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This morning Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would call up more troops to fight in Ukraine, said his goal of \\u201cliberating\\u201d eastern Ukraine remained unchanged and accused the west of \\u201cnuclear blackmail.\\u201d Our correspondent parses his speech. Our midterm series heads to Maine, to see how Democrats are fighting for rural voters. And a new discovery in Borneo rewrites the history of surgery.

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