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EU condemns ‘arbitrary’ Nemtsov funeral bans
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The EU on Tuesday condemned Russias arbitrary refusal to allow several prominent European figures to attend the funeral of assassinated opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete and Polish Senate speaker Bogdan Borusewicz were both denied entry by Moscow, which faces EU sanctions over the crisis in...
OSCE to monitor truce violation areas: Kiev
KIEV (AFP) – The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have agreed to send observers to flashpoint sites in eastern Ukraine as sporadic deadly attacks continue to rattle a shaky truce, Kiev said Tuesday.Ukraines Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin described the situation on the ground as very difficult and tense, three weeks after a...
Russia bids farewell to slain Putin critic
MOSCOW (AFP) – Thousands of mourners on Tuesday filed past the coffin of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, bidding farewell to a charismatic activist whose brazen assassination shocked the country.The 55-year-old former deputy prime minister, longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin and anti-corruption crusader who was...
Military source says rebels shelled Ukrainian positions twenty two times over the past day.
In Ukraine, three security officials have been killed and nine injured in shelling of pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country on Tuesday. Military source told that rebels shelled Ukrainian positions twenty two times over the past day. …read more Source: Radio...
Obama says Iran must halt key nuclear work for at least a decade
WASHINGTON: Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement, US President Barack Obama told Reuters on Monday. Interviewed at the White House, Obama moved to dial back tensions over Israeli Prime Minister...
Nemtsov murder witness blocked from leaving Russia
MOSCOW – The chief witness to the murder of Russian protest leader Boris Nemtsov, a Ukrainian model by his side when he was shot dead, complained Monday of being kept under guard in Moscow. Ganna Duritska, 23, said she had given all the information she could to investigators but that they were preventing her from leaving Russia “for...
US, Russia in ‘hopeful’ Ukraine talks
GENEVA – The US and Russian foreign ministers expressed cautious optimism after holding talks in Geneva Monday to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says more than 6,000 people have died in less than a year. The meeting between John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov in Geneva was just one of several attempts at mediation on the conflict Monday, as...
Bayern target top gear, Dresden braced for potent clash
Berlin (AFP) – Holders Bayern Munich aim to hit top gear in their bid to reach the German Cup quarter-finals, while the authorities brace themselves for Borussia Dortmunds trip to Dresden on Tuesday.Third-division Dynamo Dresden host Jurgen Klopps Dortmund in the cups third round against the backdrop of the riots which blighted their 2011...
Girlfriend who witnessed Nemtsov murder reaches Kiev
Moscow (AFP) – The chief witness in the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov — a Ukrainian model who was his girlfriend — arrived in Kiev, as authorities vowed to solve the most shocking political assassination to take place during Vladimir Putins rule.Ganna Duritska, who was walking with Nemtsov when he died,...
Over 6,000 killed in Ukraine conflict: UN
GENEVA: UN rights leaders on Monday decried the “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure” in Ukraine as the death toll passed 6,000 …read more Source: The News...
