step in a clumsy diplomatic dance with Europe
31/05/15 18:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Relations have deteriorated so much that we don’t know if the bar on Nick Clegg and others visiting Russia is a sham diplomatic storm or a real one Consigned to the back bench...

» IS Claims Suicide Bombing in Libya
31/05/15 18:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 01:37 Islamic State insurgents claimed a suicide bombing Sunday in Libya that killed five members of Fajr Libya, or Libya Dawn, in the northwestern c...

» China's Island-Building Poses Dilemma for U.S.
31/05/15 18:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. China’s refusal to curtail island-building in the South China Sea has sparked a debate in Washington between those who believe such muscle-flexing shouldn’t go unchecked, and others wh...

» Police shoot man outside summit U.S. Defense Secretary attended
31/05/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Police shot a man dead and detained two other people outside a Singapore hotel Sunday where a high-level security summit was being held, according to a statement from Singapore police. U.S...

» John Kerry breaks leg in bike accident
31/05/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had a bicycle accident in France on Sunday and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in nearby Geneva, Switzerland, for examination, said State Departmen...

» Activists accuse Syria of indiscriminate barrel bombing
31/05/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. At least 70 people were killed in a string of barrel bomb attacks Saturday on the Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the oppositio...

» IMF Lowers Ukraine's 2015 Growth Forecast To Negative 9 Percent
31/05/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has lowered its forecast for Ukraine's war-battered economy, predicting the economy will contract by 9 percent during 2015 -...

» US police have killed hundreds this year, but the FBI still doesn't keep count - The Verge
31/05/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Guardian Nigeria US police have killed hundreds this year, but the FBI still doesn't keep count The Verge Apple wants Drake and Pharrell to DJ its new music service, says the...

» At least 2,600 reportedly killed in Egypt following overthrow of Mohamed Morsi
31/05/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights claims holding cells at police stations are filled to 400% capacity and prisons to 160% At least 2,600 people have been killed in vio...

» U.S. Paid Residents Linked to Nazi Crimes $20 Million in Benefits, Report Says
31/05/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A report by the Social Security Administration’s inspector general concludes that virtually all of the payments were proper under policies in place at the time.

» Beau Biden, vice president's son, dies of brain cancer - Washington Post
31/05/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times Beau Biden, vice president's son, dies of brain cancer Washington Post Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III, the son of Vice President Biden and former state attorney...

» Biden announces death of son, Beau, of brain cancer
31/05/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden announced Saturday that his son, Beau, has died of brain cancer. Beau Biden was 46....

» Beau Biden, son of US vice-president Joe Biden, dies of brain cancer at 46
31/05/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Barack and Michelle Obama cancel White House reception to mourn Biden, 46, was Statement from White House says family ‘saddened beyond words’ at death of 46-year-old, a former...

» Russian aircraft head off U.S. destroyer in Black Sea: RIA
31/05/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a U.S. warship that was acting "aggressively" in the Black Sea, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday, but ...

» Reaction to death of vice president's son Beau Biden
31/05/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5 p.m. EDT. Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau Biden died Saturday of brain cancer nearly two years after he was first diagnosed. He was 46....

» Facial recognition technology lands at U.S. airport
31/05/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. The Department of Homeland Security's new tool for tightening border security is getting a three-month tryout

» Homosexuality Could Benefit a Species, Says New Study : Animals ...
31/05/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world news - Google Blog Search. The trouble is, researchers can't get inside the head of an animal, especially one as complex as an old- world monkey. It remains very difficult to determine if these .... ...

» Exclusive: Six powers agree way to restore U.N. sanctions in push for Iran deal - sources
31/05/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. NEW YORK/PARIS/ANKARA (Reuters) - Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal, clearing a major obs...

» Kerry Breaks Leg In Bike Accident, Cancels Spain-France Trip
31/05/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is reportedly in stable condition at a Geneva hospital after breaking his right leg in a bicycling accident in France.

» Kerry Hospitalized in Stable Condition After Bike Accident
31/05/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been hospitalized and is in stable condition following a bike accident outside of Geneva, where he had been holding nuclear talks with Iran's foreig...

» Secretary of State John Kerry Flown to Swiss Hospital After Bike Crash
31/05/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Secretary of State John Kerry likely suffered a leg injury in the bicycle accident, according to a statement from the State Department. Mr. Kerry was described as being in stable condition ...

» US Newspaper Tracks Police Shootings
31/05/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A prominent U.S. newspaper says it is tracking the number of people killed by police across the U.S., as the country debates the use of lethal force. The Washington Post says 385 people h...

» Czech Finance Minister Proposes Euro Referendum
31/05/15 18:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The Czech finance minister proposed letting the public have a say in whether the country should adopt the euro through a nonbinding referendum.

» Pro-Kurdish Party Shakes up Turkey
31/05/15 18:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. As the country prepares for its most competitive election in a decade, a pro-Kurdish political party has emerged as a potential spoiler to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plans to fur...

» ДНР и «КиберБеркут» раскрыли план Киева устроить психологическую войну - НТВ.ru
31/05/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. НТВ.ru ДНР и «КиберБеркут» раскрыли план Киева устроить психологическую войну НТВ.ru В министерстве обороны ДНР появилась информация об очередных провокациях со стороны украинских ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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» With Russia Boxed In, Frozen Transdniester Conflict Could Heat Up
30/05/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Ukraine's decision to halt military cooperation with Russia may unintentionally rouse the long-sleeping conflict in breakaway Transdniester.

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