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Monday, December 30, 2013
U.S. defense chief voices concern in call to Egypt army head
» U.S. defense chief voices concern in call to Egypt army head
30/12/13 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. defense official expressed "concern" about recent developments in Egypt in a call on Sunday to Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the...
30/12/13 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. defense official expressed "concern" about recent developments in Egypt in a call on Sunday to Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the...
» U.S. Struggles to Keep Pace in Delivering Broadband Service
30/12/13 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The United States is falling dangerously behind in offering high-speed, affordable broadband service, according to technology experts and recent studies.
30/12/13 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The United States is falling dangerously behind in offering high-speed, affordable broadband service, according to technology experts and recent studies.
» Antarctic blizzard halts icebreaker's bid to rescue stranded ship
30/12/13 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Antarctic blizzard has halted Severe Antarctic weather was slowing an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach a Russian ship trapped for a week in ice since Christma...
30/12/13 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Antarctic blizzard has halted Severe Antarctic weather was slowing an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach a Russian ship trapped for a week in ice since Christma...
» Second blast in Russia's Volgograd kills 14 on trolleybus
30/12/13 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 suicide attacker set off a bomb in the entrance hall of a Russian train station ...
30/12/13 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 suicide attacker set off a bomb in the entrance hall of a Russian train station ...
» Egypt Detains Journalists It Says Aired ‘False News’
30/12/13 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The arrests of people working for the Al Jazeera English news channel appeared aimed at deterring journalists from reporting on the Muslim Brotherhood’s continuing protests.
30/12/13 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The arrests of people working for the Al Jazeera English news channel appeared aimed at deterring journalists from reporting on the Muslim Brotherhood’s continuing protests.
» Volgograd: At Least 14 Dead In Bus Bombing
30/12/13 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Fourteen people are At least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a bus as Vladimir Putin orders Russia's counter-terrorism agency t...
30/12/13 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Fourteen people are At least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a bus as Vladimir Putin orders Russia's counter-terrorism agency t...
» Volgograd: many dead in second explosion in Russian city
30/12/13 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. At least 14 At least 10 people killed in trolleybus explosion, the day after 17 died in another suicide attack at the city's railway station Leon...
30/12/13 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. At least 14 At least 10 people killed in trolleybus explosion, the day after 17 died in another suicide attack at the city's railway station Leon...
» Minimum wage is going up in 13 states
30/12/13 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost. None
30/12/13 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Second Fatal Blast Hits Russian City
30/12/13 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a male suicide bomber is responsible for Monday's explosion blast on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd that killed 14 people; the attack occurred has killed at...
30/12/13 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a male suicide bomber is responsible for Monday's explosion blast on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd that killed 14 people; the attack occurred has killed at...
» Special Report: Japan's homeless recruited for murky Fukushima clean-up
30/12/13 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SENDAI, Japan (Reuters) - Seiji Sasa hits the train station in this northern Japanese city before dawn most mornings to prowl for homeless men.
30/12/13 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SENDAI, Japan (Reuters) - Seiji Sasa hits the train station in this northern Japanese city before dawn most mornings to prowl for homeless men.
» Second suicide bomber in Russia's Volgograd kills 14 on bus
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb ripped apart a bus in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people At least 10 people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a trolleybus on Monday...
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb ripped apart a bus in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people At least 10 people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a trolleybus on Monday...
» Second Blast Hits Russia, Raising Olympic Fears
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A deadly blast on a trolley bus on Monday followed a suicide bombing at a railroad station a day earlier, underscoring the threat the country faces from a radical Islamic insurgency in the ...
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A deadly blast on a trolley bus on Monday followed a suicide bombing at a railroad station a day earlier, underscoring the threat the country faces from a radical Islamic insurgency in the ...
» Blizzard Stalls Antarctica Ship Rescue
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An Antarctic blizzard has halted an Australian icebreaker's attempt to retrieve 74 people on board a Russian research ship. The ship has been ship, trapped for nearly a week in ice, while...
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An Antarctic blizzard has halted an Australian icebreaker's attempt to retrieve 74 people on board a Russian research ship. The ship has been ship, trapped for nearly a week in ice, while...
» Second Fatal Blast in Russian City
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a blast on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd has killed at least 10 people, just one day after a suicide bombing killed 17 people at the city's train station. ...
30/12/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a blast on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd has killed at least 10 people, just one day after a suicide bombing killed 17 people at the city's train station. ...
» Volgograd: many dead in second explosion in Russian city - The Guardian
30/12/13 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The Guardian Volgograd: many dead in second explosion in Russian city The Guardian Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, is also of great symbolic importance for Russians as the sit...
30/12/13 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The Guardian Volgograd: many dead in second explosion in Russian city The Guardian Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, is also of great symbolic importance for Russians as the sit...
» Japan Markets Finish Best Year in Four Decades
30/12/13 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. On the last trading day of 2013, Japanese shares closed at a 57 percent annual gain, their best annual performance since 1972. Analysts attribute the record to foreign investors jumping i...
30/12/13 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. On the last trading day of 2013, Japanese shares closed at a 57 percent annual gain, their best annual performance since 1972. Analysts attribute the record to foreign investors jumping i...
» Four Al-Jazeera journalists arrested in Egypt for broadcasting 'false news'
30/12/13 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Egyptian police have arrested four Al-Jazeera journalists, including the TV network's Cairo bureau chief, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, and a former BBC c...
30/12/13 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Egyptian police have arrested four Al-Jazeera journalists, including the TV network's Cairo bureau chief, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, and a former BBC c...
» Weather Impedes Antarctic Rescue
30/12/13 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Snow showers, strong winds and poor visibility are hampering attempts to rescue passengers on a ship trapped in Antarctic ice for almost a week.
30/12/13 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Snow showers, strong winds and poor visibility are hampering attempts to rescue passengers on a ship trapped in Antarctic ice for almost a week.
» Stranded research ship still waiting
30/12/13 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Stranded research ship still waiting A vessel stranded near Antarctica for nearly a week will have to wait longer to be rescued. CNN's Rosie Tomkins reports. From: CNNInternati...
30/12/13 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Stranded research ship still waiting A vessel stranded near Antarctica for nearly a week will have to wait longer to be rescued. CNN's Rosie Tomkins reports. From: CNNInternati...
» Second Russian Explosion Kills 14
30/12/13 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A suicide bomber struck in Volgograd, killing at least 14 people aboard a trolley bus A trolley-bus explosion in Volgograd killed at least 15 people and wounded 23 more in what authori...
30/12/13 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A suicide bomber struck in Volgograd, killing at least 14 people aboard a trolley bus A trolley-bus explosion in Volgograd killed at least 15 people and wounded 23 more in what authori...
» The world according to Angela Merkel - Aljazeera.com
30/12/13 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The world according to Angela Merkel Aljazeera.com The world's most powerful woman - if one is to believe Forbes - is a figure of deep-seated hatred in Southern Europe. Yet, she can re...
30/12/13 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. The world according to Angela Merkel Aljazeera.com The world's most powerful woman - if one is to believe Forbes - is a figure of deep-seated hatred in Southern Europe. Yet, she can re...
» Best theatre of 2013, No 2: Chimerica
30/12/13 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Michael Billington: Lucy Kirkwood's thrillingly ambitious play tackled global politics, multinational corporations and was bursting with big idea...
30/12/13 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Michael Billington: Lucy Kirkwood's thrillingly ambitious play tackled global politics, multinational corporations and was bursting with big idea...
» Second explosion in city of Volgograd - video
30/12/13 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news: World news + Video | theguardian.com. At least 14 people have been killed and 23 injured in a suspected suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd Download video: http://c...
30/12/13 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news: World news + Video | theguardian.com. At least 14 people have been killed and 23 injured in a suspected suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd Download video: http://c...
» Second Fatal Blast in Russian City
30/12/13 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a male suicide bomber is responsible for Monday's explosion on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd that killed 14 people, one day after a female suicide bomber k...
30/12/13 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a male suicide bomber is responsible for Monday's explosion on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd that killed 14 people, one day after a female suicide bomber k...
» Jesuits honor murdered transgender woman
30/12/13 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Jesuits honor murdered transgender woman A transgender homeless woman, beaten to death, has been honored with a funeral in the preeminent Jesuit church in Rome. From: CNNIntern...
30/12/13 10:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Jesuits honor murdered transgender woman A transgender homeless woman, beaten to death, has been honored with a funeral in the preeminent Jesuit church in Rome. From: CNNIntern...
» The Volgograd bombs are a warning over Olympic excess | Simon Jenkins
30/12/13 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. The more elaborate the staging of international sporting events, the more they are liable to attract protest and terrorism The bomb blasts in the...
30/12/13 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. The more elaborate the staging of international sporting events, the more they are liable to attract protest and terrorism The bomb blasts in the...
The Volgograd bombs are a warning over Olympic excess
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» The Volgograd bombs are a warning over Olympic excess | Simon Jenkins
30/12/13 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. The more elaborate the staging of international sporting events, the more they are liable to attract protest and terrorism The bomb blasts in the...
30/12/13 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. The more elaborate the staging of international sporting events, the more they are liable to attract protest and terrorism The bomb blasts in the...
» Egypt Arrests Al Jazeera Journalists
30/12/13 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Qatari-based television network Al Jazeera al-Jazeera says Egypt has arrested four of its journalists and has demanded their immediate release. Egypt's Interior Ministry says it has d...
30/12/13 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Qatari-based television network Al Jazeera al-Jazeera says Egypt has arrested four of its journalists and has demanded their immediate release. Egypt's Interior Ministry says it has d...
» Aftermath shows devastation caused by bomb blast in Volgograd
30/12/13 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ITN. Aftermath shows devastation caused by bomb blast in Volgograd A bomb blast on a trolleybus in Volgograd kills at least 14 people in the second deadly attack in 24 hours. Report by Claire Me...
30/12/13 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ITN. Aftermath shows devastation caused by bomb blast in Volgograd A bomb blast on a trolleybus in Volgograd kills at least 14 people in the second deadly attack in 24 hours. Report by Claire Me...
» Four Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt, accused of illegal ties to Muslim Brotherhood
30/12/13 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. CAIRO—Egypt’s government has detained four journalists working for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera English news channel, arresting...
30/12/13 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. CAIRO—Egypt’s government has detained four journalists working for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera English news channel, arresting...
» Second deadly blast hits Russian city
30/12/13 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Second deadly blast hits Russian city An explosion hit a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd, Russia, as the country prepares to host the Winter Olympics. From: CNNInternationa...
30/12/13 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Second deadly blast hits Russian city An explosion hit a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd, Russia, as the country prepares to host the Winter Olympics. From: CNNInternationa...
» AP IMPACT: The World Braces for Retirement Crisis - ABC News
30/12/13 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. AP IMPACT: The World Braces for Retirement Crisis ABC News Living standards will fall and poverty rates will rise for the elderly in wealthy countries that built safety nets for senior...
30/12/13 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. AP IMPACT: The World Braces for Retirement Crisis ABC News Living standards will fall and poverty rates will rise for the elderly in wealthy countries that built safety nets for senior...
» Every terrorist attack in Russia since 1991 mapped
30/12/13 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in Since 1991, there have been 1,896 terrorist attacks in Russia, including the latest two bombings in Volgogr...
30/12/13 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in Since 1991, there have been 1,896 terrorist attacks in Russia, including the latest two bombings in Volgogr...
» Second bombing in two days hits Volgograd in southern Russia; 32 dead in the two attacks
30/12/13 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MOSCOW – The southern Russian city of Volgograd was hit with the second deadly suicide bombing in two days on Monday, rattlin...
30/12/13 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MOSCOW – The southern Russian city of Volgograd was hit with the second deadly suicide bombing in two days on Monday, rattlin...
» Fatal Blasts in Volgograd, Russia
30/12/13 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a blast on a bus in Volgograd killed more than a dozen at least 10 people Monday, just one day after a suicide bombing killed 17 people at the city's train station.
30/12/13 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian officials say a blast on a bus in Volgograd killed more than a dozen at least 10 people Monday, just one day after a suicide bombing killed 17 people at the city's train station.
» Dogs Saved From Euthanasia In America
30/12/13 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. An animal charity strives to give thousands of dogs who face euthanasia in America a second chance - and a new home.
30/12/13 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. An animal charity strives to give thousands of dogs who face euthanasia in America a second chance - and a new home.
» And the winner is… a look back at a dramatic 2013 in US politics | Michael Cohen
30/12/13 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Edward Snowden is America's person of the year if there ever was one, but don't count President Obama out yet With 2014 almost upon us, I wanted ...
30/12/13 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Edward Snowden is America's person of the year if there ever was one, but don't count President Obama out yet With 2014 almost upon us, I wanted ...
» At least 70 journalists killed around world in 2013
30/12/13 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Figures compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists show that 29 journalists were killed in Syria, 10 in Iraq and six in Egypt At least 70 j...
30/12/13 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Figures compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists show that 29 journalists were killed in Syria, 10 in Iraq and six in Egypt At least 70 j...
» More deadly bombings in Russia
30/12/13 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. More deadly bombings in Russia A blast hits a trolleybus in Russia's Volgograd, a day after a deadly train station attack. CNN's Diana Magnay reports. From: CNNInternational Vi...
30/12/13 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. More deadly bombings in Russia A blast hits a trolleybus in Russia's Volgograd, a day after a deadly train station attack. CNN's Diana Magnay reports. From: CNNInternational Vi...
» U.S., Libyan forces capture Tunisian militant leader: media
30/12/13 10:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TUNIS (Reuters) - U.S. and Libyan forces captured Saifallah Benahssine, the leader of Tunisia's Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia, in the Libyan city of Misrata on Monday, Tunisi...
30/12/13 10:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TUNIS (Reuters) - U.S. and Libyan forces captured Saifallah Benahssine, the leader of Tunisia's Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia, in the Libyan city of Misrata on Monday, Tunisi...
» Afghanistan rejects grim U.S. intelligence forecast as baseless
30/12/13 10:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan on Monday rejected as baseless a U.S. intelligence forecast that the gains the United States and allies have made in the past three years will be signific...
30/12/13 10:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan on Monday rejected as baseless a U.S. intelligence forecast that the gains the United States and allies have made in the past three years will be signific...
» WorldViews: The best case for drones I’ve heard yet
30/12/13 10:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. The United States program of unmanned aerial vehicles is way beyond controversial. It is, in certain parts of the world, espe...
30/12/13 10:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. The United States program of unmanned aerial vehicles is way beyond controversial. It is, in certain parts of the world, espe...
» Sochi Olympics security concerns deepen
30/12/13 10:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Sochi Olympics security concerns deepen Terrorism fears rise, with only 6 weeks before the Sochi Olympics. National security analyst Frances Townsend explains. From: CNNInterna...
30/12/13 10:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Sochi Olympics security concerns deepen Terrorism fears rise, with only 6 weeks before the Sochi Olympics. National security analyst Frances Townsend explains. From: CNNInterna...
» Russian ship trapped in Antarctic ice: Australian rescue effort underway
30/12/13 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ITN. Russian ship trapped in Antarctic ice: Australian rescue effort underway An Australian ship is making its way to Antarctica to help free a Russian vessel trapped for days in thick ice. Repo...
30/12/13 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by ITN. Russian ship trapped in Antarctic ice: Australian rescue effort underway An Australian ship is making its way to Antarctica to help free a Russian vessel trapped for days in thick ice. Repo...
» Gunmen in Greece Attack German Ambassador's Residence - New York Times
30/12/13 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. AFP Gunmen in Greece Attack German Ambassador's Residence New York Times Assailants raked the German ambassador's residence in Athens with gunfire early on Monday in an attack th...
30/12/13 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. AFP Gunmen in Greece Attack German Ambassador's Residence New York Times Assailants raked the German ambassador's residence in Athens with gunfire early on Monday in an attack th...
» German road, railway infrastructure is decaying, with harsh economic consequences
30/12/13 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. HAMBURG, Germany — Flawless autobahns and punctual trains are as much a part of Germany’s image as Beethoven and Goethe. But ...
30/12/13 10:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. HAMBURG, Germany — Flawless autobahns and punctual trains are as much a part of Germany’s image as Beethoven and Goethe. But ...
» Reporters' Committee Says Middle East Remains Most Dangerous Region
30/12/13 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. On a day when deepening violence in Africa and Russia dominated the news, a leading journalism organization reports that the Middle East remains the world's most dangerous place for repor...
30/12/13 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. On a day when deepening violence in Africa and Russia dominated the news, a leading journalism organization reports that the Middle East remains the world's most dangerous place for repor...
» Times Minute | Brainlike Computers
30/12/13 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. Times Minute | Brainlike Computers Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Also on the Minute, JPMorgan's hiring and a look back at Typhoon Haiyan. Watch more videos at: h...
30/12/13 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by The New York Times. Times Minute | Brainlike Computers Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Also on the Minute, JPMorgan's hiring and a look back at Typhoon Haiyan. Watch more videos at: h...
» Deadline to Remove Syria's Chemical Weapons May Pass Unmet
30/12/13 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Tuesday's deadline to move most of Syria's chemical weapons out of the country will likely go unmet. A unmet.A statement issued over the weekend from the United Nations and an internation...
30/12/13 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Tuesday's deadline to move most of Syria's chemical weapons out of the country will likely go unmet. A unmet.A statement issued over the weekend from the United Nations and an internation...
» Russian terrorist attacks since 1991: what's changed?
30/12/13 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Two bomb attacks today in Volgograd are thought to be the work of terrorists. Using a database of terrorism we look at how the frequency and...
30/12/13 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Two bomb attacks today in Volgograd are thought to be the work of terrorists. Using a database of terrorism we look at how the frequency and...
» Why the Pablo Neruda 'poisoning' saga rolls on
30/12/13 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Toxicology tests appear to have conclusively proved that the Chilean poet died of natural causes – but his driver and some of his family are dema...
30/12/13 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com. Toxicology tests appear to have conclusively proved that the Chilean poet died of natural causes – but his driver and some of his family are dema...
» Five Decapitated Bodies Found in Mexico
29/12/13 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Prosecutors Prosecutors in the western Mexican state of Michoacan say they have found five decapitated bodies in western Mexico Saturday, with a hand-lettered sign linking the killings...
29/12/13 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Prosecutors Prosecutors in the western Mexican state of Michoacan say they have found five decapitated bodies in western Mexico Saturday, with a hand-lettered sign linking the killings...
» Boy Scouts to welcome gay members starting Jan. 1
29/12/13 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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29/12/13 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Radio station experiences major software meltdown during anti-NSA broadcast
29/12/13 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. During a simple discussion of the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices, a US radio program experienced a unique “technological...
29/12/13 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. During a simple discussion of the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices, a US radio program experienced a unique “technological...
» 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...
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...
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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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost. None
29/12/13 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalPost. None
» 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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