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Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead: official
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladmir Putin, was shot dead in central Moscow late Friday ahead of a major opposition rally this weekend, investigators and police said.In central Moscow, a man with documents in the name of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was killed, an interior ministry...
The rubble crisis and future of the world
Have we been here before? Economics is going to set the rules of interstate relations in the world and the current economic crises would drive the world into the emergence of a new competition of alliance structure, dividing the world into two parts ie pro-west and anti-west blocs. Today once again, the rise of antagonism over control of economic...
European stocks mostly higher at end of record-breaking week
LONDON(AFP) – Europes main markets closed mostly higher Friday, with Frankfurt and London hitting new records, rounding off a successful week for European indices thanks to a deal on Greeces bailout and positive company results.The benchmark FTSE 100 index Friday reached 6,967.24 points, its highest intra-day level on record, before closing...
Russian diplomat slams ‘destructive’ US stance
MOSCOW: (AP) – A senior Russian diplomat has accused the U.S. administration of taking a destructive stance in bilateral relations and warned that Moscow could retaliate.Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday that Secretary of State John Kerry breached diplomatic ethics when he told U.S. lawmakers earlier this week that Russian...
Ukraine conflict at ‘crossroads’ as troop deaths shake truce
KIEV (AFP) – International monitors said Friday the conflict in Ukraine was at a crossroads as further losses among government forces rattled a two-week-old truce just as it seemed to be gaining traction.The deaths of three Ukrainian soldiers after a two-day lull in clashes with pro-Russian separatists highlighted the fragility of the...
Ukraine at a ‘crossroads’, still faces threat of war: OSCE
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The OSCEs envoy to Ukraine warned Friday that while there were encouraging signs of a ceasefire taking hold in eastern Ukraine, the country still faced the threat of all-out war.Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini told the UN Security Council that fighting was subsiding in east Ukraine, prisoners had been released and the...
Wars for resources?
The petroleum factor Recent conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine have ostensibly been about “bad guys” who threatened peace with weapons of one kind or another, or stifled freedom and democracy. Whatever the accusation, concerns about petroleum — oil and gas — are missing from official pronouncements. Yet each of these “hot spots”...
Ukrainian pilot could ‘die within days’ in Russian jail
MOSCOW (AFP) – A Ukrainian airforce pilot, who has been on hunger strike in a Russian prison for 77 days, could die within days, a member of the Kremlins human rights council said Friday.Nadia Savchenko, a 33-year-old helicopter navigator, who has been charged with involvement in the deaths of two Russian reporters in a mortar attack in...
G-B jailbreak: Prisoner involved in Nanga Parbat attack killed
GILGIT: At least one of the two prisoners involved in the Nanga Parbat attack (resulting in 10 foreign tourists’ killing) has been shot dead; the other injured in an attempted jailbreak in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) early Friday morning. On June 23, 2013, gunmen dressed as para-military forces stormed into Nanga Parbat base camp, killing...
Two prisoners including Nanga Parbat massacre accused escape from Gilgit jail
SKARDU (Web Desk) – Four prisoners at the Gilgit District Jail made a jailbreak attempt on Friday, during which two inmates, including Nanga Parbat massacre accused, managed to flee while one prisoner was shot dead and another got injured, Dunya News reported.Security personnel have launched a search operation in the area after the incident.As...
