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July 02, 2015

Barcelona Freezes Licensing of New Tourist Rooms
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:18 PM

Barcelona’s mayor imposed a freeze on licensing new tourist accommodation in the Spanish city in an effort to control the frantic growth of an industry that is causing social disruption.

French Court Lifts Jean-Marie Le Pen Suspension from National Front
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:17 PM

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A French court Thursday overturned the suspension of Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front party he brought into national prominence.

Pope to Bring His Message to Latin America
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:17 PM

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Pope Francis will showcase his concern for the region’s poor and forgotten during a trip to his native continent starting this weekend, just as he did as a young Jesuit priest decades ago.

Kentucky soldier admits to taking bribes in Afghanistan
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:14 PM

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky admitted in federal court on Thursday that he took $100,000 in cash bribes as well as jewelry from vendors seeking contracts while he was assigned to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, federal prosecutors said.

Train derailment, fire prompts evacuation in Tennesseeby By STEVE MEGARGEE
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:13 PM

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MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A car on a CSX train carrying a flammable and toxic substance derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people within a 2-mile radius....

Obama's counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticismby By KEN DILANIAN
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:13 PM

AP Top Headlines At 4:28 P.M. EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- At the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, it was a cause for celebration: Meticulous intelligence analysis backed by Hellfire missiles had paid off, once again....

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Baku Protests Against Separatist Leader's London Visit
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:09 PM

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Azerbaijan has protested plans by the leader of the breakaway ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to visit London next week.

West Is Too Paranoid About Russia's 'Infowar' (Op-Ed)by By Mark Galeotti
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:08 PM

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People in the West are willing to doubt the mainstream not because RT exhorts them to "question more," but because they already believe their media lies to them, writes columnist Mark Galeotti.

Russia Only Has Itself to Blame for Lost Influence in Post-Soviet Sphere by By Ivan Nechepurenko
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:08 PM

The Moscow Times Top Stories

As Russian officials blame Western NGOs for protests that have swept the Armenian capital in recent days, analysts argued that Moscow only has itself to blame for its loss of influence in the former Soviet space.

Why Isn't Russia Part of Europe? (Op-Ed) by By Pyotr Romanov
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:07 PM

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Russia is not part of Europe but ultimately it doesn't matter, writes columnist Pyotr Romanov.

Purges Signal End to Crimea's Special Status Under Russiaby By Jennifer Monaghan
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:07 PM

The Moscow Times Top Stories

A recent spate of dismissals and criminal cases against high-ranking Crimean officials can be seen as the inevitable consequence of change as the Black Sea region adjusts to life under the Russian system.

Ukraine Rebels, Russia Criticize Proposed Constitutional Changes
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:06 PM

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Russia has expressed "deep concern" over proposed changes to Ukraine's constitution, saying Kyiv "absolutely" ignored the demands put forward by separatist rebels.

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Russia Dissatisfied With MH17 Report By Dutch Safety Agency
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:06 PM

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Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency says a draft Dutch report into the causes of last year's crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine "raises more questions than it gives answers."

Russia Grants Loan To Armenia To Buy Arms, Modernize Army
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:06 PM

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Russia has granted ally Armenia a $200 million loan to buy weapons and help modernize its armed forces.

Ukraine ceasefire: ‘There is shooting all the time’by Editorial Desk
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:05 PM

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“This doesn’t smell like peace to me,” said the Monk, sighing heavily in his makeshift control centre, a former chandelier shop in the basement of a block of flats, near the remains of what not long ago was Donetsk international airport.

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Jews Again Leaving Russia Because ‘After Putin, There Will Be Another Putin’ by Paul Goble
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:04 PM

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Staunton, July 2 – For the first time since the 1990s, the number of Jews emigrating from Russia to Israel has gone up dramatically, doubling between 2013 and 2014 to 4685. But this new wave is different from its predecessors in that its members are younger, better educated, and almost exclusively from Moscow.

Moreover, this new group is convinced that they have no future in Russia because “after Putin, there will be some other Putin,” a dramatic change in expectations compared to how many Jews and others felt in the 1990s when they were pessimistic about Russia in the short term but optimistic in the longer run.

The emigration of Jews from Russia is only a small part of the total number of Russian citizens who are leaving for permanent residence abroad, a figure that is also increasing. In the first nine months of 2014, 203,659 people left, compared to 120,756 who departed during the corresponding period a year earlier.

Officials of Israel’s absorption ministry view this year as a turning point given that the number of Jews from Russian seeking to obtain Israeli citizenship is two and a half times greater than for any year since the end of the 1990s. And they also see dramatic changes in the composition of this flow.

Ekho Rossii interviewed several of those who have moved to Israel. Their comments say a great deal about broader processes in the Russian Federation. Dramatist Mikhail Kaluzhny said he had wanted to leave in 1991 but decided against it until finishing his university coursework.

Then on graduation, he said, he delayed going because “all the most interesting” developments were occurring then in Russia. “Why leave?” But “now,” Kaluzhny said, he had made the decision to leave because the surrounding political, emotional and everyday environment had alienated him and left him with little hope for Russia.

He said that his departure was “directly connected with politics.” First of all, he visited the Maidan in Kyiv and recognized that no such protest was ever likely to happen in Russia. Then the Russian government blocked foreign grants which were critical to the operation of his profession.

Finally, “after Crimea,” he said, his family was driven by “a desire to distance itself” from all this, “above all from the [Russian] government.”

Officials in Israel say that those new repatriates “especially from Russia” are taking Israeli citizenship not so much out of a great love for Israel but rather because they are angry or fearful about conditions in the country in which they had been living. Such repatriates are on average “younger, healthier, and smarter” than those who came earlier.

At the end of the 1990s, “two thirds of the repatriation were from the periphery, from very small cities. But the current Aliya, to judge by the structure of the last three years, consists of people from two major cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg.” We observe, Israeli experts say, that the current wave largely consists of the creative intelligentsia.

Vladimir Yakovlev is a representative of this group. The founder of the Kommersant publishing house and the Snob portal, he arrived in Israel seven months ago; but he said that he feels himself completely at home because “my circle of contacts here almost completely corresponds with what it was in Moscow.”

“We live in one apartment building with friends from Moscow. I meet people on the street whom I constantly met in Moscow … This isn’t a matter of every second person but every first.” Those who are leaving now, he said, are doing so because “they are afraid to be where they would like to live.”

According to Yakovlev, the reason so many find they cannot stay in Russia is that “there is no generally accepted and understood system of values” in that country. “This means that there is no common security, no common social guarantees, no striving for culture and education, not even a striving for work. There is none of this.”

As a result of the failure of Russia’s rulers to articulate such a set of values in the 1990s, life in that country has become a kind of “Russian roulette.” Every day you fear that something you don’t expect will happen to you – and even when it doesn’t, you live with the fear that it will.

The people who are leaving Russia now, Yakovlev continues, “are the young intellectual elite of the country. For any civilized country, the young intellectual elite is the highest value which exists because it is the future of the country.” But Russia doesn’t care about it and thus is fated to become “a giant raw materials supplier” to others.

That has always been true in Russia, he said, only the methods of repression against the intellectual elite have changed. Stalin shot them. Brezhnev “marginalized them.” Putin “is driving the intellectual elite out of the country.” And many of them are landing in Israel, which is more than happy to receive them.

Kaluzhny seconded that view: “Our compatriots in their majority are unfortunately a guarantee that after this Putin there will be another Putin. The level of aggression and force which makes Putin Putin isn’t changing … I am not certain that the situation in Russia will ever change significantly.”

That is why people are leaving. They can imagine that there will arise “in Riga, Berlin, Tel Aviv or Montenegro some kind of intensive centers of Russian cultural life which perhaps will not be important sources of inspiration for hundreds of thousands of people. But for hundreds and thousands, they will be.”

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Having Attacked Gays and Made Jews Uncomfortable, Some Russians are Now Again Targeting the Romaby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 5:04 PM

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Staunton, July 2 – Tragically, the list of the objects of Russian anger is not only growing but increasingly including many of the same groups Hitler targeted in the Third Reich. First, some Russians have attacked LGBTs in the name of defense of traditional values; then, they have made Jews sufficiently uncomfortable that an increasing number are leaving.

Now, there are growing instances of anti-Roma (anti-gypsy) attitudes and actions, including most recently a decision by the police in Tula Oblast to monitor places where Roma are concentrated in order to forestall a possible outbreak of inter-ethnic hostility (nazaccent.ru/content/16527-v-tulskoj-oblasti-poseleniya-cygan-vozmut.html).

That follows an even more disturbing case in Moscow where an ethnic Armenian guard in a store electro-shocked a Roma boy when he thought the seven-year-old had not paid. Media reports say that the boy’s family was able to get the procuracy to bring charges but the guard has fled, supposedly out of fear of attack by other Roma (www.kp.ru/daily/26391.7/3270359/).

Initially, Pavel Astakhov, the ombudsman for children, expressed outrage that the boy had been attacked, but “Komsomolskaya Pravda” reported that “it turned out” that the boy was from “a large local Roma family” and that he and his relatives “more than once had been suspected of petty theft,” a classic anti-Roma trope.

According to the paper, “the anger of society rapidly changed direction: the majority after that now stood on the side of the guard,” and some people were expressing doubts that there had been an electro-shock used at all. The guard’s mother has collected 300 signatures in support of her son who has fled to avoid prosecution and what his family says are threats of violence from Roma (nazaccent.ru/content/16392-300-podpisej-sobrali-v-podderzhku-ohrannika.html).

What makes all this so worrisome is the ways in which antagonism even hatred sanctioned and even encouraged by the authorities against some groups, such as the LGBT community in Russia, can easily spread to others such as the Roma which the authorities have not attacked but that they have done little or nothing to deter.

In a country as varied ethnically and otherwise as the Russian Federation is, the danger of anger and hatred jumping like a forest fire from one group to another and igniting a conflagration is all too real; and consequently, the failure of some to attend to attacks on outsider groups like the Roma is thus not only indefensible but dangerous.

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Other Nations Gaining on US Military Supremacy
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 1:41 PM

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The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that while the United States is still the world's most powerful fighting force, other countries are starting to close the gap.

Announcing the 2015 National Military Strategy, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey said other nations are investing heavily in their military capabilities.

The general said that since the Pentagon published its last military strategy in 2011, global disorder has increased and some of the advantages the U.S. had over other nations have started to erode.

Dempsey said the U.S. military needs to be more agile, innovative and integrated, and it must remain globally engaged.

The 2015 strategy notes that Russia has "repeatedly demonstrated that it does not respect the sovereignty of its neighbors" and is willing to use force to achieve its goals. It says "Russia's military actions are undermining regional security directly and through proxy forces," a reference to its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The strategy says Iran's nuclear program worries U.S. allies in the Mideast and that Iran actively sponsors terrorist groups in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

It calls North Korea an "outlaw state" with atomic weapons and says it is building missiles capable of reaching the U.S.

But the strategy says China is in a "different class" and encourages the Chinese to "become a partner for greater international security."

It does say, however, that China could be a threat to the U.S. and that its actions in the South China Sea — where China has flaunted its military might in island disputes with its neighbors — are "worrisome."

The strategy says globalization and technology are letting people travel around the world in a way never seen before, and that makes a complex security situation even more complicated.

The Islamic State group in 2015 is not like al-Qaida in 2011, with a command-and-control unit giving orders. Dempsey called Islamic State "transregional" with other terrorist groups placing themselves under the Islamic State umbrella.

He said the U.S. is trying to build a network to combat the group — one that must be sustainable and endure.

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Russia calls new U.S. military strategy confrontational
Thursday July 2nd, 2015 at 12:14 PM

World | Thu Jul 2, 2015 9:10am EDT

MOSCOW | By Maria Tsvetkova

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov arrives for the opening of the Army-2015 International Military-Technical Forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia, June 16, 2015.

Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW Russia denounced a new U.S. military strategy that accuses Moscow of failing to respect its neighbors' sovereignty as "confrontational" on Thursday, saying it would set back efforts to improve relations.

The Pentagon has updated the U.S. National Military Strategy to take into account changes in the global security situation, which include a standoff with Russia over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.

It said in the document, published on Wednesday, that Russia had contributed to global security in areas such as fighting the narcotics trade and terrorism but had "repeatedly demonstrated that it does not respect the sovereignty of its neighbors and it is willing to use force to achieve its goals".

"Russia's military actions are undermining regional security directly and through proxy forces," it added, naming Russia among "revisionist-minded" states.

Asked about the new strategy during a conference call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed regret.

"The use of such language in this document points, shall we say, to what is probably a confrontational attitude devoid of any objectivity towards our country," he said.

"Of course this will hardly contribute to attempts to steer bilateral relations in the direction of normalization," he added, calling for more cooperation between Russia and the United States on global matters.

Relations between Moscow and the West are at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War, mainly because of the pro-Russian rebellion in eastern Ukraine.

Asked what would be said about the United States when Russia draws up it own new security strategy, Peskov said: "Of course, all threats to Russia's national security are taken into account and counter-measures are worked out and adopted."

RUSSIAN "AGGRESSION" ON NATO PERIPHERY

The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia after it seized the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine last year and have accused it of providing pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine with weapons and soldiers.

Moscow denies doing this, and accuses the West of plotting a coup to topple a Ukrainian president backed by Moscow in February 2014.

The new U.S. national military strategy warned of "hybrid" conflicts in which military forces assume a non-state identity, saying Russia had done this when armed groups without insignia took control of Crimea.

It said the United States was steadfast in its commitment to its NATO allies and that the defense alliance was "strategically important for deterring conflict, particularly in light of recent Russian aggression on its periphery".

Despite the tension over Ukraine, the military strategy said Washington still wanted to engage Russia in areas of common interest, while urging it and China to "settle their disputes peacefully and in accordance with international law".

(Writing by Timothy Heritage, Editing by Jack Stubbs)

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02/07/15 09:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek A Grim Meme Casts a Spotlight on Internet Censorship in Russia Newsweek A 2012 law passed in Russia allows the government to block websites without a court order for a number...

» Russia-US ties alive and well at Iran nuclear talks - AOL News
02/07/15 09:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. AOL News Russia -US ties alive and well at Iran nuclear talks AOL News VIENNA (AP) — Russia -U.S. relations are at a post-Cold War low just about everywhere, except at the Iran nuclea...

» NATO navies should beef up against Russia: commanders - Yahoo News
02/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News NATO navies should beef up against Russia : commanders Yahoo News "The Russian Federation is shadowing and presumably collecting intelligence from NATO nation naval un...

» Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker - Yahoo News
02/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker Yahoo News Moscow (AFP) - Moscow on Wednesday slammed Finland for refusing entry to the speaker of Russia's parliament ...

» 'Mysterious' sea creature with furry tail washes ashore in Russia's Far East - RT
02/07/15 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT 'Mysterious' sea creature with furry tail washes ashore in Russia's Far East RT The enigmatic remains of a giant marine animal with a furry tail found in Russia's Far East have puz...

» US warns of Russia, China military threat amid growing chaos - Yahoo News
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News US warns of Russia , China military threat amid growing chaos Yahoo News A somber report released Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S...

» Russia and China pose largest security threats, says US military report - The Guardian
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Russia and China pose largest security threats, says US military report The Guardian America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressiv...

» What's Putin's plan? Russian jet 'shot flares at Swedish plane' - NEWS.com.au
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. NEWS.com.au What's Putin's plan? Russian jet 'shot flares at Swedish plane' NEWS.com.au NATO is also considering how to respond to the threats posed by an increasingly “bold” and “agg...

» Is Saudi Arabia Leaving The U.S. Behind For Russia? - OilPrice.com
02/07/15 09:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Is Saudi Arabia Leaving The U.S. Behind For Russia ? OilPrice.com “Facts on the ground included Russia and Saudi Arabia's oil ministers discussing a broad cooperation agreement; the s...

» Russia Sees a Threat in Its Converts to Islam - New York Times
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Russia Sees a Threat in Its Converts to Islam New York Times It was not until he abandoned white-Slavic supremacy and instead found God — as a convert to Islam and lead...

» Baltic states 'outraged' by Russia's independence review - Sydney Morning Herald
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Sydney Morning Herald Baltic states 'outraged' by Russia's independence review Sydney Morning Herald The Baltic states declared independence in 1990 and 1991, and activists in Lithuan...

» Want to escalate US-Russia tension? Arm Ukraine. - Reuters Blogs (blog)
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Blogs (blog) Want to escalate US- Russia tension? Arm Ukraine. Reuters Blogs (blog) While both the United States and Russia should step back from the brink, many Obama adminis...

» Russia says new US military strategy is confrontational - Reuters
02/07/15 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Russia says new US military strategy is confrontational Reuters Russia had repeatedly demonstrated it does not respect the sovereignty of its neighbors and that it was willing...

» Lt. Gen. Robert Neller Nominated to Lead the Marines
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. A veteran infantry officer who has served in Iraq, General Neller, 62, if confirmed, would succeed Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., named as the next chairman...

» Marine Corps Leader Nominated
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The Pentagon on Wednesday announced the nomination of Lt. Gen. Robert Neller as commandant of the Marine Corps.

» United Arab Emirates: Woman Gets Death Sentence in Killing of American
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Ibolya Ryan, a mother of 11-year-old twins, was stabbed to death last December by the Emirati woman in a bathroom at a mall in Abu Dhabi.

» European Police to Target Social Media Accounts of Islamist Radicals
02/07/15 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A new unit will attempt to discover and dismantle social media accounts that Islamist radicals use for recruitment and propaganda.

» Iraq: Toll From Clashes Rises, U.N. Says
02/07/15 09:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). At least 1,466 Iraqis were killed in episodes of armed conflict in June, up more than 40 percent from the previous month.

» Russia says new U.S. military strategy is confrontational
02/07/15 08:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: Top News. Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:11am EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday a new U.S. military strategy was confrontational and would not help improve relations with Moscow, strained by the c...

» US Army Seeks Leap-Ahead Cyber Defense Tech
02/07/15 08:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Joe Gould 4:57 p.m. EDT July 1, 2015 The US Army wants to equip cyber protection teams with a "fly-away" kit of hardware and software, that would travel with them. (Photo: US Army) WASHINGTON — The U...

» Romania May Restore Conscription
02/07/15 08:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. WARSAW — Romanian Defense Minister Mircea Dusa is aiming to restore conscription as a result of Russia's increased military activities in Eastern Europe and the country's intervention ...

» Lithuania: NATO Mum On 'Baltic Brigade'
02/07/15 08:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. NATO has vowed to hold "continuous" military exercises in Eastern Europe to deter Russia but has yet to respond to a request by Baltic states for a permanent brigade, Lithuania said We...

» 3,091,3193,091,3192015-07-01Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina
02/07/15 03:53 from Mike Nova - Google+
3,091,319 3,091,319 2015-07-01 Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina by Raf Sanchez Wednesday July 1 st , 2015 at 7:52 PM World News 1 ...

» Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina
01/07/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Seven people have been bitten since June but wildlife experts say it is down to several different sharks and is not "a Jaws situation"

» Polygamous Montana trio applies for wedding license
01/07/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:54 p.m. EDT. HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana man said Wednesday that he was inspired by last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage to apply for a marriage license...

» Pentagon confident of US strategy for countering ISIS despite recent setbacks - CNN
01/07/15 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. CNN Pentagon confident of US strategy for countering ISIS despite recent setbacks CNN Washington (CNN) Despite ISIS's continued ability to hold and control vast swaths of Iraq and Syri...

» Study: Fish Use Whole Bodies When They Eat
01/07/15 19:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. About half of all vertebrates – those animals with a back bone – are fish with bony rays or spines. These 30,000 ray-finned fish species have evolved a similar feeding motion. As VOA's Ro...

» US Defense Secretary: 'No Anticipation' of Giving Up Base in Cuba
01/07/15 19:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States does not anticipate giving up its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite Wednesday's historic agreement by the former Cold War enemies to restore diplomatic ties, ...

» How Germany Called Greece’s Bluff Ahead of Bailout Vote
01/07/15 19:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. At first the call for a referendum was bold enough to seem clever, or at least typical of the chutzpah that helped bring Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to power in Greece in the first place. Its logic...

» GCHQ spied on Amnesty International, tribunal tells group in email
01/07/15 19:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Human rights group denounces revelation as outrageous as after Investigatory Powers Tribunal says its communications have been illegally retained The government’s electronic e...

» A Bankrupt Greece Is Struggling to Stay Afloat
01/07/15 19:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Any new bailout deal between the country and its creditors is likely to include harsher austerity measures based on an increasingly grim economic outlook, analysts said.

» Top White House adviser Valerie Jarrett to promote Atlanta’s working families policy with Kasim Reed
01/07/15 19:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Political Insider blog. Senior advisor Valerie Jarrett attends attends the annual Iftar dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in the East Room of the Whi...

» Latest on OPM hack: Spy data potentially compromised
01/07/15 19:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Law & Order. A database containing the classified personnel records of US spies may have been merged with the database of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) before the latter was hacked, Shane Ha...

» Greece Offers New Bailout Concessions
01/07/15 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Debt-ridden Greece offered concessions Wednesday on its creditors' demands for more austerity measures, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still urged his nation to vote "no" in a referend...

» Philip Chism, charged with killing Colleen Ritzer, seeks change of trial venue
01/07/15 18:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Philip Chism, 16, is accused of brutally killing Colleen Ritzer, 24, in 2013 She was attacked in bathroom at Danvers High School, Massachusetts Teenager then dragged her into the ...

» Dylann Roof’s eerie tour of American slavery at its beginning, middle and end
01/07/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . CHARLESTON, S.C. — The road trips were short and simple. Dylann Roof climbed into his car with a “Confederate States of America” license plate, two cameras in tow, and visited a series of pl...

» WikiLeaks Claims NSA Targeted German Ministers Beyond Merkel
01/07/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. WikiLeaks publishes list allegedly showing NSA targeted German ministers beyond Merkel

» UK Holds Terror Drill as MPs Mull Tunisia Response
01/07/15 18:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. After pledging a tough response to last Friday’s terror attack in Tunisia, which came just days before the 10th anniversary of the bomb attacks on London’s transport network, British secu...

» Порошенко: США и Украина должны углубить сотрудничество в военной сфере - Газета.Ru
01/07/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ Порошенко: США и Украина должны углубить сотрудничество в военной сфере Газета.Ru Президент Украины Петр Порошенко заявил о необходимости углубления сотрудничества с США в ...

» Global Chatter Greets US-Cuba Announcement
01/07/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The restoration of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba sparked overwhelmingly positive reactions around the world, except in the United States, where opinions div...

» Russia and Turkey can’t agree on gas prices Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-and-turkey-dispute-over-gas-prices-turkish-stream-2015-6#ixzz3efbUyuC0
01/07/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Turkish officials told Reuters that Gazprom and Turkey are “likely to finalise a deal on natural gas prices by mid-July.”

» Monitor: Islamic State Less Visible in Syrian Stronghold
01/07/15 18:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The hardline Islamic State group has installed surveillance cameras in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa city because it does not appear to have enough members to patrol the streets, a group mo...

» Gazprom Halts Natural Gas Deliveries to Ukraine
01/07/15 18:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Russia. The Russian energy giant cut off deliveries because of a pricing dispute amid political tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

» The World of Espionage in 2015
01/07/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. This piece originally ran in the German newspaper BILD for running this piece as Die Welt der Spionage im Jahr 2015 . For the benefit of readers who don’t know German, I’m providing the E...

» China’s new national security law covers everything from space to cults
01/07/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. China’s top legislature on Wednesday adopted a sweeping new national security law touching on everything from the military and economy to the environment, religion, the Internet, food sa...

» Pentagon to recommend Neller as Marine chief
01/07/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Officials say Defense Secretary Ash Carter will recommend naming that Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, a commander who served in Iraq's western province during one of the most violent periods of ...

» Politicians, officials taking the D out of PTSD
01/07/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. There's been a subtle shift in the way politicians and advocates talk about veterans struggling with postwar mental illness.

» US spies voiced concerns about Fed database prior to massive hack
01/07/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. United States intelligence officials expressed concerns about a federal database containing details of security-clearance applications in the years prior to a massive cyber hacking incident ...

» North Korea’s Uncertain Future
01/07/15 17:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By William Tucker Chief Correspondent for In Homeland Security North Korea’s state news agency KNCA recently reported that the nation is “facing its worst drought in a century.” It is...

» NATO navies should beef up against Russia: commanders
01/07/15 17:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. NATO should beef up its maritime arm in response to the rising threat from an increasingly "bold" and "aggressive" Russia, commanders said Wednesday. ...

» CIA Diversity Statistics: Minorites Comprise Less Than A Quarter of Workforce : US News : Latin Post
01/07/15 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latin Post : Top News. First Posted: Jul 01, 2015 03:00 PM EDT America's top spies are predominantly white and male, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Tuesday announced a number of measures to i...

» Syriza can’t just cave in. Europe’s elites want regime change in Greece | Seumas Milne
01/07/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Greece’s confrontation with the euro overlords will shape resistance to austerity – and the future of the whole European Union It’s now clear that Germany and Europe’s powers ...

» Mexico supreme court judge urges states to legalize gay marriage
01/07/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Now that Mexico's top court has given the green light to gay marriage, a host of states should bring their laws into line, a Supreme Court justice said.

» For Greeks, a Murky Choice Between Pain, Pride
01/07/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. At home and in the streets, Greeks are weighing the monumental choice they have to make on Sunday: more financial pain to stay with the euro, or the uncertainty of being cut loose.

» U.S. to Open Havana Embassy
01/07/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.S. and Cuba have reached an agreement to restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, the biggest step yet toward ending a half century of animosit...

» Indonesia Plane Crash Toll Rises to 141
01/07/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The death toll from the crash of an air force transport plane in Medan jumped to more than 140, indicating a growing list of victims from the neighborhood where the plane went down.

» New Greek Proposals Fall Short of Demands
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Greece sent a new proposal for budget cuts and policy overhauls as part of a request for a new bailout, but it falls short of the demands of the country’s creditors, three European off...

» Sharp Rise in Migrants Reaching Europe: U.N.
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe increased sharply in the first half of the year, according to the U.N., with Greece overtaking Italy as the main entry...

» China Invites North Korea's Kim to Beijing
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. China has invited Kim Jong Un to attend events in September to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

» Militants Attack Egyptian Army Checkpoints
01/07/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed in simultaneous attacks on military checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula, an army spokesman said, a day after President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi vow...

» U.K. Puts Schools on Frontline Against Extremism
01/07/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A new legal requirement in Britain for teachers to report extremist behavior in nurseries and schools to police is drawing sharp criticism from British Muslims.

» Saudi Prince Pledges $32 Billion to Good Causes
01/07/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Saudi Arabia’s Prince al-Waleed bin Talal pledged $32 billion to philanthropy, with the empowerment of women one of his priorities.

» The Dominicans of Haitian descent denied a right to nationality – video
01/07/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. People born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian immigrants are being denied basic rights. We hear from Dominicans unable to enrol at school or college, work in the forma...

» US Urged to Keep Up Pressure on Cuba Rights
01/07/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As the U.S. and Cuba move ahead with their historic normalization of bilateral ties, human rights groups have been urging Washington to keep up the pressure on Havana to improve its disma...

» Puerto Rico Power Company Forced to Sell Bonds Amid Crisis
01/07/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Puerto Rico's troubled power company has been forced to sell bonds once again to obtain capital and avoid defaulting on a $415 million debt payment due Wednesday with a worsening economic...

» Before Obama, a Long History of Attempted US-Cuba Detente
01/07/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. After the U.S. military’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban missile crisis the following year, President John F. Kennedy chose a different tack on U.S.-Cuban relations by ...

» AP Top News at 1:35 p.m. EDT
01/07/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:35 p.m. EDT The Latest: US, Cuba to open embassies, restore ties WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Cuba will open embassies in their capital cities...

» To many ordinary Iranians, nuclear deal means money, food and jobs
01/07/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VIENNA (Reuters) - To Iran's leaders, solving a nuclear standoff with the West might be a question of maintaining geopolitical influence and prestige. To its ordinary citizens, it's ab...

» Russia angers Baltic states with review of independence
01/07/15 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW/VILNIUS (Reuters) - A move in Russia to review the legality of a 1991 decision formally granting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia independence from the Soviet Union has alarmed the...

» Islamic State weaves web of support in Gulf Arab states
01/07/15 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KUWAIT/DUBAI (Reuters) - When a Saudi Arabian man flew to Kuwait in the early hours of Friday to carry out the country's worst militant attack, a bomb vest, Kuwaiti-style Arab robes, a...

» Mass killer Breivik accuses Norway of violating his human rights
01/07/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. OSLO (Reuters) - Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik launched legal action on Wednesday accusing the Norwegian state of violating his human rights by keeping him in strict isolation in ...

» Talk of Syria action may be Erdogan's latest gambit to pressure the West
01/07/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - Alarmed by Syrian Kurds' advances against Islamic State, and irked by Western reluctance to tackle Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, President Tayyip Erdogan has onc...

» Russia: Request Over Baltic Independence Has ‘No Prospects’
01/07/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia says a request to look into the legality of the three Baltic countries' independence from the Soviet Union has “no legal prospects.”

» Have Tajik IS Militants Faked Their Own 'Martyrdoms'?
01/07/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The concept of "martyrdom," death in battle against "infidels," is a key element of the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) militant group. IS issues photos of dead milita...

» Poroshenko Unveils Constitutional Changes
01/07/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. President Petro Poroshenko has proposed constitutional changes designed to give broader powers to Ukraine’s regions.

» Russia's Deadly Fantasy Politics
01/07/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Many Russians -- including top officials -- are having trouble distinguishing between the hyperpatriotic fantasies the regime has been constructing and reality.

» Divide on Iran Nuclear Deal: Hard-Liners vs. ‘Invisible People’
01/07/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. As a vocal group rails against a nuclear deal, a seemingly larger group of Iranians long for a deal they say would help them and the country advance.

» Pressure Mounting on Saudis’ Coalition in Yemen
01/07/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Aid officials are preparing to add Yemen to the ranks of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises and human rights groups point to what may be war crimes.

» The Bonds That Broke Puerto Rico
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A confluence of factors built up the island’s debt: tax exemption, the use of bonds to plug budget holes, and supposed ironclad guarantees.

» Pressed by Debt Crisis, Doctors Leave Greece in Droves
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Greece is losing professionals as they flee for more stable employment elsewhere, and the health care sector has been particularly hard hit.

» China Approves Sweeping Security Law, Bolstering Communist Rule
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. People’s Liberation Army soldiers at a naval base in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The new security law will not be enacted in the semiautonomous city, a legislative spokeswoman in Beijing said.

» ISIS Affiliate Attacks Egyptian Security Sites in Sinai, Killing 18
01/07/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. In a statement circulated on social media, the group said it had used heavy weapons to attack more than 15 checkpoints and police installations.

» Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust
01/07/15 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A family picture of Nicholas Winton with one of the hundreds of Jewish children whose lives he saved during World War II.

» Secret prosecution of terrorism suspect raises 'difficult constitutional issues'
01/07/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, hearing appeal regarding reporting restrictions, said constitutional implications of case need to be aired in open court The decisions that led...

» UK strategy of not attacking Isis in Syria is illogical, says defence secretary
01/07/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Michael Fallon’s comments move Britain a step closer to widening its aerial campaign against Islamic State Britain has taken a step further towards expanding its aerial bombin...

» Venus and Jupiter 'collide' in spectacular illusion
01/07/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:10 A natural coincidence will see the two brightest planets - Jupiter and Venus - light up the sky as they draw unusually close together. Report by ...

» New footage of Indonesian plane crash aftermath in flames
01/07/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:32 Death toll rises after military plane crashes in Indonesia. New footage shows the flaming aftermath. . Report by Asana Greenstreet. Current affai...

» Nicholas Winton, known as "Britain's Schindler," dies at 106
01/07/15 16:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Humanitarian almost single-handedly saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust

» 'British Schindler' Winton dies
01/07/15 16:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Sir Nicholas Winton, who organised the rescue of 669 children destined for Nazi concentration camps, dies aged 106

» Saudi prince to give away $32bn
01/07/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's richest people, says he will donate his entire $32bn fortune to charity.

» US gay marriage resistance continues
01/07/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Officials in the US south are resisting last week's Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage by refusing to issue licences to any couples - gay or straight.

» Greeks struggle with daily grind as foreigners head to beach
01/07/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:04 p.m. EDT. ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Gamal Takaway has turned up the hustle, to no avail. The popular waiter who goes by the nickname Jimmy often steps out into the pedestrian street i...

» Obama says Brazil, US are 'natural partners' around world
01/07/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:04 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sought Tuesday to cast their nations as "natural partners" collaborating closely...

» Same-sex marriage fight turns to clerk who refuse licenses
01/07/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:04 p.m. EDT. MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) -- Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis shut her blinds when she arrived at work Tuesday, blocking the view of several dozen rainbow-clad protesters outside he...

» Russia-US ties alive and well at Iran nuclear talks
01/07/15 16:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:04 p.m. EDT. VIENNA (AP) -- Russia-U.S. relations are at a post-Cold War low just about everywhere, except at the Iran nuclear talks....

» The Latest: US, Cuba to open embassies to restore ties
01/07/15 16:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3:04 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Cuba have agreed to open embassies in their capital cities, a major step in restoring ties after more than 50 years of hostilitie...

» Russia is reviewing the 'legality' of Baltic states' independence - Business Insider
01/07/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Russia is reviewing the 'legality' of Baltic states' independence Business Insider putin REUTERS/Grigory Dukor Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a sessio...

» A Space War With China or Russia Is a Real Threat - Daily Signal
01/07/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Daily Signal A Space War With China or Russia Is a Real Threat Daily Signal Lieutenant General John Raymond, who is in charge of U.S. military space operations, told Congress earlier ...

» ISIS extends reach to Russia, challenging al-Qaeda as world's top jihadist ... - ChristianToday
01/07/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. ChristianToday ISIS extends reach to Russia , challenging al-Qaeda as world's top jihadist ... ChristianToday The Islamic State has expanded its reach to Russia after it declared a go...

» West and Russia Duel Over Whether Srebrenica Was a Genocide - ABC News
01/07/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty West and Russia Duel Over Whether Srebrenica Was a Genocide ABC News Western nations and Russia are dueling over whether the U.N. Security Council should ...

» Officials in Central Russia Have Banned Yoga Because They Think It's an Evil Cult - TIME
01/07/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. TIME Officials in Central Russia Have Banned Yoga Because They Think It's an Evil Cult TIME According to the Moscow Times, which cited a report in the Russian Kommersant daily, the ow...

» The surprising Russian reaction to gay marriage in the US - Washington Post (blog)
01/07/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The surprising Russian reaction to gay marriage in the US Washington Post (blog) Dmitry Kiselyov, the irascible television host best known for warning that “ Russia could turn the USA...

» Documenting the Hard Life in Russia's Frozen Arctic - TIME
01/07/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. TIME Documenting the Hard Life in Russia's Frozen Arctic TIME The Soviet Union was known for its doublespeak, but when Moscow bureaucrats called the 7,000-km area of the Russian Arcti...

» Russia Halts Gas Supply to Ukraine Amid Pricing Dispute - New York Times
01/07/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Politico Russia Halts Gas Supply to Ukraine Amid Pricing Dispute New York Times MOSCOW — The Russian gas company Gazprom halted supplies to neighboring Ukraine on Wednesday a...

» Russia halts gas supplies to Ukraine - BBC News
01/07/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Russia halts gas supplies to Ukraine BBC News Russian gas firm Gazprom has confirmed it has halted gas supplies to Ukraine after a breakdown on pricing talks. It comes a day ...

» Russia angers Baltic states with review of independence - Reuters
01/07/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Russia angers Baltic states with review of independence Reuters MOSCOW/VILNIUS A move in Russia to review the legality of a 1991 decision formally granting Lithuania, Latvia a...

» Russia angers Baltic states with review of independence - Yahoo News
01/07/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Russia angers Baltic states with review of independence Yahoo News The Russian prosecutor-general's office said on Tuesday it would review a decision by the Soviet Union's ...

» Afghans Protest After U.S. Forces Carry Out Raid on Strongman
01/07/15 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The mission Monday morning demonstrated that American troops are engaged beyond their publicly stated role of advising the Afghan forces.

» In Afghanistan, Suicide Blast and Angry Crowd Target American Soldiers
01/07/15 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. In the confusion after a suicide bombing in Kabul on Tuesday, Afghans accused American soldiers of opening fire on them, and one soldier was attacked.

» Russia: Officials Meet on Syrian Crisis
01/07/15 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Russia’s foreign minister said Monday that he would meet Tuesday with Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the crisis in Syria and rising attacks by ext...

» ISIS Allies Target Hamas and Energize Gaza Extremists
01/07/15 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). An Islamist group calling itself Supporters of the Islamic State has have conducted a bombing campaign against Hamas, whom it claims is they claim are not s...

» 2015 State of National Preparedness
01/07/15 14:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) By Kevin Taylor Faculty Member, Homeland Security at American Military University In 2011, President Obama put forth the Presidential Policy Direct...

» Islamic State Making Gains in Afghanistan
01/07/15 14:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By Brett Daniel Shehadey Special Correspondent for In Homeland Security The black Islamist State flag was recently raised in parts of Afghanistan under the promise that the Taliban is...

» Pentagon To Announce 37th Marine Commandant Nominee
01/07/15 13:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The nominee for next commandant of the Marine Corps could be announced as soon as today, according to multiple sources inside the Pentagon.

» At Least 116 Dead in Indonesia Military Plane Crash
01/07/15 13:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. At least 116 people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed into a major city shortly after take-off and exploded in a fireball, officials said. ...

» Pentagon Releases New National Military Strategy
01/07/15 13:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Aaron Mehta 12:46 p.m. EDT July 1, 2015 Smoke billows in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on June 28 following a reported mortar attack by the Islamic State group. The Pentagon's new National Milita...

» Neller tapped as next commandant of the Marine Corps
01/07/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Lt. Gen. Robert Neller has been picked to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps.

» In Communist China, Stock-Market Capitalists Now Rule - Bloomberg
01/07/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Bloomberg In Communist China , Stock-Market Capitalists Now Rule Bloomberg Stock investors of the world unite! For the first time in modern China , you outnumber the Communists...

» China's Economy Signals More Weakness - Wall Street Journal
01/07/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Wall Street Journal China's Economy Signals More Weakness Wall Street Journal BEIJING— China's economy showed signs of flagging in June, with gauges of factory activity missing...

» ISIS ‘Celebrates’ SCOTUS Decision by Tossing 4 Accused Gay Men Off
01/07/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. ISIS ‘Celebrates’ SCOTUS Decision by Tossing 4 Accused Gay Men Off Roof The jihadist terror group Islamic State responded to the Supreme Court’s recent decision on gay marriage by k...

» ISIS 'Celebrates' SCOTUS Decision by Tossing 4 Accused Gay Men Off Roof
01/07/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: ISIS ‘Celebrates’ SCOTUS Decision by Tossing 4 Accused Gay Men Off Roof. by Michael Lucchese 30 Jun 2015 4589 Released on the same day as the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing hom...

» The Hollow Core of the Iran Nuclear Deal
01/07/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - The US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism. A good nuclear agreement with Iran requires that we know first, what work has Iran conducted tow...

» Obama reflects on his 'best week ever'
30/06/15 19:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from msnbc.com Latest Headlines. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that last week – when he won historic victories on trade, health care and gay rights – was “gratifying,” but he stopp...

» Ukraine's NATO Entrance Amid Russian Aggression 'At Least 6-7 Years' Away, Poroshenko Says
30/06/15 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International Business Times. It will take several years of work and a nationwide referendum for Ukraine to meet the minimum standards required to join the NATO military alliance, Ukrainian President Petro...

» Russia reviews Baltic states' independence
30/06/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Military & Defense. Russia is going to review whether or not it was legal for the Soviet Union to recognize the Baltic states as independent nearly 25 years ago, according to a report by Interfax...

» Гей-парад в Нью-Йорке - YouTube
30/06/15 18:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 30, 2015 Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/vid...

» The Dark Net Is Selling Hacked OPM Information, And It Could Be Worth $140M: Report
30/06/15 17:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International Business Times. The millions of federal government employees who had their personal information stolen as part of the hack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management might be able to buy it b...

» AP Top News at 12:32 p.m. EDT
30/06/15 16:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 12:32 p.m. EDT Source: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escapes ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The superintendent at the northern New York prison where two ...

» Russia Examines 1991 Recognition Of Baltic Independence
30/06/15 16:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian prosecutors are reportedly reviewing a request by lawmakers to look into the legality of the three Baltic countries' independence from the Soviet Union.

» Czech PM: 'Important' To Keep Sanctions On Russia
30/06/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says it is essential that international sanctions against Russia continue until all sides in the Ukraine conflict meet the terms of ...

» Israeli Man Dies in Attack Near West Bank Settlement
30/06/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. An Israeli man, shot while riding in a car, died Tuesday as Israel blamed Palestinian television for inciting a recent wave of violence.

» Gunman at Tunisian Beach Hotel Trained With Museum Attackers
30/06/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The man who killed 38 people last week had spent time at a militant camp in Libya, overlapping with two men who killed 22 in March, security officials said Tuesday.

» IS 'attacks Syria's Tal Abyad'
30/06/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Islamic State (IS) militants have attacked the northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad, which they lost to Kurdish fighters two weeks ago, activists say.

» Tunisia killer 'trained in Libya'
30/06/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Tunisian security sources say that Seifeddine Rezgui, who killed 38 people in an attack on a hotel in the resort of Sousse, was trained in Libya.

» CIA Will Work To Improve Minority Representation in Top Ranks
30/06/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. CIA Director Brennan Vows to Make Improvements

» Ex-Mexican Cartel Leader Gets 30 Years Prison in US
30/06/15 16:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. US judge sentences ex-Mexican drug cartel leader to 30 years in prison, $100 million fine

» 5 things to know about Puerto Rico's debt crisis
30/06/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. The U.S. territory can't pay its debts, and that could have implications for stateside investors

» Hacks Bring Down US Background Check System — But the Worst Is Yet to Come
30/06/15 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VICE News. Things seemed to be going swimmingly at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the entity that serves as the federal government's HR department. "I'm happy to report that this first virtua...

» Audit finds new flaw at US Office of Personnel Management • The Register
30/06/15 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Register. A security review that followed the original hack at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has turned up a new, but hopefully-unexploited, vulnerability. The “Electronic Questionn...

» Spies Warned Feds About OPM Mega-Hack Danger
30/06/15 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . U.S. intelligence agencies initially refused to share data with OPM, the now-infamously insecure arm of the government. Then the spies apparently handed over their files anyway. Five years ago, U.S. officials...

» Liberia Ebola Death Sparks Outbreak Fears
30/06/15 13:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Liberian officials on Tuesday quarantined a neighborhood near the capital city where a 17-year-old boy died of Ebola, a grim setback for a poor African country that was declared free o...

» FBI probing possible drug ring at prison where inmates escaped
30/06/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. 12 prison staffers -- including the superintendent -- 9 security employees at prison put on administrative leave as investigation into brazen escape continues

» Russia examines Baltic independence
30/06/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Russian prosecutors will examine whether the Soviet Union acted legally when it recognised the Baltic states' independence in 1991.

» Egypt President Blames Prosecutor Killing on Muslim Brotherhood
30/06/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi vowed to strengthen antiterror laws, after leading the military funeral of the state prosecutor, Hisham Barakat.

» Italian Navy Recovers Migrant Bodies
30/06/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The Italian Navy has started to recover the bodies of victims of one of the gravest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, thought to have claimed the lives of more than 800 migrants trying ...

» 21 U.K. Nationals Confirmed Killed in Tunisia Attack
30/06/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Twenty-one Britons have been confirmed killed in Friday’s attack at a Tunisian seaside resort and authorities are working hard to identify a further nine victims who are believed to be...

» U.S., Brazil Agree on Climate-Change Steps
30/06/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.S. and Brazil pledged to work toward new commitments to reduce the impact of climate change ahead of President Obama’s goal of reaching a global accord this December.

» Pope to Address Religious Freedom in U.S. Speech
30/06/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Pope Francis is likely to highlight threats to Christians and religious minorities around the world in a Philadelphia speech in September.

» The World's Richest People Lost $70 Billion Yesterday - Bloomberg
30/06/15 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. Bloomberg The World's Richest People Lost $70 Billion Yesterday Bloomberg The world's 400 richest people lost a combined $70 billion on Monday as equity markets around the globe were h...

» Prison chief, 11 others placed on leave after escape - USA TODAY
30/06/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Prison chief, 11 others placed on leave after escape USA TODAY The superintendent and 11 other officials at a Northern New York prison have been placed on administrativ...

» Former Oil Tycoon Named Murder Suspect in Russia
30/06/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (MOSCOW) — Russian investigators announced Tuesday they are reopening the case of the 1998 killing of a Siberian mayor and consider former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky a prime suspect. At th...

» London police hone response to militant attack in huge exercise
30/06/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - Police and emergency services took part in the biggest counter-terrorism drill held in London to date on Tuesday, with about 1,000 officers testing their response to...

» Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky named as murder suspect in Russia
30/06/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia wants to question former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a suspect in a murder case that has been reopened because of new evidence, federal investigator...

» Germanwings offers emotional damage payments to crash victims' families
30/06/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - Germanwings is offering 25,000 euros ($27,958) compensation payments to close relatives of those killed in the March 24 plane crash for their pain and suffering, it ...

» Islamic State captures district in Syrian border town: monitor
30/06/15 12:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters stormed the Syrian town of Tel Abyad on the Turkish border on Tuesday and captured a neighborhood from Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, the Syrian ...

» Israeli dies from wounds in West Bank shooting
30/06/15 12:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - One of four Israelis shot in the occupied West Bank on Monday by a suspected Palestinian gunman has died of his wounds in hospital, officials said on Tuesday.

» Longtime Chechen Parliament Speaker Dies
30/06/15 12:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Chechen parliament speaker Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, the eminence grise behind Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, has died at the age of 59 after a long illness.

» From Burning Hearts To Civil Unions: The Unlikely Evolution Of Dmitry Kiselyov
30/06/15 12:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Dmitry Kiselyov, Russia's controversial chief propagandist, has shocked viewers during a weekly news round-up by coming out in favor of same-sex civil unions.

» Latest -- Iran Nuclear Talks Extended
30/06/15 12:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The United States says Iran and six world powers have given themselves until July 7 to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement.

» Khodorkovsky Probed In Russian Mayor's Killing
30/06/15 12:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian investigators say they are reopening a criminal investigation into the 1998 murder of a Siberian mayor, and that they consider self-exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail ...

» Amid Russian Aggression, Georgia, Moscow Pursue Improved Diplomatic Relations, Georgian Prime Minister Says
30/06/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International Business Times. Georgia will continue to pursue workable diplomatic relations with Russia despite ongoing tensions and the Kremlin’s aggressive actions in Eastern Europe, Georgian Prime...

» Putin Allies Aided Russian Mafia in Spain, Prosecutors Say
30/06/15 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Some of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, including the chairman of OAO Gazprom, a deputy premier and two former ministers, helped one of Russia’s largest criminal groups operate out of Spain for m...

» Tunnel Used to Smuggle Chinese-Soviet Intelligence Found – Report | News
30/06/15 11:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Nitli / Pixabay A local expert told Tszunzhen during the trip that he had helped construct the tunnel. A secret passage used to smuggle intelligence out of Communist China and into the Soviet Union has been d...

» Russia's Top Brass Preparing to Battle Dissent (Op-Ed) | News
30/06/15 11:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Fifty years from now historians will no doubt wonder why President Vladimir Putin was preparing to use force against his own people at a time when he enjoyed a nearly 90 percent approval r...

» 3,073,5073,073,5072015-06-309:33 AM 6/30/2015 - Russia News Review: Islamic State may threaten Russia's Caucasus
30/06/15 10:37 from Mike Nova - Google+
3,073,507 3,073,507 2015-06-30 9:33 AM 6/30/2015 - Russia News Review: Islamic State may threaten Russia's Caucasus - BBC News Putin Announces $400 Billion in Defense Spending as Ukraine Denounces ... - Breitbart News Tuesday June 30 th ...

» Trillions Spent, but Crises Like Greece’s Persist
30/06/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Ukraine. Beyond Greece and Puerto Rico, heavy borrowing is bogging down the economies of Brazil, Turkey, Italy and China.

» Putin Announces $400 Billion in Defense Spending as Ukraine Denounces ... - Breitbart News
30/06/15 09:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Breitbart News Putin Announces $400 Billion in Defense Spending as Ukraine Denounces ... Breitbart News According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country faces intense threat...

» Russia's political elite mourn former prime minister Primakov - CTV News
30/06/15 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CTV News Russia's political elite mourn former prime minister Primakov CTV News MOSCOW - Russia's political elite have joined thousands of mourners in bidding farewell to Yevgeny Prim...

» Russia's Secret Hypersonic Nuclear Missile Yu-71 Can Breach Existing Missile ... - International Business Times
30/06/15 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. International Business Times Russia's Secret Hypersonic Nuclear Missile Yu-71 Can Breach Existing Missile ... International Business Times Russia is currently working on a new hyperso...

» Russia Can't Save Greece From Itself, Even If It Tries - Forbes
30/06/15 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Forbes Russia Can't Save Greece From Itself, Even If It Tries Forbes “Greece will certainly be tempted to flirt with Russia , especially given Syriza's ideological inclinations,” says...

» How World War III became possible: A nuclear conflict with Russia is likelier ... - Vox
30/06/15 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Breitbart CTV News How World War III became possible: A nuclear conflict with Russia is likelier ... Vox It was in August 2014 that the real danger began, and that we heard the first ...

» Amid Russian Aggression, Georgia, Moscow Pursue Improved Diplomatic ... - International Business Times
30/06/15 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. International Business Times Amid Russian Aggression, Georgia, Moscow Pursue Improved Diplomatic ... International Business Times Georgia will continue to pursue workable diplomatic r...

» Russia Military Expansion: Academies See Boom In Applicants As Putin ... - International Business Times
30/06/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. International Business Times Russia Military Expansion: Academies See Boom In Applicants As Putin ... International Business Times Russian military academies are seeing an influx of a...

» Russia Splutters As US Goes 'Gay' - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
30/06/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Russia Splutters As US Goes 'Gay' RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty And a prominent Russian Orthodox priest is warning that the United States is out to "s...

» A Rare Call for Tolerance of Gays in Russia - Newsweek
30/06/15 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek A Rare Call for Tolerance of Gays in Russia Newsweek Russian officials mostly reacted as you might expect to last week's landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on gay marriage,...

» Canada slaps sanctions on Gazprom, other Russia energy firms - Reuters Canada
30/06/15 09:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Canada slaps sanctions on Gazprom, other Russia energy firms Reuters Canada OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is imposing economic sanctions against Russian energy firms such as natural gas p...

» Putin Allies Aided Russian Mafia in Spain, Prosecutors Say - Bloomberg
30/06/15 09:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Bloomberg Putin Allies Aided Russian Mafia in Spain, Prosecutors Say Bloomberg Some of Vladimir Putin's closest allies, including the chairman of OAO Gazprom, a deputy premier and two...

» Canada Announces New Economic Sanctions On Russia - Huffington Post Canada
30/06/15 09:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Huffington Post Canada Canada Announces New Economic Sanctions On Russia Huffington Post Canada OTTAWA - The Conservative government has announced further economic sanctions against o...

» Islamic State may threaten Russia's Caucasus - BBC News
30/06/15 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Islamic State may threaten Russia's Caucasus BBC News The head of Russia's Security Council has identified Islamic State (IS) as the greatest threat to world peace and securi...

» Poor Morale in Hong Kong Portends Lower Turnout for July 1 March
30/06/15 09:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. With Hong Kong’s political future in limbo, an annual demonstration that draws thousands of people on July 1 could be a more subdued affair this year.

» Indonesian Plane Crashes in Medan, Killing at Least 20
30/06/15 09:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. An Indonesian Air Force plane has crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country’s third-largest city Medan, killing at least 20 people.

» France Attack Suspect Sent Photos To Syria, Prosecutors Say
30/06/15 09:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The suspect behind a gruesome beheading apparently acted on a call by Islamic State and sent photos of his victim to a contact in Syria, prosecutors said as they placed him under inves...

» Convicted killer thought fellow escapee was slowing him down - Newsday
30/06/15 09:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Newsday Convicted killer thought fellow escapee was slowing him down Newsday Two convicted killers who staged a complicated prison break together and then spent more than two wee...

» Pope in US to Meet With Homeless, Prisoners and Immigrants - New York Times
30/06/15 09:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Pope in US to Meet With Homeless, Prisoners and Immigrants New York Times VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will meet with homeless people, immigrants and prisoners during ...

» After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling, Southern States Fall in Line - New York Times
30/06/15 09:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling, Southern States Fall in Line New York Times GRETNA, La. — The country's last major pockets of resistance to same-sex marriage were ...

» Islamic State beheads women civilians for first time in Syria - ABC Online
30/06/15 09:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Indian Express Islamic State beheads women female civilians for first time in Syria ABC Online Islamic State militants have Syria: monitor Reuters BEIRUT The hardline Islamic...

» AP Top News at 4:11 a.m. EDT
30/06/15 09:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 4:11 a.m. EDT Tsipras defiant as thousands rally in support of "no" vote The Latest: Greek banks to reopen to let pensioners get cash ATHENS, Greece (AP) -...

» AP Top News at 8:23 a.m. EDT
30/06/15 08:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 8:23 a.m. EDT Crunch time for Greece as IMF debt looms and bailout ends ATHENS, Greece (AP) - It's crunch time for Greece, with the European part of its in...

» Israel says Syria's Assad may be left with rump state
30/06/15 08:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TEL AVIV (Reuters) - A senior Israeli defense official said President Bashar al-Assad controlled just a fifth of Syria and may end up in charge of a rump state dominated by his minorit...

» A Russian Lifeline For Greece? Don't Hold Your Breath
30/06/15 08:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Moscow largesse is unlikely to help Athens ward off economic calamity anytime soon.

» Iran’s Foreign Minister Rejoins Nuclear Talks
30/06/15 08:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Mohammad Javad Zarif, its top negotiator, returned to the negotiations as the United States looked for signs that he had arrived with more flexible instructions.

» Inside the crumbling palaces of Africa’s dictators
30/06/15 08:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The palaces in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic were once glittering symbols of the corruption of their owners, but are now little more than shells.

» Turkey's President could send 20k troops to Syria to fight ISIS
30/06/15 08:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey on 23 March 2015. Anyone watching the multitude of Turkish television stations broadcasting President...

» Jobless 'Batman' on disability benefits for bad back abseils down skyscraper
30/06/15 08:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Unemployed Matthew Hardie (pictured) abseiled his way down Reading's tallest building, The Blade, wearing his complete Batman outfit. He receives weekly hand-outs for a serious back con...

» Greeks rushing to buy Bitcoins as the country faces euro expulsion
30/06/15 08:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. There has been a massive 79 per cent upsurge in Greeks trading on the world's third largest Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp over the past 10 weeks,while other Bitcoin marketplaces also report...

» Negotiators at Iran nuclear talks give themselves another week
30/06/15 08:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. As today’s deadline passes, Iran’s foreign minister returns to Vienna with the country’s ailing nuclear chief for a few more intense days of extra time Today was supposed to b...

» South Sudan army raped and then burned girls alive, says UN
30/06/15 08:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Report by UN rights investigators accuses Sudan People’s Liberation Army of brutality and widespread abuses in civil war South Sudan’s army raped then burned girls alive insid...

» ISIS claims deadly car bomb attack in Yemen
30/06/15 08:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:28 ISIS claims car bomb attack in Yemeni capital which wounds at least 28 people. . Report by Asana Greenstreet. Current affairs, amazing footage an...

» Two die after man sets himself alight on Japanese bullet train
30/06/15 08:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:24 Two passengers die after man sets himself alight aboard a Japanese train. . Report by Asana Greenstreet. Current affairs, amazing footage and inc...

» Opera audience boos nude rape scene
30/06/15 08:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The opening night of William Tell at the Royal Opera House is marked by boos over a nude rape scene.

» Nigeria gay ban 'backed by 87%'
30/06/15 08:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations, compared with 96% five years ago.

» AP PHOTOS: In Peruvian valley, coca harvest means survival
30/06/15 08:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8:30 a.m. EDT. SAMUGARI, Peru (AP) -- Just before sunrise, Raul Rua joins 15 others, including women, teens and children, for a half-hour walk to pick coca in the world's No. 1 coca-pro...

» Reports: 2 dead after man sets self on fire on Japan train
30/06/15 08:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 8:30 a.m. EDT. TOKYO (AP) -- A passenger on one of Japan's high-speed bullet trains set himself on fire Tuesday, filling a carriage with smoke, Japanese officials said. National broadca...

» IS 'beheads Syria women for sorcery'
30/06/15 08:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Islamic State militants have beheaded two women for sorcery in eastern Syria, the first time they have decapitated female civilians, activists say.

» South Sudan army 'burnt girls alive'
30/06/15 08:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. South Sudan's army and allied militias "abducted, torched and gang-raped girls" during fighting against rebel forces in Unity state, a UN report says.

» New York police officer joins in the festivities at Pride parade
30/06/15 08:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. This weekend’s Pride parades were events to underlie and demand rights for the LGBT community. Among dances and celebrations, police officers, though, were the only people you would expec...

» Channel Tunnel Closed Because Of Strike Action
30/06/15 08:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The Channel Tunnel has been closed as a result of action by striking French ferry workers for the second time in a week.

» France Is Prepared to Supply Advanced Air Defense Infrastructure to Georgia
30/06/15 08:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Eurasia Daily Monitor - The Jamestown Foundation. On June 15, during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, where important deals for arms supplies are often agreed, Georgia signed its first ever large contract...

» North Caucasians May Turn Into Third-Class Citizens in Russia
30/06/15 08:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Eurasia Daily Monitor - The Jamestown Foundation. A Russian publication has alleged that the “Stop Feeding the Caucasus!” slogan, which is popular among ethnic Russians, was invented by Vladimir Putin’s en...

» Hollywood and the CIA
30/06/15 08:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting. Title: Hollywood and the CIA Author: Oliver Boyd-Barrett Boyd-Barrett, Oliver (2011), David Herrera, and Jim Baumann. Hollywood and...

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