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    U.S. Navy Joins Hunt for AirAsia Plane as Search Area Expands
    Dec30

    U.S. Navy Joins Hunt for AirAsia Plane as Search Area Expands

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 3:25 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    (SURABAYA, Indonesia) — More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads. At least 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters were looking for the jet carrying 162 people, said Indonesia’s Search and...

    US Adds Four More Russians to Human Rights Sanctions List
    Dec30

    US Adds Four More Russians to Human Rights Sanctions List

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 1:40 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption. Visa bans and asset freezes also were imposed on two senior officials of the Chechen Republic implicated...

    Putin’s Dream of a Russian NHL Collapsing As His Economy Tanks
    Dec30

    Putin’s Dream of a Russian NHL Collapsing As His Economy Tanks

    Tuesday, December 30 , 2014 - 0:25 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin’s love of the bravado and machismo of hockey is well known. He personally took in games at the 2014 Winter Olympics, glowering when the star-studded Russian team was bounced, and was in the locker room celebrating when Russia won the Ice Hockey World Championships in May. Putin often talks of turning...

    ‘Grexit’ spectre returns, but eurozone safer: analysts
    Dec29

    ‘Grexit’ spectre returns, but eurozone safer: analysts

    Monday, December 29 , 2014 - 23:56 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Brussels (AFP) – Fears of a Greek euro exit have returned with a bang after Athens called early elections on Monday, but steps taken after the financial crisis should stop the rest of the currency zone imploding, analysts say.The bigger issue is of political contagion across the EU, with anti-austerity parties across the continent likely to...

    Moscow Court Rushes Verdict to Putin’s Chief Foe Alexei Navalny
    Dec29

    Moscow Court Rushes Verdict to Putin’s Chief Foe Alexei Navalny

    Monday, December 29 , 2014 - 23:40 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    MOSCOW—A Moscow court on Monday moved up the date of its verdict in a criminal case against President Vladimir Putin’s top foe in an apparent bid to derail a planned protest. Earlier this month, prosecutors asked the court to convict Alexei Navalny of defrauding a cosmetics company and to sentence him to 10 years in prison. Navalny, who has...

    12 Geopolitical Predictions About 2015
    Dec29

    12 Geopolitical Predictions About 2015

    Monday, December 29 , 2014 - 23:40 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    If 2014 proved anything, it’s that guessing at the state of the world a year down the line is a vain or even slightly embarrassing endeavor. Indeed, who could have expected a year ago that Russia would take over Crimea, ISIS would break out of Al Qaeda and declare a caliphate, the US would start bombing Syria and Iraq while approaching a...

    No military solution to Ukraine conflict, country’s president concedes
    Dec29

    No military solution to Ukraine conflict, country’s president concedes

    Monday, December 29 , 2014 - 23:40 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko conceded Monday that his forces are unable to militarily defeat separatists backed by Russian mercenaries and armaments, and he called for a new attempt at negotiating an end to the fighting at an international summit on Jan. 15. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Ukraine Formally Scraps Non-aligned Status
    Dec29

    Ukraine Formally Scraps Non-aligned Status

    Monday, December 29 , 2014 - 23:40 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country closer to NATO, the western military alliance. Russia views NATO expansion as a threat and President Vladimir Putin last week signed a military doctrine reiterating those concerns. Poroshenko signed the...

    Poroshenko optimistic over upcoming peace talks
    Dec29

    Poroshenko optimistic over upcoming peace talks

    Monday, December 29 , 2014 - 23:25 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 29 (UPI) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed optimism Monday a January summit meeting will speed his country’s peace process. …read more Source: United Press...

    Here’s What Each State Googled More Than Any Other State This Year
    Dec29

    Here’s What Each State Googled More Than Any Other State This Year

    Monday, December 29 , 2014 - 22:40 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    There’s a lot to be learned from a person’s Google searches. Real estate listings site Estately looked at Google Trends data to determine what people, stories, and controversies residents of each state cared about most. The map they compiled using the data shows not what each state searched for the most overall, but what they Googled...