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    Sanction-hit Russian state bank VTB receives $1.8 bn aid
    Dec30

    Sanction-hit Russian state bank VTB receives $1.8 bn aid

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 17:25 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s second largest bank VTB said Tuesday it has received 100 billion rubles ($1.8 billion) from the country’s national welfare fund, part of a plan to recapitalise the banking system hit by the falling ruble and Western sanctions.”VTB confirms that today the bank has been provided with 100 billion...

    This City Eliminated Poverty, And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It
    Dec30

    This City Eliminated Poverty, And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 17:10 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    An aerial view of the city of Dauphin, Manitoba. Forty years ago, a groundbreaking experiment provided checks to Dauphin’s poorest to raise their incomes to a livable wage. (Photo: Dauphin Economic Development/Facebook)On a December afternoon, Frances Amy Richardson took a break from her quilting class to reflect on a groundbreaking...

    Zane Buzby — ‘One Foot in Comedy, One Foot in the Holocaust’
    Dec30

    Zane Buzby — ‘One Foot in Comedy, One Foot in the Holocaust’

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 16:26 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    “We are living in a unique moment in time. A tipping point. We are witness to the last generation of Holocaust survivors, and we are the last generation to have the opportunity and the honor to help them. These are people who endured the darkest days of human history, and they are out there right now — still suffering over 75 years...

    Ukraine Eyes IMF Credit Lifeline in Early 2015
    Dec30

    Ukraine Eyes IMF Credit Lifeline in Early 2015

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 16:26 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Ukraine expects the International Monetary Fund to disburse new and overdue loans after a visit next month and still hopes a $17 billion bailout program can be expanded, its central bank chief said on Tuesday. Valeria Hontareva declined to give a value for the payment, even when pressed by journalists, but it is likely to total more than $4...

    FP’s Situation Report, presented by Lockheed Martin: Taliban declares victory in Afghanistan; Germany is spying on citizens with suspected ties to the Islamic State; Japan and South Korea team up to counter North Korea; and much more.
    Dec30

    FP’s Situation Report, presented by Lockheed Martin: Taliban declares victory in Afghanistan; Germany is spying on citizens with suspected ties to the Islamic State; Japan and South Korea team up to counter North Korea; and much more.

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 14:41 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    By David Francis with Sabine Muscat The Taliban declares victory one day after NATO ends its mission in Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents have been waging a brutal campaign across Afghanistan in the run up to the end of America’s longest war. The Taliban is claiming victory after NATO’s mission closed in Kabul Sunday. The group also...

    Alexei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Found Guilty Of Fraud; Brother Jailed
    Dec30

    Alexei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Found Guilty Of Fraud; Brother Jailed

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 13:10 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) – A Russian court gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence on Tuesday for embezzling money but jailed his brother for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent. Navalny led mass protests against President Vladimir Putin three years ago, when tens of thousands took...

    Making Enemies America Can’t Afford: Congress Votes More Sanctions on Russia
    Dec30

    Making Enemies America Can’t Afford: Congress Votes More Sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 11:25 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Congress long ago learned that public scrutiny makes it harder to pass bad bills. So in the midst of negotiations to avoid another government shut-down earlier this month both houses of Congress rammed through new sanctions against Russia as part of the misnamed “Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014.” Indeed, the House version, H.R....

    Indonesia Finds Bodies and Debris in Search For Missing Jet
    Dec30

    Indonesia Finds Bodies and Debris in Search For Missing Jet

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 11:25 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were “95 percent sure” debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia’s Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday...

    Ukraine’s top intelligence agency deeply infiltrated by Russian spies
    Dec30

    Ukraine’s top intelligence agency deeply infiltrated by Russian spies

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 10:41 (EEST) Section: Mashable (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine – On a morning earlier this year, Ukraine’s top intelligence officials woke up to discover that the country’s spy agency had been ransacked and torched by intruders who seemed to know what they were looking for. See also: ‘We simply survive’: What life is like for Ukrainian prisoners of war The previous...

    This Is Why GPS Can’t Find the Missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501
    Dec30

    This Is Why GPS Can’t Find the Missing AirAsia Flight QZ 8501

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 9:40 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Objects that appeared to be a body and luggage, seen floating in the Karimata Strait on Tuesday, are the latest clues as to the final resting place of AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, which disappeared 42 minutes after leaving Indonesia for Singapore early Sunday. Indonesia’s Kompas TV said the objects were spotted by an Indonesian Air Force pilot....