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    Here Is Xi’s China. Get Used to It.
    Dec15

    Here Is Xi’s China. Get Used to It.

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 23:11 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    The prevailing mood among China-watchers in 2014 was one of anxiety and skepticism. The year began in the shadow of Chinese assertiveness in the East and South China Seas. Economic concerns quickly took over: by February the property market seemed on the verge of an epic collapse thanks to the previous year’s sharp monetary tightening. At...

    Ukraine prime minister asks NATO, EU for more help
    Dec15

    Ukraine prime minister asks NATO, EU for more help

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: U.S. News (USA)

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister on Monday asked NATO to do more to help his country’s military, which has been unable to quell a pro-Russian insurgency, and called for an urgent increase in financial aid from the European Union. …read more Source: U.S....

    U.S. sanctions on Russia are ‘hostile,’ says Lavrov
    Dec15

    U.S. sanctions on Russia are ‘hostile,’ says Lavrov

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 21:25 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    JC FinleyMOSCOW, Dec. 15 (UPI) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chastised the U.S. Congress for passing the Ukraine Freedom Support Act late last week, deeming it a “hostile” act. …read more Source: United Press...

    In Lugansk, an icy Ukraine winter tests a war-torn community
    Dec15

    In Lugansk, an icy Ukraine winter tests a war-torn community

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 21:10 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    Members of the Lugansk Jewish community standing in front of their synagogue’s Torah ark, Dec. 11, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA) LUGANSK, Ukraine (JTA) — In an unheated synagogue with no running water, a dozen Jews are trying to keep warm as temperatures here veer toward the single digits. Not moving too much helps keep the warmth under their...

    Ukraine asks NATO for more help for its military as it faces well-equipped pro-Russian rebels
    Dec15

    Ukraine asks NATO for more help for its military as it faces well-equipped pro-Russian rebels

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 20:40 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    Ukraine’s prime minister, visiting NATO headquarters, says he’s asked the U.S-led defense alliance to do more to help his country’s military, which faces a pro-Russian insurgency in the east. …read more Source: FOX...

    Russian Ruble Falls to New Lows
    Dec15

    Russian Ruble Falls to New Lows

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 20:25 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The value of the Russian ruble plunged to new lows Monday against the dollar and euro, with Moscow’s central bank predicting higher inflation and the national economy tumbling into a recession. The ruble weakened by more than 5 percent, breaking through the level of 60 to the dollar and 75 to the euro for the first time. The Russian...

    As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain
    Dec15

    As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 20:10 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces has ground almost to halt. More than 4,700 people have been killed since the conflict broke out in mid-April, U.N. rights investigators estimate — and more than a quarter of those deaths came after a cease-fire in September that was...

    As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain
    Dec15

    As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 19:56 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces has ground almost to halt. That should be good news for Ukraine, but Russia looks intent to pile on the economic misery. In a detailed op-ed piece Monday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev painted a grim forecast of Russian...

    As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain
    Dec15

    As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows economic pain

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 19:56 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces has ground almost to halt. That should be good news for Ukraine, but Russia looks intent to pile on the economic misery…. …read more Source: Associated...

    U.N.: More than 4,000 killed in eastern Ukraine conflict
    Dec15

    U.N.: More than 4,000 killed in eastern Ukraine conflict

    Monday, December 15 , 2014 - 19:26 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    JC FinleyNEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) — The United Nations released a report Monday detailing “the continued deterioration of human rights” in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: United Press...