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    Pep targets tiki-taka for Bayern’s Europe assault
    Feb09

    Pep targets tiki-taka for Bayern’s Europe assault

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 4:33 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Berlin (AFP) – As Bayern Munich steam towards an inevitable 25th German league title, Pep Guardiola wants a return to “tiki-taka” football in the Bavarian giants’ assault on the much-coveted Champions League title.”We’re not perfect, I know that. We have to improve,” said Bayern’s perfectionist...

    NATO Satellite Captures Massive Ukraine Blast from Space, Apparently
    Feb09

    NATO Satellite Captures Massive Ukraine Blast from Space, Apparently

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 4:18 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    The large explosion that hit Ukraine’s Donestk region on Sunday night–which many erroneously thought was a nuclear weapon–was spotted from space. A NATO satellite apparently captured the explosion, and it’s a sight to behold. The Donetsk explosion as seen from a NATO satellite pic.twitter.com/leXNwJH6Mn — fabri (@fabripav) February 8,...

    Memo From Munich: Crisis in Ukraine Underscores Opposing Lessons of Cold War
    Feb09

    Memo From Munich: Crisis in Ukraine Underscores Opposing Lessons of Cold War

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 4:18 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Officials from Germany and the United States drew very different lessons from the West’s 20th-century showdown with the Soviet Union, as they clashed over whether to arm Kiev’s troops. …read more Source: The New York...

    Four-nation talks aimed at Ukraine peace plan
    Feb09

    Four-nation talks aimed at Ukraine peace plan

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 2:34 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed to meet next week in Belarus to discuss terms of a possible cease-fire. It comes on the eve of a critical meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Obama. Julianna Goldman reports. …read more Source:...

    European leaders to hold peace talks on Ukraine
    Feb09

    European leaders to hold peace talks on Ukraine

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 2:18 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    BERLIN — As Russia-backed separatists gain ground in eastern Ukraine, efforts to broker peace appeared to pick up momentum Sunday, with leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine announcing plans for four-way talks this week. The proposed meeting Wednesday in the Belarusian capital of Minsk emerged from a phone call between German Chancellor...

    Did a Tactical Nuke Just Go Off in Ukraine? Big Explosion Rocks Donetsk
    Feb09

    Did a Tactical Nuke Just Go Off in Ukraine? Big Explosion Rocks Donetsk

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 2:03 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    On Sunday night, YouTube videos that were being shared shows a big explosion in Donetsk, Ukraine. However, it doesn’t appear to be a “tactical nuclear weapon,” as some claimed, but just a big blast. A series of videos that were uploaded Feb. 8 show a massive explosion going off in the distance, with an orange-red fireball lighting up the...

    Op-Ed Contributor: Don’t Arm Ukraine
    Feb09

    Op-Ed Contributor: Don’t Arm Ukraine

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 1:18 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    For America to supply Kiev with weapons would only make Russia a more reckless adversary. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukraine’s Refugees from Embattled East Escape to Kiev
    Feb09

    Ukraine’s Refugees from Embattled East Escape to Kiev

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 0:49 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    Some 170 people evacuated from the eastern-Ukrainian town of Debaltseve arrive in Kiev. One refugee says that intense fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops had made life unbearable at home… …with shelling a constant threat. …read more Source: The Boston...

    Ukraine forex market rocked after bank removes peg
    Feb09

    Ukraine forex market rocked after bank removes peg

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 0:49 (EEST) Section: CNBC (USA)

    A move by Ukraine’s central bank to ditch an unofficial peg for the hryvnia has plunged the foreign exchange market into confusion. …read more Source:...

    Leaked bank files show HSBC ‘helped clients dodge taxes’
    Feb09

    Leaked bank files show HSBC ‘helped clients dodge taxes’

    Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 0:33 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    London (AFP) – A cache of secret bank files shows that HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers avoid taxes and hide millions of dollars, according to a report by a network of investigative journalists released Sunday.The files, analysed by 140 reporters in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ),...