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    Ukraine Rebels Celebrate Victory at Strategic City With a Festive Rally
    Feb23

    Ukraine Rebels Celebrate Victory at Strategic City With a Festive Rally

    Morale is high as Soviet flags, medals and cheering crowds greet pro-Russian soldiers in Donetsk. …read more Source: The New York...

    Why We Must Offend Religion More
    Feb23

    Why We Must Offend Religion More

    Our enduring deference to toxic ancient myths is what allows religion to survive. “Yes, it is freedom of speech, but,” said Inna Shevchenko, the 24-year-old leader of the topless, fiercely atheist activist group Femen in France. On Feb. 14 she was addressing the conference on art, blasphemy and freedom of expression held at the Krudttønden, a...

    Will ISIS drag America and its allies into a World War?
    Feb23

    Will ISIS drag America and its allies into a World War?

    Between the emergence of ISIS and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move on Ukraine, many experts wonder if we are heading for another major global conflict. …read more Source: CNY...

    Sweden hopes Ukraine truce mends Russia-EU relations
    Feb23

    Sweden hopes Ukraine truce mends Russia-EU relations

    Swedish Ambassador Bjorn Lyrvall discussed European economy, Ukraine with USA TODAY. …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine says pro-Russian separatist forces shell southeastern villages
    Feb23

    Ukraine says pro-Russian separatist forces shell southeastern villages

    The Kiev government says it can’t withdraw heavy weaponry from the front line while its troops are under attack. …read more Source: Christian Science...

    Rocket Launcher Attack Threatens to Open New Front in East Ukraine
    Feb23

    Rocket Launcher Attack Threatens to Open New Front in East Ukraine

    The Ukrainian security services accused Russia of arming and training a group of terrorists who allegedly launched a deadly attack on a peaceful demonstration the as yet untouched Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv yesterday. An explosion, thought to have been caused by a rocket attack, ripped through the crowd at a march towards a vigil in honour...

    Four Suspects Arrested in Kharkiv Attack Plot
    Feb23

    Four Suspects Arrested in Kharkiv Attack Plot

    Ukraine’s security service — the SBU — detains two men late Sunday in the northeastern city of Kharkiv. They’re suspects in a deadly bomb blast from earlier in the day. The SBU says it’s detained a total of four men suspected of planning a series of attacks in the city with a Russian-made rocket launcher. The arrests...

    Madeleine Albright: The UN ‘Has To Act’ If A State Doesn’t Protect Its Citizens
    Feb23

    Madeleine Albright: The UN ‘Has To Act’ If A State Doesn’t Protect Its Citizens

    Madeleine Albright, the U.S. Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001, chairs the Advisory Council of The Hague Institute for Global Justice. She spoke to The European last week about international security.The European: Mrs. Secretary, the slogan of this year’s Munich Security Conference asked whether the world order was collapsing. Do you...

    Russia and US spar over global crises at UN meeting
    Feb23

    Russia and US spar over global crises at UN meeting

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is implicitly accusing the United States of violating U.N. principles by bombing Syria, occupying Iraq under false pretenses and manipulating a Security Council mandate to destroy and create chaos in Libya. Sergey Lavrov, clearly pointing at the U.S. without naming it, said these acts were the...

    Russian Company to Start Selling Ukrainian Separatist Bikini Range
    Feb23

    Russian Company to Start Selling Ukrainian Separatist Bikini Range

    While most of the fashion world turns its gaze toward London’s runways in search of the latest avant-garde designs for London Fashion Week, one Russian company has drawn sartorial inspiration much closer to home, in neighbouring Ukraine’s eastern, war-stricken regions. Moscow-based company Voenpro has launched a 2015 collection of...