Section: The Jakarta Globe (Indonesia)
Employees of Raided Ukrainian Library in Moscow Say They Were Framed
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Ukraine Calls Deadly Depot Blast a Terrorist Act
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Russia Detains Head of Ukrainian Library for Stocking “Extremist” Books
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Flight MH17 Shot Down by Russian-Built Buk Missile, Dutch Report Says
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the crash in July 2014 that killed all 298 people on board, most of them Dutch. …read more Source: The Jakarta...
Ukraine PM Accuses Russian Forces of Shooting Down Flight MH17
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Gunmen Attack Hotel in Central Mali, One Dead
Bamako. At least one person was killed in an attack early on Friday by unidentified gunmen on a hotel in central Mali frequented by United Nations peacekeepers in the West African nation, a witness and a military spokesman said. The raid targeted a hotel on the road to the airport in Sevare, which services the larger town of Mopti. The body of...
Independent Media Battle On in Putin’s Russia
Moscow. Alexei Venediktov, one of Russia’s most prominent journalists, does not go out without a bodyguard and does not answer mobile phone calls for fear of being tracked. He has worried about security since someone left a chopping block with an ax in it outside his apartment in 2009 and he fled Russia for a week this year, fearing he was...
A Year After MH17 Downed, Families Want Justice
Amsterdam/Hrabove, Ukraine. One by one, the names of the 298 passengers and crew who died aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be read aloud by relatives on Friday, a year after the passenger jet was shot out of the sky over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Commemorations in the Netherlands and Ukraine on Friday will mark a painful milestone for...
Ukraine Passes Draft Bill to Grant East Regions More Autonomy
Kiev. Ukraine’s parliament approved a draft law on Thursday to grant two separatist regions greater autonomy, a step towards meeting the demands of a ceasefire agreement for the pro-Russian self-styled “people’s republics.” President Petro Poroshenko submitted the bill to parliament under pressure from Western leaders to grant the...
Australia Urges Support UN Tribunal Plan for Downed Malaysian Jet MH17
Sydney. Australia urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to support the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 in eastern Ukraine last year. Malaysia, part of the 15-member council until 2016, distributed a draft resolution on the tribunal last week, which it...
