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Ukraine tightens rules for Russians entering country
From March 1 Russians will no longer be able to enter Ukraine on their internal identity documents and will instead require a passport for overseas travel, a government decree says. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch search team recovers remains, MH17 wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM – A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Monday, the Dutch government said. The plane was shot down on July 17, killing 298 passengers and crew, two-thirds… …read more Source:...
West must be ready for long standoff with Russia: NATO official
[OSLO] The West must be ready for a long standoff with Russia over Ukraine and not quickly resume normal ties as it did after the 2008 Georgian war, a top NATO official said on Monday. …read more Source: The Business...
Merkel to meet Obama, Harper on North America trip
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with the US and Canadian leaders next week to prepare a G7 summit she will host in June, a government spokeswoman said Monday.Merkel will embark on the trip Sunday and meet US President Barack Obama in Washington and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa.”Beyond G7...
Dutch team at MH17 crash site to collect more remains
THE HAGUE – A Dutch team is at the MH17 crash site in war-torn Ukraine to collect more remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysia Airlines jetliner crashed in July, officials said on Monday.”At the moment there’s a small team at the crash site,” Dutch defence ministry spokeswoman Marloes Visser told...
Dutch team at MH17 crash site to collect more remains
A Dutch team is at the MH17 crash site in war-torn Ukraine to collect more remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysia Airlines jetliner crashed in July, officials said. …read more Source: Channel...
Separatists vow to escalate Ukraine conflict
The declaration came after the separatists vowed to push their offensive to take over the entirety of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and the latest bid to establish a ceasefire collapsed. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian conscripts fear Ukraine deployment: Activists
MOSCOW – Russian conscripts are coming under growing pressure to sign up as professional soldiers and fear they might dispatched to fight alongside separatists in Ukraine, rights activists said Monday.Activists sounded the alarm after a new spike in complaints from recruits doing compulsory military service and their families, that come...
Ukraine separatist leader vows to mobilise 100,000 men
The declaration came after the separatists vowed to push their offensive to take over the entirety of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and the latest bid to establish a ceasefire collapsed. …read more Source: Channel...
New Greek PM in ally Cyprus on first foreign visit
LARNACA, Cyprus – Greece’s radical new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived in Cyprus Monday, making his first foreign visit to a close ally that has also been ravaged by the eurozone debt crisis.Tsipras was met at the airport by Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides before heading to the capital Nicosia for talks with President Nicos...
