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Pussy Riot? Lance? World Headlines Can Help With Halloween Costumes

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Wait a minute. Ok, so Sandy is on its way and the race for the White House is up for grabs, but the rest of us are fretting about our Halloween costumes. We global news types naturally look for inspiration from other events that have been happening around the world over the past few months:

1. Dress up as a member of Pussy Riot. It's amazing how pulling an old pair of fluo tights over your head this year can make you look like a human rights activist.

2. If you're unmoved by the cause of democracy, or less fuzzy than that guy, you can choose the Russian rockers' nemesis as your model. That sleek, smooth action man that is Vladimir Putin: oil that body up, and pretend you're a goose. Really. Otherwise, there is Felix Baumgartner, who apparently is warm to authoritarian regimes, and you can re-enact this pivotal moment from 2012:

3. Dress up as Lady Gaga and Julian Assange, after their impromptu rendez-vous at Assange's pad at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Or just dress up as a haggard witch and a pervy vampire, no big diff":

4. If you're feeling kinda down this Halloween, you can slap together a Lance Armstrong costume. It should be easy, he's been stripped of everything so just turn up to the party with all your emotional baggage, some non-sponsored shades, and sit in the corner. Bro, this party is dope.

5. There's always the one guy who dresses up as Jesus, but this year you'll have the edge by dressing up as that Jesus fresco masterpiece. So thank you Internet for all the global inspiration: on second thought, maybe we'll just stay online for Halloween. Scary enough here.

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FOCUS: Russia-Ukraine War

Will Winter Crack The Western Alliance In Ukraine?

Kyiv's troops are facing bitter cold and snow on the frontline, but the coming season also poses longer term political questions for Ukraine's allies. It may be now or never.

Ukraine soldier in winer firing a large canon with snow falling

Ukraine soldier firing a large cannon in winter.

Pierre Haski

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PARIS — Weather is a weapon of war. And one place where that’s undoubtedly true right now is Ukraine. A record cold wave has gripped the country in recent days, with violent winds in the south that have cut off electricity of areas under both Russian and Ukrainian control. It's a nightmare for troops on the frontline, and survival itself is at stake, with supplies and movement cut off.

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This is the reality of winter warfare in this part of Europe, and important in both tactical and strategic terms. What Ukraine fears most in these circumstances are Russian missile or drone attacks on energy infrastructures, designed to plunge civilian populations into cold and darkness.

The Ukrainian General Staff took advantage of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's visit to Kyiv to ask the West to provide as many air defense systems as possible to protect these vital infrastructures. According to Kyiv, 90% of Russian missile launches are intercepted; but Ukraine claims that Moscow has received new weapon deliveries from North Korea and Iran, and has large amounts of stocks to strike Ukraine in the coming weeks.

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