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Ukraine Revolution Erupts in Fresh Violence
Despite Russian reassurances that Moscow’s troop buildup along Ukraine’s eastern frontier is for a military exercise, its growing scale is making U.S. officials nervous about its ultimate aim. President Barack Obama on Friday urged ...
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The Ukrainian Revolution's Neo-Fascist Problem
Pentagon officials say they believe there could be close to 50,000 Russian troops bordering the former Soviet republic and inside Crimea, recently seized and annexed by Moscow. That estimate is double earlier assessments, and ...
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Ukraine 2014 Parliamentary Election Results
Washington got those assurances that the Russian troop buildup was only an exercise from Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu a week ago. But no one in the U.S. government knows if Putin agrees — ...
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Ukraine Revolution Places Elites Back In Power
There is no plan to involve the U.S. military in what is happening in Ukraine, even if Russia takes more territory. Ukraine borders Russia, and Ukraine does not belong to NATO, where an attack ...
Summary The legal battle between the FBI and Apple Inc. over the unlocking of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s cell phone demonstrates the increasing willingness of U.S. technology giants to ...
“Dogs go, pigs come,” read the graffiti-smeared walls throughout Taipei in February 1947. It was less than a year and a half since the Allies had driven the so-called “dogs” ...
The New Year fireworks in Argentina have marked not only the end of the calendar year 2015, but definitely also the end of the long standing left government in the ...
Summary Feb. 27 marks the anniversary of the assassination of Russian opposition heavyweight Boris Nemtsov. His killing sparked two weeks of intrigue in Russia’s top political circles, laying bare previously obscured Kremlin ...
Summary Another oil pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has been disrupted. Royal Dutch Shell’s Forcados Pipeline in Burutu, Delta state, was ruptured Feb. 14, which caused the entire pipeline ...
China will soon begin its first round of anti-corruption investigations for 2016, greatly expanding last year’s efforts. Increases in personnel will make it possible for the Central Commission for Discipline ...
Chabahar’s proximity to existing ports in the Gulf and Arabian seas will force it to compete for shipping traffic and scarce development funds. Construction on the port will begin this ...
Summary The Ukrainian government is in the midst of a major political shake-up, but Kiev is not the only actor involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine that is undergoing ...