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    Obama rules out military response to Russian moves in Ukraine
    Aug29

    Obama rules out military response to Russian moves in Ukraine

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 6:34 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    President Obama rebuffed pressure for quick U.S. action in two foreign crises Thursday, declining to label Russia’s military moves into Ukraine an invasion and saying that he was not ready to expand an air campaign against Islamist militants to Syria. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, armor
    Aug29

    Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, armor

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    The Kremlin has repeatedly denied arming and supporting the separatists who have been fighting Ukrainian troops for four months in the gravest crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. Two columns of tanks and other equipment entered southeastern Ukraine at midday, following heavy shelling of the area from Russia that...

    Obama Urges Calm in Face of Two Crises
    Aug29

    Obama Urges Calm in Face of Two Crises

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    President Obama confronted two volatile crises with restraint Thursday, saying he was not close to authorizing airstrikes in Syria and playing down an escalation of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...

    Hacker Attacks on American Banks Look More Like Fraud Than Russian Cyber War
    Aug29

    Hacker Attacks on American Banks Look More Like Fraud Than Russian Cyber War

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Subtlety has never been the strong suit of Russia’s hacker-patriots. In 2008, during the Russian invasion of Georgia, they managed to hijack or disable all the key websites of the Georgian government, plastering one of them with images of Adolf Hitler. The year before that, during Russia’s diplomatic spat with Estonia over a Soviet...

    Russia replies to Canada’s colorful map tweet
    Aug29

    Russia replies to Canada’s colorful map tweet

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    It began with Canada tweeting some not-so-friendly travel tips for the Russian military: a map showing Russia and labeling Ukraine as “not Russia.” …read more Source: Miami...

    Russia replies to Canada’s colorful map tweet
    Aug29

    Russia replies to Canada’s colorful map tweet

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    TORONTO (AP) — It began with Canada tweeting some not-so-friendly travel tips for the Russian military: a map showing Russia and labeling Ukraine as “not Russia.” …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Putin Advisor Says Russia Invaded Ukraine
    Aug29

    Putin Advisor Says Russia Invaded Ukraine

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    In the contested Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the evidence of yet more heavy shelling is everywhere. The casualties in this latest round of violence, at least 15 civilians, their bodies scattered indiscriminately. The attack in the rebel held city took place as evidence mounted, of a Russian military incursion into Ukraine. This tank, says Kiev,...

    Obama Warns of Russian Isolation Over Ukraine, Stops Short of Calling It Invasion
    Aug29

    Obama Warns of Russian Isolation Over Ukraine, Stops Short of Calling It Invasion

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) …read more Source: The Boston...

    Obama confesses: ‘We don’t have a strategy yet’ for dealing with Islamic State
    Aug29

    Obama confesses: ‘We don’t have a strategy yet’ for dealing with Islamic State

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 5:18 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    President Obama acknowledged Thursday he doesn’t have a plan for defeating Islamist militants in Syria and backed away from imminent military action, while he also downplayed reports of a new Russian invasion in Ukraine. “We don’t have a strategy yet,” Mr. Obama said of his plans for defeating the Islamic …...

    Russia’s Ukraine Moves Renew Fears in Poland, Baltics
    Aug29

    Russia’s Ukraine Moves Renew Fears in Poland, Baltics

    Friday, August 29 , 2014 - 3:18 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    Nations that suffered decades of oppression under Soviet rule during the Cold War have been urging their NATO allies to station more troops and otherwise get tougher. …read more Source: The Wall Street...