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9/1/08 European Leaders Agree on New Warning to Russia

Stephen Castle and Steven Erlanger, The New York Times

European leaders threaten to postpone second round of talks with Moscow on strategic partnership agreement with EU. More>>
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8/31/08 Butter, Not Russian Guns, Worries Merkel’s District

Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times

"To those looking to Mrs. Merkel to intervene forcefully against Russia, sentiment in her home district — barely a year before the parliamentary elections in which she will have to fight to remain chancellor — points to why that may be difficult." More>>
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8/24/08 40 years on: the exile comes home to Prague

Sean O'Hagen, The Observer

40 years after the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague, Sean O'Hagen talks with Josef Koudelka, who captured the events on film and went on to become one of the greatest photojournalists of our time. More>>