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    This story made a bunch of Google families cry during its 3rd annual Take Your Parents to Work Day
    Sep11

    This story made a bunch of Google families cry during its 3rd annual Take Your Parents to Work Day

    Friday, September 11 , 2015 - 5:09 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    On Thursday afternoon, about 3,000 Googlers and 4,700 of their parents packed into a giant amphitheater in Mountain View, California usually reserved for the likes of Tim McGraw or Dave Matthews concerts. Hailing from all over the United States — including Montana, West Virginia, and Mississippi — and all over the world — including Ukraine,...

    UN Approves Debt Restructuring Measure Helpful To Ukraine
    Sep11

    UN Approves Debt Restructuring Measure Helpful To Ukraine

    Friday, September 11 , 2015 - 4:23 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The United Nations voted overwhelmingly September 10 for a new global framework for sovereign debt restructuring aimed at avoiding cases like Argentina’s grinding legal battle with “vulture” creditors. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    What does Moscow get from offering Assad military support?
    Sep11

    What does Moscow get from offering Assad military support?

    Friday, September 11 , 2015 - 3:53 (EEST) Section: PBS (USA)

    GWEN IFILL: So, what are the Russians up to in Syria, and what’s the impact on the ground? For some answers, we turn to Pavel Baev, a Russian military scholar and the research director at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, and Steven Simon, a visiting lecturer at Dartmouth College. He served on the National Security Council staff during...

    News of the day from across the globe, Sept. 11
    Sep11

    News of the day from across the globe, Sept. 11

    Friday, September 11 , 2015 - 2:38 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    The United Nations envoy for Yemen says the warring parties in Yemen have agreed to take part in peace talks in the region next week. Special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed welcomed the commitment of the government, Shiite Houthi rebels and the General People’s Congress to attend the talks. After the central government rejected efforts by...

    Fans have a compelling theory about the helmet of the new ‘Star Wars’ villain
    Sep11

    Fans have a compelling theory about the helmet of the new ‘Star Wars’ villain

    Friday, September 11 , 2015 - 2:08 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The new line of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” toys debuted Friday, September 4, and with it came a few hints at the next villain of the new trilogy. A few toys debuted the voice of Kylo Ren, the dark, Darth Vader-obsessed warrior, which gave us a chance to hear a few of the character’s spoken lines in the new film. But many of...

    Georgia ex-President Saakashvili makes play to be prime minister – in Ukraine
    Sep10

    Georgia ex-President Saakashvili makes play to be prime minister – in Ukraine

    Thursday, September 10 , 2015 - 23:53 (EEST) Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)

    Mikheil Saakashvili came to Ukraine to be Odessa’s governor at President Poroshenko’s request. But now he’s picking a very public fight with PM Yatsenyuk. …read more Source: Christian Science...

    We’re reportedly about to see some familiar Russian faces in Syria — and that’s trouble
    Sep10

    We’re reportedly about to see some familiar Russian faces in Syria — and that’s trouble

    Thursday, September 10 , 2015 - 23:38 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Some of the Russian troops reportedly being sent to Syria are from the same brigade that helped annex Crimea, according to a lengthy investigation conducted by Ruslan Leviev, a specialist in social-media intelligence. The Kremlin has declined to comment, but, if true, “the deployment of an elite unit from Crimea, which inaugurated...

    Kiev Right Wing Violence: Time for Poroshenko to Look in the Mirror?
    Sep10

    Kiev Right Wing Violence: Time for Poroshenko to Look in the Mirror?

    Thursday, September 10 , 2015 - 23:23 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Amidst the emergence of politically right wing forces in Kiev, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claims to be shocked and outraged by recent violence. Speaking in reference to an explosion which killed three members of the national guard outside parliament and left another officer in coma, Poroshenko called the attack “an anti-Ukrainian...

    Kadyrov: Ukrainian PM A ‘Coward,’ ‘Nerd’ Who Couldn’t Fight
    Sep10

    Kadyrov: Ukrainian PM A ‘Coward,’ ‘Nerd’ Who Couldn’t Fight

    Thursday, September 10 , 2015 - 22:53 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says he had not heard of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk having fought in Chechnya in the mid-1990s but says he is a “coward and traitor” who is “incapable of fighting.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russia offers more aid for Syria’s Assad, could worsen Europe’s migrant crisis
    Sep10

    Russia offers more aid for Syria’s Assad, could worsen Europe’s migrant crisis

    Thursday, September 10 , 2015 - 22:53 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    Russia’s move comes after Bulgaria, Ukraine and Greece blocked their airspace to Russian flights. …read more Source: USA...