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White House Urged To Re-Think Its Approach On Ukraine

12:27pm February 03, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

A Brookings Institution report recommends the U.S. provide the Ukrainian government with what it calls "lethal defensive assistance," to help it respond to a new offensive by pro-Russian separatists.

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Smoke rises above buildings after shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The number of people who have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine has climbed to 5,358, with the escalating violence claiming an average of 10 lives per day in the past

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A Rise In The Civilian Death Toll As Ukraine Fighting Increases

11:34am February 03, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

At least eight civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours and 22 wounded in fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian troops in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk.

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No Genocide Proven In 1990s Serbia-Croatia Conflict, Court Rules

9:44am February 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The conflict that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s included widespread violence, says the International Court of Justice. But it adds that the violence can't be deemed genocide.

Paris Attacks Refocus Attention On Homegrown Terrorist Threats

6:38pm February 02, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

Thousands of European men and women traveled to Syria to fight, and some have returned home. The concern is that they were dispatched by al-Qaida or the so-called Islamic State to attack the West.

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Sweden's Social Experiment On Twitter Celebrates Third Anniversary

8:28am February 02, 2015

The group "Curators of Sweden" puts it this way: "Every week, someone in Sweden is @Sweden: sole ruler of the world's most democratic Twitter account."

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Ukrainian soldiers are seen in an armored vehicle topped with a Ukrainian flag near the city of Artemivsk, in the Donetsk region, on Sunday.

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Heavy Fighting Resumes In Eastern Ukraine As Truce Talks Collapse

8:05pm February 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Russian-backed rebels are shelling a strategic rail hub in the Donetsk region a day after cease-fire discussions fell apart.

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Cumberbatch Wants Britain To Pardon Men Convicted Under Anti-Gay Law

3:21pm February 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Oscar-nominated star of the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game has joined actor and comedian Stephen Fry in calling for a blanket pardon of 49,000 men punished under long-defunct law.

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As In Greece, Voters In Spain Appear Ready To Oust Conservatives

11:39am February 01, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Thousands of supporters of the Spanish anti-austerity party, Podemos, marched through Madrid on Saturday. Polls show they could defeat Spain's mainstream parties in elections this year.

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In Aug. 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and businessman and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg,(right) mourn during a farewell ceremony for Putin's first judo coach, Anatoly Rakhlin, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Close Friend Of Putin Awarded Contract For Crimea Bridge

7:02pm January 31, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The span, to be built across a narrow strait that separates Russia from the newly annexed peninsula, is pegged at $3 billion and scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in front of a poster showing a new two-euro commemorative coin at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday.

Merkel: No Relaxing Of Terms On Greek Debt

4:49pm January 31, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The German chancellor says she wants to keep Athens in the eurozone, but that EU lenders have already made substantial concessions on the terms of the bailout.