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    The 29 Most Miserable Countries In The World
    Jan23

    The 29 Most Miserable Countries In The World

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 22:07 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Venezuela, is again, the most miserable nation in the world, according to new analysis published by the Cato Institute. Cato’s Misery Index ranks 108 countries based on data from the Economist Intelligence Unit and calculations from Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Hanke factors in the...

    No more ceasefires with Ukraine, says pro-Russia rebel leader
    Jan23

    No more ceasefires with Ukraine, says pro-Russia rebel leader

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 21:53 (EEST) Section: Mashable (USA)

    DONETSK, Ukraine –- Denis, a factory worker in his 30s who owns an apartment in the outlying Kirovsky district of this rebel stronghold, was made homeless this week when a shell exploded outside his apartment, blasting holes through its walls and shattering the windows. “It’s too dangerous,” he said as he packed what belongings could fit...

    Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal
    Jan23

    Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 21:23 (EEST) Section: The Bellingham Herald (USA)

    Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops.Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch offensive
    Jan23

    Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch offensive

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 21:23 (EEST) Section: WAVE 3 News (USA)

    Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have rejected a previously signed peace deal and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: WAVE 3...

    Satellite, Drone Images Show Obliteration of Donetsk Airport
    Jan23

    Satellite, Drone Images Show Obliteration of Donetsk Airport

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 21:07 (EEST) Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)

    Satellite and drone images in a new video show the complete destruction of the Donetsk International Airport in Ukraine, a scene of intense clashes between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. Matthew Schroyer, founder of the Professional Society of Drone Journalists, posted the video, which provides visual evidence of the demolition of...

    Poisoned KGB Agent Said Putin Has A ‘Good Relationship’ With One Of The World’s Top Mobsters
    Jan23

    Poisoned KGB Agent Said Putin Has A ‘Good Relationship’ With One Of The World’s Top Mobsters

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Before his death by poisoning, ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, recorded a tape. In it, he claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a “good relationship” with one of the most notorious mobsters in the world, a Ukrainian man named Semion Mogilevich. The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes that Mogilevich, one of the top 10...

    Auschwitz Ceremony Lays Bare Russian Tension With Europe
    Jan23

    Auschwitz Ceremony Lays Bare Russian Tension With Europe

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    A claim by the Ukrainian president’s administration that it was mostly Ukrainians who liberated Auschwitz and Europe threatens to deepen a rift that reflects current animosity and deep historic tension between Moscow and its Soviet-era subjects. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Footage Shows Damage at Donetsk Airport
    Jan23

    Footage Shows Damage at Donetsk Airport

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Footage produced by “Army.SOS”, a group linked to the Ukrainian army, apparently shot on Jan.15, shows aerial views of the damage to Donetsk airport after recent fighting. …read more Source: The New York...

    Photos of the Week: 1/17-1/23
    Jan23

    Photos of the Week: 1/17-1/23

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 19:53 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    This week we have scenes of India’s preparation for Republic Day, a new image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, continued unrest in eastern Ukraine, a Chinese home-made mechanical horse, a yarmulke made of hair samples (to disguise it), K-Pop hopefuls in Seoul, a volcano that has been creating a new...

    Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Postcard: Ukraine’s Special Forces Dogs
    Jan23

    Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Postcard: Ukraine’s Special Forces Dogs

    Friday, January 23 , 2015 - 19:53 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    By Rebecca FrankelBest Defense Chief Canine Correspondent Our eyes may be directed to other parts of the world this week, but fighting in east Ukraine has worsened. In fact, according to the U.N. Human Rights office reportedly said that the fighting had entered “its most deadly period.” In these photos taken in August, armed soldiers of the...