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    Greek PM Tsipras Says Europe Union Is Desired
    Mar29

    Greek PM Tsipras Says Europe Union Is Desired

    Sunday, March 29 , 2015 - 1:47 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    (Adds progress of talks in paragraph 8) By Costas Pitas ATHENS, March 28 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday that he sought no rift with Europe after his cash-strapped country submitted a list of reforms to its lenders in a bid to secure much-needed funds. Tsipras’s leftist government …read more...

    EU-Ukraine Summit Set for Late April in Kyiv
    Mar28

    EU-Ukraine Summit Set for Late April in Kyiv

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 23:32 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    A summit between European Union officials and Ukraine’s leaders is scheduled to be held in Kyiv at the end of April. A statement on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s official website said that during a Saturday phone conversation with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, “the parties have agreed … that...

    EU’s Juncker postpones Kiev visit due to kidney stones
    Mar28

    EU’s Juncker postpones Kiev visit due to kidney stones

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 21:32 (EEST) Section: Townhall (USA)

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has postponed plans to visit Kiev on Monday because he needs to receive… …read more Source:...

    Meet the ‘pocket army’ funded by sacked Ukrainian billionaire Igor Kolomoisky
    Mar28

    Meet the ‘pocket army’ funded by sacked Ukrainian billionaire Igor Kolomoisky

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 21:32 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Billionaire banking tycoon Igor Kolomoisky was appointed governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a region in the east of the country that includes Ukraine’s third-largest city, in March last year. He had one job: prevent the territory from falling into the hands of pro-Moscow rebels. Although he was a close ally of President Petro...

    Russia ‘to join China-led development bank’
    Mar28

    Russia ‘to join China-led development bank’

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 13:47 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Moscow (AFP) – Russia is to sign up to the Chinese-led development bank AIIB, first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov said Saturday at an international forum in China, cited by Russian news agencies.”I’d like to inform you that Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken the decision that Russia will participate in the capital...

    Astronauts board space station for 1-year mission
    Mar28

    Astronauts board space station for 1-year mission

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 6:18 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    The stay is aimed at measuring the effects of a prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body, a step toward possible missions to Mars or beyond. Kelly’s identical twin Mark, a retired astronaut, agreed to take part in many of the same medical experiments as his orbiting sibling to help scientists see how a body in space compares...

    Soyuz spacecraft with Russian, US astronauts docks at ISS
    Mar28

    Soyuz spacecraft with Russian, US astronauts docks at ISS

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 4:32 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Baikonur (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three crew on board successfully docked with the International Space Station after blasting off from Kazakhstan, NASA said.The Soyuz-TMA16M spacecraft’s crew included a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut who will be the first to spend an entire year on the orbiting...

    Nigeria’s Election: Brought To You By These Hired Guns
    Mar28

    Nigeria’s Election: Brought To You By These Hired Guns

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 1:32 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    For the militants of Boko Haram, 2015 began like most any year: with death and chaos. Three days into the New Year, the Nigeria-based Islamist terrorist group attacked Baga, a Nigerian town on the banks of the Lake Chad, shared by Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. It was one of Boko Haram’s most devastating attacks ever, leaving up to...

    Hurry Kane quickly off mark, Spain sink Ukraine
    Mar28

    Hurry Kane quickly off mark, Spain sink Ukraine

    Saturday, March 28 , 2015 - 1:17 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Paris (AFP) – Man of the moment Harry Kane scored just moments into his international debut to seal a 4-0 win for England against Lithuania at Wembley in Euro 2016 qualifying on Friday.The Tottenham Hotspur striker was called up by Roy Hodgson having scored 29 goals for his club this season, and he was brought on for captain Wayne Rooney in...

    German Airline Could Face ‘Unlimited’ Damages for Alps Crash
    Mar27

    German Airline Could Face ‘Unlimited’ Damages for Alps Crash

    Friday, March 27 , 2015 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    STOCKHOLM — Lufthansa could face “unlimited” compensation claims for the crash that killed 150 people in the French alps and it would be difficult, even counterproductive, for the German carrier to try to avoid liability, experts said Friday. Under a treaty governing deaths and injuries aboard international flights, airlines are required to...