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Hunter lost in the Australian desert for six days survives by eating ants
An Australian man is lucky to be alive after getting lost in the remote West Australian desert for six days, and apparently eating ants to survive. Reginald Foggerdy, 62, was found on Tuesday by Specialist Tactical Response Group trackers 170 kilometres (105.63 miles) east of the town of Laverton, the Western Australia Police said in a statement...
Some MH17 victims may have been conscious in harrowing moments after missile hit
KIEV, Ukraine — Some of the passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 may have remained conscious for a minute or so after a Buk missile exploded and struck the plane, Dutch investigators said Tuesday See also: Field of death: Unraveling the mystery of MH17 The Dutch Safety Board’s report into the tragedy says the “impact was...
Russia rejects official result of MH17 investigation
KIEV, Ukraine — Investigators on Tuesday reported that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian Buk surface-to-air missile After a lengthy investigation, the Dutch researchers concluded that the missile exploded close to the cockpit, killing the three pilots instantly and causing the cockpit and business section of the plane to...
Russian-made missile downed flight MH17 over Ukraine, says Dutch probe
KIEV, Ukraine — Dutch detectives have concluded that a Russian-made surface-to-air missile shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over war-racked eastern Ukraine last year, according to family members of the victims. See also: Field of death: Unraveling the mystery of MH17 Flight MH17 was flying at 33,000 feet over war-racked eastern Ukraine, en...
Protesters dump raw sewage on Moldovan political party headquarters
One of Moldova’s leading political parties had some cleaning up to do on Sunday after their headquarters was doused with gallons of human excrement. The national office of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) in the Moldovan capitol, Chisinau, was sprayed with three tons of raw sewage by protesters during the evening See also: Photo of a...
Russian rocket maker blows up plane to prove it didn’t blow up MH17
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — How do you prove you didn’t blow up a plane? In Russia, you blow up a plane. A Russian missile manufacturer said Friday that it had exploded a missile beneath a decommissioned Boeing airliner similar to that of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine last year, proving the passenger jet was...
Russian media launches Syria propaganda war
In the eastern Ukrainian city of Makiivka, Oleg, a taxi driver-turned-rebel fighter, watched as Russian TV news channels glorified the Kremlin’s foray into the Syria conflict. “Nothing about Ukraine at all,” said Oleg, who spoke on condition that his last name not be used. “We…have totally vanished.” See also:...
Russian parliament approves military intervention in Syria
Russian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to allow President Vladimir Putin to order air strikes in Syria, where Russia has deployed fighter jets and other weapons in recent weeks. Putin had to request parliamentary approval for any use of Russian troops abroad, according to the constitution. The last time he did so was before Russia annexed...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko attacks ‘double-tongued’ Putin in U.N. speech
Gloves off, swinging. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko pulled no punches against Russian President Vladimir Putin in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. See also: Putin throws shade at Obama during U.N. speech as Ukrainians storm out Poroshenko called into question the sincerity of Putin’s attempt to paint...
Obama and Putin: 6 years of awkward encounters
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