Section: Africa&ME
Russia’s Putin praises Crimea’s “return home” in New Year address
“This event will remain a very important epoch in domestic history forever,” he said …read more Source: World...
Merkel asks Germans to turn backs on anti-Muslim movement
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s strongly worded New Year address includes sharp rebuke of racists full of hatred, and condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine …read more Source: Business...
Sydney starts new year celebrations
A dazzling display of fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour as Australia’s biggest city welcomed the New Year in spectacular style. ||| Sydney – A dazzling display of fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour on Thursday as Australia’s biggest city welcomed the New Year in spectacular style, defying terrorist fears days after a deadly...
Russia’s Putin praises Crimea’s “return home”
“This event will remain a very important epoch in domestic history forever,” he said …read more Source: World...
Aliyah Figures at Highest in a Decade; France Leads the Way
26,500 new immigrants in 2014 with France leading for first time ever, and Ukraine immigration up by 190%, as aliyah continues to flourish. …read more Source: Arutz...
AirAsia: victim with life jacket found
A body recovered from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded. ||| Jakarta – A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster...
Indonesia believes it has found AirAsia plane on sea bed
Indonesian rescuers believe they have found the wreck of a crashed AirAsia (AIRA.KL) 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 contact during bad weather about...
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...
AirAsia: bad weather hampers search
Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency obtained a sonar image it says may be the missing plane at the bottom of the Java Sea. ||| Jakarta – Ships and planes resumed the search for wreckage, bodies and black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating in shallow waters...
Merkel Urges Germans to Welcome Refugees, Spurn Racism
BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to turn their backs on a growing grassroots movement of anti-Muslim protesters, calling them racists full of hatred, and said Europe’s biggest economy must welcome people fleeing conflict and war. In an unusually strongly worded New Year address that also condemned Russia for its actions in...
