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    Here Are The Drunkest Countries In The World
    Jan03

    Here Are The Drunkest Countries In The World

    Alcohol consumption varies widely across the globe, and US drinkers can keep up with the residents of many other countries. As the map below from the World Health Organization shows, Russians and their neighbors drink more than almost everyone else in the world. Portugal, Grenada, and Andorra are also ranked in the highest category at more than...

    Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities
    Jan03

    Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities

    Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Third-year economics student Inna Shmarai is kind of stressing out these days.It’s not just that exams are coming up soon at the National University in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and some of the stuff she’s been studying this term has been really complicated.What’s adding to the slight...

    EU Enlargement Chief: Bloc Wants Good Ties With Eastern Neighbors, Central Asia
    Jan03

    EU Enlargement Chief: Bloc Wants Good Ties With Eastern Neighbors, Central Asia

    The European Union’s enlargement chief says the EU wants to pursue good relations with its Eastern Partnership countries but that each case must be viewed individually. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    AirAsia Search And Rescue Find Two Large Objects
    Jan03

    AirAsia Search And Rescue Find Two Large Objects

    JAKARTA/PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet have located two “big objects” in the Java Sea, agency chief Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo told reporters on Saturday. The two objects found just before midnight on Friday are around 30 meters (90 feet)...

    Why Would Anybody Adopt the Euro in 2015?
    Jan03

    Why Would Anybody Adopt the Euro in 2015?

    On Thursday, Lithuania became the 19th country to join the euro-zone. The move made it the last Baltic nation to adopt the currency, and the timing was inauspicious—the euro looks more and more like an economic death sentence as depressions spread across the continent. Proving skeptics right, less than 24 hours later, the currency’s value...

    Germany Says Ukraine, Russia Ready To Meet ‘As Soon As Possible’
    Jan02

    Germany Says Ukraine, Russia Ready To Meet ‘As Soon As Possible’

    The German Foreign Ministry says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to meet “as soon as possible” to discuss ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Criticism for Ukraine TV’s New Year’s Eve concert
    Jan02

    Criticism for Ukraine TV’s New Year’s Eve concert

    Ed AdamczykKIEV , Ukraine, Jan. 2 (UPI) — Anger over the New Year’s Eve broadcast by Inter, Ukraine’s television channel, centers on the appearance of singers who support the separatist movement. …read more Source: United Press...

    Ukraine Reports First Military Death of 2015
    Jan02

    Ukraine Reports First Military Death of 2015

    Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels. “In the past 24 hours one Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and another five have been injured because of provocative actions [by separatists],”...

    Know When to Fold ‘Em
    Jan02

    Know When to Fold ‘Em

    Barack Obama reportedly takes pride in his skill as card player. Poker is the prime game of politics and politicians. The President’s record suggests that he is something less than its master. The list of those who have fleeced him is a long and varied one. It includes: the Republican Congressional leadership (habitually); the Wall Street...

    Ukrainian Channel Under Fire Over New Year’s Concert
    Jan02

    Ukrainian Channel Under Fire Over New Year’s Concert

    Ukraine’s biggest television channel is under fire after broadcasting a New Year’s Eve concert featuring Russian singers who have publicly supported separatists in eastern Ukraine. National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has urged the National Council on Television and Radio to immediately consider...