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    Historian Claims Associated Press Had Mutually Beneficial Pact With Nazi Germany to Retain Hitler Regime Access
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    Historian Claims Associated Press Had Mutually Beneficial Pact With Nazi Germany to Retain Hitler Regime Access

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 20:43 (EET) Section: The Blaze (USA)

    As the “marine corps of journalism,” the Associated Press, turns 170 years old this year, new questions are being raised by some historians about the news organization’s credibility when it comes to covering totalitarian states, including Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. According to German historian Harriet Scharnberg, the AP made a...

    U.S. Commander: Increased Rotation of U.S. Combat Units To Europe Beginning Next Year
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    U.S. Commander: Increased Rotation of U.S. Combat Units To Europe Beginning Next Year

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 20:43 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    A top U.S. military commander has announced more frequent rotations of U.S. combat units to Eastern Europe beginning early next year, citing an “aggressive Russia” as the main reason for the increase. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The End of the Beginning in Syria
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    The End of the Beginning in Syria

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 20:28 (EET) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    A boy plays on rubble in the rebel-held besieged town of Douma, Syria. Bassam Khabieh / ReutersFive years ago this week, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a television address about the largely peaceful protests against his rule. “Let us act as quickly as possible to heal our wounds and restore harmony to our larger family and maintain love...

    Is Belgium’s Nuclear Security Up to Scratch?
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    Is Belgium’s Nuclear Security Up to Scratch?

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 19:58 (EET) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    Belgium’s counterterrorism efforts are once again being called into question following the recent tragedies in Brussels. The attacks were carried out against soft targets—the public check-in area of Brussels Airport and Maelbeek metro station—but a series of unusual and suspicious occurrences were also reported at nuclear facilities in the...

    Russia says 2 cyclists, water polo player test positive
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    Russia says 2 cyclists, water polo player test positive

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 19:43 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s troubles with the banned substance meldonium resurfaced Wednesday when officials confirmed that two track cyclists and an Olympic hopeful water polo player had failed doping tests. Anastasia Chulkova, who won the points race at the 2012 world track championship, and former European bronze medalist Pavel Yakushevsky...

    The Malthusian Holocaust
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    The Malthusian Holocaust

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 17:28 (EET) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting,” wrote Milan Kundera about the struggle against communism. After totalitarianism, this struggle is against selective forgetting. Official Russia today “remembers” the Soviet and Russian efforts to save the countries between Russia and Germany from foreign and...

    U.S. to beef up military presence in Eastern Europe
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    U.S. to beef up military presence in Eastern Europe

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 16:13 (EET) Section: PBS (USA)

    The officials said the Army will announce Wednesday that it will be sending a full set of equipment with the brigade to Europe. Earlier plans had called for the Pentagon to rotate troops into Europe, where they would have used a set of training equipment pre-positioned there.RELATED LINKSAt five-year mark for Syrian conflict, Putin makes a...

    Ukraine’s Independent MPs Boost Chances of Ending Deadlock
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    Ukraine’s Independent MPs Boost Chances of Ending Deadlock

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 16:13 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Several non-aligned Ukrainian lawmakers have agreed to join Ukraine’s biggest faction to help end a political crisis that is stalling Western-backed reforms and vital international financial aid, deputies said on Wednesday. Lawmakers are under pressure to end a deadlock that threatens snap parliamentary elections and has delayed...

    Russia’s Patriotic Chess Star From Crimea Sets His Sights On World Title
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    Russia’s Patriotic Chess Star From Crimea Sets His Sights On World Title

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 16:13 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Crimean-born, Russian chess star Sergei Karjakinspeaks about his upcoming bid to become world chess champion, his decision in 2009 to play for Russia instead of his native Ukraine, and his staunch support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukrainian Parties Fail To Form New Governing Coalition
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    Ukrainian Parties Fail To Form New Governing Coalition

    Wednesday, March 30 , 2016 - 4:28 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Last-minute demands raised by former Ukrainian President Yulia Tymoshenko’s Fatherland party quashed hopes for a new governing coalition in Ukraine on March 29. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...