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    Angela Merkel, Obama try to bridge differences on arms to Ukraine
    Feb09

    Angela Merkel, Obama try to bridge differences on arms to Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a swirl of diplomatic maneuvering, President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel huddled at the White House Monday to evaluate the prospects of reviving an elusive peace plan to end the conflict between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists. Hanging over the discussions was a potential split … …read...

    EU ministers urge Russia to free imprisoned Ukraine pilot
    Feb09

    EU ministers urge Russia to free imprisoned Ukraine pilot

    BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers have launched a plea for Russia to free a Ukrainian air force officer who has been on hunger strike in a Russian prison.Fourteen EU ministers and the French ambassador on Monday held pictures of Nadezhda Savchenko and urged Russian authorities to free the “illegally abducted Ukrainian...

    EU ministers urge Russia to free imprisoned Ukraine pilot
    Feb09

    EU ministers urge Russia to free imprisoned Ukraine pilot

    BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers have launched a plea for Russia to free a Ukrainian air force officer who has been on hunger… …read more Source:...

    Why Putin Is Lying About Ukraine
    Feb09

    Why Putin Is Lying About Ukraine

    For both Russia and for Ukraine, making their war official would mark a point of no return. …read more Source:...

    Not a Nuclear Bomb: Huge Donetsk Explosion Caused by ‘Dropped Cigarette Butt’
    Feb09

    Not a Nuclear Bomb: Huge Donetsk Explosion Caused by ‘Dropped Cigarette Butt’

    The gigantic blast that rocked Donetsk, Ukraine, apparently was at a chemical plant. Videos showing the gigantic explosion were being shared on social media websites and Internet forums, with some claiming it was small, “tactical nuke.” “This was caused by a dropped cigarette butt,” Kiev’s Anti-Terrorist Operation Andrey Lysenko said,...

    Merkel, Obama try to bridge differences on arms to Ukraine
    Feb09

    Merkel, Obama try to bridge differences on arms to Ukraine

    Amid a swirl of diplomatic maneuvering, President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel huddled at the White House Monday to evaluate the prospects of reviving an elusive peace plan to end the conflict between… …read more Source: WAVE 3...

    Ukraine crisis tops agenda for Merkel visit
    Feb09

    Ukraine crisis tops agenda for Merkel visit

    German chancellor at White House today for meetings with President Obama …read more Source: USA...

    Far From Waning, America Has Become a True World Empire
    Feb09

    Far From Waning, America Has Become a True World Empire

    VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — What is the nature of the modern world order? Answers to this question are incalculably many. However, the one provided by Salvatore Babones, a native New Yorker and currently a professor at the University of Sydney, has recently struck me as probably the most compelling. Challenging the conventional wisdom, Babones...

    America Needs a More Focused and Restrained National Security Strategy
    Feb09

    America Needs a More Focused and Restrained National Security Strategy

    As the American cable news entertainment channels focus on the artificial “American Sniper” controversy, the Obama administration’s issuance of its second and final national security strategy (the last one was done in 2010) was buried deep in the back pages of the newspapers. Unfortunately, most Americans don’t choose to...

    European Foreign Ministers Postpone Russia Sanctions to Allow Talks
    Feb09

    European Foreign Ministers Postpone Russia Sanctions to Allow Talks

    The ministers decided not to act until after a possible meeting this week of the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on ways to halt fighting. …read more Source: The New York...