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Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site
Jul30

Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site

Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near jet crash site, observers again fail to reach area …read more Source:...

Russia counts cost of new US, EU sanctions
Jul30

Russia counts cost of new US, EU sanctions

After raft of new Western sanctions, Russian central bank moves to support local lenders …read more Source:...

Observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage
Jul30

Observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage

International observers turned back Wednesday after making another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine, and a government official said the area near the zone had been mined by pro-Russian separatists who control it. …read more Source: CTV...

OSCE observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage
Jul30

OSCE observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage

International observers turned back Wednesday after making another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine, and a government official said the area near the zone had been mined by pro-Russian separatists who control it. …read more Source: CTV...

MH17: Rebels have laid mines on route to crash site, Kiev says
Jul30

MH17: Rebels have laid mines on route to crash site, Kiev says

The OSCE observers turned back to the city of Donetsk after discussions with rebels …read more Source: The Globe and...

19 killed in Ukraine as separatists maintain control of MH17 wreckage
Jul30

19 killed in Ukraine as separatists maintain control of MH17 wreckage

International observers have turned back from another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...

EU, western nations hit Russia with economic sanctions
Jul30

EU, western nations hit Russia with economic sanctions

The European Union, together with the U.S. and Canada, will impose new sanctions on Russia related to banks, the oil sector and the arms industry. …read more Source: Toronto...

U.S. adds Russian banks to sanctions list
Jul30

U.S. adds Russian banks to sanctions list

The U.S. today sanctioned three Russian banks and a state-owned shipbuilder that supplies the Russian navy and its oil and gas industry, joining with the European Union in escalating the penalties for Russia over its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Toronto...

Canadian military looking for system to protect Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s aircraft and other VIP jets
Jul30

Canadian military looking for system to protect Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s aircraft and other VIP jets

The Canadian military is looking for an air defence system to protect its VIP aircraft, including the one used by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, from surface-to-air missiles, Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press reports. More from his article: And one of Israel’s top defence contractors, Elbit Systems Ltd., has been working behind the...

U.S., EU, Canada announce new sanctions against Russia
Jul29

U.S., EU, Canada announce new sanctions against Russia

The United States, the European Union and Canada all announced a tightening of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday over the continuing crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s suspected involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. …read more Source:...