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    Ukrainian government tries to ban Communists, accuses them of supporting rebels
    Jul24

    Ukrainian government tries to ban Communists, accuses them of supporting rebels

    A court in Kiev is holding a hearing on the government’s request to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...

    Ukrainian Parties Quit Parliament Coalition, Trigger Election
    Jul24

    Ukrainian Parties Quit Parliament Coalition, Trigger Election

    Two Ukrainian parties have quit the majority coalition in parliament to allow President Petro Poroshenko to start the procedure for new parliamentary elections. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Eurozone Growth Rebounds in July
    Jul24

    Eurozone Growth Rebounds in July

    A private-sector survey showed that business activity rose, but that worries about the Ukraine crisis have begun to cloud the outlook. …read more Source: The New York...

    German Officials Say The EU Will Hit Putin With Biting Sanctions
    Jul24

    German Officials Say The EU Will Hit Putin With Biting Sanctions

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The German government believes the European Union could move to sanctions on sectors of the Russian economy by the end of July unless Russia acts quickly to defuse the crisis in eastern Ukraine, an EU source said on Thursday. German officials in Brussels have also briefed that Berlin favors a time limit on how long new...

    Plane with more crash victims leaves Ukraine
    Jul24

    Plane with more crash victims leaves Ukraine

    In this framegrab made from a video provided by press service of the rebel Donetsk People’s Republic and icorpus.ru, pro-Russians collect parts of the burning debris of a Ukrainian military fi… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Communist Faction In Ukrainian Parliament Dissolved
    Jul24

    Communist Faction In Ukrainian Parliament Dissolved

    Ukrainian parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has dissolved the Communist faction in the parliament. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Australia readies 50 police to send to Ukraine
    Jul24

    Australia readies 50 police to send to Ukraine

    Australia has sent 50 police to London in anticipation of deploying them to Ukraine to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a potential U.N. team that’s under consideration, the Australian prime minister said Thursday. …read more Source: Miami...

    Anthony Maslin And Marite Norris, Parents Of 3 Kids Killed On Flight MH17, Speak Out
    Jul24

    Anthony Maslin And Marite Norris, Parents Of 3 Kids Killed On Flight MH17, Speak Out

    Anthony Maslin and Marite Norris, who lost their three children and Norris’ father when Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, have released a statement describing their anguish. The couple had remained in Amsterdam while Nick Norris, 68, brought the kids — Otis, 8, Evie, 10 and Mo, 12 — home...

    40 Bodies From MH17 Solemnly Returned to Dutch Soil
    Jul24

    40 Bodies From MH17 Solemnly Returned to Dutch Soil

    (EINDHOVEN, Netherlands) — Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical hearses, flags at half-staff flapping in the wind. MoreEU Preparing Further Sanctions Against Russia After MH17 CrashMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash:...

    Amsterdam Remembers MH17 Victims In Silent March
    Jul24

    Amsterdam Remembers MH17 Victims In Silent March

    Dressed in white, Amsterdam residents walked silently through the city’s streets on July 23 in memory of the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, 193 of whom were Dutch. Flags on government and private buildings flew at half mast as mourners released hundreds of white balloons into the sky from the capital’s Dam Square....