US media refuses to report news
Journalists from leading US media working in Russia refused to personally interview Ukrainian soldiers, who earlier in the week crossed the border into Russia asking for asylum, a deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s press department said.
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US sends military EUCOM team to Kiev
A team from the US European Command arrived in Kiev, Pentagon Press Secretary, Rear Admiral John Kirby confirmed during Department of Defense press briefing.
“At the request of the State Department, a small survey and assessment team from US European …
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Protesters shut down Israeli arms factory in Britain
A group of pro-Palestine activists have allegedly shut down operations in a Staffordshire factory that they say supplies arms to Israel.
Around 10 activists from the London Palestine Action Group have taken to the roof of Elbit systems, an Israeli …
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War in Eastern Ukraine catastrophic envoy warns
The situation in eastern Ukraine was described as a catastrophic, full-blown war by Russia’s UN envoy, Vitaly Churkin, during the latest UN Security Council meeting. Russia has also called for an international humanitarian mission to be launched.
Fighting between Kiev’s …
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British Minister Resigns over Gaza
A Foreign Office minister has resigned from the Conservative government in Britain, saying its policy on the crisis in Gaza is “morally indefensible”.
Baroness Warsi wrote on her Twitter feed that she was leaving with “deep regret”.
Lady Warsi, who …
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Apocalypse Blair
While Gaza writhes in agony,
Middle East Peace Envoy Tony Blair’s private jet last week was in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Two months earlier Blair had certainly visited Las Vegas and Los Angeles on the same journey. In Las …
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Germany, Switzerland Oppose Blind EU Sanctions against Russia
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier insists on continued talks with Russia over Ukrainian crisis resolution.
Trust between the West and Russia “is doubtlessly undermined seriously,” the German foreign minister said in an interview with German Sunday edition Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung …
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Cameron Echoes Dr Strangelove’s Plea for NATO
NATO needs a huge military build-up in eastern Europe’s “front line states”, the British Prime Minister wrote in a letter to the alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the 27 other NATO country leaders.
Russia is the enemy and …
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Many more injured in German train collision
At least 35 people were reported hurt, four of them sustaining grave injuries, as two cars of a passenger train tipped over following its collision with a freight train on Friday night near the city of Mannheim in the southwest …
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Putin and Obama discuss situation in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin, said after a telephone conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday, that Washington’s course towards building up sanction pressure was counterproductive and damaging bilateral relations and international stability, the Kremlin press service reported.
The two …
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NATO Confirms Kiev Using Ballistic Missiles Against Recalcitrants
NATO has confirmed that Ukrainian forces have started using powerful ballistic missiles against militants in the east of the country. Kiev previously denied the fact,
revealed to DW television by NATO sources in Brussels.
The use of missiles starting this …
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Le Pen a growing threat to mainstream politicians
The growing threat to France’s mainstream political leaders posed by Marine Le Pen, head of France’s National Front, has been underscored by an opinion poll putting her in the lead for the first time in the race for the next …
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German officer to serve as US Army Europe’s chief of staff
A German Army brigadier general who recently served with NATO forces in Afghanistan is assuming duties as the chief of staff of U. S. Army Europe, the first time a non-American officer has held that position.
Brig. Gen. Markus Laubenthal, …
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