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MH17: Dutch and Australian govts to decide when they can enter crash site
SEPANG: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the Dutch and Australian authorities should be allowed to decide on when to enter the MH17 crash site in Ukraine as they still have a high number of victims yet to be identified. …read more Source: New Straits...
JPMorgan says data breach affected 76M households
A huge cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co. this summer has compromised customer information for about 76 million households and 7 million small businesses, the bank said Thursday.The New York-based bank said that names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of customers were stolen from the company’s servers but only Chase...
World › Red Cross worker killed by shelling in Donetsk
A Red Cross worker was killed by shelling in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, the aid group said Thursday. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Laurent DuPasquier, a 38-year-old Swiss national, died when a shell landed near the group’s office in the eastern Ukrainian city. “We are deeply… …read more Source: Japan...
Shelling in Ukraine rebel hub kills Swiss Red Cross worker
Shelling in the centre of the main rebel-held city in Ukraine’s east killed a Swiss Red Cross worker Thursday, tearing badly at a weakly observed four-week truce meant to defuse Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: Bangkok...
First shelling in heart of Ukraine’s Donetsk rebel hub interrupts truce
The heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian separatist city came under heavy shelling Thursday for the first time since Moscow and Kiev struck a truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. Parts of the eastern coal mining hub of Donetsk, which was once home to nearly a million Russian speakers but now stands half-abandoned,...
International Red Cross confirms Swiss killed in Donetsk
GENEVA (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that a Swiss staff member was killed on Thursday by a shell that landed close to its office in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Swiss aid worker killed as shelling in heart of Ukraine’s rebel hub interrupts truce
October 03, 2014 1:10 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – A Swiss Red Cross worker died on Thursday when shells burst through the heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian stronghold for the first time since the foes struck a Sept 5 truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The Straits...
Mortar bomb hits Red Cross building in Ukraine's Donetsk, one killed – agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A mortar bomb hit a building used by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk on Thursday, killing a Swiss citizen, Russian news agency Interfax quoted the rebels’ defence ministry as saying. …read more Source: The...
First shelling in heart of Ukraine’s rebel hub interrupts truce
October 03, 2014 1:10 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – The heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian separatist city came under heavy shelling on Thursday for the first time since Moscow and Kiev struck a truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine Wary of Fragile Peace as Patriotism Surges
Since Ukraine’s conflict with Russia erupted, Oleksandr Federenko has gone from village kid to army cadet, trading computer games for knife-throwing classes and morning marches. He is only 13. …read more Source:...
