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      For Embattled Ukraine Rebels, No Time to Honour the Dead
      Aug21

      For Embattled Ukraine Rebels, No Time to Honour the Dead

      Pro-Moscow rebels in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk are taking such heavy losses in fighting with advancing government troops they no longer have time to give their comrades a proper burial. …read more Source:...

      Kiev says Russian army vehicles seized as aid checks start
      Aug21

      Kiev says Russian army vehicles seized as aid checks start

      Ukraine said Thursday it had captured two armoured vehicles belonging to the Russian military in the war-torn east as checks began on a disputed aid convoy from Moscow parked up at the border. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Russian aid trucks undergo Ukraine border checks
      Aug21

      Russian aid trucks undergo Ukraine border checks

      KIEV – Ukraine said Thursday border guards had begun checking a Russian humanitarian aid convoy at the crossing in eastern Ukraine’s restive Lugansk region. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Ukraine border guards begin checks on Russian aid trucks
      Aug21

      Ukraine border guards begin checks on Russian aid trucks

      Ukrainian border guards began on Thursday to inspect a Russian truck convoy carrying aid earmarked for humanitarian relief in eastern Ukraine that has been stranded at the frontier between the two former Soviet republics for nearly a week. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...

      Ukraine’s Poroshenko Says He Could Dissolve Parliament on Sunday
      Aug21

      Ukraine’s Poroshenko Says He Could Dissolve Parliament on Sunday

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he might announce the dissolution of parliament as early as Sunday – a move that will set up a parliamentary election inUkraine in late October. …read more Source:...

      First Russian aid trucks cross into eastern Ukraine
      Aug21

      First Russian aid trucks cross into eastern Ukraine

      Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said on Thursday. An Ass… …read more Source: The...

      Ukraine’s economy minister offers to resign over poor pace of economic reform
      Aug21

      Ukraine’s economy minister offers to resign over poor pace of economic reform

      August 21, 2014 9:03 PMKIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Economy Minister Pavlo Sheremeta said on Thursday he had tendered his resignation, voicing frustration at the poor pace of economic reform by a government which he said acted “like a predator towards business”. …read more Source: The Straits...

      Kiev says Russian army vehicles seized in east
      Aug21

      Kiev says Russian army vehicles seized in east

      Ukraine said on Thursday (Aug 21) it had captured two armoured vehicles belonging to the Russian military as it pushed on with a brutal offensive to snap the back of the pro-Moscow rebellion in the war-torn east. …read more Source: Channel...

      Ukraine warplane shot down as clashes leave dozens dead
      Aug21

      Ukraine warplane shot down as clashes leave dozens dead

      DONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) ― A Ukrainian warplane was blown out of the sky over rebel-held territory Wednesday as fierce cla …read more Source: The Korea...

      Rupiah falls to 11,712 per dollar Thursday morning
      Aug21

      Rupiah falls to 11,712 per dollar Thursday morning

      The rupiah traded among banks in Jakarta on Thursday morning depreciated by eight basis points to Rp 11,712 per US dollar. “It is possible the rupiah will continue to weaken throughout the day as market players await the Constitutional Court ruling regarding the 2014 presidential election dispute,” Trust Securities research head Reza...