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Why the U.S. does nothing in Ukraine Yuval Weber - March 18, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22829" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Russian Navy sailors take part in
Counter-terrorism in Central Asia requires international cooperation Galymzhan Kirbassov - December 26, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19433" align="alignnone" width="620"] FILE: Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
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