Section: Africa&ME
MH17 wreckage cleared from crash site
The wreckage will be transported to the Netherlands and reconstructed as part of the investigation into the cause of the disaster. ||| Amsterdam – A week long operation to clear the wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine has been completed, the Dutch government said on Sunday. A cargo train took pieces of...
Planned rail link to boost ties with Chinese
Russia is seeking to build a high-speed rail link to further bolster ties with China after agreeing on the biggest natural gas supply deal in history. ||| Ekaterina Shatalova MoscowRUSSIA is seeking to build a high-speed rail link to further bolster ties with China after agreeing on the biggest natural gas supply deal in history.Russian Railways...
Last Parts of MH17 Wreckage Cleared From E. Ukraine
Dutch air crash investigators have completed their recovery of the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that was downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine four months ago. Workers sent the last pieces of the airliner on a train Sunday from the area controlled by pro-Russian separatists to the Ukrainian government-held city of...
Last Parts of MH-17 Wreckage Cleared From E. Ukraine
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Poroshenko to mark Auschwitz liberation in Prague
Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko set to attend event marking the liberation of Auschwitz, come January. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Dutch complete MH17 wreckage recovery in Ukraine
Dutch experts have completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Marks Anniversary of Deadly 1930s Famine
KYIV, UKRAINE—During a weekend commemoration for millions who died of starvation in Ukraine in the early 1930s, President Petro Poroshenko lashed out at Soviet-era totalitarianism for causing the deaths and accused today’s Russian-backed rebels in the east of using similar tactics. Soviet leaders refused to acknowledge the famine of 1932...
Putin says Russia not isolated over Ukraine
Blames West for frosty ties, says Moscow will not allow itself to become internationally isolated behind another ‘Iron Curtain’ …read more Source: Gulf...
Putin dismisses risk of Iron Curtain comeback
Russian president says isolation of Russia over Ukraine crisis is “impossible”, after US threatens with more sanctions. …read more Source: AL...
Lavrov accuses West of seeking ‘regime change’ in Russia
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accuses the West of trying to use sanctions imposed on Moscow in the Ukraine crisis to seek ‘regime change’ in Russia …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
