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    AP News in Brief at 8:58 p.m. EDT
    Sep06

    AP News in Brief at 8:58 p.m. EDT

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 9:30 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    Ukraine cease-fire begins between government forces and Russia-backed separatists MINSK, Belarus (AP) – Ukraine, Russia and the Kremlin-backed separatists signed a cease-fire deal Friday after five months of bloodshed, and Europe readied additional sanctions on Moscow. NATO leaders created a new force designed to prevent any aggression by...

    Ukraine Cease-Fire Begins, but U.S. Still Skeptical
    Sep06

    Ukraine Cease-Fire Begins, but U.S. Still Skeptical

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 9:30 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    (MINSK, Belarus) — Ukraine, Russia and the Kremlin-backed separatists signed a cease-fire deal Friday after five months of bloodshed, and Europe readied additional sanctions on Moscow. NATO leaders created a new force designed to prevent any aggression by Russia against alliance members. MoreUkraine Signs Cease-Fire With Pro-Russia RebelsUkraine...

    Putin Has Made Decisive Progress Toward His Goals
    Sep06

    Putin Has Made Decisive Progress Toward His Goals

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 0:51 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Now willing to use Russian troops more or less openly in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has made decisive progress toward his goals Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-war-in-ukraine-reversal-of-fortune-2014-9#ixzz3CTo3RQbTJoin the conversation about this story » …read more Source: Business...

    Weekend Roundup: Putin Uses 21st Century Strategy to Restore Old Czarist Realm
    Sep06

    Weekend Roundup: Putin Uses 21st Century Strategy to Restore Old Czarist Realm

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 0:51 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    As a fragile cease-fire takes hold in Ukraine after nearly five months of carnage, Vladimir Putin’s long-term strategy has become clear. This week in The WorldPost Robert Coalson, writing from Prague, translates a recent essay by General Valery Gerasimov, the Russian military’s chief of general staff, that lays out a new type of...

    Obama Shows His Cards Too Often In Foreign Policy
    Sep06

    Obama Shows His Cards Too Often In Foreign Policy

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 0:36 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    He calls himself a “pretty good” poker player. Barack Obama’s poker-buddies, including Illinois politicians who played with him weekly when he was a state senator, tend to agree. Quizzed by profile-writers, they have described a cautious, canny card player. Mr Obama would bluff only if he had halfway-decent cards, they recalled....

    Russia Detains Estonian Officer, Raising Tensions
    Sep06

    Russia Detains Estonian Officer, Raising Tensions

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 0:21 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Estonia accused Russia of kidnapping an intelligence officer, while Moscow suggested he was a spy, heightening tensions already strained over Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukraine Conflict Seals NATO Renewal, and Russia’s Dominance
    Sep06

    Ukraine Conflict Seals NATO Renewal, and Russia’s Dominance

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 0:06 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    As the Ukraine conflict inches toward a cease-fire, NATO leaders emerge from a historic summit with a renewed sense of purpose, and also an element of traditional mission of deterrence against aggression from its east. For now at least, it does not mark the start of a new cold war but more likely a new cold peace between East and West. After more...

    Obama seeks solace at Stonehenge
    Sep06

    Obama seeks solace at Stonehenge

    Saturday, September 6 , 2014 - 0:06 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Amesbury (United Kingdom) (AFP) – President Barack Obama sought solace Friday at the mystical, prehistoric English monument of Stonehenge, relaxing after stressful days confronting Russia and rising jihadism in the Middle East.”How cool is this?” Obama exclaimed as he toured the iconic stone circles, believed to have been built...

    Ukraine Crisis: Will NATO’s ‘Spearhead’ Force Change Putin’s Policies?
    Sep05

    Ukraine Crisis: Will NATO’s ‘Spearhead’ Force Change Putin’s Policies?

    Friday, September 5 , 2014 - 23:49 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    NATO’s newly announced “spearhead” force to be deployed in Eastern Europe has already accomplished part of its mission: getting the attention of Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation. …read more Source: International Business...

    Outside Ukrainian city, fighting continues ahead of truce’s start
    Sep05

    Outside Ukrainian city, fighting continues ahead of truce’s start

    Friday, September 5 , 2014 - 23:34 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    The Ukrainian captain sat on a fallen tree amid drifting smoke, clutching his bare head, as the wreckage of an artillery convoy destroyed by enemy fire smoldered nearby. …read more Source: Los Angeles...