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Mystery Men: Some of the troops on patrol in Crimea in unmarked uniforms are Spetsnaz, special forces who are contracted professionals rather than draftees. Russian President Vladimir Putin has built a military force capable of reclaiming territory lost in the Soviet demise. (Associated Press)

Putin has transformed Russian army into a lean, mean fighting machine

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in New Orleans. The National Archives plans to release about 4,000 pages of previously confidential documents involving former President Bill Clinton's administration. Some of the topics include the president's health care task force and the 9/11 Commission Report. The papers could shed light on Clinton's presidency and provide insight into a future presidential candidate: former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Hillary Clinton likens Putin to Hitler, Russia-Ukraine dispute to Nazi Germany

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

2014 Formula One Teams and Drivers

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Germany's Mario Goetze, left, and Chile's Johnny Herrera challenge for the ball during their International friendly soccer match between Germany and Chile in Stuttgart, Germany, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Lackluster Germany beats Chile 1-0 in WCup warm-up

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German bobsled driver Machata banned for 1 year

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U.S. Lawmakers see exports of natural gas as a way to help Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this March 13, 2009 file photo Uwe Romeike and his wife Hannelore work with their children Daniel (13 yrs.), Lydia (10 yrs.), Josua (9 yrs.), Christian (7 yrs.) and Damaris (3 yrs.) at their home Friday, March 13, 2009 in Morristown, Tenn. The couple had moved into a modest duplex home while they sought political asylum because they say they were persecuted for their religious beliefs by home-schooling their young children in Germany. School attendance is compulsory there and educating children at home is not allowed. The German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children have been granted political asylum by a U.S. immigration judge on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

German home-school family can stay in U.S. indefinitely

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

German bobsled driver Machata banned for 1 year

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Lars Bender out, Miroslav Klose hurting

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A workman clears snow from the plaza at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014, as visitors line up to hear arguments. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the greater Washington Metropolitan region, prompting area schools and the federal government to close for the wintry weather. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. Supreme Court declines German home-school case

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

New US World Cup jersey resembles golf shirt

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Ukraine's Ambassador to NATO Ihor Dolhov adjusts the microphones prior to speaking during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Sunday, March 2, 2014. NATO is called emergency talks on Sunday regarding the escalating crisis in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

US prepares tough response for Russia over Ukraine

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press

In a Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 photo, a visitor to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., takes a photograph of a piece called “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep” by French impressionist artist Camille Pissarro at the museum. For more than a decade, the University of Oklahoma has exhibited “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep,” bequeathed to it by the wife of an oil tycoon. But renewed claims by a family that owned the oil painting before World War II has drawn the school’s fundraising arm into a fight it thought was settled in Switzerland more than 60 years ago. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Woman claims university’s painting stolen by Nazis

By KRISTI EATON - Associated Press

Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger, right, and Hannover's Mame Diouf of Senegal challenge for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Hannover 96 and Bayern Munich in Hannover, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Loew picks 4 newcomers for Germany friendly

By NESHA STARCEVC - Associated Press

Real's Karim Benzema, top centre scores past Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann during a Champions League round of sixteen, first leg soccer match between Schalke 04 and Real Madrid at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday Feb. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Real outclasses Schalke 6-1

By NESHA STARCEVIC - Associated Press

Mark Zuckerberg Chairman and CEO of Facebook smiles during a conference at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Expected highlights include major product launches from Samsung and other phone makers, along with a keynote address by Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

German paper ripped for ‘anti-Semitic’ caricature of Mark Zuckerberg

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, center right, celebrates his goal against Crystal Palace with teammates during their English Premier League soccer match at Selhurst Park, London, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

4 things to know about the Champions League

By JACK BEZANTS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013, file photo, United States' Fabian Johnson stands prior to a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica. Borussia Moenchengladbach has signed U. S. midfielder Fabian Johnson from Bundesliga rival Hoffenheim as of next season. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Moenchengladbach signs US midfielder Johnson

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Federer wins opener in Dubai

By SANDRA HARWITT - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, Joan Gorman, Senior Paintings Conservator at the Midwest Art Conservation Center, uses small tabs to map her progress during a restoration project at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Jeffrey Thompson)

Painting missed by Nazis being restored in Minn.

By DAN OLSON - Associated Press