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      Tennis: Safarova joins US Open seeds casualty list
      Sep01

      Tennis: Safarova joins US Open seeds casualty list

      NEW YORK (AFP) – Lucie Safarova joined the US Open seeds casualty list on Tuesday when the Czech left-hander became the fourth top-10 player to lose in the first round.Sixth-seeded Safarova slipped to a 6-4, 6-1 defeat to Ukraines Lesia Tsurenko, the woman she defeated in the semi-finals in New Haven just last week.I talked with my coach...

      2 policeman dead as Ukraine reels from clashes
      Sep01

      2 policeman dead as Ukraine reels from clashes

      Ukraine was on Tuesday reeling after fierce clashes in Kiev killed two policemen and wounded 140 people outside parliament as tensions flared over controversial legislation giving more autonomy to the rebels. …read more Source: Global...

      Ukraine on edge after clashes as third policeman dies
      Sep01

      Ukraine on edge after clashes as third policeman dies

      KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko defended on Tuesday controversial legislation giving more autonomy to pro-Russian rebels that sparked deadly street battles in Kiev.The unrest — the worst in the Ukrainian capital since a bloody uprising in early 2014 — has further exacerbated divisions in Poroshenkos ruling...

      Ukraine clashes: Parliamentary coalition shows cracks after a right-wing party threatens exit
      Sep01

      Ukraine clashes: Parliamentary coalition shows cracks after a right-wing party threatens exit

      Ukraine clash: Protesters, one using police riot equipment, clash with police after a vote to give greater powers to the east, outside the Parliament, Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. The Ukrainian parliament has given preliminary approval to a controversial constitutional amendment that would provide greater powers to separatist regions in...

      White House welcomes Ukraine's move to boost eastern region
      Sep01

      White House welcomes Ukraine's move to boost eastern region

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday it welcomed the Ukrainian parliament’s recent vote for constitutional changes that give its eastern region special status. …read more Source: The...

      Death toll from clashes in Kiev rises to 3
      Sep01

      Death toll from clashes in Kiev rises to 3

      The death toll from clashes that erupted near the Ukrainian parliament building in central Kiev rose to three on Tuesday after two officers died in hospitals of wounds sustained in the violence, the country’s authorities said. …read more Source: Global...

      Ukraine points finger at ultra-nationalists after deadly Kiev clash
      Sep01

      Ukraine points finger at ultra-nationalists after deadly Kiev clash

      A member of Ukraine’s National Guard was killed and scores of people were injured in clashes between police and nationalist protesters in Kiev as lawmakers gave initial backing to a contested bill boosting autonomy in the country’s breakaway regions. …read more Source: South China Morning...

      Ukraine reels from clashes as third policeman dies
      Sep01

      Ukraine reels from clashes as third policeman dies

      It was the worst unrest in Kiev since a bloody uprising ousted a Moscow-backed president in early 2014, unleashing a separatist insurgency in the industrial east that has killed thousands of people. …read more Source: Channel...

      Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat – RIA
      Sep01

      Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat – RIA

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow has expelled an Ukrainian diplomat in retaliation for Kiev’s expulsion of a Russian diplomat, RIA news agency on Tuesday quoted a source at the Russian foreign ministry as saying. …read more Source: The...

      Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat – RIA
      Sep01

      Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat – RIA

      Moscow has expelled an Ukrainian diplomat in retaliation for Kiev’s expulsion of a Russian diplomat, RIA news agency on Tuesday quoted a source at the Russian foreign ministry as saying. …read more Source: Channel...