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Families brace for final MH17 air crash report
THE HAGUE: International investigators will on Tuesday release their final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, but the burning question of who was to blame will remain unresolved. The Dutch Safety Board (OVV), leading a team of international investigators since the Boeing 777 went down last year,...
Families brace for final MH17 air crash report
THE HAGUE – International investigators will on Tuesday release their final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, but the burning question of who was to blame will remain unresolved.The Dutch Safety Board (OVV), leading a team of international investigators since the Boeing 777 went down last...
Syria, Migrant Crisis Coverage Wins War Correspondents Prizes
France’s prestigious Bayeux-Calvados award for war correspondents on Saturday honoured journalists covering conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, as well as Europe’s worst migrant crisis since World War II. …read more Source:...
Belarus votes as Lukashenko aims to extend 21-year rule
MINSK (AFP) – Belarussians began voting Sunday in an election that is likely to see authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claim a fifth term, with the EU possibly lifting sanctions against him if the polls take place without incident.Lukashenko, 61, a swaggering former collective farm director once called Europes last dictator by...
Stories from Balkans, Latin America, Ukraine Win Shining Light Award
First place was awarded to two series: “Unholy Alliances,” on Montenegro as a Mafia state, by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; and “Empire of Ashes,” by Brazil’s Gazeta do Povo, on tobacco smuggling and organized crime in South America. …read more Source:...
Viswanathan Anand eyes world title in rapid and blitz chess championship
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand starts as one of the favourites but faces a tough field in the world rapid and blitz chess championship that gets underway in Berlin. World champion in all formats, Magnus Carlsen of Norway starts as the top seed and hot favourite to retain his titles won last year at Dubai. However, it will be a...
Egypt signs deal for two French warships
Egypt signed a contract Saturday to buy two Mistral warships, whose sale to Russia Paris cancelled because of the Ukraine crisis, a delegation member with the visiting French prime minister said. …read more Source: The Times of...
Kazakh, Ukrainian Presidents Discuss Trade, Int’l Issues in Astana
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA –Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev metOct. 9 with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during the latter’s official visit to the nation. The parties discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in the spheres of trade, economy, the coal industry,...
Russia backs bigger OSCE mission in Ukraine
Russia said on Saturday it wanted to see a bigger European monitoring mission in Ukraine to help oversee withdrawal of mortars, tanks and light artillery under recent agreements. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia backs bigger OSCE mission in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it wanted to see a bigger European monitoring mission in Ukraine to help oversee withdrawal of mortars, tanks and light artillery under recent agreements. …read more Source: The...
