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Rebel fighters enjoy lull on eastern Ukraine front
Mar10

Rebel fighters enjoy lull on eastern Ukraine front

Uneasy calm and domesticity have settled over rebel positions in the ruins of front-line towns in east Ukraine as steps are taken to observe a fragile cease-fire that each side expects the other to violate with a fresh offensive. Near the charred shell of a tank, destroyed in a recent battle in the village of […] The post Rebel fighters enjoy...

UPDATE1: Ex-Japan PM Hatoyama to visit Crimea to see what residents think
Mar10

UPDATE1: Ex-Japan PM Hatoyama to visit Crimea to see what residents think

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Ex-Japan PM Hatoyama to visit Crimea to see what residents think
Mar10

Ex-Japan PM Hatoyama to visit Crimea to see what residents think

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Putin describes secret meeting to take Crimea before referendum, extract president
Mar09

Putin describes secret meeting to take Crimea before referendum, extract president

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea, the Black Sea region that Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March. In a trailer for an upcoming documentary, shown on state-owned television late Sunday, Putin said that he met with security officials in February to...

UPDATE3: Japan, German leaders push Russia to play role in stabilizing Ukraine
Mar09

UPDATE3: Japan, German leaders push Russia to play role in stabilizing Ukraine

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UPDATE2: Japan, Germany urge Russia to play constructive role in Ukraine
Mar09

UPDATE2: Japan, Germany urge Russia to play constructive role in Ukraine

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UPDATE1: Abe, Merkel eye Ukraine, antiterror steps, Japan-EU trade
Mar09

UPDATE1: Abe, Merkel eye Ukraine, antiterror steps, Japan-EU trade

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Merkel in Japan, to meet Abe over Ukraine, anti-terror steps
Mar09

Merkel in Japan, to meet Abe over Ukraine, anti-terror steps

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Gov’t urges ex-Prime Minister Hatoyama to cancel visit to Crimea
Mar06

Gov’t urges ex-Prime Minister Hatoyama to cancel visit to Crimea

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Former Ukraine Finance Minister Arrested On Spanish Coast
Mar05

Former Ukraine Finance Minister Arrested On Spanish Coast

Spanish media reports say police have arrested former Ukrainian Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov, missing since August 2014 and wanted for embezzlement and financial wrongdoing under an Interpol arrest … …read more Source: Japan Herald...