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    Ukraine Edges Closer to IMF Bailout as Economy Teeters
    Mar03

    Ukraine Edges Closer to IMF Bailout as Economy Teeters

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 6:53 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    Lawmakers passed austerity measures intended to help secure a fresh bailout from the IMF, as the U.N. reported a new death toll from the conflict with Russia-backed rebels. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Bayern target top gear, Dresden braced for potent clash
    Mar03

    Bayern target top gear, Dresden braced for potent clash

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 6:24 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Berlin (AFP) – Holders Bayern Munich aim to hit top gear in their bid to reach the German Cup quarter-finals, while the authorities brace themselves for Borussia Dortmund’s trip to Dresden on Tuesday.Third-division Dynamo Dresden host Jurgen Klopp’s Dortmund in the cup’s third round against the backdrop of the riots which...

    Merkel Calls For More Ukraine Crisis Talks
    Mar03

    Merkel Calls For More Ukraine Crisis Talks

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 6:09 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited senior officials from Ukraine, Russia and France for another round of talks on the Ukraine crisis on March 6 in Berlin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russia, Ukraine Reach Gas Deal
    Mar03

    Russia, Ukraine Reach Gas Deal

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 6:09 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement to ensure Russian gas supplies to Ukraine for the month of March, averting possible cuts that could have hit supplies to the European Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Nemtsov To Be Buried In Moscow
    Mar03

    Nemtsov To Be Buried In Moscow

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 5:54 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The funeral for Boris Nemtsov takes place in Moscow on March 3. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Kerry Seeks Assurances of Russian Non-Interference in Ukraine
    Mar03

    Kerry Seeks Assurances of Russian Non-Interference in Ukraine

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 5:38 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, that his country could face further consequences to what he called its “already strained economy” if Moscow does not fully comply with a cease-fire in Ukraine. The two met, on Monday, on the sidelines of a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, where Kerry...

    China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
    Mar03

    China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 4:54 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    BEIJING (AP) — Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil…. …read more Source: Associated...

    China state media harden stance against Western values
    Mar03

    China state media harden stance against Western values

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 2:10 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    BEIJING — Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil. In the two-plus years since President Xi Jinping took the helm of the ruling Communist Party, state media have become more...

    Russia Tries to Block Benefits for Families of Gay U.N. Employees
    Mar03

    Russia Tries to Block Benefits for Families of Gay U.N. Employees

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 1:53 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    Last June, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a far-reaching administrative ruling that offered marital benefits for the first time to all of its lesbian and gay employees, as well as to other U.N. workers that had entered legally-recognized domestic partnerships. On Monday, the Russian Federation gave the plan a resounding nyet. Speaking...

    For Russia’s Jews, Nemtsov murder is reminder of their vulnerability
    Mar03

    For Russia’s Jews, Nemtsov murder is reminder of their vulnerability

    Tuesday, March 3 , 2015 - 1:08 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    Some of the tens of thousands in Moscow protesting the murder of Boris Nemtsov, March 1, 2015. (Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images) (JTA) — During the past two years, Dima Zicer has skipped several political rallies opposing the chauvinistic policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. A Jewish scholar of education from St. Petersburg, Zicer, 55,...