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Ukraine crisis: Tanks ‘cross border’ from Russia
KIEV (BBC): An armoured column including 32 tanks and 30 trucks has crossed into eastern Ukraine from Russia, Kiev says. The trucks were carrying ammunition and fighters, said a military spokesman, but the BBC cannot confirm his report. A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 5 September, although hundreds of people have been killed …...
Ukraines kamikaze PM relishes hawkish reputation
Ukraine s prime minister once said he and the emergency government which took power after pro-European protests in February were on a “suicide” missio …read more Source: The News...
Tanks cross from Russia, fighting kills five soldiers: Ukraine
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine said Friday that dozens of tanks and truckloads of soldiers had crossed from Russia into Kremlin-backed rebel territory, as five servicemen were killed in fighting that made a mockery of a supposed ceasefire.A column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons and 30 trucks carrying troops and equipment crossed the border into...
International foreign policy prerogatives
And the future of Pakistan There are three characteristics of the American approach that have to be kept in mind to analyse their foreign policy. First is the philosophy that American has no permanent friends or allies, only interests. Second is their dual track policy of compete and collaborate at the same time. And third is to change direction...
Riedel’s mythmaking and Pakistan
There are, after all, so many axes to grind Are India and Pakistan heading for a nuclear war? Bruce Riedel will make you believe it will happen today and it will be all Islamabad’s fault. Riedel is a former CIA officer and was a senior adviser to three US presidents, including Obama. He is currently a senior fellow at the Brookings...
Kashmir beyond platitudes: Responsibility to protect
It will take trilateral, not bilateral, talks to solve the issue Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream / I am a traveller of both time and space, to be where I have been / To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen / They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed…–lyrics by...
Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, escalating crisis
Ukraine’s military accused Russia on Friday of sending a column of 32 tanks and truckloads of troops into the country’s east to support pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces. Thursday’s cross-border incursion, if confirmed, is a significant escalation of a conflict that has killed more than 4,000 people since the...
Ukraine accuses Russia of sending dozens of tanks
KIEV (AP) – Ukraine accused Russia on Friday of sending in dozens of tanks and other heavy weapons into Ukraines rebel-controlled eastern areas.National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at least 32 tanks, 16 artillery systems and 30 trucks loaded with fighters and ammunition had crossed into eastern Ukraine from...
Spain drops Diego Costa for European qualifier
MADRID (AP) – Chelsea striker Diego Costa was dropped from the Spain squad on Friday for the European Championship qualifier next week while he nurses a groin injury.Our doctors have been in contact with Chelseas doctors and they have agreed it would be best for him to rest, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said.Del Bosque added Diego Costas...
US director Oliver Stone wants to make Putin film
MOSCOW- US director Oliver Stone wants to make a documentary about Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said Thursday on a visit to Moscow, where he is working on a film about fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden. The controversial film-maker has already made a documentary about his relationship with the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as well...
