Israel asks US for additional $300mn for missile defense – report

The requested funds would be in addition to the $158 million already proposed by the Pentagon for Israel’s security needs for the fiscal year that will begin on October 1. The new allocation will allegedly finance the 'David's Sling' and 'Arrow-3' programs – designed to intercept medium- to long-range missiles – as well as provide an anti-ballistic...

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Gitmo2Chicago: Activists demand probe of ‘secret interrogation facility’ (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Organized by Anonymous, Occupy, and Black Lives Matter, as well as a number of other groups, the 'Shut Down Homan Square' protest gathered around 200 people outside the detention facility in the city’s West Side.Braving Saturday's below-zero temperatures, the activists held banners and chanted slogans such as "Shut it down" and "Freedom...

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‘I am not a terrorist’: Wisconsin workers come out in force after Gov. Walker’s ISIS jibe

Unionists surrounded the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, in the week's third and biggest demonstration against the right-to-work legislation, which would make it illegal for private company trade unions to demand collective dues from employees who are not trade union members themselves..@OccupyWallStNYC Marching around State Capitol...

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Opposition leader Nemtsov’s murder caught on CCTV camera (VIDEO)

READ MORE: Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow LIVE UPDATES The camera captured a wide shot of Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, near the Kremlin, where the crime took place. The quality of the footage is only good enough to distinguish the cars on the bridge and the figures of people moving along it. According to the video, the politician was gunned...

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Anti-govt vs. anti-racism: Thousands gather for rival rallies in Rome (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Speaking at the Northern League's rally, party leader Matteo Salvini accused the government of blindly fulfilling orders given in Brussels. The protest was held at Piazza del Popolo."The problem isn't Renzi; Renzi is a pawn, Renzi is a dumb slave at the disposal of some nameless person who wants to control all our lives from Brussels," Salvini...

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Donetsk rebels announce full heavy weapons withdrawal in E. Ukraine

The self-defense forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said they completed the withdrawal of heavy weaponry from the 500-kilometer demarcation line.Heavy weapons were pulled back on Saturday in Donetsk, Torez, Dmitrovka, Pervomaisk, Bezymennoye, and Samoylovka, according to DPR spokesman Eduard Basurin.“During the whole withdrawal...

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Austrian man sentenced for posting ISIS atrocities on Facebook

The man's name has not been made public; he has only been described as a 20-year-old Kurdish male from Vienna, Austria, Press Agency reported.The man was among 13 people arrested by police at the end of November due to links with Mirsad O, and Islamic preacher from the Austrian capital who is accused of radicalizing youths and recruiting...

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You scratch my back: Rats recognize kindness, repay favors

The study, published this week in the journal Biology Letters, was set up to observe an ever elusive concept in the animal kingdom – the principle of direct reciprocity.According to Michael Taborsky, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland who helped carry out the experiment, the practice is in fact so rare that this...

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What impact will Nemtsov’s death have on Russian opposition?

RT: Boris Nemtsov's political prominence plays back to the 1990s...Was he in any way significant today to the Kremlin, as has been claimed by some Western media? Dmitry Babich: No, I don’t think he was dangerous to the Kremlin politically, because his electoral support was very low. The last election that his party – the Union of Right Forces...

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(Un)happy brains: Research shows how opioids help to cope with romantic breakups

Bad breakups and reaction to them in the two types of people proved to be instrumental to the study of the opioid system in the brain. “Social stressors are important factors that precipitate or worsen illnesses such as depression, anxiety and other neuropsychiatric conditions. This study examined mechanisms that are involved in the suppression...

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Ukrainian photog killed in shelling outside Donetsk

Multiple Ukrainian sources indicate that Nikolaev was with Nikolay Flerko, a volunteer for the nationalist Right Sector battalion, in Pesky, on the outskirts of Donetsk, when he was wounded.На Донбассе погиб фотограф издания "Сегодня" Сергей Николаев. Он был ранен осколком мины в н.п. Пески. http://ift.tt/1wxZeby — IT Sector Харьков (@itsector)...

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Pegida UK falls flat: Newcastle counter-demo outnumbers anti-Islamists by 5-to-1

“We are here because nobody else who should be talking about the problems in this country is talking about them,” said Pegida’s keynote speaker, Paul Weston, from the far-right Liberty GB party, to an audience that mostly comprised white middle-aged men holding Union Jacks.“Although there are moderate Muslims in the country, Islam is not...

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Egyptian court declares Hamas terrorist organization

"The court ruled that Hamas should be included as a terrorist organization," Samir Sabry, a lawyer involved in the case, told Reuters. The decision follows Egyptian court’s ban on the Izza-Din al-Qassam Brigades, an armed wing of Hamas, in Egypt that was pronounced in January. The authorities accused the group of smuggling weapons into the...

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German sole: Man bests downstairs neighbor in loud footstep court battle

The conflict came to a head in the German seaside resort of Travemünde, on the Baltic Sea. The dueling neighbors are residents of the Maritim complex, a 30 story, 70s-era building, which houses 320 apartments.The bone of contention was one less of decorum and more of decor; namely, whether the upstairs neighbor had gotten off on the wrong...

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​Olive tree-killing bacteria may spread across Europe

The bacteria, called Xylella fastidiosa, or olive leaf scorch, have affected thousands of trees in Italy's southernmost Apulia region. The microbe hampers fluid movement in affected plants, making their leaves and branches dry out and die. Insects spread the disease to new plants. According to the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa), the...

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NSA spying program renewed ahead of congressional showdown

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) gave a green light to the government to let the US telephone metadata collection program continue until June 1, when the provisions in the Patriot Act legalizing the practice will expire. READ MORE: US court tosses out mass surveillance case against NSA, AT&T At that point, lawmakers...

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Everything will be done to punish those behind Nemtsov’s death - Putin

“Everything will be done for the organizers and executors of this vile and cynical murder to receive the punishment they deserve," the statement on the Russian President’s official website said.Boris Nemtsov, a veteran opposition figure in Russia, was gunned down in a drive-by attack in central Moscow overnight Friday.The murder, which happened...

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Washington supplying Kiev with satellite intelligence of conflict in east – report

A debate has been on in the US for some time on whether the Obama administration should provide the Kiev government with actionable intelligence. As with providing “defensive” weapons, the disagreements are similar.However, imagery reduced in quality has apparently been green-lighted, but only arriving to the Ukrainians 24 hours late at...

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‘Nemtsov’s death a tragedy for opposition, Russia - and Putin’

RT:There's been reaction to the killing from around the world - the UK Foreign Office also said earlier it was saddened and appalled by the murder. Tell us more about the reaction in Britain. Aleksandra Nerozina: The reaction here is quite understandable. It’s a world support for the family member who lost their loved one and a friend....

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Nemtsov murder: Russian investigators probing provocation, Charlie Hebdo links

READ MORE: Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow LIVE UPDATES “There is no doubt that this crime was carefully planned. The location and timing of the killing indicated that as well. The investigation found out that Boris Nemtsov was going with his female friend to his apartment, which is located close to the murder scene. The organizers and the...

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US hammers out ‘bottom lines’ for Iran nuclear deal

The White House is showing optimism after “sticking to its guns” and remaining patient through an extended negotiation process with Tehran “because we have held firm to certain bottom lines,” a senior US administration official said.“We will only accept an agreement that cuts off the different pathways to the fissile material that Iran needs...

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ISIS too reliant on oil, can’t survive without new territories – report

Without doing so, the terrorists could not be certain how long they could keep up their current levels of spending, the Paris-based investigation revealed. The FATF is comprised of government officials from across the world and is tasked with investigating money laundering.The group supported the assertion that ISIS (Islamic State) has been...

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Boris Nemtsov: From reformist wonder boy to disgruntled opposition leader

The killing of Nemtsov just next to the Kremlin came as a shock to Russia, with many people from various political camps condemning the crime and demanding a swift and thorough investigation. “Boris' death is a tragedy for my family and me,” tweeted Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian opposition figure arguably known best outside of the country....

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EPA sued over shrinking monarch butterfly population

The lawsuit, filed Friday by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in federal district court in New York, argues that an ingredient in the herbicide – glyphosate – has had devastating effects on monarch butterflies, causing the population to halve in seven years.READ MORE: Monarch butterfly may be listed as endangered species after...

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Nemtsov's death: ‘Putin is the last person to be interested’

Dmitry Babich: It’s clearly a huge tragedy. It’s a very cruel murder. But certainly I would not say that Mr. Nemtsov was in any way a threat to President Putin. He had absolutely zero chances of winning any elections at least since the 1990s, when he had some electoral successes. So to say that Nemtsov was killed in order to influence Russian...

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Nemtsov was no threat to Russian govt - presidential spokesperson

Boris Nemtsov was killed Friday evening in the center of Moscow. A veteran of Russian politics, he was an influential figure in the 1990s and held the post of deputy prime minister under former President Boris Yeltsin. Though he had been more involved in business than politics since 2003, he was a critic of the Russian government.READ MORE:...

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Pentagon walks back plans for spring offensive against ISIS stronghold Mosul

According to a new report by the Daily Beast, military officials said Friday it is more realistic for Iraqi and Kurdish troops to try and retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL) in the fall.“I can’t put a date certain…nor say April is out,” said Defense Department spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby to the website....

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‘Rings of peace’: Hundreds surround Swedish synagogue, lock hands in Denmark

"This is the real Sweden," Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven told Swedish Radio News as he took part in the action Friday afternoon.Ring of #Peace swedish PM Löfven joining Muslim initiated peace initiative outside Stockholm synagogue tonight http://ift.tt/1Boyksq — Mattias Wachtmeister (@mattiaswac) 27 февраля 2015 People took each other’s...

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1bn at risk of hearing loss from music, noise – WHO

Data analyzed by the UN agency indicates that almost half the population of developed countries between the ages of 12 and 35 are exposed to unsafe levels of noise from personal audio devices, while 40 percent risk hearing damage at entertainment venues.“More and more young people are placing themselves at risk of hearing loss,” warned Dr....

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