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The Entire Ukraine Conflict Could Come Down To This Weekend
It's a risky business, attempting to predict the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine. But this weekend's Kiev visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stirred hopes that a resolution to the...
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Meet 15 People Who Brave Freezing Temperatures to Live On The Arctic Circle
Since we're in the midst of a hot summer here in the States, it's easy to forget that there's anything but sweaty, scorching weather elsewhere on earth.Just take a step inside the Arctic Circle,...
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Did This Insanely Lucky Motorcycle Rider Defy The Laws Of Physics?
Another incredible piece of dash cam footage out of Eastern Europe has been making the rounds on the Internet. This time, the footage shows quite possibly the luckiest motorcyclist in the world making...
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Here's How To Locate A 'Secret' Pro-Russian Training Camp In Ukraine
Sometimes when geolocating events we can’t rely solely on imagery from sites like Google Earth and Yandex Maps, but instead, we have to utilize several tools and combine multiple sources to come up...
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Russian Aid Convoy Crosses Border, Ukraine Says It Is A 'Direct Invasion'
Ukraine declared on Friday that Russia had launched a "direct invasion" of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian rebels are...
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GM Is Rethinking Its Business In Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - General Motors Co <gm.n> said on Friday it was reviewing the timing of the expansion of its Russian plant near St Petersburg because of a slump in the auto market.The company...
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NATO: Russia Just Significantly Escalated The Crisis In Ukraine
NATO on Friday condemned the entry of a Russian "humanitarian" convoy into Ukrainian territory without the consent of Ukrainian authorities, an event Ukraine charged was a "direct invasion." And for...
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BREMMER: Putin Just Called Ukraine's Bluff
By pushing an "aid"convoy across the border without the consent of Ukrainian authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Ukraine's and the West's bluff, Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer...
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Why Russia Backs The Eurasian Union
"It is like you've been dating a girl for a long time," grins Pavel Andreev, an editor at a state-controlled broadcaster, Rossiya Segodnya, explaining why it has taken so long to press ahead with the...
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White House: Russia Tried To Sneak Military Vehicles Into Ukraine By Painting...
The White House accused Russia of painting military vehicles to look like ordinary civilian trucks, as Ukraine claimed there was a "direct invasion" by a Russian convoy without its consent.Caitlin...
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Here's How The Kremlin's English-Language Propaganda Organs Are Spinning...
The current situation in Ukraine is reaching a head as Russian armor and aid trucks are freely flowing over the boarder, an act that Ukraine has called a "direct invasion."For the first time in months...
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Russia's 'Military Trucks' Have Now Left Ukraine
The Russian "military trucks" that entered Ukraine on Friday, prompting a call of "invasion" by Ukraine, have returned to Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday.Poroshenko told U.S....
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Russian Separatists Paraded Ukrainian POWs Through City — And Then Hosed Down...
Pro-Russian separatist rebels force-marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war along a main street of the rebel-held Ukrainian town of Donetsk on Sunday.People shouted "fascists" at the group, who...
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Here's How Russian, French, Portuguese, And German Native Speakers Screw Up...
Computer scientists at MIT and Israel's Technion recently developed an algorithm that analyzes quirks and errors in English-as-a-second-language (ESL) essays to predict the author's native tongue,...
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In A Possible War Crime, Pro-Russian Separatists Paraded Ukrainian POWs...
When pro-Russian separatists marched captured Ukrainian soldiers at bayonet-point through the streets of Donetsk over the weekend, the crowd jeered, cursed, and hurled refuse at the haggard prisoners....
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Russia Just Closed Another McDonald's
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian food safety watchdog said on Monday it had ordered the temporary closure of one McDonald's <mcd.n> restaurant in the southern Stavropol region over sanitary...
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Russia Is Pumping $6.6 Billion Into Two State Banks Hit By Sanctions
Moscow (AFP) - The Russian government has approved injecting 239 billion rubles ($6.6 billion, 5 billion euros) into two of the country's largest, state-controlled banks that have been hit with Western...
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The US Warns Russia About Its 'Significant Escalation' In Ukraine Ahead Of A...
High-profile U.S. diplomats warned Russia to halt increasing "escalation" in Ukraine on Tuesday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin was scheduled to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart for the first...
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Here's What It's Like When An Armored Column Appears Out Of Nowhere In Ukraine
On Monday, a resident of Novoazovsk in southeastern Ukraine said she saw a column of armored vehicles approach the town and start shooting."It all started at 8:00 this morning, tanks appeared, no fewer...
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Why Independence Could Put Scotland In Danger Of Russian Invasion
If Scotland votes “Yes” on independence, it will begin a long process of creating its own naval defence force, a process that could leave its coastline at risk. The Royal United Services Institute, a...
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