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Nine Ukrainian soldiers, police killed in east in last 24 hours
The three police officers were killed when they were shelled while out on patrol near Makarove in the Lugansk region. The six soldiers died in separate incidents. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia ‘will not prevail’ in Ukraine: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the West was working hard towards a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, but was also committed to economic sanctions against Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
Cameron warns Britain's recovery faces 'real risk'
[LONDON] Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday warned Britain’s economic recovery faced a “real risk” from instability in the world economy fuelled by Middle East unrest, Ebola, Ukraine and stalled trade talks. …read more Source: The Business...
Obama to Putin: Stop backing rebels in Ukraine
BRISBANE – United States President Barack Obama said that Russia would remain isolated by the international community if President Vladimir Putin continued to violate international law in Ukraine, in some of his toughest remarks yet on the crisis.Mr Putin came under intense pressure from other leaders at the weekend’s Group of 20...
MH17 wreckage removal starts in east Ukraine
GRABOVE, Ukraine – Workers started winching debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on to trucks in eastern Ukraine Sunday, paving the way for its eventual return to the Netherlands four months after it was downed, killing 298 people.RELATED STORIES All the latest news about MH17Investigations into downed MAS flight MH17 extended to Aug...
Putin says he's convinced solution to Ukraine crisis possible
[BERLIN] Russia President Vladimir Putin said in a German television interview on Sunday that he is convinced it should be possible to find a way to resolve the crisis in Ukraine but added he was concerned about the threat of ethnic cleansing. …read more Source: The Business...
MH17 wreckage removal starts in east Ukraine
[GRABOVE] Workers started winching debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on to trucks in eastern Ukraine Sunday, paving the way for its eventual return to the Netherlands four months after it was downed, killing 298 people. …read more Source: The Business...
Putin leaves G-20 summit early to get some sleep
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin left the Group of 20 summit in Australia early on Sunday so that he could sleep on the long flight home, as fellow leaders berated Russia over the conflict in Ukraine and warned of possible further sanctions. …read more Source: The Business...
MH17 wreckage removal starts in east Ukraine
A crew from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic – the pro-Moscow separatists who hold the territory – supervised by Dutch experts used metal saws to cut up the wreckage before it was lifted on to trucks at the remote crash site. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin berated at summit, but unrepentant
BRISBANE – President Vladimir Putin weathered a barrage of criticism from world leaders at a summit in Australia, repeatedly facing them down with the same line – Russian troops are not operating in Ukraine. Leaving the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in… …read more Source:...
