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News Headlines April 23, 2015: Pro-Russian Forces Attack Ukrainian Military in Mariupol, NASA to Build Largest Telescope in the World, German President Calls Ottoman Killing of Armenians “Genocide”

Turkish Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Denying the Armenian Genocide on CNN 13-04-2010 Headline News for April 23, 2015 – German President Recognizes Armenian Genocide, Swedish Personal Debt Burden Grows Despite Reforms, Saudi Arabia Beheads Maid Pro-Russian Rebels Open Fire on Ukrainian Military in Mariupol According to the BBC NASA to Build World’s Largest Telescope […]

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Drunk Ukrainian Teenagers Slide Down Glass Wall in Independence Square, Kiev

YouTube video from MailOnline: Horrific moment two drunk teenagers slide off glass roof Video of Ukrainian teenagers Jacob Polyakov and Jamal Maslow took quite a tumble after gaining speed on the smooth surface of Independence Square’s Glass Wall in Kiev, Ukraine. Maslow suffered a broken coccyx but Polyakov is in intensive care after hitting his head. […]

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Military Technology Transfer: Poland Sells Drones to Ukraine

In a speech in Kiev at the 11th Arms and Security Exhibition, Ukrainian Chairman of Parliament Oleksandr Turchynov announced the purchase of drone weaponry from Poland to help assist the Ukrainian military in stabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk advised the United Nations General Assembly against dropping sanctions on Russia even though a ceasefire agreement and the creation of a […]

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Extra Extra: Putin Using Soviet Propaganda Tactics, Ruble Falls to Historic Lows, Scottish ATMS Stock Up on Pound Sterling

1. Putin Reverting to Soviet-Style Propaganda in the Russian Federation? 2. Saudi Activist Aliyah Al Farid Arrested While Driving Herself to the Hospital 3. Rewriting of International Tax Rules May End Tax Shelters as They Are Currently Known 4. Al Qaeda Pleads for Islamic State to Release British Aid Worker Alan Hening 5. Russian Ruble Falls […]

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News Headlines September 16, 2014: ISIS Bans Evolution, Fights US Near Baghdad, NATO and Ukraine Engage in Military Exercises

1. Former Auschwitz Guard Put on Trial for 300,000 Murders 2. Human Traffickers Sink Ship Carrying 500 People 3. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Bans Evolution from Schools 4. People’s Republic of China Creates Walking Lane for Distracted Smartphone Users 5. Structure Resembling Dead Cell Found on Martian Meteorite 6. Poll Reveals 47% […]

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Who Wins Between Ukraine and Russia? Chinese Defense Firms

VICE’s Ryan Faith has an interesting bit of speculation as to who will emerge in the struggle between the Russian Federation and the Ukraine – China and its defense manufacturing industry. During the Cold War, prior to the Sino-Soviet split of the 1970s, China and the then-Soviet Union were allies in the common cause of […]

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Russia Bans Food Imports from the European Union and the United States

In a counter to Western sanctions against its economy, Russia announced a retaliatory ban for all food imports into the Russian Federation from the European Union member states and the United States. Russia’s annexation of the Crimea region in the Ukraine and its alleged involved in the Donetsk civil war have led to strained diplomatic […]

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