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    Biden Arrives In Ukraine Amid Reports Of Boost In Nonlethal Military Aid
    Nov20

    Biden Arrives In Ukraine Amid Reports Of Boost In Nonlethal Military Aid

    U.S. officials were quoted as saying privately ahead of the visit that the nonlethal aid Vice President Joe Biden would announce in Kyiv included Humvees from excess supplies in the Pentagon’s inventory, as well as the delivery of previously promised radars that can detect the location of enemy mortars. …read more Source: Radio Free...

    NATO Scrambles Jets 400 Times in 2014 as Russian Air Activity Jumps
    Nov20

    NATO Scrambles Jets 400 Times in 2014 as Russian Air Activity Jumps

    AMARI Estonia/LONDON (Reuters) – NATO warplanes have had to scramble 400 times this year in response to an increase in Russian air activity around Europe not seen since the Cold War, the alliance’s chief said on Thursday. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members have sought to fill gaps in the alliance’s land, air and sea...

    U.N. rights agency reports ‘total breakdown’ in eastern Ukraine
    Nov20

    U.N. rights agency reports ‘total breakdown’ in eastern Ukraine

    More than 4,300 people have died in fighting in eastern Ukraine’s “total breakdown of law and order,” the United Nations human rights agency reported Thursday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    The Fall of the Would-Be Emperor
    Nov20

    The Fall of the Would-Be Emperor

    President Erdogan has recently come under intense criticism for his unwillingness to come to the aid of the beleaguered Syrian Kurds in the city of Kobani just across the Turkish border. Sadly, Erdogan’s behavior is not surprising, as he has always pursued policies consistent with the image of himself as a great leader and his country as a...

    UN: Deaths keep rising in Ukraine, now over 4,300
    Nov20

    UN: Deaths keep rising in Ukraine, now over 4,300

    GENEVA (AP) — The fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 300 people in the past month despite a cease-fire and has violated people’s rights so much it could amount to war crimes, U.N. rights investigators said Thursday. …read more Source: U.S....

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels
    Nov20

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels

    The former energy minister of the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic has accused a top rebel official of pocketing money from the sale of coal to power plants. The details are murky, but there is growing agreement that the opaque nature of the new order in separatist-controlled areas has created fertile ground for the corruption that...

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels
    Nov20

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory. …read more Source: U.S....

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebellion, as coal scandal ensnares top officials
    Nov20

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebellion, as coal scandal ensnares top officials

    As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory. …read more Source: FOX...

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels
    Nov20

    Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory…. …read more Source: Associated...

    U.N. Says Nearly 1,000 Killed in Ukraine Since September Truce
    Nov20

    U.N. Says Nearly 1,000 Killed in Ukraine Since September Truce

    Almost 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a truce was signed in September between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists controlling parts of the restive eastern region, according to a United Nations report. An average of 13 people have been killed every day since the Sept. 5 cease-fire was brokered between Ukraine and...