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The New York Times reports Ukraine Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia Crimea has always been a vital base for the Soviet and then Russian Navy, serving as the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, which has controlled the waters off southern Russia since 1783. After a period of tension following Ukraine’s independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia got to keep its base in Crimea on a lease, extended until at least 2042 by the now-ousted president, Viktor F. Yanukovych
Kevin O’rourke on the Irish Economy blog comments Class divides and European Integration, Yet Again.
Nobel prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz has come to the right conclusion Leaving the Euro Painful but Staying in More Painful . Partial Transcript Question : I want to probe you a bit on that small mistake of the euro
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Weekly unemployment initial claims unexpectedly rose to 348,000 this week.
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