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Medvedev signs discount on Russian gas supplied to Ukraine
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to apply a discount of 100 U.S. dollars on export tariffs depending on the price of the gas. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Fighting Intensifies Ahead of Separatist Vote
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and heavy shelling erupted Saturday across the country’s south-east on the eve of separatist elections backed by Russia, but condemned by Kiev and Western governme… …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines Sees First Lawsuit on Missing Flight MH370
Two children of a passenger on Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 have sued the company and the Malaysian government for damages, the first lawsuit to be filed over the aircraft which disappeared in March. The two Malaysian boys, aged 13 and 14, filed the suit at the High Court registry, also naming the heads of the Department of Civil Aviation, the...
Russia has met obligations on Ukraine gas deal: Gazprom
MOSCOW – Russia has “fulfilled its obligations” outlined in a gas deal reached with Ukraine by signing a decree setting a lower price for the commodity, energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine fighting intensifies ahead of separatist vote
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and heavy shelling erupted Saturday across the country’s south-east on the eve of separatist elections backed by Russia, but condemned by Kiev and Western governments. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Despite spat with Russia, Poles honour Soviet troops
Flowers are placed on the tomb of Spanish Army Blue Division members who died during WWII, next a Spanish pre-constitutional flag during All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday to reflect on the saints and deceased relatives, Madrid, Spain. The diplomatic spat with Russia over Ukraine has not prevented Poles from placing hundreds of candles on the...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed ahead of separatist vote
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed by pro-Russian rebels, officials said Saturday on the eve of separatist elections that Ukraine and its Western backers say will undermine an increasingly hollow truce accord. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Six Ukraine soldiers die in eastern clashes with rebels – military
KIEV/DONETSK (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours, a military spokesman said on Saturday, as a fragile ceasefire in the east was tested by heavy mortar fire in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk ahead of a rebel election. …read more Source: The...
Canada’s new human rights museum shares oral histories
innipeg (Canada) (AFP) – A new museum in Canadas western prairies has amassed a unique collection of personal stories from genocide survivors, human rights defenders and others, and wants to share them.Dedicated to the 60-year-old notion of human rights, a singular but intricate ideal, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg,...
Hungry, cash-strapped Donetsk residents queue for food parcels
Outside the iconic football stadium in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Yulia holds her four-year-old son Maxim by the hand as they wait for the food parcels to arrive. “I’ve never come to get humanitarian aid before. I was living off my stored supplies, but I don’t have anything left,” says Yulia, 30, who lost her job when her...
