WAR FEVER IN THE AIR
NOVANEWS by Eric Margolis War fever is in the air. Fifty thousand Russian troops and armor are massed on Ukraine’s eastern border. Europe and Washington worry that the reborn Red Army may sweep west across Ukraine, […]
Femen activists stage anti-Erdogan protest at Istanbul polling station
NOVANEWS Turkish PM had already changed location of where he was due to cast his vote when the Ukraine-based feminist group said they would protest against him there. Haaretz Two bare-breasted Femen activists staged a […]
Secrets about suspected I$raHell theft of U.S. weapons-grade nuclear material declassified – IRmep
NOVANEWS WASHINGTON, March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On March 18, 2014 ISCAP, the highest declassification authority in the U.S., released 84 pages (PDF) of formerly secret information about investigations into the illegal diversion of weapons-grade nuclear material from a Pennsylvania plant into the […]
Former PM Ehud Olmert convicted of taking bribes
NOVANEWS Tel Aviv court also convicts 9 others, including Uri Lupolianski — Olmert’s successor as Jerusalem mayor — in Holyland case. Times of Israel The Tel Aviv District Court on Monday morning convicted former prime […]
Erdogan claims victory, says rivals ‘will pay price’
NOVANEWS Despite political scandals, Turkish PM’s party wins local elections across the country, setting him up for presidential run. Times of Israel Turkey’s Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory for his Islamic-rooted party in Sunday’s […]
UK: £45 million “Free” school scandal
NOVANEWS ‘At the end of the day it was Michael Gove’s decision,’ said a DfE source. ‘And no one could stop it.’ According to the Independent, a Department for Education source said that, while civil servants […]
WAR IN SYRIA SET TO INTENSIFY
NOVANEWS Eric Margolis As Syria lies dying, western media cries, “we must save Syria’s suffering children.” Indeed so, among Syria’s nine million internal and external refugees, some 450,000 are children. All civil wars are bloody […]
Nationalists ‘no longer useful, embarrassing’ to Ukraine putsch regime
NOVANEWS Supporters of the right wing party Pravyi Sector (Right Sector) protest in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev on March 28, 2014.(AFP Photo / Genya Savilov). Brussels had much better reasons to denounce […]
Hezbollah leader defends Syria intervention
NOVANEWS Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday called for domestic support for his militants after a year of growing sectarian violence in Lebanon. “Some in Lebanon say the resistance (Hezbollah) has nothing to do […]
I$raHell Supreme Court to hear war crimes case against top officials
NOVANEWS Israeli soldiers ride aboard a naval vessel in the Mediterranean Sea May 31, 2010.(Reuters / Uriel Sinai). In a unique hearing next week, the Israeli Supreme Court will be presented with a petition that […]