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Rocket blasts off on Russia-Europe mission seeking life on Mars
BAIKONUR (AFP) – RTwo robotic spacecraft on Monday began a seven-month journey to Mars as part of a European-Russian unmanned space mission to sniff out leads to life on the Red Planet.Russias Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at 0931 GMT...
Football: City aiming to banish England’s woes
PARIS (AFP) – Manchester City are well set to make Champions League history and alleviate the misery engulfing English footballs heavyweights as they take on Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.City have never yet made it beyond the last 16 in Europes premier club competition but hold a 3-1 lead from the first leg in the Ukraine.Although Manuel...
Football: Dortmund outclass Tottenham in Europa League
PARIS (AFP) – Brilliant Borussia Dortmund have one foot in the quarter-finals of the Europa League after sweeping aside Tottenham Hotspur with a 3-0 win in their last 16, first leg on Thursday.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put the Bundesliga side ahead in the first half and Marco Reus netted twice in the second half at the Signal Iduna Park to...
EU’s Mogherini urges Moscow to ‘immediately’ release Ukraine pilot
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Moscow on Wednesday to immediately and unconditionally release a Ukrainian pilot who has gone on hunger strike to protest her detention and trial in Russia. “This is no longer just a judicial or political case: now it’s a matter of human compassion,”...
Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot may die before Russia sentences her
MOSCOW: A hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two Russian journalists could die before a Russian court sentences her as the state of her health is worsening, her lawyer said. Nadezhda Savchenko, 34, was captured in eastern Ukraine in 2014 during fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow separatists and...
Three Ukrainians die in load craft pile-up in Bangladesh
PHOTO COURTESY: DHAKA TRIBUNE DHAKA: A load craft crashed off a seashore of Bangladesh Wednesday murdering 3 Ukrainian organisation members and critically injuring one more, officials said. The craft went down in a Bay of Bengal mins after holding off from a southeastern review city of Cox’s Bazar, murdering 3 of a 4 organisation on board....
Three Ukrainians die in cargo plane crash in Bangladesh
A cargo plane crashed off the coast of Bangladesh Wednesday killing three Ukrainian crew members and critically injuring one more, officials said. The plane went down in the Bay of Bengal minutes after taking off from the southeastern resort town of Cox’s Bazar, killing three of the four crew on board. A team of Bangladesh navy and...
United, Liverpool renew rivalry in Europa League
PARIS (AFP) – Eternal rivals Manchester United travel to Liverpool in the Europa League last 16, first leg on Thursday in a battle of English footballs two most successful sides.United have won the English title a record 20 times, twice more than Liverpool, but the Reds have the edge abroad, having been crowned European champions on five...
Finland environment nuclear pollution causes emergency
HELSINKI, March 8, 2016 (AFP) – Finnish authorities are investigating a mysterious highly exceptional spike in levels of radioactive caesium-137 detected over Helsinki, officials said Tuesday.Nuclear safety regulator STUK said that while the radioactive surge last week posed no danger to human health, it was keen to get to the bottom of the...
Tennis: Patience pays as Svitolina wins Malaysia Open
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Elina Svitolina shrugged off a dropped first set and lengthy rain delays to defeat Eugenie Bouchard for the Malaysian Open title on Sunday.The win is the fourth WTA title for the Ukrainian world number 19, who won 6-7(5) 6-4, 7-5 over Bouchard, of Canada.The third set was hit by intermittent suspensions of more than two...
