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    The Crime of the Century
    Mar05

    The Crime of the Century

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 5:23 (EEST) Section: New Republic (USA)

    The first time Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula, under the expansionist regime of Catherine the Great in 1783, Russia stood ascendant. Pushing west, south, and east simultaneously, covering steppe and coastline alike, imperial Russia swallowed territory at will. At the time, Crimea was but anoth …read more Source: The New...

    Ukrainian Authorities Struggle to Secure a Divided Mariupol
    Mar05

    Ukrainian Authorities Struggle to Secure a Divided Mariupol

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 4:38 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Since last month’s cease-fire went into effect, shelling around the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has decreased, but it is thought pro-Russian separatists remain poised to attack. For the city’s authorities, a major challenge is gaining the trust of residents, while at the same time rooting out informants who are passing sensitive...

    10 Things to Know for Thursday
    Mar05

    10 Things to Know for Thursday

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 4:23 (EEST) Section: CNS News (USA)

    By The Associated Press read more …read more Source: CNS...

    Donetsk mine explosion: Conflict hampers aid efforts in east Ukraine (+video)
    Mar05

    Donetsk mine explosion: Conflict hampers aid efforts in east Ukraine (+video)

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 3:38 (EEST) Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)

    Kiev says that rebels have blocked rescue workers from reaching the mine, where dozens are feared dead. …read more Source: Christian Science...

    Authoritarian Outfitters
    Mar05

    Authoritarian Outfitters

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 3:23 (EEST) Section: New Republic (USA)

    Around 2010, Pavel Klymenko started noticing a curious brand of clothing gaining popularity with Kiev’s upper-middle class. The hoodies and shirts weren’t especially fashionable. They were covered in garish Nordic imagery, like a wolf howling at the moon, and fit into the macho style favored by …read more Source: The New...

    News of the day from across the globe, March 5
    Mar05

    News of the day from across the globe, March 5

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 2:53 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to ease Gulf Arab concerns about an emerging deal and discuss ways to calm instability in troubled Yemen and other Mideast nations. Irate over the release of a British-made documentary film on a 2012 gang rape, India’s home minister, Rajnath Singh, on Wednesday told...

    News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader
    Mar05

    News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 2:53 (EEST) Section: PBS (USA)

    JUDY WOODRUFF: President Obama’s health care law hung in the balance today before the Supreme Court, at issue, whether tax subsidies to help pay premiums apply nationwide. Most states rely on a federally run insurance exchange. But the attorney challenging the law, Michael Carvin, said Congress meant to limit subsidies to states with their...

    The Arms Control Fallacy
    Mar05

    The Arms Control Fallacy

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 1:53 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    What do the P5+Iran negotiations over Iran’s nuclear weapons program and the war in eastern Ukraine have in common? Several things, perhaps; but the most obvious (to me) is the extremely marginal utility of arms control in the broader strategic context that defines both issues. Prime Minister Netanyahu has come, spoken, and gone. His speech...

    Girlfriend of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov is in hiding
    Mar05

    Girlfriend of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov is in hiding

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 1:23 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Anna Duritskaya apparently was so afraid that she skipped the Moscow funeral of her slain lover to flee under diplomatic escort to her native Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    MH370 Theories
    Mar05

    MH370 Theories

    Thursday, March 5 , 2015 - 1:08 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    SYDNEY (Reuters) – Speculation about what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ranges from sober, science-based arguments to outlandish conspiracy theories. Here are some of the most prominent: CRASHED IN SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN Official investigators used analysis from British firm Inmarsat of “pings” to its satellite from MH370,...