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    Aeroflot defies sanctions to create new low-cost airline
    Aug24

    Aeroflot defies sanctions to create new low-cost airline

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 19:11 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Moscow (AFP) – Russian flag carrier Aeroflot will create a new low-cost unit after Western sanctions grounded its first effort to enter the market, the airline’s chief executive said on Sunday.”We will after all register a new airline,” Aeroflot chief executive Vitaly Savelyev was quoted as saying by Russian news...

    Germany optimistic on outlook despite weak Q2, report says
    Aug24

    Germany optimistic on outlook despite weak Q2, report says

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 19:11 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Frankfurt (AFP) – The German government remains optimistic in its outlook for Europe’s biggest economy, despite negative growth in the second quarter, the weekly Der Spiegel reported Sunday.For the whole of 2014, the German economy could even notch up faster growth than the 1.8 percent it is currently predicting, the magazine said,...

    Germany: no Iraq combat troops or weapons to PKK
    Aug24

    Germany: no Iraq combat troops or weapons to PKK

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 19:11 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    German chancellor Angela Merkel make a statement to the press in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has advocated a measured European Union response t… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Ukraine plans $3 billion boost to defense spending
    Aug24

    Ukraine plans $3 billion boost to defense spending

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 19:11 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    A local man tramples and wipes his feet on the Ukrainian flag in a central square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Ukraine has retaken control of much of its eastern territo… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Ukraine Celebrates Independence Day As Rebels Parade Captives
    Aug24

    Ukraine Celebrates Independence Day As Rebels Parade Captives

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 17:41 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — As armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Kiev in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded captured soldiers down the besieged streets of Donetsk and displayed charred wreckages of destroyed Ukrainian tanks. Sunday’s rival...

    Ukraine plans $3 billion boost to defense spending
    Aug24

    Ukraine plans $3 billion boost to defense spending

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 17:18 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine — As armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Kiev in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded captured soldiers down the besieged streets of Donetsk and displayed charred wreckages of destroyed Ukrainian tanks.Sunday’s rival...

    Ukraine Parades Military Might
    Aug24

    Ukraine Parades Military Might

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 17:09 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    Soldiers, rockets and armored vehicles paraded through central Kiev, some of them on their way east to fight pro-Russian rebels, as Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day in the midst of war. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    In Eastern Ukraine, Rebel Mockery Amid Independence Celebration
    Aug24

    In Eastern Ukraine, Rebel Mockery Amid Independence Celebration

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 17:09 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    As Ukrainians celebrated their country’s independence, pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk staged a counter-parade to delight in the death and imprisonment of Ukrainian soldiers. …read more Source: The New York...

    Russian Separatists Paraded Ukrainian POWs Through City — And Then Hosed Down The Street
    Aug24

    Russian Separatists Paraded Ukrainian POWs Through City — And Then Hosed Down The Street

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 15:42 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Pro-Russian separatist rebels force-marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war along a main street of the rebel-held Ukrainian town of Donetsk on Sunday. People shouted “fascists” at the group, who walked with heads bowed. They were largely unshaven and dishevelled and dressed either in combat fatigues or civilian clothes. A voice...

    Ukraine Plans $3 Billion Boost to Defense Spending
    Aug24

    Ukraine Plans $3 Billion Boost to Defense Spending

    Sunday, August 24 , 2014 - 15:25 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president announced plans Sunday to boost his country’s defense spending by an estimated 50 percent as government forces seek to overpower pro-Russian separatists in the east. President Petro Poroshenko made his pledge to spend an extra 40 billion hryvnia ($3 billion) by 2017 during a speech marking...