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Poroshenko and US press Putin on Ukraine violence
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko appealed to Russias Vladimir Putin on Wednesday while Washington threatened tougher measures should Moscow fail to rein in separatists mounting a new offensive in the east of the ex-Soviet republic.Poroshenkos personal letter and US Treasury Secretary Jack Lews warning came one day after...
Sergey Bubka to challenge for IAAF presidency
LONDON (BBC): Ukrainian Sergey Bubka will challenge fellow Olympic champion Sebastian Coe for the presidency of the International Association of Athletics Federations. Bubka, a former pole vaulter, won an Olympic gold in 1988 as well as six consecutive world championship titles. The 51-year-old, who also set 35 world records, wants to replace...
EU draft would extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine escalation
The EU has prepared a draft statement for the foreign ministers of its 28 members to agree to extend sanctions against Russia by six months, add new people to the sanctions list and prepare new measures. Foreign ministers have called an extraordinary meeting for Thursday after a new advance by pro-Russian rebels. Kiev says 30 civilians were...
India’s Ranbaxy quarterly loss rises
MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian generic drug maker Ranbaxy Wednesday reported a bigger loss in the December quarter on falling sales and foreign exchanges losses, as it struggles with regulatory sanctions in the United States.The drugmaker posted a net loss of 10.3 billion rupees ($167.98 million) for the three months to December, higher than a loss...
Elderly Auschwitz survivors urge world never to forget
Oswiecim (Poland) (AFP) – For what may be the last time, elderly Holocaust survivors returned to the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp 70 years after its liberation, to urge the world never to forget one of historys worst atrocities.Around 300 survivors, some wearing scarves in the blue-and-white stripes of their death camp uniforms,...
Over1,000 children living rough in Donetsk
GENEVA: About 1,100 children are living rough in underground shelters in Ukraine s rebel-held eastern city of Donetsk, the UN children s agency said o …read more Source: The News...
Survivors return to Auschwitz as leaders warn of anti-Semitism
OSWIECIM (AFP) – Elderly Holocaust survivors returned to the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp Tuesday, 70 years after it was liberated, to bear witness to one of historys worst atrocities for what may be their last time – and urge the world never to forget.Around 300 survivors, some of them wearing scarves in the blue-and-white...
EU threatens new Russia sanctions over Ukraine violence
BRUSSELS (AFP) – European Union leaders on Tuesday threatened new sanctions against Russia over a bloody offensive by pro-Kremlin Ukrainian rebels, backing, the latest bid to pressure a defiant President Vladimir Putin.The decision came a day after Standard and Poors downgraded Russias foreign currency rating to junk because of its eroding...
Inquiry begins into Russian ex-spy’s radiation death
LONDON (AFP) – The most sensational spy tale since the Cold War lands in a London court on Tuesday as an inquiry begins to examine alleged Russian state involvement in the radiation poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko.The former agent with Russias FSB security service, who was doing work for Britains MI6, was killed with Polonium-210...
Euro ticks up after Greek poll plunge
TOKYO (AFP) – The euro inched higher on Tuesday after plunging in the wake of the leftist Syriza partys victory in Greek elections, while the ruble dropped after Standard & Poors cut Russias debt rating to junk.In Tokyo, the common currency bought $1.1251 and 133.31 yen, up from $1.1234 and 133.12 yen in New York.The unit had briefly...
