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The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits.
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We are treated to daily pictures of Syrian troops massacring women and children in the most brutal fashion, while some world powers wring their hands and others turn a blind eye.
There is a compelling humanitarian case to stop the slaughter. But in so doing, there is also a rare geopolitical opportunity to rearrange the pieces on the Middle East chessboard and take Syria out of the pro-Iranian camp. Flipping Syria isn't a new idea. The NeoCons advocate regime change Bush style – arm the rebels and send in the Marines, despite it not having worked so well in Iraq or Afghanistan. The liberal left clings to the hope that a little more diplomacy might convince the Bashir al-Assad to a change.The former is impractical and the latter is naïve; and they're both unrealistic. After months of slaughter, we still don't know who the rebels are, and there is no "rebel army." Unlike Libya, there have been few defections from the Syria's armed forces that could build a rebel army.Sending them arms an...Russia claimed it has foiled a plot to attack the host city of Sochi both before and during the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying its agents discovered caches of weapons ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's rock-music-loving president hosted Bono, the frontman of the Irish band U2 , at his resplendent residence near the Black Sea resort of Sochi o...
Reports of Russian anti-terror troops on the ground in Syria is raising new concerns about whether Russia's policies are indirectly, or even directly, enabling the b...
MOSCOW (AP) — The Olympic flag has been hoisted in Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort that will host the nation's first Winter Games in 2014.The Olympic and Paralym...
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The presidents of Ukraine and Russia agreed on Wednesday to extend the stay of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol afte...
For much of its course from the Black Forest to the Black Sea , the Danube is constricted between concrete walls or uniform stone banks, flowing through some 60 powe...
For much of its course from the Black Forest to the Black Sea , the Danube is constricted between concrete walls or uniform stone banks, flowing through some 60 powe...
The president of the International Ski Federation has been to every Winter Olympics in his lifetime since the five-ring circus came to his hometown of St. Moritz in ...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday he doesn't fear assassination attempts, a day after state television reported that security forces had foiled a plot t...
Travis Palladeno, a veteran charter fishing captain on Florida's Gulf Coast, flips through his appointment book and bemoans the blank pages. Restrictions on some of ...
KIEV, Ukraine -- The son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been hospitalized in the Black Sea city of Odessa, the French Embassy said Wednesday.Pierre Sarkozy,...
A severe and snowy cold snap across central and eastern Europe has left at least 36 people dead, cut off power to towns, and snarled traffic. Officials are respondin...
At the gallows, the condemned prisoner Tuesday repeated the allegations Iran lodged against him: That he was trained by Israel's spy agency to carry out one of the f...
Vladimir Putin appeared to shed tears of joy the night he won back the presidency in March. After less than a week in office, he may be tempted to shed some in frust...
A beautiful white tiger that became a symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential campaign has returned to the spotlight by giving birth to four cubs, including a rare...
Russia President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned construction companies working in the 2014 Olympic city of Sochi against inflating prices and lagging behind schedul...
Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, authorities said Thursday, blaming Chechen separat...
Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, and seized a large amount of weapons and ammunitio...
ExxonMobil and Russian oil giant Rosneft could invest over $500 billion in a joint venture to explore for and produce oil in the Arctic and the Black Sea.Exxon has t...
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