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    White House: EU, US to Impose New Russia Sanctions
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    White House: EU, US to Impose New Russia Sanctions

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    MoreUkraine: MH17 Downed by ‘Massive Explosive Decompression’Putin’s Fragile DeceptionsDeath Toll Mounts as Clashes Intensify in Ukraine(WASHINGTON) — The United States and European Union plan to impose new sanctions against Russia this week, including penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy, the White House...

    US Says Russia Tested A Cruise Missile In Violation Of Cold War Treaty
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    US Says Russia Tested A Cruise Missile In Violation Of Cold War Treaty

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    In another sign of deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, the U.S. government said on Monday that Moscow had violated the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty, and urged immediate bilateral talks on the issue. The Cold War treaty, ratified in 1988, was designed to eliminate ground-launched cruise missiles with ranges of...

    Ukraine retakes 3 towns near crash; U.N. says downing may be war crime
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    Ukraine retakes 3 towns near crash; U.N. says downing may be war crime

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Ukrainian troops recaptured three towns from pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine on Monday as they advanced toward the Malaysia Airlines crash site, where international investigators have been thwarted from probing the scene of the July 17 disaster, Ukrainian officials said. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    UN Commissioner: MH17 Downing Could Be A War Crime
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    UN Commissioner: MH17 Downing Could Be A War Crime

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The U.N. high commissioner for human rights says the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in rebel-held eastern Ukraine “may amount to a war crime.” Commissioner Navi Pillay’s assessment Monday came as an international team of investigators and police was again prevented from visiting the site after heavy fighting between...

    US: Russia Violated 1987 Nuclear Missile Treaty
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    US: Russia Violated 1987 Nuclear Missile Treaty

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach “a very serious matter” and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time.The treaty confrontation comes at a highly strained...

    President Obama prepares to increase sanctions on Russia
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    President Obama prepares to increase sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    President Obama is preparing to increase U.S. sanctions on Russia in a coordinated effort with European leaders in response to Russia’s continued role in supporting the separatist fighters in neighboring Ukraine, a senior administration official said Monday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Ukraine official: Black box shows missile shrapnel downed Malaysian airliner
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    Ukraine official: Black box shows missile shrapnel downed Malaysian airliner

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    Evidence from the black box of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 indicates that shrapnel from an exploding missile ripped through the passenger jet, causing a “massive explosive decompression” that led to the crash and death of 298 passengers and crew, a Ukrainian government official said Monday. …read more Source: Miami...

    U.S. sales to Russia have only risen since sanctions imposed
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    U.S. sales to Russia have only risen since sanctions imposed

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    In the months since the United States imposed sanctions on Russian businesses and close associates of President Vladimir Putin’s, an odd thing has happened: U.S. exports to Russia have risen. …read more Source: Miami...

    French Sales of Weapons to Russia Not Welcomed by European Union
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    French Sales of Weapons to Russia Not Welcomed by European Union

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    “The agreement was signed in 2011, the boat is almost finished and must be delivered in October … The Russians have paid. We would need to pay back 1,1 billion euros,” French President François Hollande explained during a dinner hosted by the Presidential Press Association on July 21. After the crash of flight MH17 above the...

    Syria’s War Poets
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    Syria’s War Poets

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    GAZIANTEP, Turkey—Visiting Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, the American novelist Philip Roth reflected on what distinguished him from his peers behind the Iron Curtain: “It occurred to me that I work in a society where as a writer everything goes and nothing matters, while for the Czech writers I met in Prague, nothing goes and...