Section: Singapore
Bone by bone, Ukraine identifies its dead
November 05, 2014 10:46 AMZAPORIZHIA, Ukraine (AFP) – Ms Oksana Biryukova’s lab is buzzing around the clock trying to identify the charred remains of Ukrainian soldiers. The DNA laboratory in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhia is the only one in the country charged with creating genetic profiles for the unidentified bodies of...
Ukraine supports peace, but ready for war: Poroshenko
Poroshenko said that he had not given up on a deal brokered in September to end the seven-month conflict, in which more than 4,000 people have died. …read more Source: Channel...
Elections in east Ukraine ‘counterproductive’: UN chief
Elections organised and won by separatists in eastern Ukraine over the weekend were “unfortunate and counterproductive,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday (Nov 4). …read more Source: Channel...
Russian ultra-nationalists to march in shadow of Ukraine war
MOSCOW – Thousands of ultra-nationalists were expected to march in Moscow on Tuesday amid fears that the Kremlin’s support for separatists in Ukraine was whipping up xenophobia and jingoism at home.The annual “Russian March” comes at a time of heightened social tensions, with the country’s isolation growing and...
Ukraine to re-examine peace plan with rebels
Poroshenko said he and security chiefs would “re-examine” Kiev’s commitments to the truce deal, including “abolition” of a key element in the truce that offered separatists autonomy within Ukraine’s existing borders. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-Russian rebels name leader in Ukraine as standoff between EU and Russia deepens
November 03, 2014 9:08 PMDONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – 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. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ponta tops Romania presidency first round vote
BUCHAREST – Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta looked set Monday for a closer-than-expected victory in the first round of the presidential election despite fears he could reverse reforms aimed at tackling rampant corruption in one of Europe’s poorest countries.The first official results showed Ponta taking 37.5 per cent of...
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK – Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce.” Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko won over 81 per cent of the vote, according to the rebels’ exit polls of an election that has worsened a standoff...
Russia backs Ukraine rebel vote despite West criticism
Alexander Zakharchenko – prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic – took 81 per cent of the vote according to rebel election officials, against nine per cent each for his two opponents. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebel leader on course to win poll ‘farce’
Alexander Zakharchenko – prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic – was estimated to get 81 per cent of the presidential vote, according to a rebel exit poll released after the ballot ended. …read more Source: Channel...
