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    ISIL and the World’s Policeman
    Sep15

    ISIL and the World’s Policeman

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 22:27 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    President Obama’s speech to the nation on ISIL and the follow-up statements by the White House and administration officials reveal the political bind that American policy makers find themselves in when dealing with the chaos in the Middle East, or in the Ukraine and Sudan for that matter. Beginning with the disillusionment over the war in...

    Ruble tumbles on sanctions fears
    Sep15

    Ruble tumbles on sanctions fears

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 21:08 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    The Russian ruble has hit historic lows against the dollar as investors worry about Moscow’s response to a new wave of Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: USA...

    Shelling threatens Ukraine cease-fire, hits European mission convoy
    Sep15

    Shelling threatens Ukraine cease-fire, hits European mission convoy

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 20:37 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Six civilians and an unknown number of fighters were killed in artillery barrages in violation of a 10-day-old cease-fire in Ukraine, spokesmen for both government and pro-Russia separatist forces said Monday in accusing each other of waging the attacks. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Rouble tumbles on sanctions fears
    Sep15

    Rouble tumbles on sanctions fears

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 20:22 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    The Russian rouble has hit historic lows against the dollar as investors worried about Moscow’s response to a new wave of Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: USA...

    NATO Starts ‘Rapid Trident’ Exercise In Ukraine As Fighting Continues in East
    Sep15

    NATO Starts ‘Rapid Trident’ Exercise In Ukraine As Fighting Continues in East

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 20:05 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    NATO and a handful of outside states have kicked off the Rapid Trident exercise in western Ukraine along the Polish border. The annual exercise’s 2014 iteration is the first time U.S. troops have operated there since deadly conflict has erupted between eastern pro-Russian separatists and the European-backed Ukrainian government. …read...

    This Is the Worst Refugee Crisis Since WWII. It’s Time for Us to Rethink Our Response
    Sep15

    This Is the Worst Refugee Crisis Since WWII. It’s Time for Us to Rethink Our Response

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 19:50 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    We started this year with a frightening record: More than 51 million fellow human beings were forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict and human rights abuse. It is the highest number recorded since the refugee crisis following World War II. As we are now approaching mid-September 2014, we do not know exactly how many men, women and...

    NATO Chief Warns Of Threats From Russia, IS Militants
    Sep15

    NATO Chief Warns Of Threats From Russia, IS Militants

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 19:19 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says alliance members must come together to battle security threats both from Russia and Islamic State (IS) militants. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city
    Sep15

    6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 19:19 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Shelling killed six people and wounded 15 others in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, the city council said Monday — the worst reported violence since a cease-fire between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops took effect on Sept. 5. Nonetheless, the cease-fire deal has brought some normalcy … …read more...

    World War 3? NATO Chief Says Threats from Russia, Islamic State
    Sep15

    World War 3? NATO Chief Says Threats from Russia, Islamic State

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 19:06 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Members of the U.S.-led alliance must stand shoulder to shoulder to confront simultaneous security threats from Russia and the so-called Islamic State extremist organization, NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. In a farewell speech as NATO’s top civilian official, Rasmussen said the alliance finds...

    Donetsk Separatist Leader Says Cease-Fire Signed To Combat ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’
    Sep15

    Donetsk Separatist Leader Says Cease-Fire Signed To Combat ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’

    Monday, September 15 , 2014 - 18:30 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Andrei Purgin, first deputy prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, has told RFE/RL that the separatists signed the Minsk cease-fire agreement to focus on restoring the region’s damaged infrastructure before winter sets in. The price of fighting on, he says, would be “desolation.” …read more...