Section: US & Canada
At The Ends Of The Earth… And In The Middle Of The Energy Wars
By EMILY CADEI — OZY There aren’t many places Ed Chow could fly to that would be farther from his Washington D.C. base than that nearly impossible-to-spell, ex-Soviet Union satellite Azerbaijan. Indeed, its ancient walled-city capital of Baku, with flat expanses far from most commercial hubs or route to an ocean, can really feel like...
More and War: The Tao of Washington
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.comWhen it comes to the national security state, our capital has become a thought-free zone. The airlessness of the place, the unwillingness of leading players in the corridors of power to explore new ways of approaching crucial problems is right there in plain sight, yet remarkably unnoticed. Consider this the Tao...
13 killed in shelling of bus in east Ukraine
The civilian death toll has been mounting in the conflict between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: Toronto...
Donetsk Separatists Parade Captive Ukrainian Troops At Blast Site
Pro-Russian rebels on January 22 paraded captured Ukrainian soldiers at a bus stop in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk where an explosion killed at least seven civilians earlier in the day. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
At least 6 killed in shelling attack in east Ukraine
At least six civilians were killed on Thursday when a shell or a mortar hit a trolleybus stop in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source:...
Russia, Ukraine exchange blame for fresh civilian casualties
At least eight civilians were killed on Thursday when a shell or mortar hit a public transport stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, regional officials and eyewitnesses say. …read more Source:...
Dutch PM: Sanctions against Russia must stay
Sanctions against Russia should remain in place, and Russia must “stop interfering in Eastern Ukraine,” says Dutch PM Rutte. …read more Source:...
Eight Civilians Killed in Shelling of Ukraine Trolleybus
By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – An artillery shell or mortar struck a public transport stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight civilians in an incident which both sides blamed on the other. The missile strike, which wrecked a trolleybus and blew out windows nearby,...
Russia, Ukraine agree on pullback line for heavy weapons
Diplomats from Russia and Ukraine agreed Wednesday on a dividing line from where both sides should pull back their heavy weapons, just hours after separatist forces deployed more arms and manpower to an emerging flashpoint in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Davos World Economic Forum draws big names
Al Gore and Pharrell shared the stage Wednesday at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Other notable speakers include the heads of Germany, Italy and Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
