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Eric Morse: Don’t confuse refugees with migrants
Canadian journalist Doug Saunders observed recently that the wave of human trafficking now troubling southern Europe is almost entirely composed of migrants, not refugees. Since the turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa is simultaneously creating large numbers of refugees, it is dangerously easy to confuse them. By modern definitions – as...
Youth will serve: Poland’s young mobilize into militias
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Lithuania says it’s not scared on no Putin, even if NATO is. And Monday’s other reasons to fear for humanity.
1. Give us first-past-the-post, or give us death THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldA shifting, informal coalition of non-partisan experts has emerged as the most effective counterweight to the Conservative government. They offer less overt opposition to the government’s agenda than that most potent of weapons, constructive criticism. Could this...
Unsavoury elements taint Ukrainian regime
Last week, the U.S. Congress voted to explicitly prohibit American soldiers from training the Ukrainian militia unit known as the Azov Battalion. The reason the American lawmakers gave is the fact this rogue unit is openly rife with neo-Nazis in its ranks. From the early heady days of the demonstrations in the streets of Kiev, it has been an...
Ukraine’s other war: The fight to heal soldiers’ bodies and minds
Adriana Luhovy Sergey, a 23-year-old Ukrainian soldier, is resting in a drab, grey, Soviet-era military hospital on the outskirts of Kyiv. Asked about his recent combat experience, he says, “I just wish that nobody would ever have to see war.” Sergey (who asked that his last name not be used for privacy reasons) suffered massive head trauma...
EU extends sanctions on Russia, launches mission against migrant smugglers
European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine by six months until the end of January 2016, an EU official said …read more Source: The Globe and...
Tea, caviar and a night with Vladimir Putin
When the world’s major news agencies sat down a year ago with Vladimir Putin at a St. Petersburg palace, they were treated to a sumptuous meal of Crimean flounder, a dish chosen not only for its delicacy but for the political statement. …read more Source: Global...
The Refugee Crisis in Context
Photo by Rachel Unkovic A report issued by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this week provided a jarring statistical glimpse at the unprecedented crisis facing 59.5 million people who are currently displaced. With ongoing wars and sectarian conflicts raging in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, South Sudan and Somalia, and record numbers moving...
Snapshot Sleuthing Confirms Russian Military Presence In Ukraine
Like young adults everywhere, soldiers in the Russian military are fond of documenting their doings via social media. One journalist traced a soldier’s presence in Ukraine through his photos online.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Midnight in the presidential library with Putin: An exercise in control
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – When the heads of the world’s major news agencies sat down a year ago with Vladimir Putin at a St. Petersburg palace, they were treated to a long, sumptuous meal of Crimean flounder, a dish evidently chosen not only for its delicacy but for the political statement.This year it was tea and caviar at the stroke...
