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Ukraine committed to peace plan: Poroshenko
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday insisted that Kiev remains committed to a battered peace plan for the war-torn east despite controversial elections held by pro-Russian rebels.Ukraine remains a firm supporter of the peace plan, Poroshenko told a meeting of his security chiefs. However, other participants of the...
Austria forward Weimann returns for Russia, Brazil
VIENNA (AP) – Austria winger Andreas Weimann has been recalled to the national team for next weeks European Championship qualifier against Russia and a friendly against Brazil.The Aston Villa forward was overlooked for the teams previous three matches but was included in the 23-man squad announced Tuesday by coach Marcel Koller.Weimann has...
Beijing emerges as 2022 Winter Olympics favorite
BEIJING (AP) – The new front-runner to host the 2022 Winter Olympics doesnt have a long winter sports tradition. Then theres the matter of snow, or lack thereof. The mountains near Beijing where Olympic bidders want to hold skiing events receive less than a meter (3 feet) of snow each winter.But what increasingly matters in the race for the...
Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after eastern vote
DONETSK (AP) – The leader of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine was officially sworn in Tuesday after an election that was roundly condemned by the West as illegal and destabilizing.Alexander Zakharchenko, 38, was inaugurated in a heavily guarded theater in the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk.Zakharchenkos election was largely a...
Ukrainian President terms elections, a gross violation of September 5 Minsk protocol.
Ukraine says it will reconsider its commitments to a truce after rebels holding parts of the east violated the agreement through their elections on Sunday. In his address to the nation, President Petro Poroshenko termed the elections, a gross violation of the September 5 Minsk protocol. He has called a meeting of his top security chiefs today to...
The Cold War and the cold shoulder for Russia
Ghia Nodia The Ukraine crisis has shattered key Western assumptions about Russia, and many analysts and policymakers have fallen back on the belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin must be acting irrationally. But it is Western assumptions that need to be questioned. In particular, what has made Russia so keen to undermine the current...
Russia warned
DONETSK, Ukraine: Europe on Monday warned Russia to respect Ukraine s unity as Moscow piled pressure on Kiev by recognising controversial rebel polls …read more Source: The News...
Pro-Russian rebels name leader in Ukraine as crisis deepens
AGENCIES Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine named a leader of their breakaway republic on Monday after a weekend election which was denounced by Kiev and the West and further deepened a standoff with Russia over the future of the former Soviet state. Organisers of the vote said that Alexander Zakharchenko, a 38-year-old former mining electrician,...
US mid-term elections: Polls about ‘nothing’ and ‘everything’
Foreign news outfits term polls as ‘election about nothing’ while Republicans say elections are about ‘everything’ Opinion polls put President Obama’s public ratings in 40s, suggest Republicans faring better at grabbing Senate majority Anxiety over a string of challenges – ranging from partisan politics in Washington to another...
EU foreign policy chief says polls were ‘a new obstacle on the path towards peace’.
The European Union has condemned and termed as “illegal” elections held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the polls were “a new obstacle on the path towards peace”. The central government in Kiev also described as “farce” the polls in the two...
