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    Ukrainian troops edge closer to rebel-held Donetsk
    Aug05

    Ukrainian troops edge closer to rebel-held Donetsk

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 18:05 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops took control of a checkpoint Tuesday on the western edge of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk as the government makes further gradual advances to quash pro-Russian separatist forces in the east.An Associated Press reporter saw a tank waving the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag in the suburb of Marinka,...

    Russian Theme Park A Go For French Firm Despite EU Sanctions Link
    Aug05

    Russian Theme Park A Go For French Firm Despite EU Sanctions Link

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 18:05 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    A French company behind plans to build a Russian history theme park says it will go ahead with the project despite EU sanctions on its Russian partner. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Japan Fears For Security As Neighbours Build Up Arms
    Aug05

    Japan Fears For Security As Neighbours Build Up Arms

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 17:05 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Japan finds itself in a worsening security environment as North Korea pushes ahead with missile development and China and Russia step up military activity in the region, Japan’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry’s annual white paper comes after intermittent testing by North Korea of ballistic missiles in defiance of a...

    Will Sanctions on Russia Tip the World Into Recession?
    Aug05

    Will Sanctions on Russia Tip the World Into Recession?

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 17:05 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    In the summer of 1997, Larry Summers, then the deputy treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, was having a private meeting with a senior Wall Street executive who oversaw his bank’s international operations. The executive had been watching with concern the mounting turmoil in the financial and property markets of Thailand, the...

    What Actually Constitutes A War Crime?
    Aug05

    What Actually Constitutes A War Crime?

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 17:05 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group Hamas this month of committing a “double war crime” for targeting Israeli civilians with rockets and using the Gaza Strip’s residents as “human shields.” Palestinian officials, meanwhile, argued that Israel should be charged with war crimes for the...

    Rights Group: Ukraine Rebels Hampering Aid Efforts
    Aug05

    Rights Group: Ukraine Rebels Hampering Aid Efforts

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 17:05 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    As Ukrainian forces close in on a key city controlled by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, a human rights group is accusing the fighters of aggravating the humanitarian crisis triggered by the four-month-old conflict. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch issued a statement Tuesday saying rebel attacks on medical personnel and facilities have...

    Thai surrogate mom would be happy to get twin back
    Aug05

    Thai surrogate mom would be happy to get twin back

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 17:05 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    SRI RACHA, Thailand (AP) — A Thai surrogate mother raising a Down syndrome baby she claims was abandoned by his Australian biological parents said Tuesday she would be happy to have the boy’s healthy twin returned to her, especially after learning the father is a convicted sex offender. The Australian government is considering policy...

    Eurozone Recovery Holding up but Ukraine Looms
    Aug05

    Eurozone Recovery Holding up but Ukraine Looms

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 17:05 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    LONDON— Further evidence emerged Tuesday that the economic recovery across Europe is gaining traction, though it remains vulnerable to an escalation in the crisis in Ukraine, which has seen sanctions on Russia ratcheted up. As well as raising speculation that Russia will slip into recession following the sanctions imposed by the United...

    Germany’s Spy Agency Is Ready To Shake Off Its Second Tier Reputation
    Aug05

    Germany’s Spy Agency Is Ready To Shake Off Its Second Tier Reputation

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 17:05 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    “In the CIA people view liaison relationships as a pain in the ass but necessary,” says Valerie Plame, the CIA undercover agent whose identity was infamously disclosed by aides to President George W Bush soon after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. Liaison relationships are the CIA’s term for cooperation with foreign intelligence...

    Ukraine troops push toward rebels in Donetsk
    Aug05

    Ukraine troops push toward rebels in Donetsk

    Tuesday, August 5 , 2014 - 14:36 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    Government forces seen in control of key checkpoint near pro-Russian separatists’ stronghold …read more Source:...