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    Front Pages from Around the Globe
    Aug31

    Front Pages from Around the Globe

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 4:47 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Fighters with the Islamic State group captured a major military air base in Syria’s northeast on Sunday, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the jihadist group, activists and state media said. Israeli air strikes leveled a seven-floor office building and severely damaged a two-story shopping...

    EU threatens Russia with more sanctions
    Aug31

    EU threatens Russia with more sanctions

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 4:47 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    Comrades and Crimea’s self-defense fighters carry the coffin of former paratrooper Alexander Gusev, 46, covered by Russian paratroopers flag, who was killed during clashes with Ukrainian troop… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    EU threatens Russia with more sanctions
    Aug31

    EU threatens Russia with more sanctions

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 4:47 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    BRUSSELS — Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia’s increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away.Instead, the 28-nation bloc’s heads of state and government tasked their executive body to “urgently” prepare tougher economic...

    EU Gives Russia Ultimatum: Pull Back In Ukraine Or Face Sanctions
    Aug31

    EU Gives Russia Ultimatum: Pull Back In Ukraine Or Face Sanctions

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 4:47 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia’s increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away. Instead, the 28-nation bloc’s heads of state and government tasked their executive body to “urgently” prepare tougher...

    EU Threatens Russia With More Sanctions
    Aug31

    EU Threatens Russia With More Sanctions

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 4:47 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    BRUSSELS—Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia’s increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away. Instead, the 28-nation bloc’s heads of state and government tasked their executive body to “urgently” prepare tougher economic sanctions that...

    European Union threatens Russia with stricter sanctions
    Aug31

    European Union threatens Russia with stricter sanctions

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 2:37 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    The European Union slapped back at Moscow Saturday, threatening to impose stricter sanctions as Ukrainian officials accused Russia of sending in more tanks to flatten a small border town. During an EU summit in Brussels, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said thousands of foreign troops have flooded his country — a day after Russian leader...

    Russian Politician Hospitalized After Reporting on Soldier Funerals
    Aug31

    Russian Politician Hospitalized After Reporting on Soldier Funerals

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 2:37 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian politician said on Saturday he had been badly beaten after publicising the mysterious funerals of two soldiers who may have died while fighting in Ukraine. Lev Shlosberg, a newspaper publisher who represents the liberal opposition Yabloko party in the regional assembly in the northwestern city of Pskov, said he...

    EU sets Russia ultimatum, threatens sanctions
    Aug31

    EU sets Russia ultimatum, threatens sanctions

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 2:37 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    BRUSSELS — Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia’s increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away.Instead, the 28-nation bloc’s heads of state and government tasked their executive body to “urgently undertake preparatory work”...

    EU: Russia has 1 week to scale back actions in Ukraine
    Aug31

    EU: Russia has 1 week to scale back actions in Ukraine

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 2:37 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    European leaders meeting say they are preparing to hand down additional sanctions. …read more Source: USA...

    EU Sets Russia Ultimatum, Threatens Sanctions
    Aug31

    EU Sets Russia Ultimatum, Threatens Sanctions

    Sunday, August 31 , 2014 - 2:37 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    BRUSSELS — The European Union is giving Russia a one-week ultimatum to scale back its intervention in Ukraine or face additional economic sanctions. EU summit chairman Herman Van Rompuy said early Sunday that the bloc’s 28 leaders tasked its executive body to “urgently undertake preparatory work for consideration within a week.” He says...