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Ukraine expects to receive three tranches of credit from IMF
Ukraine expects to receive three tranches of credit from the International Monetary Fund… …read more Source: World...
Bodies, debris from missing AirAsia plane pulled from sea off Indonesia
Family members of passengers onboard missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 react to the news that bodies and debris were found off the coast of Borneo island, while they wait at the airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, on December 30, 2014. (Reuters/Beawiharta) Jakarta, Reuters—Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people...
Debris spotted off Indonesia coast, possible link to AirAsia
AP SURABAYA, Indonesia— Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said Tuesday. Yusuf Latif said an Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including what appears to be a life jacket, off the coast,...
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 Formally Scraps Non-aligned Status
KYIV—Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country closer to NATO, the western military alliance. Russia views NATO expansion as a threat and President Vladimir Putin last week signed a military doctrine reiterating those concerns. Poroshenko signed...
Foreign Policy Battles Loom Between Obama, Republican-led Congress
Published December 29, 2014 Some of President Barack Obama’s loudest critics on foreign policy will have new powers as chairmen of various Senate committees when Republicans assume control of both houses of Congress in January. VOA Senate correspondent Michael Bowman reports, from Ukraine to the …read more Source:...
Analysts: Ukraine’s Challenges Are Also Russia’s
Daniel Schearf Published December 29, 2014 Ukraine’s pro-European revolution succeeded this year in replacing its Russia-backed president with leaders favoring European integration. But the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea, and support for pro-Russia rebels in east Ukraine, has many worried the country will remain unstable or conditions...
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...
Ukraine drops non-aligned status
Ukraine’s president signs bill renouncing non-aligned status, angering Russia which calls the move a security threat. …read more Source: AL...
Analysts Say Ukraine’s Challenges Are Also Russia’s
Daniel Schearf Published December 29, 2014 Ukraine’s pro-European revolution succeeded this year in replacing its Russia-leaning president with leaders favoring European integration. But the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea, and support for pro-Russia rebels in east Ukraine has many worried the country will remain unstable or conditions...
