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    Pro-Russian Rebels Are Using Soviet WWII Posters To Recruit In East Ukraine
    Jul28

    Pro-Russian Rebels Are Using Soviet WWII Posters To Recruit In East Ukraine

    Pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine are turning to Soviet World War II posters to spread their message of fighting against Ukrainian “fascists” in a part of the world that was flattened by Nazi troops. “The Motherland Calls!” read one billboard accompanied by a vintage print of a stern-looking Soviet woman against a...

    Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists intensifies near MH17 disaster site
    Jul28

    Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists intensifies near MH17 disaster site

    Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Hamas Agrees to Cease-Fire, But Rockets Keep Flying
    Jul28

    Hamas Agrees to Cease-Fire, But Rockets Keep Flying

    MoreIsrael Acknowledges Mortar Strike at UN School, But Denies CasualtiesIsrael Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 HoursPHOTOS: Israel’s Ground Offensive in GazaUpdated 3:55 p.m. ET Sunday MoreIsrael Acknowledges Mortar Strike at UN School, But Denies CasualtiesCease-Fire Ends in GazaSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia...

    Hamas Agrees to 24-Hour Holiday Truce in Gaza War
    Jul28

    Hamas Agrees to 24-Hour Holiday Truce in Gaza War

    MoreIsrael Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 HoursPHOTOS: Israel’s Ground Offensive in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Sunday agreed to observe a 24-hour humanitarian truce after initially rejecting such an offer by Israel, as fighting resumed and the two sides wrangled over the terms of a lull the international...

    Arms Embargo Wouldn’t Hurt Russia, Says Study
    Jul28

    Arms Embargo Wouldn’t Hurt Russia, Says Study

    LONDON—An arms embargo against Russia would be little more than symbolic because Russia is largely self-sufficient in supplying its armed forces, a report argued Sunday. European Union countries exported $583 million of military equipment to Russia last year, less than 1 percent of the nation’s $68 billion defense budget, according to...

    MH17 Crash Investigators Hampered by Fighting in Ukraine
    Jul28

    MH17 Crash Investigators Hampered by Fighting in Ukraine

    A team of international crash investigators and police officers was forced to cancel a visit to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane Sunday in eastern Ukraine. Heavy fighting has been reported between government forces and rebels close to the area where Flight MH17 came down ten days ago. The team of international police officers from...

    Israel Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 Hours
    Jul28

    Israel Says It’s Extending Gaza Truce for 24 Hours

    (BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip) — Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel’s offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war. MoreSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia NBC NewsWhat Truce? More Than a Dozen Die in Renewed Mideast...

    Experts Will Try to Reach MH17 Site Monday
    Jul28

    Experts Will Try to Reach MH17 Site Monday

    After a failed attempt to reach the debris of MH17 on Sunday, international experts are preparing to get there Monday despite ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Israel Agrees to Extend Gaza War Truce by 4 Hours
    Jul28

    Israel Agrees to Extend Gaza War Truce by 4 Hours

    (JERUSALEM) — An Israeli Cabinet minister says Israel has agreed to extend a 12-hour humanitarian truce in the Gaza war by four hours. MoreSecond American Diagnosed With Ebola in Liberia NBC NewsWhat Truce? More Than a Dozen Die in Renewed Mideast Fighting NBC NewsSatellite Images Show Russia Firing Into Ukraine: U.S. NBC NewsDog Passes Out...

    U.S. Releases Satellite Images To Back Up Claims Russia Fired Rockets Into Ukraine
    Jul28

    U.S. Releases Satellite Images To Back Up Claims Russia Fired Rockets Into Ukraine

    DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping up pressure on Moscow, the U.S. on Sunday released satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists has crossed the border. The images, which came from the U.S. Director of National...