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Russia Moves More Troops Across Ukraine Border, NATO Says

10:22am August 29, 2014

David Greene talks to Alexander Vershbow, deputy secretary general of NATO, about Russian military advances into Ukraine. The NATO-Ukraine Commission held an emergency meeting in Brussels on Friday.

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Moral To This Story: Don't Lie About Being Kidnapped

7:15am August 27, 2014

A British man who was at a party called his girlfriend to stay he couldn't come home because he had been kidnapped. She called police, and they fined him after they found him still at the party.

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Kiev Claims Russia Has Sights Set On New Eastern Ukrainian City

8:07pm August 26, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Ukraine has accused Russia of trying to open a new front in the war between the government and pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine.

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Alexis Jay, author of a report released Tuesday that documents the abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham, England, says local authorities were aware of the problem for years and did nothing.

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Report Details 16 Years Of 'Horrific Abuse' Of Children In U.K. Town

8:07pm August 26, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

An inquiry in the U.K. has found that more than 1,400 children have been sexually abused by an organized ring of men in the northern English town of Rotherham.

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Austria's Social Democrat Party Wants Its Gnomes Back

11:53am August 25, 2014

The BBC reports that on Saturday more than 400 garden gnomes were stolen from an Austrian town, where they were holding election campaign signs while tied to lampposts.

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Russian Convoy Crosses Ukrainian Border, Prompting Outcry From West

8:09pm August 22, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Russia has sent a large number of trucks into eastern Ukraine without the authorization of the Ukrainian government or Red Cross supervision. Moscow says the trucks are carrying aid for civilians, but the Ukrainians — together with NATO, U.S. and European leaders — say the move is a violation of Ukrainian sovereignty.

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This image posted on a militant website shows ISIS fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria, where the extremist group trains recruits, including Westerners.

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European Fighters Take On More Prominent Roles In The Islamic State

9:18pm August 21, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

The hunt is on to identify the man in the James Foley execution video who speaks with a British accent. An estimated 2,000 Europeans have left home to join the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

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A Ukrainian soldier speaks with a fellow soldier on a portable radio transmitter in their military camp near Luhansk on Wednesday.

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As Ukraine Presses Military Offensive, The Facts Are Fuzzy

3:17pm August 21, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Ukraine's army has been gaining ground against pro-Russian separatists. But details are difficult to pin down. They are now trading accusations over an alleged attack against a civilian convoy.

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Oslo Police Arrest Intoxicated Segway Driver

1:07pm August 21, 2014

The incident comes a little over a month after the country's officials lifted a ban on the stand up motor device.

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Ilias Smirlis (left) runs a small family farm in Kalamata, Greece. Before he met entrepreneur Sotiris Lymperopoulos, who runs the food service Radiki, he struggled to sell his produce outside Athens. "The demand for excellent products will always exist,"

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Specialty Food And Agriculture Startups Are Ripening In Greece

7:38pm August 19, 2014

by Joanna Kakissis

Sotiris Lymperopoulos left a good job in Athens to collect wild sea greens for upscale restaurants. Food startups like his may be able to generate thousands of new jobs in post-crisis Greece.

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