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Worldwide Marches in Solidarity With France
People, led by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde,center, German Ambassador to the US Peter Wittig, center left, and French Ambassador to the US Gerard Araud, center right, march in Washington on Jan. 11, 2015 in tribute to the 17 victims of last week’s attacks in France. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm) Washington....
Worldwide marches in solidarity with France
WASHINGTON – About a hundred thousand people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting “Je suis Charlie” and holding pens in the air.From Berlin to Washington and Jerusalem to Beirut, crowds waved French flags and sang France’s national anthem “La...
Merkel, Hollande, Poroshenko discuss Astana meeting on Ukraine
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Palace on a cliff
For those who enjoy the old world elegance of Singapore’s Raffles Hotel, you’ll feel right at home in Portugal’s Belmond Reid’s Palace Hotel.Reid’s was built on a high cliff overlooking the bay and harbour of Funchal, on the isle of Madeira, in 1891 – four years after the Raffles became an icon of Singapore....
Unlikely scenes as Netanyahu, Abbas march in historic Paris rally
PARIS – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas had their closest encounter in years on Sunday when they joined world leaders in a historic march against terrorism in Paris.On a day that was already heavy with symbolism, one of the most remarkable scenes was that of the two nemeses walking on the...
Nearly 400 miners trapped in east Ukraine: Rebels
Pro-Russian rebels said today that nearly 400 Ukrainian miners were trapped in a coal pit that lost power when shell hit an regional electric substation. …read more Source: The Times of...
Merkel presses Putin, Ukraine leader
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on Saturday to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine s Petro Poroshenko in a bid to arrange a min …read more Source: The News...
Nearly 400 miners trapped in Ukraine
KIEV: Pro-Russian rebels said on Sunday that nearly 400 Ukrainian miners were trapped in a coal pit that lost power when shell hit a regional electric …read more Source: The News...
NATO's Stoltenberg sees slight improvement in eastern Ukraine – paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian rebels has eased in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was quoted on Monday as saying, although he voiced concern about the risks to local people. …read more Source: The...
Intense Ukraine shelling traps hundreds of miners
Intense fighting erupted around east Ukraine’s main rebel-held city on Sunday wrecked a power station and briefly trapped more than 300 coal miners in one of Europe’s largest mines. Repeated rounds of rocket and mortar fire echoed across snow-covered Donetsk on Sunday evening despite a formal truce in the nine-month war. Witnesses...
