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Middle East peace mediators to meet in Munich
Top officials from the United Nations, United States, Russia and European Union will meet on Saturday to discuss how they can help U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's drive for a Middle East peace deal, the EU said on Friday.
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First stirrings of dissent in Ukraine's eastern heartlands
A city in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine built on industry and blue collar workers, Zaporizhzhya is not normally a place of revolution.
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China's loan sharks circle in murky shadow bank waters
China's crackdown on risky lending has driven borrowers into an even darker place in their search for capital - underground banking.
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Russia to await new Ukraine government before fully implementing rescue
President Vladimir Putin raised the pressure on Ukraine on Wednesday, saying Russia would wait until it forms a new government before fully implementing a $15 billion bailout deal that Kiev urgently needs.
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Euro zone morale climbs as recovery strengthens
Optimism in the euro zone about its economic prospects continued to improve in January with a jump in morale in the bloc's two largest economies, Germany and France.
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Ukraine's Yanukovich goes on sick leave in midst of political crisis
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich went on sick leave on Thursday with an acute respiratory ailment, leaving a political vacuum in a country destabilized by anti-government protests.
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Russian president says will honor loan to Ukraine
Russia will honor its pledge to lend Ukraine $15 billion and reduce the price of gas it supplies to its neighbor even if the opposition forms the next government, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
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Ukraine expects $2 billion tranche of Russian aid soon
Ukraine's interim prime minister pledged on Wednesday to work to limit damage to the economy from more than two months of turmoil and said he expected Russia to disburse a further $2 billion of aid "very soon".
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