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Putin: Leaders agree deal for Ukraine cease-fire
Left to right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talk in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but...
Hollande hails real chance to ameliorate situation in Ukraine
MINSK (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday there was still much work to be done on the Ukraine crisis, but an agreement in Minsk was a real chance to ameliorate the situation. …read more Source: The...
Putin says leaders agree on main issues over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday leaders had agreed on a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine summit agrees ceasefire, withdrawal of weapons: Putin
MINSK (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine had agreed on the withdrawal of heavy weapons from Ukraines frontlines and a ceasefire to begin from February 15.We have managed to agree on the main things, a visibly pleased Putin told reporters in Minsk after marathon...
Merkel, Hollande may not come on time for EU summit – source
MINSK (Reuters) – A member of the French delegation at talks in Minsk over the Ukraine crisis said it would be difficult for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to get to Brussels on time for a European Union summit on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Putin says leaders agree on main issues over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday leaders had agreed on a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: China...
Nine killed in fresh Ukraine fighting: officials
Kiev: Nine people were killed and 35 more wounded in fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine as marathon peace talks dra …read more Source: Geo...
Pakistan ranks 159 out of 180 countries in press freedom index
Pakistan ranked at 159 out of 180 countries in an annual evaluation released Thursday by the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders which says media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram. “There has been an overall deterioration linked to very different...
Rebels won't sign Ukraine deal unless government troops retreat – sources
MINSK (Reuters) – Participants at international peace talks trying to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine said on Thursday that pro-Russian separatists were refusing to sign an agreement unless Kiev agreed to withdraw its troops from the town of Debeltseve. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine not satisfied with Russia on rebel status – RIA cites source
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine is not satisfied with a Russian proposal on the demarcation line which separates rebels and Ukrainian forces, and its position on the future status of rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
