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How life in prison turned a murderess into entrepreneur
A Ukrainian woman who was involved in a murder case and sentenced to serve life term in Dubai Prisons has been armed More… …read more Source: Emirates...
How life in prison turned murderess into entrepreneur
A Ukrainian woman who was involved in a murder case and sentenced to serve life term in Dubai Prisons has been armed More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities
Some in conflict-torn region wonder if degrees will be worth anything …read more Source: Gulf...
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...
Ukraine reports first military death of 2015
KIEV: Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels. “In the past 24 hours one Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and another five have been injured because of provocative actions (by separatists),”...
Ukrainian Channel Under Fire Over New Year’s Concert
Ukraine’s biggest television channel is under fire after broadcasting a New Year’s Eve concert featuring Russian singers who have publicly supported separatists in eastern Ukraine. National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has urged the National Council on Television and Radio to immediately consider...
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...
Nationalist march shows Ukraine ‘on Nazi path’: Moscow
A torch-lit march held in Kyiv to honor a controversial anti-Soviet resistance leader shows Ukraine is following in the footsteps of the Nazis, a senior Russian foreign ministry official said Jan. 2. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine reports first military death of 2015
More than 4,700 people were killed in 2014 in the conflict, which has provoked the worst crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the Cold War. …read more Source: World...
