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      World › Ukraine defiant on national day; rebels parade captives
      Aug25

      World › Ukraine defiant on national day; rebels parade captives

      As armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Kiev in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded captured soldiers down the besieged streets of Donetsk and displayed charred wreckages of destroyed Ukrainian tanks. Sunday’s rival demonstrations on...

      Pro-Russian rebels parade captured Ukrainian soldiers before crowd
      Aug24

      Pro-Russian rebels parade captured Ukrainian soldiers before crowd

      Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd yesterday in mockery of Independence Day celebrations in the capital. …read more Source: South China Morning...

      Events from Iraq to Ukraine call into focus Barack Obama’s world view
      Aug24

      Events from Iraq to Ukraine call into focus Barack Obama’s world view

      The week began with the breaking of the siege of Mount Sinjar in Iraq, thanks to US bombing, and ended with the public beheading of journalist James Foley in Syria and renewed Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...

      Rebels parade captured soldiers as Kiev marks independence day
      Aug24

      Rebels parade captured soldiers as Kiev marks independence day

      Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in mockery of Independence Day celebrations in the capital. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Penny stocks to remain in limelight
      Aug24

      Penny stocks to remain in limelight

      BLUE chips recovered for a second week, boosted by strong economic data from the United States that lifted the benchmark Standard and Poor’s 500 index to a record high last Thursday, amid easing geopolitical tensions as Russia softened its stance over Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...

      Rebels Parade Captured Soldiers as Kiev Marks Independence Day
      Aug24

      Rebels Parade Captured Soldiers as Kiev Marks Independence Day

      Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in mockery of Independence Day celebrations in the capital. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine Plans $3 Billion Boost to Defence Spending
      Aug24

      Ukraine Plans $3 Billion Boost to Defence Spending

      As armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Kiev in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded captured soldiers … …read more Source:...

      Rebels parade captured soldiers on Ukraine independence day
      Aug24

      Rebels parade captured soldiers on Ukraine independence day

      Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in mockery of the country’s Independence Day celebrations. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Poroshenko plans $3 billion boost for Ukraine’s defense spending by 2017
      Aug24

      Poroshenko plans $3 billion boost for Ukraine’s defense spending by 2017

      President Petro Poroshenko announced plans Sunday to boost his country’s defense spending by an estimated 50 percent as government forces seek to overpower pro-Russian separatists in the east. During a speech marking Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Poroshenko made his pledge to spend an extra 40 billion hryvnia...

      Russian aid trucks leave Ukraine
      Aug24

      Russian aid trucks leave Ukraine

      DONETSK, Russia (AP) ―Hundreds of Russian aid trucks returned home from rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Saturday, highligh …read more Source: The Korea...