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Oct 31, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | October 31

By Jim Rupert

In Russian, Historians Join Kremlin’s Campaign to Label Ukraine ‘Nazi’ via Time Kyivans Rally for Reconstruction of Cinema Torched Amid Screening of LGBT Film via Kyiv Post Photo Essay: Chasing Vote Fraud and Dodging Attack in a Ukrainian Village via Quartz Video, Maps: The Brutal ‘Cease-Fire War’ Over Donetsk’s Airport via Washington Post Russian Movie Star Visits Donbas as ‘Journalist’—and Joins the War via Mashable

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A Russian Tu-95 Bear H strategic bomber, October 29, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2014

Why Russia Is Buzzing NATO?

By Marc Champion, Bloomberg View

In a single 24-hour period this week, Russia dispatched 19 combat aircraft — including “Bear” strategic bombers — to probe North Atlantic Treaty Organization air defenses.

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AfricaSource

Oct 31, 2014

Burkina Faso update: Missed opportunity?

By J. Peter Pham

The “soft landing” that so many, both in Burkina Faso and abroad, had worked so hard to achieve is not to be. Following violent protests against an effort to lift the constitutional bar on his seeking another term in office, mob actions which brought the landlocked West African country to the edge of the abyss, […]

North & West Africa Politics & Diplomacy

UkraineAlert

Oct 31, 2014

Ukraine Gas Deal May Show That the West’s Sanctions on Russia Are Working

By James Rupert

The gas supply deal signed in Brussels yesterday among Russia, Ukraine and the European Union “is perhaps the clearest indication yet that sanctions imposed on Russia are working in terms of changing Russia’s behavior,” writes Timothy Ash, an economist who directs emerging markets strategy at Standard Bank in London.

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

MENASource

Oct 31, 2014

EconSource: Morocco Unions Declare Strike Successful

By EconSource

A general strike in the capital Rabat was peaceful. According to news reports, the atmosphere was normal and no incidents occurred. According to numbers released by labor unions, 83 percent of workers participated. The strike was aimed at pressuring the government to settle unresolved issues such as the promotion of public-sector workers, pay rises and guarantees […]

MENASource

Oct 31, 2014

Top News: Egypt Has Right to Build Sinai Buffer Zone, Says US Government

By EgyptSource

  Egypt has the right to use a buffer zone along its borders with Gaza to boost security, but should also be concerned about the impact on local communities, the United States said Thursday.

AfricaSource

Oct 31, 2014

Burkina Faso: The consequences of burning down the house

By J. Peter Pham

The events that have followed each other in rapid succession this week in the West African country of Burkina Faso are, at one level, relatively straightforward. What is not so readily apparent—certainly not to the tens of thousands of protesters-turned-rioters, much less to those far-off outsiders who, wittingly or unwittingly, egged them on—are the consequences […]

North & West Africa Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Oct 31, 2014

Egypt’s Anti-Terrorism Hysteria

By Khaled Dawoud

A state of hysteria has taken over Egypt’s psyche and dominated any semblance of rational thought following the most devastating terrorist attack on Egyptian soil since Mohamed Morsi was ousted from office.

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UkraineAlert

Oct 30, 2014

Russian-Backed ‘People’s Republics’ in Ukraine Prepare Elections for Sunday

By James Rupert

Donetsk, Lugansk Vote for ‘Parliaments’ Violates Truce and Raises Risks, Say Analysts The Russian-backed, miniature, “people’s republics” declared in southeastern Ukraine are preparing to elect parliaments and heads of state on Sunday, a step backed by Moscow to consolidate their self-declared statehood. Those elections promise to further undermine the already wobbly political deal that underpins […]

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MENASource

Oct 30, 2014

EconSource: Egypt Ranks 112th in World Bank’s Annual “Doing Business” Report

By EconSource

In the World Bank Doing Business ranking, Egypt climbed one spot from last year’s ranking. The main reason for the advancement is Egypt’s reforms aimed at protecting minority investors. In that category Egypt jumped eighteen places. While the country also gained two spots for ease of trading across borders, it dropped six spots in the ranking […]

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