Section: Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
Conflicts of the past year connected by corruption
Mary Beth Goodman A retrospective look at the conflicts dominating the headlines in 2014 presents a grim picture of escalating conflict and human suffering. Underneath the headlines is a common thread connecting the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Ukrainian protesters in the Maidan, and the Nigerian families still...
Indonesia finds two “large objects” in search for AirAsia jet
By Chris Nusatya and Fergus Jensen Ships searching for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have pinpointed two “big objects” on the sea floor, the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on Saturday. The Airbus A320-200 plunged into the Java Sea on Sunday while en route from...
The ‘oil war’
By Gwynne Dyer “DID you know there’s an oil war? And the war has an objective: to destroy Russia,” said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a live television speech last week. “It’s a strategically planned war … also aimed at Venezuela, to try and destroy our revolution and cause an economic collapse.” It’s the United States...
Search teams battle rough weather in hunt for AirAsia wreck
By Fergus Jensen and Gayatri Suroyo Ships and aircraft criss-crossed the seas off Borneo on Friday hunting for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet, but bad weather again hindered the search for the plane and the black box flight recorders that should reveal why it crashed. An official said 30 bodies had been recovered, along with...
Indonesia believes it has found AirAsia plane on sea bed
By Gayatri Suroyo and Wilda Asmarini Indonesian rescuers believe they have found the wreck of a crashed AirAsia plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath waters where debris and bodies were found floating. Ships and planes had been scouring the Java Sea for Flight QZ8501 since Sunday, when it lost...
Kremlin critic Navalny given suspended sentence, brother jailed
By Maria Tsvetkova A Russian court gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence on Tuesday for embezzling money but jailed his brother for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent. As hundreds of his supporters gathered in front of the Kremlin, Navalny broke house arrest to join the rally but was...
Indonesian TV shows footage of objects in Java Sea, may be AirAsia jet debris
INDONESIAN TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAYS AIRCRAFT SEARCHING FOR MISSING JET HAVE SIGHTED “RED AND WHITE COLOURED” DEBRIS OFF KALIMANTAN COAST By Fergus Jensen Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off Indonesia, as television...
Ukraine’s President to meet Russian, French, German leaders
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets UKRAINE’S President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia,France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev’s eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military means. He said he had spoken with US President Barack Obama...
Indonesia says presumes missing AirAsia plane crashed in Java Sea
By Fergus Jensen and Siva Govindasamy A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries in the region offered to help Jakarta in the search and recovery effort. The Indonesia AirAsia plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared after its pilot failed to get...
AirAsia flight carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore missing – officials
By Chris Nusatya and Randy Fabi An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, Indonesian officials said. Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with...
