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Russian oligarch Abramovich has Colorado ties
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BRUSSELS – The European Union imposed sanctions Tuesday on Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich as part of a new package of measures targeting Russia and President Vladimir Putin’s close allies. The EU included the Russian oligarch in its updated list of individuals facing assets freeze and travel bans over their role in the Russian…
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Hundreds gather for ‘Stand With Ukraine’ rally Colorado Capitol, which glows blue and yellow
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Ukraine’s national colors of blue and yellow bloomed outside Colorado’s Capitol on Saturday as hundreds of people – with and without ties with the Eastern European country – gathered to stand in unity with the “breadbasket of Europe.“ People held and waved the nation’s flag on the steps of the Capitol and along Lincoln Street.…
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Gardner: Colorado natural gas could buy diplomatic influence in Europe
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s plans for Colorado’s natural gas production reach far beyond economic development into U.S. foreign policy. “Colorado could play a key role in countering Russian aggression,” the Colorado Republican told Colorado Politics. The U.S. Geological Survey says recent discoveries show Colorado might have the nation’s second-largest natural gas reserves, most…
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Nigel Farage-Vicente Fox debates at CU teach students how to think
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President Trump’s recent move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is just his latest policy decision that has disrupted the traditional political order. Support for the decision has split conservatives between those who favor free trade and those who want to protect manufacturing jobs. But it’s also attracted some liberals, who are increasingly…
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Gazette editor accompanying Defense chief on four-nation Mideast tour
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OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – Defense Secretary James Mattis launched a four-nation Mideast tour Saturday amid growing concerns that ISIS is creeping more and more into Africa as it is chased out of Syria and the Mideast. “Across Africa, we see increased concern about this,” Mattis told reporters aboard his plane on the way to…
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VIDEO: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet says ‘Putin couldn’t ask for a better friend’ than Donald Trump
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Russian President Vladimir Putin “couldn’t ask for a better friend” than President Donald Trump on Thursday during a discussion with a bipartisan group of lawmakers sponsored by CBS News. After a Republican congressman from Texas said Russia should face consequences for “interfering in our democracy,” Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, said…
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Sloan: Has Colorado found its Jeremy Corbyn?
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Britons dodged a bullet last week, only inasmuch as they managed to merely shoot themselves in the foot rather than in the heart. Prime Minister Theresa May’s failed gamble to expand her Conservative Party’s parliamentary majority – resulting instead in the Tories being reduced to relying on the tender mercies of a handful of Democratic…
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May: Iran’s latest unfree and unfair election
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The Islamic Republic isn’t a democracy, but a theocratic dictatorship News must be new but it needn’t be surprising. The decidedly unsurprising news out of Iran last week: There was an election (of sorts) and the winner was Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president. An apparently mild-mannered cleric with a beatific smile, he has presided over…
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May: The problem with processed peace
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Negotiations alone seldom turn terrorists and tyrants into partners and allies When peace-loving people sit down together in a spirit of compromise they can find ways to resolve their conflicts. Does it follow that negotiations with those who don’t care a fig about peace and reject compromise also lead to good results? Logic says no,…
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May: Rule Britannia
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For better or worse, Britons reject post-democratic governance Whether you think the United Kingdom exiting the European Union is cause for alarm or celebration, you have to concede this: Britons engaged in an open, lively and mostly peaceful debate, they turned out in droves, they cast their votes freely and fairly and, by so doing,…
