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    Ukraine Is Moving Towards Peace With Russia: Poroshenko
    Sep14

    Ukraine Is Moving Towards Peace With Russia: Poroshenko

    Monday, September 14 , 2015 - 8:47 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country was moving towards peace with Russia. According to Poroshenko, he had been working “day and night” in the last 15 months since Ukraine clashed with Russia. While he does not want to dream about peace yet, he said there was “a change in tactics.” …read more Source: International Business...

    In Moldova, Tens of Thousands of Protesters Are Demanding the President’s Resignation
    Sep14

    In Moldova, Tens of Thousands of Protesters Are Demanding the President’s Resignation

    Monday, September 14 , 2015 - 7:17 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Huge anti-corruption demonstrations in the Moldovan capital Chisinau have entered their eighth day, with protesters calling for the government’s resignation and early elections. About 20,000 people took to the streets Sunday to demand an investigation into why an estimated $1.5 billion vanished from three Moldovan banks, reports the BBC....

    Five-star Ronaldo takes aim against homeless Shakhtar
    Sep14

    Five-star Ronaldo takes aim against homeless Shakhtar

    Monday, September 14 , 2015 - 5:47 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo has more goalscoring records in his sights when Real Madrid get their Champions League campaign underway at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.Ronaldo became Los Blancos’ all-time top goalscorer in La Liga on Saturday with five goals in a 6-0 rout of Espanyol to move ahead of club legends Raul and...

    Climate Apocalypse and/or Democracy
    Sep14

    Climate Apocalypse and/or Democracy

    Monday, September 14 , 2015 - 5:17 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    In the last week, a group of scientists and a prominent historian each predicted a climate apocalypse. The scientists, led by Ricarda Winkelmann of Germany’s Potsdam University, issued a paper finding that, if humans burn the rest of the world’s estimated fossil fuel reserves — which might take only another 140 years at current...

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko on Russia, corruption and the challenges ahead

    Monday, September 14 , 2015 - 0:17 (EEST) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave a joint interview to The Washington Post, Britain’s Independent newspaper and Germany’s Die Welt newspaper about the challenges facing his nation. Here are some highlights. On the meaning of the cease-fire that has finally taken hold in eastern Ukraine in recent days. The...

    Parties in Ukraine Conflict Are Urged to Build on Progress
    Sep13

    Parties in Ukraine Conflict Are Urged to Build on Progress

    Sunday, September 13 , 2015 - 20:02 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Buoyed somewhat by the relative success of a two-week-old cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, four foreign ministers urged fighters and mediators to withdraw weapons and remove land mines. …read more Source: The New York...

    Russians vote in local elections, opposition mostly shut out
    Sep13

    Russians vote in local elections, opposition mostly shut out

    Sunday, September 13 , 2015 - 17:02 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — Voters are casting ballots across Russia for local legislators and governors, in elections expected to be won by candidates loyal to President Vladimir Putin.Legislative elections are being held in 11 of Russia’s 83 regions, but the anti-Putin opposition was allowed to run only in the Kostroma region a few hundred kilometers...

    Elton John wants gay rights talks with Putin
    Sep13

    Elton John wants gay rights talks with Putin

    Sunday, September 13 , 2015 - 16:17 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    London (AFP) – British pop star Elton John said he would like to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the country’s attitude to gay rights.”I’d say, come on. Gay people are not the problem here,” the 68-year-old told BBC television in an interview released Saturday.In 2013, Putin signed off on a hugely...

    Germany Says ‘Significant Progress’ Made At Ukraine Meeting
    Sep13

    Germany Says ‘Significant Progress’ Made At Ukraine Meeting

    Sunday, September 13 , 2015 - 9:02 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that “significant progress” had been made towards a resolution of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow. Steinmeier said Ukraine and Russia were close to striking an agreement...

    Top officials hail ‘progress’ on Ukraine deal
    Sep13

    Top officials hail ‘progress’ on Ukraine deal

    Sunday, September 13 , 2015 - 5:47 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Kiev (AFP) – Progress has been made on some contentious issues in the peace process, the foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France said after holding talks in Berlin to prepare for a summit in Paris on October 2.Germany’s top diplomat, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said the meeting had been “less confrontational”...