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    HERE IT IS: SocGen’s Famous Chart With The Black Swans
    Sep09

    HERE IT IS: SocGen’s Famous Chart With The Black Swans

    Societe Generale is out with its latest quarterly chart of “swan” risks. “Black swans” characterize unforeseen and unlikely events that have the potential to rock the economy and financial markets. While the sharp slowdown in Europe has dominated the economic headlines lately, SocGen believes that we should be most worried...

    Eastern Ukraine city hit by shells during cease-fire
    Sep09

    Eastern Ukraine city hit by shells during cease-fire

    Shelling continued overnight in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire, injuring one woman, the city council of Donetsk said Tuesday. …read more Source: FOX...

    Poroshenko Reassures Mariupol Of Kyiv’s Support
    Sep09

    Poroshenko Reassures Mariupol Of Kyiv’s Support

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on September 8 visited the eastern port city of Mariupol, where sporadic shelling on the weekend disrupted the fragile cease-fire. Poroshenko said Ukrainian security forces are prepared to defend the city from separatists, and are “prepared for the worst.” (RFE/RL) …read more Source: Radio...

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko Vows to Defend Mariupol from Separatists
    Sep09

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko Vows to Defend Mariupol from Separatists

    Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has vowed to crush Russia-backed rebels if they break a shaky cease-fire and attack the strategic port city of Mariupol. Poroshenko says Ukrainian forces and people in Mariupol are prepared to defend the city, but not everyone agrees. VOA’s Daniel Schearf reports from Mariupol. …read more...

    Ukraine swaps prisoners of war
    Sep09

    Ukraine swaps prisoners of war

    Twenty Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released under the ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Russian rebels signed in Minsk, Belarus, last week, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said Monday. …read more Source:...

    Donetsk Sees Shelling Despite Cease-Fire While EU Delays Implementing Sanctions Against Russia
    Sep09

    Donetsk Sees Shelling Despite Cease-Fire While EU Delays Implementing Sanctions Against Russia

    Four Ukrainian troops have been killed and 29 more have been injured in shelling that continued in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, despite the ongoing cease-fire agreed upon by Ukraine and pro-Moscow rebels, Associated Press reported Tuesday. …read more Source: International Business...

    Donetsk, in E. Ukraine, Shelled Despite Cease-Fire
    Sep09

    Donetsk, in E. Ukraine, Shelled Despite Cease-Fire

    The city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine was shelled overnight, despite a cease-fire signed by the government and pro-Russian separatists late last week. Witnesses said Ukrainian positions in the rebel-held city were hit by mortar and rocket fire four times during the night. It was unclear if there were casualties. The cease-fire has largely held...

    MH17: Preliminary Crash Report Blames ‘High-Energy Objects’
    Sep09

    MH17: Preliminary Crash Report Blames ‘High-Energy Objects’

    Dutch experts have released a preliminary report into the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on July 17, saying that the plane was hit by “high-energy objects.” All 298 people on board, including 193 Dutch citizens, died in the incident. The report is the first official paper to come from the Dutch...

    Cease-Fire? Shelling Hits School in Eastern Ukraine
    Sep09

    Cease-Fire? Shelling Hits School in Eastern Ukraine

    Officials said that four Ukrainian servicemen have died and 29 have been injured since the start of the cease-fire Friday. …read more Source:...

    Donetsk Separatists Celebrate WWII Liberation
    Sep09

    Donetsk Separatists Celebrate WWII Liberation

    Separatists in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, celebrated the 71st anniversary of the city’s liberation from German forces in 1943 on September 8. Speakers told a crowd of several hundred the battle against ”fascism” was continuing, referring to the current conflict against Ukrainian government forces. A cease-fire which came into...