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Russia Hits Out at U.S. on Ukraine as Obama Visits Region
02.09.2014 14:49
Bloomberg: Russia stepped up its criticism of the U.S. over Ukraine as President Barack Obamaheads to eastern Europe to reassure NATO members of their security.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovsaid Ukraine’s allies are stoking the five-month conflict and should back peace...
Obama to Deliver Warning to Putin on NATO’s Frontier
02.09.2014 14:46
Bloomberg: U.S. President Barack Obama touches down in Estonia tonight to deliver reassurance to Baltic nations and a direct warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin that NATO stands by its military commitment to alliance security.
Obama added a stop in Tallinn, Estonia,...
Ukraine Warns of Europe’s Worst Conflict Since World War II
02.09.2014 14:44
Bloomberg: Ukraine warned of an escalating conflict in its easternmost regions as a rebel leader said talks this week may include negotiations for a truce.
The country’s military will take on Russia’s “full-scale invasion,” Defense Minister Valeriy Geletey said on Facebook...
UK's fate in the balance as poll shows record support for Scottish independence
02.09.2014 14:42
(Reuters) - A poll showing support for Scottish independence at its highest ever level threw the fate of the United Kingdom into question on Tuesday, just two weeks before Scots vote on whether to secede.
The poll by YouGov showed the unionist lead had shrunk to 6 percentage points from 22 a month...
Dollar General sweetens Family Dollar bid, may go hostile
02.09.2014 14:38
(Reuters) - Dollar General Corp (DG.N) raised its bid forFamily Dollar Stores Inc (FDO.N) to $80 per share, or $9.1 billion, and warned it may turn hostile and appeal directly to shareholders if the new offer was rejected.
The No.1 U.S. deep-discount retailer also said it would pay a...
Record 4.1 million in Syria got food aid in August, U.N. says
02.09.2014 14:36
(Reuters) - A record 4.1 million people in Syria received food rations in August due to more convoys being able to cross front lines and borders from Turkey and Jordan, the U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday.
"We are reaching more people every day with urgently...
Exclusive: Over 100 Russian soldiers killed in single Ukraine battle - Russian rights activists
02.09.2014 14:35
(Reuters) - More than 100 Russian soldiers were killed in eastern Ukraine in a single battle this month while helping pro-Russian separatists fight Ukrainian troops, two members of the Russian presidential human rights council said on Thursday, citing accounts from eyewitnesses and...
Putin comment on 'taking Kiev in 2 weeks' taken out of context: aide
02.09.2014 14:34
(Reuters) - A reported comment by President Vladimir Putin that Russia could capture Ukraine's capital Kiev within two weeks was taken out of context, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Kremlin foreign policy aide as saying on Tuesday.
It quoted Yuri Ushakov as saying that whether or not...
Risk appetite flickers in Europe, ECB speculation holds down euro
02.09.2014 14:32
(Reuters) - Risk appetite flickered back into life in financialmarkets on Tuesday with the dollar and European and Japanese shares rising while safe-haven bonds, the yen and gold all took a step back.
The dollar rose to its highest since January against the yen and the euro sank to a one-year...
Ukraine accuses Russia of 'undisguised aggression' as rebels advance
02.09.2014 14:31
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accusedRussia on Monday of "direct and undisguised aggression" which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev's forces suffered a further reverse in their war with pro-Moscow separatists.
In the latest in a string of...
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