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Airline Safety Alerting System Created After MH17 Tragedy Seen as Lagging
By ROBERT WALL: Officials say government concerns about information are still trumping security considerations The reconstructed wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is seen after the presentation of the final report into the crash on Oct. 13. MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board...
Ukrainian soldier killed in attack near Donetsk airport
Ukrainian soldier killed in attack near Donetsk airport in east, according to Ukrainian army …read more Source: World...
OSCE dubs Ukraine vote democratic
KIEV: International monitors said on Monday local elections in Ukraine at the weekend were “well organised” and “democratic” but that Kiev’s pro-Western leadership needed to tackle political meddling by powerful oligarchs in the war-scarred country. “The elections were competitive, well organised overall and the campaign generally showed...
Analysis: Russia-Iran alliance tactical, not strategic – Middle East
Christian Russia and Shi’ite Iran’s military alliance to help keep Syrian President Bashar Assad in power is fraught with underlying tension, which could be exploited by Israel or the US. Iran’s revolutionary expansionist agenda and its targeting of Israel is at odds with Russia’s long-term goals in the region. Russia...
Russian navy holds drills to ‘repel strikes’ on Crimea
Russian military forces have staged a navy exercise off the coast of the city of Sevastopol in the Black Sea Crimean peninsula to “thwart any possible aggression by the West.” “Today and tomorrow ships… will practice the organization of repelling strikes by the enemy from the air in the Black Sea fleet’s naval range...
Ukraine ex-adviser wins EU court case against sanctions
A former adviser to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scored a legal victory over the European Union Monday when an EU court ruled that the bloc had been wrong to freeze his assets …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian Navy Holds Drill Aimed to ’Repel Strikes’ on Crimea
Russia said Monday its navy is holding drills off the coast of Crimea to practice thwarting an attack on the Black Sea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Russian navy holds drills to ‘repel strikes’ on Crimea
Russia’s navy has launched a two-day military maneuver off the Crimean coast. …read more Source:...
May the police force be with you: Chewbacca arrested at Ukraine polls
A man dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca was detained and fined for disobeying police during local polls in Ukraine Sunday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine vote ‘democratic’ but more reforms needed: OSCE
‘Elections were competitive, well organised overall and the campaign generally showed respect for the democratic process,’ OSCE says …read more Source: World...
