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    Dutch transporting wreckage of plane downed in Ukraine to Netherlands
    Dec01

    Dutch transporting wreckage of plane downed in Ukraine to Netherlands

    Dutch authorities say they are loading wreckage recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine onto trucks and transporting it to the Netherlands for investigation. …read more Source: FOX...

    Putin in Turkey amid Syria differences
    Dec01

    Putin in Turkey amid Syria differences

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish host, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were expected to gloss over their striking differences over the crises in Syria and Ukraine during talks on Monday, focusing instead on their countries’ booming economic and trade ties. …read more Source: U.S....

    In Ukraine’s east, support for the central government in Kiev is dying
    Dec01

    In Ukraine’s east, support for the central government in Kiev is dying

    A year ago, Luda Nesterenko didn’t give much thought to her nationality. With a Ukrainian mother and a Russian father, Nesterenko, like so many in this region of the former Soviet Union, is a mix of two Slavic cultures so close that she hardly felt the need to differentiate between them. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    US businessman jailed in Russia over broken window
    Dec01

    US businessman jailed in Russia over broken window

    MOSCOW (AP) — Last year, he tried to bring NFL superstar Tim Tebow to Moscow to play for his American football team on a $1 million-per-game contract. […] accused of breaking a window, American businessman Mike Zaltsman shares a packed jail cell with drug dealers. Much has changed for the Boston entrepreneur since a dispute over an office...

    NATO Plans Rapid-Response Force for 2015
    Dec01

    NATO Plans Rapid-Response Force for 2015

    BRUSSELS—NATO expects to have an interim rapid-reaction force in place by next year to deal with new security challenges in Europe and elsewhere, the alliance’s secretary-general said Monday. Jens Stoltenberg said the force would be a provisional step until a full-scale unit can be organized in 2016. Stoltenberg said Germany, Norway and the...

    NATO Aims To Have Rapid-Reaction Force By Next Year
    Dec01

    NATO Aims To Have Rapid-Reaction Force By Next Year

    BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO expects to have an interim rapid-reaction force in place by next year to deal with new security challenges in Europe and elsewhere, the alliance’s secretary-general said Monday. Jens Stoltenberg said the force would be a provisional step until a full-scale unit can be organized in 2016. Stoltenberg said Germany, Norway...

    Ukraine needs to court investors, EU says
    Dec01

    Ukraine needs to court investors, EU says

    Daniel J. GraeberBRUSSELS, Dec. 1 (UPI) — Ukraine, an important energy transit nation for Europe, needs to rebrand itself as a safe haven for foreign investors, Europe’s neighborhood commissioner said. …read more Source: United Press...

    Oil prices strike new lows, weighing on energy stocks
    Dec01

    Oil prices strike new lows, weighing on energy stocks

    London (AFP) – Crude oil prices sunk to fresh low points on Monday, dragging down the share prices of energy companies, while miners were hit by weak Chinese manufacturing data, traders said.”Oil sector stocks have driven the FTSE lower,” said market analyst Alastair McCaig from the IG trading group.Countering the downward...

    MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation
    Dec01

    MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation

    Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities said on Monday. The wreckage, collected by local emergency services under Dutch supervision in an area fought over by Russian-backed rebels and troops loyal to...

    Russia’s Currency Has Worst Fall Since 1998 as Oil Rout Continues
    Dec01

    Russia’s Currency Has Worst Fall Since 1998 as Oil Rout Continues

    The dollar surged nearly 4% against the ruble Monday as the ongoing rout in world oil prices sent the Russian currency spiraling. The move was the ruble’s biggest one-day fall since 1998, when another (much bigger) collapse in oil prices led the country to default on its domestic debt. The dollar, which bought 33 rubles at the start of the...