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July 30, 2014
Schiphol Airport Memorial, photo by Persian Dutch Network via Wikipedia
By Joe McCarthy
The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 has spurred the European Union to take a harsher approach to Russia's escalating role in the Ukrainian conflict.
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