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    Russia Bans Polish Fruit, Veggies in Apparent Retaliation for Sanctions
    Jul30

    Russia Bans Polish Fruit, Veggies in Apparent Retaliation for Sanctions

    Russia announced a ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland on Wednesday and said it may extend the restrictions to the rest of the European Union, its first apparent retaliation to new Western sanctions imposed over Ukraine a day earlier. Moscow, which buys more than 2 billion euros worth of EU fruit and vegetables a year making it by...

    Pro-ISIS Demonstrators Call for “Death to Jews” in the Netherlands
    Jul30

    Pro-ISIS Demonstrators Call for “Death to Jews” in the Netherlands

    Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center has expressed its shock that protests in support of Islamic terrorist group ISIS have gone undeterred by Dutch authorities in the Hague. Two public rallies, expressing support for ISIS have been held this month, with chants advocating the murder of “dirty Jews from the sewers”...

    What Brought Down Air Algerie Flight AH5017?
    Jul30

    What Brought Down Air Algerie Flight AH5017?

    DAKAR (Reuters) – The Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali last week appears to have plummeted to the ground from an altitude of 10,000 meters in just a few minutes after flying into a storm, a senior official involved in the investigation was quoted as saying. French officials have said they believe bad weather was most likely to blame...

    Some Rebels In Ukraine Vent Frustration With Putin
    Jul30

    Some Rebels In Ukraine Vent Frustration With Putin

    By Aleksandar Vasovic DONETSK, Ukraine, July 30 (Reuters) – Western leaders may be Vladimir Putin’s biggest critics over the conflict in east Ukraine but the Russian leader is also facing criticism from some of the rebels they accuse him of arming. The European Union and the United States have imposed new sanctions on Russia because...

    Russia counts cost of new economic sanctions
    Jul30

    Russia counts cost of new economic sanctions

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia blasted the West’s new economic sanctions on Wednesday, accusing the U.S. of being “prosecutorial” in its drive to impose penalties on the country’s key energy and finance sectors. The U.S. and European Union on Tuesday announced a raft of new sanctions that would limit the trade of arms and...

    Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site
    Jul30

    Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site

    International observers turned back Wednesday after making another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine, and a government official said the area near the zone had been mined by pro-Russian separatists who control it. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Ukraine Welcomes Sanctions Against Russia
    Jul30

    Ukraine Welcomes Sanctions Against Russia

    The authorities also said they would not scale back their military offensive, even if it impeded access by investigators to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site
    Jul30

    Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site

    The OSCE observers headed back to the city of Donetsk after discussions with rebels on the city’s outskirts. …read more Source: USA...

    Russia Defiant In Face Of Unprecedented Western Sanctions
    Jul30

    Russia Defiant In Face Of Unprecedented Western Sanctions

    Russia says unprecedented Western sanctions imposed on its financial, arms, and energy sectors over the Ukraine crisis would hurt the United States and the European Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Mr. Putin Can Ignore Mr. Market
    Jul30

    Mr. Putin Can Ignore Mr. Market

    Anyone who hoped financial markets would take on the burden of punishing Russia for its Ukrainian adventures should think again. …read more Source:...