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    The astronomy of the Easter bunny
    Apr05

    The astronomy of the Easter bunny

    Sunday, April 5 , 2015 - 14:31 (EEST) Section: FOX CT (USA)

    (CNN) — Easter is a cornerstone event in the Christian faith, but it’s surrounded by interesting quirks. It celebrates the completion of Christ’s mission of salvation in the Crucifixion and Resurrection. By dying on Good Friday, Christ atoned for the sins of others; by rising from the grave on Sunday, Christ conquered death. Simple...

    Pope, thousands brave rain for Easter in St. Peter’s Square
    Apr05

    Pope, thousands brave rain for Easter in St. Peter’s Square

    Sunday, April 5 , 2015 - 14:31 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Francis made his first public comments about the recent framework for an accord,...

    Trolling for Putin: Russia’s information war explained
    Apr05

    Trolling for Putin: Russia’s information war explained

    Sunday, April 5 , 2015 - 9:47 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Lyudmila Savchuk says it was money that wooed her into the ranks of the Kremlin’s online army, where she bombarded website comment pages with eulogies of President Vladimir Putin, while mocking his adversaries.”Putin is great,” “Ukrainians are Fascists,” “Europe is...

    A year on, Putin’s Ukraine gamble brings mixed results
    Apr05

    A year on, Putin’s Ukraine gamble brings mixed results

    Sunday, April 5 , 2015 - 9:32 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Moscow (AFP) – A year since the start of the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin may not have emerged the winner in his showdown with the West but he has not lost either, analysts say.By supporting Ukrainian separatists, they say, he took a huge risk but it largely paid off as it allowed him to punish Kiev’s pro-Western...

    After a year at war, Ukraine at financial breaking point
    Apr05

    After a year at war, Ukraine at financial breaking point

    Sunday, April 5 , 2015 - 9:02 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Paris (AFP) – Bruised and battered after a year of armed conflict, Ukraine has been crippled by a combination of monetary, budgetary, industrial, banking and energy crises that could make it dependent on outside help for decades.The country has suffered a series of shocks that has obliterated its fragile economy.Its vital heavy industry, in...

    Crash Piles Pressure on Lufthansa CEO Spohr
    Apr04

    Crash Piles Pressure on Lufthansa CEO Spohr

    Saturday, April 4 , 2015 - 21:47 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    FRANKFURT, Germany—The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 in France has heaped intense pressure on Lufthansa’s CEO Carsten Spohr, who in less than a year at the helm has had to grapple with weak earnings, labor unrest and tough competition from lower-cost carriers. Analysts say he has made the correct moves, notably in his swift expressions...

    US Scholar Points to Russia’s Military Drills as ‘Provocative’
    Apr04

    US Scholar Points to Russia’s Military Drills as ‘Provocative’

    Saturday, April 4 , 2015 - 20:32 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russia’s relations with the West have sunk to the lowest level since the end of Cold War, since Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and Moscow’s involvement in continuous armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, in which it is providing support for separatist rebels who are fighting Kyiv government forces. Last month,...

    Lavrov Stresses Ukraine Cease-Fire’s Importance
    Apr04

    Lavrov Stresses Ukraine Cease-Fire’s Importance

    Saturday, April 4 , 2015 - 19:02 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis is centered on following through with the Minsk cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Ukraine War Forces A Nation To Talk About A Taboo: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
    Apr04

    Ukraine War Forces A Nation To Talk About A Taboo: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Saturday, April 4 , 2015 - 16:32 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine — In mid-February, Fedir Kalenychenko, a Ukrainian army soldier, was retreating with his unit from the town of Debaltseve amid heavy fighting punctuated with shelling by pro-Russian rebels. He suffered a concussion, and now that the 24-year-old is back here in the capital, he has begun seeing psychologists to talk about his...

    A New Ukraine, Struggling to Be Born
    Apr04

    A New Ukraine, Struggling to Be Born

    Saturday, April 4 , 2015 - 16:02 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Ukraine has a base of educated and committed citizens who dearly want the country to be more like Poland and less like Georgia—and who just might be able to build the political and economic strength a successful Ukraine would need. A pair of recent articles by Leonid Bershidsky over at Bloomberg introduces us to these hopefuls, and the immense...