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» Afghanistan gains will be lost quickly after drawdown, U.S. intelligence estimate warns
29/12/13 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. A new American intelligence assessment on the Afghan war predicts that the gains the United States and its allies have made d...

» Berlusconi tries to bring down the Italian government – and is humiliated in parliament
29/12/13 21:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. 29 September: Luigi Zanda, the Democratic party leader of the Italian senate recalls the end of Silvio Berlusconi's reign There are days that can...

» New Law All but Bars Russian GPS Sites in U.S.
29/12/13 20:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A measure that was signed into law on Thursday virtually bars Moscow from building monitor stations on American soil that critics feared could be used for snooping or worse.

» U.S. intelligence estimate sees big rollbacks in Afghanistan: report
29/12/13 20:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new U.S. intelligence estimate predicts that gains the United States and allies have made in the Afghanistan war in the past three years will be significantly ...

» NY Times: Failed Intelligence Efforts in Benghazi
29/12/13 20:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A leading U.S. newspaper says American intelligence efforts in Libya that fixated on al-Qaida likely contributed to the killing of the American ambassador to Libya in 2012. The New York T...

» FBI: Dangerous bank robbery suspect shot, killed - MyFox Atlanta
29/12/13 20:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. FBI: Dangerous bank robbery suspect shot, killed MyFox Atlanta The manhunt for the man who shot two Miss. police officers, killing one may be over. The FBI believes the man respo...

» Two men arrested after fire on North Sea ferry
29/12/13 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Two crew and four passengers evacuated by helicopter after fire forces Amsterdam-bound ferry to turn back to Newcastle Six people were rescued fr...

» Why won't the west call out Saudi Arabia for persecution of democratic activists? | Andy Fitzgerald
29/12/13 20:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. A Saudi activist was sentenced to four years and 300 lashes. He is the fourth to be imprisoned from one organization this year At the memorial fo...

» Saudi royal faces death penalty for murder: newspaper
29/12/13 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi prince who murdered a fellow Saudi may be executed, a newspaper reported on Sunday, in a rare example of a member of the kingdom's ruling family facing the de...

» Akademik Shokalskiy could be evacuated by helicopter in 48 hours if situation does not improve – video
29/12/13 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Passengers and crew on the Akademik Shokalskiy, which remains trapped in heavy sea ice off the coast of Antarctica, have been warned they could b...

» Israeli ministers endorse legislation to annex part of West Bank
29/12/13 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A panel of Israeli cabinet ministers endorsed proposed legislation on Sunday to annex an area of the occupied West Bank likely to be the eastern border of a futur...

» Justice Sotomayor to helm Times Square ball drop - The Detroit News
29/12/13 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Justice Sotomayor to helm Times Square ball drop The Detroit News U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will push the ceremonial button to signal the descent of the Times Sq...

» Icebound Ship Still Awaits Rescue
29/12/13 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Passengers on board a Russian research ship are still anxiously awaiting rescue, nearly a week after being trapped in Antarctic ice.

» Spain arrests eight over global bank cyber heists
29/12/13 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police on Sunday said they had arrested eight people suspected of helping to steal more than $60 million from banks worldwide by hacking into credit card pro...

» Antarctic passengers ponder logistics of air rescue as second icebreaker closes in
29/12/13 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. In balmy 2C weather the ice has softened in places, posing a hazard for wanderers, but the Akademik Shokalskiy is still stuck Sunday began as the...

» In Turkey, Erdogan vows graft scandal won’t topple him
29/12/13 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. ISTANBUL — Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan swore on Sunday he would survive a corruption crisis circling his cabinet, s...

» Chinese hospitals plagued by violence as disputes grow
29/12/13 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Patient-doctor disputes have risen 23% a year on average since 2002, and a typical hospital suffers an attack every two weeks The moment Li Ping ...

» Slapdowns of 2013
29/12/13 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. It's been a good year for insults. Here's our pick of the best slams, jibes, character assassinations and comebacks "You've had three hairstyles,...

» All foreign Greenpeace oil rig protesters have now left Russia
29/12/13 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Report: NSA Intercepting Laptops Ordered Online, Installing Spyware - Forbes
29/12/13 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Philly.com ABC News Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit ABC News In January 2010, numerous homeowners in San Antonio, Texas, stood baffled in front of their closed ...

» NSA 'hacking unit' infiltrates computers around the world – report
29/12/13 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. • NSA: Tailored Access Operations a 'unique national asset' • Former NSA chief calls Edward Snowden a 'traitor' A top-secret National Security Ag...

» Cruise ship passenger missing near Puerto Rico after jumping overboard
29/12/13 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. • US Coast Guard searching for Canadian passenger • Royal Caribbean ship 'immediately turned around' The US Coast Guard was searching on Sunday f...

» Terrorism in Russia: the road to Sochi | Editorial
29/12/13 20:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. There is good reason to suppose recent bombings, despite taking place 400 miles away, were related to the 2014 Games When Russia's bid for the 20...

» Chilcot inquiry into Iraq war set to publish findings in new year
29/12/13 20:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Tony Blair prepares for career-defining moment as Sir John Chilcot agrees compromise over George Bush letters Tony Blair is preparing himself for...

» Suspect in Colorado triple murder is captured at Oklahoma motel - Los Angeles Times
29/12/13 20:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Guardian San Francisco Chronicle Suspect in Colorado triple murder is captured at Oklahoma motel Los Angeles Times A month-long nationwide manhunt for a man accused of murder...

» 'Suicide bomber' causes explosion at Russia train station
29/12/13 14:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ITN. 'Suicide bomber' causes explosion at Russia train station A female suicide bomber is thought to be behind an explosion at a train station in the Russian city of Volgograd, which killed at l...