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    Investigators recover more human remains from Ukraine plane disaster site
    Aug02

    Investigators recover more human remains from Ukraine plane disaster site

    The head of an international recovery mission says investigators have used sniffer dogs at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine and recovered more human remains and personal belongings. …read more Source: FOX...

    More Remains Found at Ukraine Crash Site
    Aug02

    More Remains Found at Ukraine Crash Site

    After delays, Dutch and Australian police officers and forensic experts are searching the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. …read more Source: The New York...

    Russia Bans Polish Apples in a Tit for Tat for EU Sanctions
    Aug02

    Russia Bans Polish Apples in a Tit for Tat for EU Sanctions

    Russian authorities are banning fruit and vegetable imports from Poland in what appears to be retaliation against European Union sanctions over President Vladimir Putin’s support for the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine. Poland is among the European Union nations who have condemned Russia’s backing for the Ukrainian separatists and is...

    Ukraine Struggles To Find Strategy For Getting Back Crimea
    Aug02

    Ukraine Struggles To Find Strategy For Getting Back Crimea

    Russia has said it will never give up the Ukrainian region of Crimea. Nonetheless, the Kyiv government and civil society are actively working on strategies to return the Black Sea peninsula to Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukrainian Forces Advance in East as Russia, West Squabble
    Aug02

    Ukrainian Forces Advance in East as Russia, West Squabble

    KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Government forces tightened the noose around the main stronghold of pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine on Saturday and, with diplomacy stalled, Moscow and the West stepped up their war of words. The seizure of Krasnogorovka and Staromikhailovka, towns just outside Donetsk, brought the army to the edge of one...

    Photographs as Weapons of War in the Middle East
    Aug02

    Photographs as Weapons of War in the Middle East

    In 2003, my Atlantic colleague James Fallows performed a huge public service. He painstakingly reviewed the evidence and concluded that perhaps the single most iconic anti-Israel image did not in fact document an Israeli action at all. Muhamed al-Dura was, we were told, the name of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers, as...

    Ukraine: Investigators Start MH17 Crash Site Search
    Aug01

    Ukraine: Investigators Start MH17 Crash Site Search

    HRABOVE, Ukraine—With the sound of artillery blasts at a distance, 70 international investigators arrived Friday at the eastern Ukraine site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed and started recovering the remains of as many as 80 victims that have been lying in farm fields for two weeks. Several hours before they arrived, at least 10...

    Pentagon wants extra $19M to arm, train Ukrainian troops
    Aug01

    Pentagon wants extra $19M to arm, train Ukrainian troops

    The Pentagon has notified Congress of a plan to increase the amount of money that it is spending on bolstering the defense capabilities of the Ukrainian military, with the majority of that funding going toward equipping and training national guard troops to conduct various missions. Pentagon and State Department officials … …read more...

    Podcast: Vladimir The Ideologue Vs. Putin The Pragmatist
    Aug01

    Podcast: Vladimir The Ideologue Vs. Putin The Pragmatist

    Whether Putin seeks an exit from the Ukraine crisis or escalates it depends largely on which Putin the West is dealing with. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russia Squares Up Over Sanctions
    Aug01

    Russia Squares Up Over Sanctions

    The fallout from Russia’s involvement in Ukraine continues. Its largest lenders seeking to assure clients and investors new EU sanctions won’t hurt. Sberbank, VTB and Russia’s third largest state bank, Gazprombank are among five lenders cut off from raising funds in Europe’s capital markets. The banks deny the move will...