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    U.S. Campaign Highlights Plight Of Women ‘Political Prisoners’
    Sep01

    U.S. Campaign Highlights Plight Of Women ‘Political Prisoners’

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 23:38 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The United States has launched a campaign to highlight cases of women who Washington says have been “unjustly imprisoned” by governments around the world. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    For aliyah promoters, Ukraine’s troubles provide a boost
    Sep01

    For aliyah promoters, Ukraine’s troubles provide a boost

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 23:08 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    Rabbi Shlomo Neeman, left, founder of the Kiev-based Zionist Seminary, and staff at the Tchelet summer camp in the Republic of Georgia, Aug. 19, 2015. (Eliyahu Yurovsky) TBILISI, Georgia (JTA) — Until April of last year, Julia Podinovskaya felt like she had a pretty good handle on where her life was going. Born to a middle-class Jewish family in...

    Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat in St. Petersburg
    Sep01

    Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat in St. Petersburg

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Jared M. FeldschreiberST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Sept. 1 (UPI) — Russia expelled Ukrainian diplomat Ihor Fedikevych, who worked for the Consulate in St. Petersburg. …read more Source: United Press...

    Explainer: What’s Behind This Week’s Deadly Violence In Kyiv?
    Sep01

    Explainer: What’s Behind This Week’s Deadly Violence In Kyiv?

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    RFE/RL explains the controversial legislation at the heart of the dispute and what to expect next. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine’s parliament shows cracks over devolving powers
    Sep01

    Ukraine’s parliament shows cracks over devolving powers

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: CNS News (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament majority showed cracks Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the coalition over a measure to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east. …read more Source: CNS...

    Fleeting Raptor
    Sep01

    Fleeting Raptor

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: The Weekly Standard (USA)

    For the last several weeks, Air Force Secretary Deborah James has been touting the deployment of F-22 Raptor fighters – the best plane America owns – to Germany as “the strong side of the coin” in an effort to reassure Eastern Europeans who have seen their air space increasingly violated by Russian jets. “Russia’s military activity in the...

    Everyone’s missing the really major development of the Syrian conflict
    Sep01

    Everyone’s missing the really major development of the Syrian conflict

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Persistent rumors resurfaced at the end of last month that Russia, dismayed by the difficulties that the Syrian regime has endured at the hands of ISIS and other rebel groups, has committed a large-scale force into the country to prop up the faltering Assad regime. But these unconfirmed reports are nothing but rumors couched in the barest of...

    Latest on US Open: Safarova is next top women’s seed to lose
    Sep01

    Latest on US Open: Safarova is next top women’s seed to lose

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):12:15 p.m.Half of the top 10 seeds in the women’s draw are already out of the U.S. Open.The second day of the tournament started just like the first, with sixth-seeded Lucie Safarova the one getting upset this time. The French Open runner-up had a tough first-round matchup...

    Radical Party quits Ukraine’s government after deadly protests
    Sep01

    Radical Party quits Ukraine’s government after deadly protests

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 19:23 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Jared M. FeldschreiberKIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 1 (UPI) — The leader of Ukraine’s Radical Party announced Tuesday the party is quitting the coalition government, a day after violent clashes outside parliament. …read more Source: United Press...

    Ukraine's parliament shows cracks over devolving powers
    Sep01

    Ukraine's parliament shows cracks over devolving powers

    Tuesday, September 1 , 2015 - 18:54 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament majority showed cracks Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the coalition over a measure to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east.The announcement from the Radical Party, which came in fifth in last year’s election, came as two more National Guard...