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    Bank of Japan’s Kuroda praises ‘big decision’ by ECB
    Jan24

    Bank of Japan’s Kuroda praises ‘big decision’ by ECB

    Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Saturday urged a Davos panel not to succumb to pessimism over the state of the world economy, as he welcomed the “big decision” by the ECB to embark on a huge bond-buying spree.Kuroda was addressing the closing event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the...

    Missile attacks kill 26 civilians and wound 80 in Ukraine
    Jan24

    Missile attacks kill 26 civilians and wound 80 in Ukraine

    Twenty-six civilians were killed and another 80 wounded in missile attacks Saturday on Mariupol, an industrial center and seaport in the southeast of Ukraine, officials said. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    In War-Torn East Ukraine, Donetsk Faces Starvation As City Is Isolated
    Jan24

    In War-Torn East Ukraine, Donetsk Faces Starvation As City Is Isolated

    DONETSK, Ukraine — In a small kitchen in an apartment in this war-torn city, Tamara Bilan placed some bread next to a plate of cookies. That was all she had to offer a visitor, and all she had to eat herself. The 67-year old pensioner had made both the bread and cookies with ingredients she got through food-aid distribution in the city....

    Rockets kill 29 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
    Jan24

    Rockets kill 29 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive

    KIEV, Ukraine — Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, two schools, homes and shops Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 29 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader said an offensive had begun on the strategically important port.Ukraine’s president called an emergency meeting of...

    Rockets kill 29 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
    Jan24

    Rockets kill 29 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive

    Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, two schools, homes and shops Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 29 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader said an… …read more Source: WAVE 3...

    Ukraine: Offensive Has Begun Upon Key Gov’t City
    Jan24

    Ukraine: Offensive Has Begun Upon Key Gov’t City

    KIEV, Ukraine—The RIA Novosti news agency is citing eastern Ukrainian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko as saying an offensive has begun on the strategic government-held port of Mariupol has begun. Earlier Saturday, rockets rained down on Mariupol’s outskirts, killing at least 21 people, according to city authorities. MORE:Ukraine Sliding...

    Catching Spies: James Bond’s Body Language
    Jan24

    Catching Spies: James Bond’s Body Language

    Which of the foreign diplomats in your country are spies? Which of your spies is a double agent? And which foreign leaders are planning to bomb their neighbours? All governments strive to answer such questions. American spooks think studying body language may help. Spooks are seldom as easy to spot as Leslie Nielsen in “Spy Hard”...

    Ukraine’s leader calls emergency meeting after 29 are killed
    Jan24

    Ukraine’s leader calls emergency meeting after 29 are killed

    Ukraine’s president has called an emergency meeting of his military officials in response to a rocket attack that left 29 dead in a strategic port city. …read more Source: WAVE 3...

    At Least 29 Killed as Rebels Launch Offensive in Ukraine
    Jan24

    At Least 29 Killed as Rebels Launch Offensive in Ukraine

    (KIEV, Ukraine) — Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, two schools, homes and shops Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 29 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader announced that an offensive had begun on the strategically important port. The attack came a day after the rebels...

    Ukraine's leader calls emergency meeting after 29 are killed
    Jan24

    Ukraine's leader calls emergency meeting after 29 are killed

    KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president has called an emergency meeting of his military officials in response to a rocket attack that left 29 dead in a strategic port city.President Petro Poroshenko’s office said he is returning early to Ukraine from Saudi Arabia, where he was to attend the funeral of King Abdullah, to coordinate a...