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    Civilians in Ukraine Flee Fighting
    Aug01

    Civilians in Ukraine Flee Fighting

    Civilians from towns around the area of Eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 was shot down are continuing to flee heavy fighting. …read more Source: The Boston...

    More Investigators Reach MH17 Crash Site as Rebels Ambush Ukraine Troops Nearby
    Aug01

    More Investigators Reach MH17 Crash Site as Rebels Ambush Ukraine Troops Nearby

    HRABOVE, Ukraine—A team of several dozen international investigators descended Friday on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to begin combing an area now designated as a crime scene. A few hours earlier, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist rebels in a...

    MH17: 60 experts arrive at crash site
    Aug01

    MH17: 60 experts arrive at crash site

    International monitors and experts arrived at the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine for the second day running Friday — this time in much greater numbers. …read more Source:...

    Ukrainian Troops Suffer Heavy Losses In Ambush By Pro-Russian Rebels
    Aug01

    Ukrainian Troops Suffer Heavy Losses In Ambush By Pro-Russian Rebels

    HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — A team of several dozen international investigators descended Friday on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to begin combing an area now designated as a crime scene. A few hours earlier, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist...

    Ukraine Army Confirms At Least 14 Deaths From Pro-Russian ‘Ambush’
    Aug01

    Ukraine Army Confirms At Least 14 Deaths From Pro-Russian ‘Ambush’

    An ambush by pro-Russian fighters near the town of Shakhtarsk, in the area where the Malaysian airliner fell two weeks ago, killed more than a dozen people, many of them soldiers, and injured many more. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    International Investigators Begin Work at Crash Site in Ukraine
    Aug01

    International Investigators Begin Work at Crash Site in Ukraine

    Several dozen international investigators have begun working at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. Investigators from the Netherlands and Australia, along with accompanying officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Friday began combing an area now designated as a crime scene. They...

    US Senate Confirms John Tefft as Envoy to Russia
    Aug01

    US Senate Confirms John Tefft as Envoy to Russia

    The U.S. Senate has approved President Barack Obama’s nomination for ambassador to Russia. John Tefft, a career diplomat specializing in Eastern Europe, was unanimously approved Thursday, filling a post that had been vacant since February. Tefft has served as Obama’s ambassador to Ukraine and former President George W. Bush’s...

    Senate Follies Almost Derail Confirmation Of New U.S. Ambassador To Russia
    Aug01

    Senate Follies Almost Derail Confirmation Of New U.S. Ambassador To Russia

    In the midst of major political turmoil, fiery rhetoric, sanctions, violence in eastern Ukraine and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, America’s new diplomatic envoy to Russia almost didn’t get confirmed by the Senate. On Thursday night, a Republican senator refused to confirm John F. Tefft as the new ambassador to Russia as...

    On Centennial, Seven Harvard Scholars List Lessons of WWI — And How They Might Apply Today
    Aug01

    On Centennial, Seven Harvard Scholars List Lessons of WWI — And How They Might Apply Today

    This week marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I. WorldPost contributors such as Walter Russell Mead and Artyom Lukin have asked whether events in 2014 parallel those of 1914. Here, seven scholars from the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government offer the historical lessons they see. –...

    Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation
    Aug01

    Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation

    A week after Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said he wanted to resign, the government offered a reply: You can’t. …read more Source: Los Angeles...