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    This Man Thinks He’s In Charge of Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine
    Jul28

    This Man Thinks He’s In Charge of Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine

    Eastern Ukraine rebel leader Alexander Borodai, a former PR consultant in Russia, is now at the helm of a group of pro-Russian rebels controlling the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site and other territories around the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. But what kind of authority does Borodai have? A kind he decided for himself. In April, a gang led...

    Ukrainian PM urges vote to pay for war
    Jul28

    Ukrainian PM urges vote to pay for war

    Ukraine’s prime minister says parliament needs to come up with more money to pay the mounting costs from the war against pro-Russian separatists and to rebuild infrastructure shattered by the fighting. …read more Source: Miami...

    U.S. Evacuation in Libya Shows Ill Effects of American Internventionism
    Jul28

    U.S. Evacuation in Libya Shows Ill Effects of American Internventionism

    The American foreign policy elite should learn something from the recent humiliating evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, Libya–amid the chaos of tribal civil war in that country–but probably won’t. Since World War II, this bipartisan elite has thumbed its nose at the traditional U.S. foreign policy of strategic...

    Ukraine: Missile Shrapnel Destroyed Plane
    Jul28

    Ukraine: Missile Shrapnel Destroyed Plane

    Data retrieved from the black boxes aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 showed the plane was destroyed by “massive explosive decompression” caused by shrapnel from a missile, Ukrainian authorities said. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    World War I Anniversary: Five Historians, Two Questions
    Jul28

    World War I Anniversary: Five Historians, Two Questions

    One hundred years after the beginning of World War I, historians are still wondering how it started. Meanwhile many of the rest of us wonder if the global situation today is as perilous as it was on the eve of that cataclysm. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Sarah Palin’s Low-Budget TV Channel Is Pricier Than Netflix
    Jul28

    Sarah Palin’s Low-Budget TV Channel Is Pricier Than Netflix

    Sarah Palin is returning to her roots in low-budget television–but this time, she’s on the web, the focus is American politics, and she owns the network. The Sarah Palin Channel launched Sunday, asking prospective viewers for 9.95 per month–96 cents more than Netflix–or 99.95 a year. (No word on whether subscribers get...

    Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
    Jul28

    Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site

    SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine — An international police team abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane for a second day running Monday as clashes raged in a town on the road to the area.With government troops intensifying their push to claw back more territory from pro-Russian separatist rebels, the death toll is...

    Access hindered to MH17 site
    Jul28

    Access hindered to MH17 site

    Uncertainty hangs over an international effort to retrieve human remains from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Japan to step up sanctions against Russia following Malaysian airliner disaster
    Jul28

    Japan to step up sanctions against Russia following Malaysian airliner disaster

    Japan is stepping up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...

    Russia hopes for ‘impartial’ Malaysia jet crash investigation
    Jul28

    Russia hopes for ‘impartial’ Malaysia jet crash investigation

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday dug his heels in on the war in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged involvement in the conflict, saying that Kiev had overstepped its bounds in fighting the insurgency. …read more Source: Los Angeles...