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Ukraine crisis the focus of NATO summit this week
September 3, 2014A combination of regular Ukrainian military supplemented by private militias organized by right wing political groups had been bombarding the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Read moreGermany: sanctions and weapons deals, follow the money
September 3, 2014In Germany today, references to Putin evoke all too sharply recollections of German language used against every Russian leader since the start of World War I.
Read moreWar talk re Syria ratchets up
August 29, 2014But it is spurring worries of another misguided U.S. military undertaking, escalating war and chaos, with the people of the region bearing the brunt.
Read more“The Tower of David” and Venezuela’s housing revolution
August 25, 2014Known in the neighborhood as the Tower of David, this skyscraper has a radical story taking place behind the tower's walls.
Read moreEbola epidemic and African underdevelopment
August 22, 2014These are countries of fabulous wealth, whose people live in grinding poverty, the pattern for most of sub-Saharan Africa.
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