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Merkel says has ‘no illusions’ after Ukraine deal, ‘big hurdles’ remain
MINSK (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she had no illusions after a Ukraine ceasefire deal hammered out at marathon talks in Minsk and that big hurdles remained in ending the 10-month conflict in the ex-Soviet country.We now have a glimmer of hope, she said in the Belarussian capital, according to a statement released...
Summit is focusing on securing a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said Russian conditions in ongoing negotiations in Belarus over the conflict in Ukraine are unacceptable. He was speaking to media men during a break in marathon talks involving the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Belarus over halting the fighting in Ukraine. The summit is focusing on...
Ukraine summit agrees ceasefire, withdrawal of weapons: Putin
MINSK (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine had agreed on the withdrawal of heavy weapons from Ukraines frontlines and a ceasefire to begin from February 15.We have managed to agree on the main things, a visibly pleased Putin told reporters in Minsk after marathon...
Nine killed in fresh Ukraine fighting: officials
Kiev: Nine people were killed and 35 more wounded in fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine as marathon peace talks dra …read more Source: Geo...
Pakistan ranks 159 out of 180 countries in press freedom index
Pakistan ranked at 159 out of 180 countries in an annual evaluation released Thursday by the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders which says media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram. “There has been an overall deterioration linked to very different...
Greece fails to reach bailout deal with Europe
Brussels (AFP) – Greeces new anti-austerity government failed to reach a deal with its European partners Thursday on renegotiating its huge bailout, with talks now set to go down to the wire next week.Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis set out Athens proposals for a new debt programme at an emergency meeting with his counterparts from the...
Marathon Ukraine peace talks drag on as leaders wrangle
Minsk (AFP) – A tense peace summit in Minsk between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France dragged on into Thursday as they tussled over a plan to end 10 months of fighting in Ukraine.A grim-looking Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shook hands with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the start of the marathon talks as the two...
Ukraine peace talks begin
MINSK/DONETSK, Ukraine: The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine began peace talks in Belarus on Wednesday, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow se …read more Source: The News...
300 feared drowned in new Mediterranean boat tragedy
ROME (AFP) – More than 300 migrants are feared drowned after their overcrowded dinghies sank in the Mediterranean, triggering calls for the world to act after the latest boat disaster in a perilous crossing from Africa to Europe.The victims were mainly from sub-Saharan Africa who had left the coast of conflict-wracked Libya at the weekend...
Bosnia presidency warns against arms exports to Ukraine
SARAJEVO (AFP) – Bosnias joint presidency warned on Wednesday against allowing arms exports to Ukraine, fearing retaliation from Russia over winter gas supplies.Exports of arms and military equipment to Ukraine at this moment are not in Bosnia-Hercegovinas foreign policy interest, a presidency statement said.That would not contribute to...
