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US bombs begin to rain down on ISIL positions amid Paris talks
16 Sep 2014
The US has carried out its first air strike against Islamic State (IS) militants under a new strategy to "degrade and destroy" the group
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OECD sees India’s GDP growing at 5.7% in 2014
16 Sep 2014
The Paris-based organisation has projected a moderate expansion in most major advanced and emerging economies and weaker growth in the euro area
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Fresh fighting around Donetsk threatens fragile Ukraine truce
15 Sep 2014
Sunday’s fighting appeared to be concentrated near Donetsk airport where the Ukraine military said it had driven back a major assault by insurgent fighters on Friday
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PM Yatseniuk accuses Putin of trying to destroy Ukraine
13 Sep 2014
Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk today accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of seeking to destroy Ukraine as an independent country to recreate the former Soviet Union
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UK to offer Scotland more sops ahead of close-run referendum
08 Sep 2014
Shaken by polls showing a rising preference for Scottish independence, the British government plans to offer greater political and fiscal autonomy if Scots vote for remaining within the UK in the referendum on 18 September
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Ukraine ceasefire holds, but Obama sceptical
06 Sep 2014
A NATO summit, meanwhile, decided that member nations would send non-lethal military aid to Ukraine while the US and European allies deepen and broaden sanctions against Russia
ECB cuts interest rates in bid to up inflation
05 Sep 2014
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