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    Dutch retrieve DNA of some Ukraine crash victims
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    Dutch retrieve DNA of some Ukraine crash victims

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 22:31 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    AMSTERDAM (AP) — The head of the Dutch-led international team investigating the Malaysian Airline Flight 17 disaster says his group has retrieved additional DNA samples from 25 victims at a mortuary in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...

    A Field Guide To The Bizarre And Terrifying Pro-Russian Rebels In Ukraine
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    A Field Guide To The Bizarre And Terrifying Pro-Russian Rebels In Ukraine

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 22:20 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Weeks after Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, fighting still rages as the government battles with the obstinate, heavily armed separatists who remain in control much of the territory around the crash site. In charge of the many masked rebel militiamen in the east is a collection of commanders and self-appointed politicians who are...

    Russia Bans Ukraine’s Soy, Mulls Greek Fruit, US Poultry Ban
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    Russia Bans Ukraine’s Soy, Mulls Greek Fruit, US Poultry Ban

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 22:20 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russia has banned soy imports from Ukraine and may impose restrictions on Greek fruits and U.S. poultry next week, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, in what could be responses to new Western sanctions. Russia has already announced several bans on food imports following Western sanctions over Moscow’s support of rebels in Ukraine....

    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine
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    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 22:20 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    MOSCOW — For Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are few options left in the Ukraine crisis and they all look bad.He is caught between a determined West demanding that he disavow the pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine and increasingly assertive nationalists at home urging him to champion the mutiny and send in the Russian army....

    Sham Twitter Feed Of U.S. ‘Ambassador’ To Russia Blocked
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    Sham Twitter Feed Of U.S. ‘Ambassador’ To Russia Blocked

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Somebody has set up a fake Twitter account for John Tefft, U.S. President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    ‘But They Use Human Shields!’
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    ‘But They Use Human Shields!’

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    If truth is the first casualty of war, then ethics, its twin sister, dies in the same explosion. Karl Barth, perhaps the 20th century’s most famous theologian, lived through two European wars and described the ensuing darkness as a complete “collapse of ethics.” He was right. The ability to reason morally may be an accidental...

    NOMURA: Putin Is In Check But Far From Checkmate
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    NOMURA: Putin Is In Check But Far From Checkmate

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The downing of MH17 has complicated the situation for Russia President Vladimir Putin, but he’s not finished yet. Alastair Newton of Nomura has a note titled “Russia/Ukraine: ‘Check’…but not ‘checkmate'” in which he analyzes the most recent round of Western sanctions against Russia over Ukraine and lays...

    EU Formally Adopts Russia Sanctions
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    EU Formally Adopts Russia Sanctions

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 20:45 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The European Union formally adopted broad economic sanctions against Russia on July 31, in response to Moscow’s actions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine
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    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:57 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    For Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are few options left in the Ukraine crisis and they all look bad. …read more Source: Miami...

    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine
    Jul31

    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:57 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — For Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are few options left in the Ukraine crisis and they all look bad. He is caught between a determined West demanding that he disavow the pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine and increasingly assertive nationalists at home urging him to champion the mutiny and send in the Russian army. The...