U.S. Sending Few Security Experts to Sochi

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» U.S. Sending Few Security Experts to Sochi
19/01/14 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. U.S. officials have warned of possible terror attacks surrounding the coming Olympics in Russia, yet are sending fewer security experts to Sochi than to any Games over the past decade.

» Karzai demands end to US air strikes as condition for Afghanistan security deal
19/01/14 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Karzai urges peace talks with Taliban as he stalls on signing agreement to keep US troops beyond 2014

» Putin Says Gays Welcome at Sochi
19/01/14 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Russian President Vladimir Putin shrugged off the decision of some Western leaders to skip the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month and offered assurances that gays would be welcome.

» Obama says marijuana is a bad habit but minorities are unfairly punished
19/01/14 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. 'I don't think it's more dangerous than alcohol' says president as Colorado and Washington decriminalise use of pot

» Obama to his girls: Pot is 'bad'
19/01/14 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Obama to his girls: Pot is 'bad' Obama says in an interview that he tells own daughters "pot is a bad idea" and worries about football concussion risks. From: CNNInte...

» US studying plans to rescue Americans if terrorists strike Sochi Olympics
19/01/14 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Pentagon believes Russia's reluctance to allow foreign forces on its soil would seriously hamper any evacuation attempt US military and intellige...

» Islamist militant group claims responsibility for last month’s twin bombings in Russian city
19/01/14 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MOSCOW — An Islamist militant group in Russia’s North Caucasus asserted responsibility Sunday for twin suicide bombings in th...

» Russian President Putin links gays to pedophiles
19/01/14 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines. MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new assurances to gay athletes and fans attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next month. Yet he defe...

» Putin defends anti-gay law, but vows no 'problems' for Olympic visitors
19/01/14 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines. The Russian president says the law aims to protect children.

» Did Snowden have help from the Russians?
19/01/14 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines. U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) believes National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden may have had help from Russia.

» Lawmakers say Obama surveillance idea won't work
19/01/14 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines. WASHINGTON (AP) — A chief element of President Barack Obama's attempt to overhaul U.S. surveillance will not work, leaders of Congress' intelligence comm...

» Putin: Gays Should Feel Welcome at Sochi Winter Games
19/01/14 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com Video - World. While speaking to a group of volunteers for the upcoming 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that gays should feel welcome. Putin explained, how...

» Putin Says Gays Welcome at Sochi
19/01/14 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: What's News Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin shrugged off the decision of some Western leaders to skip the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month and offered assurances that gays would be...

» U.S. to Send Few Security Experts to Sochi
19/01/14 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: What's News Europe. U.S. officials have warned of possible terror attacks surrounding the coming Olympics in Russia, yet are sending fewer security experts to Sochi than to any Games over the ...

» Another Step Forward in the Fight against Human Trafficking
19/01/14 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from White House.gov Blog Feed. In September 2012 at the Clinton Global Initiative , President Obama made a commitment to step up our fight against the evils of human trafficking and pledged to “do even m...

» Three out of Four Americans Agree: It’s Time to Raise the Wage
19/01/14 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from White House.gov Blog Feed. Ed. note: This is cross-posted from Work in Progress , the official blog of the U.S. Department of Labor. See the original post  here . Today I went up to Capitol Hill, on b...

» President Obama Discusses U.S. Intelligence Programs at the Department of Justice
19/01/14 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from White House.gov Blog Feed. President Barack Obama delivers remarks presenting the outcome of the Administration's review of the NSA and U.S. signals intelligence programs, at the Department of Justice in W...

» Ignatius: Senate intelligence report takes GOP tirades about Benghazi head-on
19/01/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Opinions: Washington Post Opinion, Editorial, Op Ed, Politics Editorials - The Washington Post. The Senate intelligence committee made headlines this week by reporting that the 2012 attack in Benghazi was ...

» Parker: Let’s give pot smokers a little leeway
19/01/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Opinions: Washington Post Opinion, Editorial, Op Ed, Politics Editorials - The Washington Post. Everybody’s doing it — confessing their youthful, pot-smoking ways — so here goes. I don’t remember. Kidding,...

» Editorial: Russia should grant a visa to David Satter
19/01/14 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Post Editorials: Latest Editorial and Editorial Archive. RUSSIA IS about to host the Winter Olympics , welcoming thousands of athletes from around the world. But Moscow has quietly decided there...

» Putin Goes on the Defense
19/01/14 20:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME.com: Top Stories. In interviews with broadcasters Sunday, Russia's president says the Winter Olympics in Sochi will be secure, and that the country's anti-gay legislation is a necessary protection aga...