Dutch Journalist, MH17 Expert: 'UN Tribunal a Desperate Attempt to Hide Kiev's Responsibility' : “Faces should be saved. American faces especially. The Americans lost any initiative in diplomatic relations. It is the Russians who repeatedly state that they have an information advantage.”

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Most Crimeans ‘happy to be back in Russia’ – Head of French delegation to peninsula — MP Thierry Mariani, who led the group of 10 politicians, said the citizens of Crimea were “reassured” they “don't have to face the same situation as the people who live in the regions of Lugansk and Donetsk” : RT News

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An ocean of red ink for US vassal states: Debt quake in the Eurozone - As the global economy continues to falter, all eyes are fixed on the European Union nations who have been rocked by credit downgrades, bailout discussions, and austerity measures since the Eurocrisis.: OneEurope

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A SEA OF BLOOD : Activists film horrific slaughter of 250 whales in Faroe Islands Shocking footage has emerged showing the slaughter of 250 pilot whales in the Faroe Islands. The annual event, known as the grindadráp, sees locals luring the animals to the shore before attacking them with lances and knives.— RT News

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Angela Merkel's Disastrous Part in the Greek Crisis : Angela Merkel’s conduct during the Greek crisis exposes her as weak, indecisive and treacherous: evading responsibility putting off difficult decisions taking the line of least resistance and bullying the weakest party to get herself out of trouble. The result has been to land Germany and Europe with a situation in Greece that everyone agrees is unsustainable and in the end disastrous.

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