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International journalist deaths soar in 2014
NEW YORK (AFP) – The gruesome murders of foreign journalists by the Islamic State group contributed to 2014 being a particularly deadly year for international correspondents, an annual review by the Committee to Protect Journalists reported Tuesday.The CPJ study found that an unusually high proportion of the 60 journalists who died...
Obama invited to WWII commemorations in Moscow: Kremlin
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia has invited US President Barack Obama to Moscow next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Unions victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, a Kremlin advisor said.Asked by reporters whether Obama was on the guest list for the May 9 commemorations, Yuri Ushakov, one of President Vladimir Putins top aides,...
Investors expect higher stocks in 2015, but also turbulence
NEW YORK: (AP) – Can the U.S. hold everyone else above water? That is the question investors are asking as Wall Street heads into 2015.A strong U.S. economy helped propel the stock market higher in 2014, continuing a bull market that is on pace to celebrate its sixth birthday in March. On more than one occasion, investors dumped stocks...
Yuri Ushakov says talks will focus on current crisis situation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on the telephone with the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine on a political resolution to the Ukraine crisis later on Monday. This was stated by Kremlin’s Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov while talking to newsmen in Moscow. Referring to talks held in France June this year, he said the...
Belarus’ president promises help for Ukraine
MOSCOW: (AP) – Belarus authoritarian president has promised to help Ukraine as it struggles through its pro-Russia separatist insurgency and economic hardships.Ukraines year of crisis has been unsettling to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled autocratically since 1994, and wants to fend off any protest movement like...
Long road to recovery for injured in east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine: Sitting up with difficulty in her hospital bed, Raisa Bulda says that despite months of treatment she still feels like she is only j …read more Source: The News...
Russia dismisses new US sanctions
MOSCOW (AP): Russia on Saturday dismissed new US sanctions as useless and said it was poised to wait as long as it takes for the US to recognize its historic right to the Crimean peninsula. Following several rounds of sanctions earlier this year, President Barack Obama on Friday approved new restrictions on Crimea which Russia … …read...
Czech Jewish community opposes Putin invitation to Holocaust event
PRAGUE (AFP) – The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic has firmly opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Prague to attend ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.Invited to attend events by Czech President Milos Zeman, the Russian leader has thus far neither accepted nor rejected...
Putin says Russia won’t be intimidated over Crimea
Russia will not be intimidated over its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday as his foreign ministry warned that it was preparing to retaliate against fresh Western sanctions. Both the European Union and United States adopted tighter restrictions on investments in Crimea this week, while Canada rachetted up its...
Obama takes foreign policy risk, but on his own terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obamas secret negotiations on Cuba suggest hes willing to make bold and risky moves if he can keep tight control and rely on a few close aides.Its a pattern he followed during clandestine talks with Iran that led to an interim nuclear deal and the under-the-radar discussions with China on a climate change...
