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Searchers resume hunt for bodies from AirAsia jet
A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, focusing on an area of the aqua-colored waters where the first bodies and debris were located a day earlier. But wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved...
Divers join search for AirAsia wreckage
SURABAYA: Divers and ships will search for the wreckage and the all important black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating in shallow waters off the coast of Borneo. Aviation experts believe the fuselage may be easily found as the aircraft probably only broke up when it hit...
US sanctions undermine int’l cooperation with Russia
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Tuesday the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian officials put in question the bilateral cooperation on major global problems. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Merkel vows united European stance over Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a New Year’s address vowed to maintain a tough stance against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, pledging that Europe will stay united in defending its values. “Without question, Europe cannot and will not accept the purported right of the strong who violates international law,” she said in a...
Russia: Ukraine’s import of U.S. nuclear fuel poses meltdown risk
Russia says Ukraine’s deal to buy U.S.-made nuclear fuel for its Soviet-built reactors could trigger a nuclear accident. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk of Ukraine announced Tuesday that his nation has reached a deal on nuclear fuel deliveries with Westinghouse to reduce dependence on Russian supplies. The Russian Foreign Ministry deplored...
German Chancellor Vows United European Stance Over Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a New Year’s address vowed to maintain a tough stance against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, pledging that Europe will stay united in defending its values. …read more Source:...
U.S. sanctions undermine int’l cooperation with Russia
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Tuesday the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian officials put in question the bilateral cooperation on major global problems. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Eyes IMF Credit Lifeline in Early 2015
Ukraine expects the International Monetary Fund to disburse new and overdue loans after a visit next month and still hopes a $17 billion bailout program can be expanded, its central bank chief said on Tuesday. Valeria Hontareva declined to give a value for the payment, even when pressed by… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Ukraine president Poroshenko to meet Putin, Obama in peace talks
Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko has promised to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east. …read more Source: South China Morning...
World › Russia says Ukraine’s import of U.S. nuclear fuel risky
Russia says Ukraine’s deal to buy U.S.-made nuclear fuel for its Soviet-built reactors could trigger a nuclear accident. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk of Ukraine announced Tuesday that his nation has reached a deal on nuclear fuel deliveries with Westinghouse to reduce dependence on Russian supplies. Russia’s Foreign Ministry...
