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Chances slim for miners
HELPING COLLEAGUES: Miners arrive to help with the rescue effort at Zasyadko mine Dozens of trapped workers in Ukraine feared dead after blast deep underground DOZENS of miners were trapped underground and feared dead yesterday after a blast at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, with rescuers saying the chance of...
Mine disaster claims 33 lives in Ukraine
Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead last night after a coal mine blast in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front in eastern Ukraine, indicating no one trapped in the rubble survived. …read more Source: The Sunday...
News24.com | Thirty-three miners killed in Ukraine
Thirty-three miners have died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Concern as Ukrainian banks shut doors
A day after Ukraine’s central bank declared Ukraine’s fourth largest bank insolvent, Delta Bank customers could only knock on locked doors. ||| Kiev – A month ago, Natalia Sorokun, 40, went to a downtown Kiev branch of Delta Bank to ask if the bank was solid enough to continue keeping her safe deposit box of valuables there....
Seventeen miners killed in Donetsk
Seventeen miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, where a blast trapped dozens of people. ||| Moscow – Seventeen miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, where a blast trapped dozens of people, the news agency RIA Novosti...
EU ready with sanctions if Ukraine ceasefire violated, Merkel says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Wednesday that any serious violation of the current ceasefire in east Ukraine – which she described a …read more Source: The New...
30 feared dead in Ukraine mine blast
Thirty-two miners in eastern Ukraine were missing and feared dead following an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. ||| Donetsk – Thirty-two miners in eastern Ukraine were missing and feared dead on Wednesday following an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk.The blast took place at Zasyadko mine...
Western leaders hint at more Russian sanctions over Ukraine
Leaders warn Russia they are ready to step up sanctions if there are further violations of ceasefire agreement in Ukraine …read more Source: Business...
Five geopolitical risks for 2015
Economic pessimists shouldn’t feel confined to the developing world this year, writes Eric Roston. ||| New York – Critical events of early 2015 – cheap oil and Middle East violence – will probably continue to take their toll as the year goes on, according to a new projection of geopolitical hotspots. Lower overall prices...
Over 30 miners killed in east Ukraine mine blast
At least 32 miners were killed in a blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held area of eastern Ukraine, a senior politician and a mining union spokemsan said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
