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ICAO reps suggest 15-minute tracking standard
Feb04

ICAO reps suggest 15-minute tracking standard

MONTREAL – Member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization have recommended the adoption of a new standard that would see commercial aircraft tracked every 15-minutes.The development was announced Tuesday as more than 850 participants gathered at a high-level safety conference at ICAO’s Montreal headquarters.”This...

Donetsk hospital shelled, at least 5 killed
Feb04

Donetsk hospital shelled, at least 5 killed

Heavy shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday afternoon killed at least five people and damaged a hospital, six schools and five kindergartens, local officials said. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine’s latest violence hits hospital, kindergartens
Feb04

Ukraine’s latest violence hits hospital, kindergartens

Heavy shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday afternoon killed at least five people and damaged a hospital, six schools and five kindergartens, local officials said. …read more Source:...

Ukraine’s president confident U.S. will send weapons
Feb04

Ukraine’s president confident U.S. will send weapons

Ukraine’s president says he is confident the United States will supply his country with weapons to fight pro-Russian separatists but Germany’s chancellor is opposed to the idea. …read more Source: CTV...

Shell hits hospital in Ukraine’s Donetsk, mayor says
Feb04

Shell hits hospital in Ukraine’s Donetsk, mayor says

‘There was an artillery shell at 12 noon … The shell hit a hospital, there are dead and wounded,’ a statement on the administration’s website said …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukrainian president has no doubt U.S. will send in weapons to fight rebels
Feb04

Ukrainian president has no doubt U.S. will send in weapons to fight rebels

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he “doesn’t have a slightest doubt” that the United States will send weapons to his country to help it fight pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Global...

Two more Ukrainian soldiers killed in east, military says
Feb04

Two more Ukrainian soldiers killed in east, military says

Kiev military said separatist forces had launched around 80 attacks by artillery and rocket systems on Ukrainian positions and villages in the past 24 hours …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine boosts conscription drive to tackle renewed separatist offensive
Feb04

Ukraine boosts conscription drive to tackle renewed separatist offensive

After a series of demoralizing military defeats, Kiev uses creative methods to bolster the ranks …read more Source: The Globe and...

The West is losing Ukraine
Feb04

The West is losing Ukraine

U.S. President Barack Obama has joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel in saying that the West should take a patient, long-term approach to dealing with Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The real message to Kyiv: You’re on your own in fighting pro-Russian rebels and Russian troops. Obama, in an interview on Sunday with CNN’s...

Baird’s exit leaves hole at home and abroad
Feb04

Baird’s exit leaves hole at home and abroad

OTTAWA – One of Stephen Harper’s most experienced ministers resigned his plum foreign affairs post Tuesday, leaving a void around the Conservative cabinet table at a critical juncture in both domestic and international affairs.John Baird was a prominent voice for Canada on the world stage and a multi-faceted lieutenant for Harper; his...