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    Ukraine, Rebels Exchange 67 Prisoners In Peace Deal
    Sep12

    Ukraine, Rebels Exchange 67 Prisoners In Peace Deal

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — In the dead of night, Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebel forces on Friday exchanged 67 prisoners who had been captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine, part of a cease-fire deal that has struggled to succeed. The transfer took place in the dark outside of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk under the watch of...

    Poland Resumes Gas Deliveries to Ukraine
    Sep12

    Poland Resumes Gas Deliveries to Ukraine

    (WARSAW, Poland) — Poland has resumed deliveries of gas to Ukraine that had been halted after its own supplies from Russia dropped this week, the state pipeline operator said Friday. The statement by Gaz-System S.A. suggests gas flows from Russian supplier Gazprom are once again meeting Poland’s daily demand, but there was no immediate...

    Ukraine, rebels trade 67 prisoners in peace deal
    Sep12

    Ukraine, rebels trade 67 prisoners in peace deal

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) – In the dead of night, Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebel forces on Friday exchanged 67 prisoners who had been captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine, part of a cease-fire deal that has struggled to succeed. The transfer took place in the dark outside of … …read more Source: The Washington...

    Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels exchange more prisoners

    DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko repeated Friday there could be no military solution to the crisis engulfing eastern Ukraine and said new sanctions against Russia imposed by the United States and the European Union show the solidarity his country enjoys. Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...

    Poroshenko: EU Agreement Will Be Ratified
    Sep12

    Poroshenko: EU Agreement Will Be Ratified

    Ukraine’s president said the European and Ukrainian parliaments will ratify an association agreement next week, pushing ahead with a deal whose initial rejection set off a monthslong confrontation with Russia. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    World Food Program Launches Ukraine Operation
    Sep12

    World Food Program Launches Ukraine Operation

    The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has begun a food assistance program in eastern Ukraine. The WFP’s first program in Ukraine is distributing food in transportation centers and public shelters in Donetsk and Luhansk. The program, launched earlier this month, has already handed out 10,000 daily rations, enough to feed 2,000 people...

    Putin Looks to Asia as EU Tightens Sanctions
    Sep12

    Putin Looks to Asia as EU Tightens Sanctions

    DUSHANBE (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for new efforts to strengthen cooperation with China and ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia after the European Union tightened sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. In comments at a meeting in Tajikistan, he made no direct reference to the sanctions but has been trying...

    European Union Details Tightened Sanctions Against Russia
    Sep12

    European Union Details Tightened Sanctions Against Russia

    The measures, aimed at Russia’s financial, energy and defense sectors, could be revised swiftly if a cease-fire in Ukraine holds, Western officials said. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukraine Swaps Prisoners With Rebels
    Sep12

    Ukraine Swaps Prisoners With Rebels

    The transfer took place the same day the EU in Brussels imposed a new round of sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    The Dollar Is On A Tear
    Sep12

    The Dollar Is On A Tear

    LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar headed for its ninth straight week of gains on Friday, some measure of how the economic fortunes of the United States and its major economic peers are diverging after six years of financial turmoil. Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields rose to their highest in over a month, while European stocks shrugged...