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It's a critical week for diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis, but Angela Merkel herself doubts it will do much good.

A spokesman for the rebels said Ukrainian forces were pushed out of Logvinovo, but Ukrainian forces dispute that.

The poll’s results come amid an apparent anti-Muslim movement that is growing across Europe.

Merkel is expected to work on narrowing differences between Europe and the U.S. over the issue of providing arms to Ukrainian troops.

In Europe, all eyes were on Greece, after its new prime minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out extending its bailout.

To deal with human trafficking, officials are considering a plan that would confine prostitution to certain streets.

Greece's attempts to renegotiate its bailout would likely be resolved only by the country leaving the eurozone, Alan Greenspan says.

German health officials have blamed low immunization rates for the outbreak that began in October.

The diplomatic move, also involving France and Germany, is the result of increased Western concern over the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The U.S. has hinted at sending weapons to Ukraine, but the German government is not on board.

Lavrov and Kerry have been point men for their respective countries' interests in Ukraine over the past year.

The company currently has over 300,000 employees, of whom 115,000 are based in Germany.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are scheduled to meet Putin in Moscow on Friday.

The Russian and Greek leaders talked Thursday about gas projects, which could help alleviate economic woes in both countries.

NATO's top leaders met Thursday to discuss an expansion of its rapid-reaction force from 13,000 to 30,000 troops.

The decision came after Greece's new finance minister claimed that the ECB would do "whatever it takes" to support member states.

The survey, carried out mostly before the ECB announced its QE program to boost the economy, pointed to first-quarter growth of 0.3 percent.

The bulk of the crisis was over by the time aid hit the areas most affected by the Ebola outbreak.

Sending weapons to Ukraine could escalate fighting, but may be necessary to confront Russia's wider aggression.

A crucial interception and a stellar performance by Tom Brady prompted millions of Twitter postings during the Super Bowl.

Sunday’s live telecast delivered a new Twitter high for the Super Bowl but fell short of a World Cup semifinal match in July.