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Boxing: Hard-hitting Matthysse eyes first world title
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Lucas Matthysse will be much the shorter man when he steps into the ring against Viktor Postol but what he lacks in size he hopes to make up for in punching power.Although Matthysse is one of boxings most feared punchers, the 33-year-old from Argentina has never held a major world title.He is determined to change that...
Nato launches today its biggest military exercise since 2002
: Nato launches its biggest military exercise since 2002 on Saturday, putting 36,000 alliance soldiers through their paces in Italy, Spain and Portugal to boost preparedness against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis. “Trident Juncture” runs from Saturday through to Nov 6 and involves personnel from more than 30 countries, the Nato Allied Joint...
Boxing: Klitschko-Fury fight rescheduled for November 28
BERLIN (AFP) – Wladimir Klitschkos scheduled title fight against Britains Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf has been rescheduled for November 28, the world heavyweight champions camp announced on Friday.Klitschko, 39, was due to meet Fury in Dusseldorf on October 24 for the WBA, WBO and IBF titles, but the fight was pushed back last week after the...
Ukraine local elections will not take place in 2015: Hollande
PARIS (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Friday that local elections in Ukraine, planned for October, will be delayed until next year.With the rebel east planning separate elections from the rest of Ukraine, Hollande said after a Paris summit on the conflict that the polls would be delayed to allow an indisputable...
Merkel has ‘good chance’ of winning Nobel Peace Prize: report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel could win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the influential Bild newspaper said Friday, as the leader is lauded worldwide for her courage in opening her country’s doors to refugees fleeing war and persecution. “Chancellor Angela Merkel has a good chance of winning the Nobel Peace Prize,” said the...
Russia strikes IS stronghold in Syria ahead of Putin talks
Paris (AFP) – Russia said Friday it had bombed the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in Syria as President Vladimir Putin faced Western leaders for the first time since starting the bombing campaign, amid mounting criticism of the strikes.Russias defence ministry said it carried out air strikes Thursday on an IS training camp… and on a...
Hollande and Putin to discuss Syria ahead of Ukraine meet
PARIS (AFP) – President Francois Hollande and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet to discuss the Syria crisis on Friday before a summit on the Ukraine peace process in Paris, the French presidency said Thursday.In the wake of Russia launching air strikes in the war-ravaged country, the two presidents will discuss bilateral...
Ukraine, rebels agree on arms withdrawal
KIEV: Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents struck a vital agreement on Wednesday to withdraw their entire arsenal of smaller weapons from the buffer zone s …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine, rebels agree full small weapons withdrawal
KIEV (AFP) – Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents struck a vital agreement on Wednesday to withdraw their entire arsenal of smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel-held lands from the rest of Ukraine.International monitors said the two sides February commitment to pull back heavy weapons from the 500-kilometre (300-mile)...
Putin wins parliament approval for Syria air strikes
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday won permission from parliament to carry out air strikes in Syria, in what would be Moscows first engagement in a distant theatre of war since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.The announcement comes as Putin and US President Barack Obama are pushing rival plans on ways to...
