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    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...

    Japan is stepping up sanctions against Russia
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    Japan is stepping up sanctions against Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    TOKYO — Japan is imposing more sanctions against Russia over its support for pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine who are accused of shooting down a Malaysian jet, the chief government spokesman said Monday. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Eastern Ukrainians Flee as Fighting Heats Up
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    Eastern Ukrainians Flee as Fighting Heats Up

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

    SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine—Panicky residents in an eastern Ukrainian town fled their homes Monday carrying a few possessions in plastic bags and small suitcases as shells exploded in the distance, fighting that also prevented an international police team from reaching the site of the Malaysia Airlines crash. “Mom, hang in there,”...

    U.S. says Russia violated nuclear missile treaty
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    U.S. says Russia violated nuclear missile treaty

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

    With tensions already high over Ukraine and downed Malaysian plane, Obama administration accuses Russia of conducting banned tests …read more Source:...

    HOLMES: What’s at stake in Ukraine?
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    HOLMES: What’s at stake in Ukraine?

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

    ANALYSIS/OPINION: What’s at stake in Ukraine? If the actions of Western governments speak louder than words, the short answer is “not much.” The full range of sanctions on Russia has not yet been imposed, and there is a widespread reluctance to embrace Ukraine too closely. But what if our reluctance … …read more...

    Ukraine Setbacks Afflict Putin
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    Ukraine Setbacks Afflict Putin

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 6:05 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    Pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine saw some of their worst battlefield setbacks in weeks as the West agreed on tougher sanctions—posing fresh challenges on two fronts for the Kremlin. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    White House: New US, Europe sanctions on Russia
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    White House: New US, Europe sanctions on Russia

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

    The U.S. will join the European Union in adding new economic sanctions on Russia for supporting separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source:...