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    Barricades come down in central Kiev after months of protest
    Aug09

    Barricades come down in central Kiev after months of protest

    City workers and volunteers have removed the last of the barricades that had blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital since protests that forced a change of government arose late last year. …read more Source: FOX...

    Russia arrests Ukrainian officers
    Aug09

    Russia arrests Ukrainian officers

    A Russian court authorized Friday the arrest of five Ukrainian servicemen on what the state-run RIA Novosti news agency described as suspicion of war crimes. …read more Source:...

    UN Warns Moscow Against Humanitarian Efforts
    Aug09

    UN Warns Moscow Against Humanitarian Efforts

    Members of the United Nations Security Council said Friday any attempt by Russia to deliver humanitarian aid to Ukraine would be considered an invasion. UN Ambassador to the US, Samantha Power. …read more Source: The Boston...

    World’s woes won’t stop Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation
    Aug09

    World’s woes won’t stop Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation

    Crises in Iraq, Gaza and Ukraine — and the certainty of attacks by conservative critics for golfing while the world burns — won’t stop President Obama from leaving Saturday for a two-week vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Armenia and Its Russian-Imperialism Problem
    Aug09

    Armenia and Its Russian-Imperialism Problem

    Earlier this summer, a minor kerfuffle over an exhibition of artworks by famed Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990) underscored a more serious problem facing Armenian culture and Armenia in general — and, by extension, many of the former Soviet republics. Parajanov, born Sarkis Hovsepi Parajaniants, was one of the great...

    US, UK Governments Warn Russia Not To Send ‘Humanitarian Assistance’ To Ukraine
    Aug09

    US, UK Governments Warn Russia Not To Send ‘Humanitarian Assistance’ To Ukraine

    Following reports Friday morning by the Ukrainian government that Russian military vehicles had entered Ukraine this week, the American and British governments warned Russia that using humanitarian assistance as a pretension for sending soldiers into rebel-held eastern Ukraine would be unacceptable to the West. …read more Source:...

    Ukrainian replaces Russian as leader of insurgency
    Aug09

    Ukrainian replaces Russian as leader of insurgency

    Donetsk, Ukraine — A Ukrainian has replaced a Russian at the helm of the insurgency in eastern Ukraine and declared that he wants “only moral support” from Moscow, as the Kremlin apparently tries to rebut Western claims that it is calling the shots among the rebels. Many in the rebel ranks decry what they call Russia’s...

    West Warns Russia Over Ukraine ‘Aid’ Mission
    Aug09

    West Warns Russia Over Ukraine ‘Aid’ Mission

    The U.S. and British governments have warned Russia against any further intervention in Ukraine, including under the pretext of delivering humanitarian assistance. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Stocks End Week With a Wild Ride
    Aug09

    Stocks End Week With a Wild Ride

    U.S. stocks rallied Friday, pulling the Dow industrials into positive territory for the week, as reports of easing tensions in Ukraine put traders at ease. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Diplomatic Memo: Iraq Strikes Seen as Giving Putin Pretext in Ukraine
    Aug09

    Diplomatic Memo: Iraq Strikes Seen as Giving Putin Pretext in Ukraine

    If Russia sends forces into Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin can point to the American intervention in Iraq as justification for protecting a population under siege. …read more Source: The New York...