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    Russia May Still Have An Automated Nuclear Launch System Aimed Across The Northern Hemisphere
    Sep04

    Russia May Still Have An Automated Nuclear Launch System Aimed Across The Northern Hemisphere

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 22:53 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Anxiety over a nuclear exchange between super powers seems out of place in a post-Cold War world where conflicts are usually fought within states, rather than between them. But despite the changing nature of the times, nuclear weapons continue to play a central role in Russian military strategy. Last week, as thousands of Russian troops streamed...

    Ukraine president, rebels voice hope for cease-fire deal
    Sep04

    Ukraine president, rebels voice hope for cease-fire deal

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 21:55 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    Obama, Cameron say the world faces ‘dangerous and evolving challenges.’ …read more Source: USA...

    John McCain Thinks Obama Should Look Up ‘Invasion’ In The Dictionary
    Sep04

    John McCain Thinks Obama Should Look Up ‘Invasion’ In The Dictionary

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 21:55 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The White House has been hesitant to describe the situation in Ukraine as a Russian invasion, but Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) thinks there’s no other way to describe what’s happening. McCain even said he looked up the definition of the word in the dictionary. He held a press conference in Ukraine on Thursday to make that very point....

    Ukraine, Separatists Back Peace Plan For Country’s East
    Sep04

    Ukraine, Separatists Back Peace Plan For Country’s East

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 21:55 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    By Adrian Croft and Gabriela Baczynska NEWPORT, Wales/DONETSK, Ukraine, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in Ukraine’s east. The breakthrough...

    NATO summit: ‘At a critical time’
    Sep04

    NATO summit: ‘At a critical time’

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 21:55 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

    The spread of brutal Islamist terror across Iraq and Syria and hundreds of deaths in a bloody struggle over Ukraine’s future make this a pivotal moment for the NATO alliance, its leaders said Thursday. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine president, separatists predict cease-fire but with big ‘ifs’
    Sep04

    Ukraine president, separatists predict cease-fire but with big ‘ifs’

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 21:55 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and leaders of the pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine on Thursday professed readiness for a cease-fire on condition that the other side effectively surrender what it has been fighting for at the cost of thousands of lives. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Is French Warship Start of New Cold War?
    Sep04

    Is French Warship Start of New Cold War?

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 21:07 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    They were seen as a lifeline for the French economy. Two helicopter carriers bound for Russia in a deal worth 1.2 billion euros. But now France may have to pay that money back – after halting delivery at the 11th hour in light of Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. A significant moment, says Carsten Bzreski from ING. …read more Source:...

    Ceasefire in Ukraine or No Warship, France Tells Russia
    Sep04

    Ceasefire in Ukraine or No Warship, France Tells Russia

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 20:41 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that a ceasefire and a political settlement in Ukraine were conditions for France to deliver a warship it has built for Russia. Hollande told reporters on the sidelines of a NATO summit that the contract to supply two Mistral-class helicopter carriers was neither...

    Obama Wants More NATO Defense Spending To Deal With Ukraine And ISIS, But Reality Says Otherwise
    Sep04

    Obama Wants More NATO Defense Spending To Deal With Ukraine And ISIS, But Reality Says Otherwise

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 20:41 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated to allies at the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday that they must spend more on defense if the alliance is to be effective against threats like a resurgent Russia and the Islamic militant group ISIS. But most of America’s allies in the 28-member alliance don’t spend the 2 percent of GDP that Obama...

    Obama and Cameron: U.S. and U.K. Won’t Be Threatened by ‘Barbaric Killers’ as NATO Talks Begin in Wales
    Sep04

    Obama and Cameron: U.S. and U.K. Won’t Be Threatened by ‘Barbaric Killers’ as NATO Talks Begin in Wales

    Thursday, September 4 , 2014 - 20:41 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    NATO officials directly accused Russia of attacking Ukraine on Thursday at the start of the two-day NATO summit in Wales, which looks set to be dominated by two international crises. Instability in Ukraine and the increasing threat from Islamic State (IS), the militant Islamist group formerly known as ISIS, were both addressed in a joint op-ed...