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    White House says Russia ‘losing’ war in Ukraine
    Jul28

    White House says Russia ‘losing’ war in Ukraine

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:55 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    The White House said Monday that Russia is “losing” its war in eastern Ukraine and warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime faces more sanctions this week by the U.S. and its European allies. “On the battlefield itself, the Ukrainians are doing very well,” said Tony Blinken, White House deputy …...

    France to Lead Air Algerie Black Box Analysis
    Jul28

    France to Lead Air Algerie Black Box Analysis

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:55 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The black boxes from an Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali last week, killing all 118 people aboard, arrived in Paris on Monday as France takes the lead in the investigation. France’s transport minister said reviewing the data from the jet could take “weeks.” Flags flew at half-mast in France on Monday as the country began...

    Sole Israeli national on downed Malaysian airliner was son of evangelical Christian
    Jul28

    Sole Israeli national on downed Malaysian airliner was son of evangelical Christian

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    Ithamar Avnon, the sole Israeli national aboard the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, pictured in Jerusalem in 2008. (Shai Penn Eisenman) AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A few hours before he departed Amsterdam for Australia on July 17, Ithamar Avnon was praying for peace with his parents at their home in the Netherlands. That evening, pro-Russian...

    Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
    Jul28

    Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    Self-proclamed Donetsk People’s Republic policemen search a minivan near Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on Monday, July 28, 2014. An international police team abandoned its attemp… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Russian Oligarch’s Balkan-Style Gambit in Ukraine
    Jul28

    Russian Oligarch’s Balkan-Style Gambit in Ukraine

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    On July 25, the London Financial Times published a lengthy and fascinating report dealing with the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Courtney Weaver, a Moscow staffer for the newspaper, described how Konstantin V. Malofeev, a Russian Orthodox Christian billionaire little known in the West, traveled to Sevastopol, on the southwest coast of the Crimean...

    Pope Francis Begs For An End To War On 100th Anniversary Of WWI
    Jul28

    Pope Francis Begs For An End To War On 100th Anniversary Of WWI

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I with an impassioned plea for people to “not repeat the mistakes of the past,” urging them to embrace dialogue to overcome conflicts. Francis cited current warfare between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as in Iraq and in Ukraine....

    Sino-Russian Entente Would Move the World a Step Closer to 1914
    Jul28

    Sino-Russian Entente Would Move the World a Step Closer to 1914

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    This piece also appears in the South China Morning PostArtyom Lukin says the U.S. policy of containment is pushing China and Russia ever closer to forming a powerful anti-Western alliance, greatly raising the possibility of a Third World War VLADIVOSTOCK — Whereas the first two world wars broke out and were fought mainly in Europe, the...

    Fighting rages near MH17 crash site in Ukraine
    Jul28

    Fighting rages near MH17 crash site in Ukraine

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    As the investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 continues, fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists intensified near the crash site in eastern Ukraine. International monitors and investigators were unable to examine the wreckage. Kitty Logan reports. …read more Source:...

    Russia Celebrated Its Navy Day In Recently Annexed Crimea
    Jul28

    Russia Celebrated Its Navy Day In Recently Annexed Crimea

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Russia celebrated its de-facto annexation of Crimea by holding its annual Navy Day celebration in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol yesterday. Navy Day is a national holiday in Russia typically held on the last Sunday of July. The holiday originated with the Soviet Union, which first celebrated Navy Day in June 1939. Ukraine has also celebrated...

    $50bn Yukos Case Latest Russia Cost
    Jul28

    $50bn Yukos Case Latest Russia Cost

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    Russia has been caught firing artillery across the border at Ukraine – at least that’s according to these images, released by the U.S. on Sunday. It’s the latest development in the geopolitical standoff. And it’s against this backdrop that an international court in the Hague has ordered Russia to pay 50 billion dollars to...