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Morning Brief: Ukraine Separatists Defy Putin, Vow to Proceed With Independence Vote
Ukraine Separatists Defy Putin, Vow to Proceed With Independence Vote Top news: Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said Thursday that a referendum on independence will go ahead as planned, defying Russian President Vladimir Putin's public...
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Thu, May 08 2014 6:09 AM
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The Dark, Sordid History of the Court That Ousted Thailand’s Prime Minister
Thailand's Constitutional Court may have finally done what months of anti-government demonstrations failed to do -- unseat Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. In a ruling Wednesday, the court ordered Yingluck to step down, finding her guilty of abusing...
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Wed, May 07 2014 3:59 PM
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FP Passport
The Obscure Academic Feud at the Center of India’s Elections
There are few accolades that Amartya Sen, the aging, brilliant Indian academic, hasn't attained. His country's most prominent public intellectual, the man is both a Nobel prize winner and that most unlikely of things: a rock-star economist. His...
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Wed, May 07 2014 1:41 PM
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FP Passport
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India
Syrian Opposition Needs Weapons, Not Fighters
"We want weapons," Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba said during an appearance at the United States Institute of Peace Wednesday, his first public address in Washington, D.C.. "And we commit to keeping them in the right hands."...
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Wed, May 07 2014 1:36 PM
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Syria
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Morning Brief: Thai Court Removes Premier From Office
Thai Court Removes Premier From Office Top news: A Thai court ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down from office, handing a major victory to the country's "yellow shirt" protest movement, which for the past several months...
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Wed, May 07 2014 6:12 AM
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Here's How Russia Is Strong-Arming Crimea's Tatars Into Supporting Annexation
Just days before the 70th anniversary of Stalin's decision to exile Crimea's Tatars, Russian authorities on the recently annexed peninsula are threatening to once more crack down on the ethnic minority. In a videotaped screaming match posted to...
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Tue, May 06 2014 5:05 PM
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Egyptian TV Claims ‘The Simpsons’ Predicted the Syrian Civil War
In 2001, Bart Simpson teamed up with his friends Milhouse, Nelson, and Ralph to form the boy band Party Posse and record a music video in which these boys of Springfield bomb a group of armed, hostile-looking Arabs. The song -- "Drop Da Bomb"...
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Tue, May 06 2014 1:41 PM
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Morning Brief: Ukrainian Troops Clash with Pro-Russian Forces in Slovyansk
Ukrainian Troops Clash with Pro-Russian Forces in Slovyansk Top News: Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine as government forces clash with pro-Russian insurgents, particularly in the flashpoint city of Slovyansk. The Ukrainian government estimates that...
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Tue, May 06 2014 5:19 AM
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Putin, Champion of Press Freedom, Awards 'Objective' Journalists
It's the journalism award that dare not speak its name. On Monday, the Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree last month honoring a group of Russian reporters for the purported "objectivity"...
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Mon, May 05 2014 12:53 PM
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Morning Brief: More Than 40 Killed in Ukraine as Unrest Grows
More Than 40 Killed in Ukraine as Unrest Grows Ukraine: Pro-Russian militants stormed a police station in Odessa, releasing 76 militants who had been arrested, as Prime Minister Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk visited the city to address the deadly violence that...
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Mon, May 05 2014 6:19 AM
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How an Oral History Project Got the Head of Sinn Fein Arrested
The Justice Department subpoena arrived in May of 2011. Ten years had passed since the Boston College Belfast Project began collecting interviews from members of loyalist and republican militias during the dark period of Northern Ireland's Troubles...
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Fri, May 02 2014 3:46 PM
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Surreal Video Footage Documents Ukrainian Military Operation
Just when you thought the Ukrainian conflict couldn't get more surreal, a video surfaced on social media Friday that appears to show a Ukrainian helicopter pilot captured by pro-Russia militiamen who claim to have captured him after he had been wounded...
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Fri, May 02 2014 11:55 AM
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Morning Brief: Pro-Russian Separatists Down Ukrainian Helicopters
Pro-Russian Separatists Down Ukrainian Helicopters Top News : Pro-Russian separatists shot down two Ukrainian army helicopters on Friday. The helicopters were deployed as part of an "anti-terror" operation in the eastern city of Sloviansk. Security...
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Fri, May 02 2014 5:52 AM
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May Day Celebrations Recall the Glory of the Soviet Union
A spectre of Russian domination is haunting Eastern Europe, and on this year's May Day, the traditional workers' parades in Russia and eastern Ukraine carried a distinct whiff of nostalgia for the glory days of the Soviet Union. This year, the...
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Thu, May 01 2014 5:02 PM
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Russia
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Eastern Europe
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History
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Ukraine
Why Is Hollywood So Upset About Brunei?
Typically, the imposition of sharia law in a distant land doesn't make much of a splash in Hollywood. But in the case of Brunei, a tiny, oil-rich country whose overseas investments include California landmarks like the Beverly Hills Hotel and the...
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Thu, May 01 2014 4:20 PM
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