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    Reports: Snowden Granted 3 More Years in Russia
    Aug07

    Reports: Snowden Granted 3 More Years in Russia

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden received permission to stay in Russia for an additional three years, his lawyer told local media Thursday, amid the worst U.S.-Russian relations since the Cold War. Snowden revealed troves of classified information on the American government’s surveillance activities before fleeing...

    German Interest Rates Go Negative
    Aug07

    German Interest Rates Go Negative

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Investing.comThe German bond market is considered one of the safe havens for investors looking to get out of riskier asset classes like stocks. As tensions remain high on the Ukraine-Russia border, German bond prices have been rallying, pushing yields lower and lower. Earlier Thursday, the yield on Germany’s two-year bond actually went...

    Fighting, Fires On Kyiv’s Independence Square
    Aug07

    Fighting, Fires On Kyiv’s Independence Square

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Demonstrators clashed with city employees and armed guards in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on August 7 as the workers tried to clear barricades and tents from Independence Square. Protesters set fire to piles of tires and threw bottles and bricks at the municipal workers, who eventually withdrew. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read...

    Russia Imposes One-Year Ban on Food Imports from West
    Aug07

    Russia Imposes One-Year Ban on Food Imports from West

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The Russian government has imposed a ban on most food imports from the United States, the European Union and other Western nations in apparent retaliation for their sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the sanctions Thursday in Moscow. The import ban includes meat, fruit, vegetables and milk...

    Ex-leader’s estate embodies Ukraine’s past, present, hope for future
    Aug07

    Ex-leader’s estate embodies Ukraine’s past, present, hope for future

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    On a summer’s day in the park, children gripped Frisbees and ice cream cones as they tottered next to distracted parents. A wedding party simulated a conga line for a patient cameraman. A trio of twentysomething men sipped kvass, a favorite only-looks-like-beer beverage. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Ukraine Crisis: 1 Killed At Donetsk Dental College In Attack Meant For Rebel Headquarters
    Aug07

    Ukraine Crisis: 1 Killed At Donetsk Dental College In Attack Meant For Rebel Headquarters

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    A Ukrainian military strike intended to hit the headquarters of pro-Russia separatists Thursday instead hit a dental college, killing one patient. The attack was the second unsuccessful attempt at blowing up the rebel headquarters in Donetsk. The strike inflicted massive damage on the dental college in Donetsk, including the college’s...

    Russia bans Western food over Ukraine sanctions
    Aug07

    Russia bans Western food over Ukraine sanctions

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 14:27 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    Dutch sweet peppers on a display at a supermarket in downtown Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014.The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Family, Friends Mourn MH17 Victims
    Aug07

    Family, Friends Mourn MH17 Victims

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 14:27 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    4104 + file Nearly 2000 people gathered at a church in Melbourne to remember the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was shot down in Ukraine last month. Friends and family wept as they laid wreaths for the 27 Australians killed in the crash. Australian Prime Minister tony Abbott. …read more Source: The Boston...

    Russia Extends Ban On Food Products From U.S., Europe, Canada And Australia Over Ukraine Sanctions
    Aug07

    Russia Extends Ban On Food Products From U.S., Europe, Canada And Australia Over Ukraine Sanctions

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 14:27 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday banned most food imports from the West in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine — a sweeping move that will cost Western farmers billions of dollars but could also lead to empty shelves in Russian cities. The decision shows that President Vladimir Putin has no intention of bowing to Western pressure...

    Undeterred, Russia wades into war of sanctions
    Aug07

    Undeterred, Russia wades into war of sanctions

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 14:27 (EEST) Section: CBS (USA)

    Moscow bans import of virtually all Western food in retaliation for U.S., EU sanctions, and threatens much harsher measures as Snowden reportedly granted residency …read more Source:...