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    Airline group: More deaths in 2014 from fewer accidents
    Mar09

    Airline group: More deaths in 2014 from fewer accidents

    Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 6:43 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    HONG KONG (AP) — An airline industry group says the number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total. The International Air Transport Association said in its annual safety report that 641 people died in airline crashes in 2014. That’s up from 210 deaths in 2013 and higher than the...

    Collateral Damage
    Mar09

    Collateral Damage

    Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 5:58 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    The war in Ukraine seems fated to be a drawn-out, lose-lose proposition. Paradoxically, notwithstanding the recent triumph of Russian arms in the Donbass—in fact, partly because of it—the Russians are shaping up to be the biggest losers of all. Recall that the original justification for Russia’s intervention was to save ethnic Russians and...

    Russia-backed rebels don high heels in beauty pageant
    Mar09

    Russia-backed rebels don high heels in beauty pageant

    Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 3:13 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    Female rebel fighters who normally fight Ukrainian soldiers took Saturday off to take part in a beauty pageant. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Poll: Ukrainians support neutrality, disagree on war
    Mar09

    Poll: Ukrainians support neutrality, disagree on war

    Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 2:58 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    Residents in Mariupol in eastern Ukraine are split on on the use of force to end the war. …read more Source: USA...

    European Official Not Ready to Stiffen Russia Sanctions
    Mar09

    European Official Not Ready to Stiffen Russia Sanctions

    Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 1:58 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Donald Tusk, head of the European Council, said he was eager for the bloc to take a more robust stance against Russian efforts to redraw Ukraine’s borders. …read more Source: The New York...

    2 charged, 3 held in killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
    Mar09

    2 charged, 3 held in killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov

    Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 0:43 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    MOSCOW — Five men were behind bars Sunday either charged or suspected in the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, but details remained unclear in the case that has shaken Russia’s marginalized and struggling opposition movement. Russian news reports meanwhile cited unnamed sources as saying another suspect had killed himself with a...

    Ukraine Industry Seeks Ties With West, but Buckles in Crisis
    Mar08

    Ukraine Industry Seeks Ties With West, but Buckles in Crisis

    Sunday, March 8 , 2015 - 23:28 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine—Volodymyr Kuzovkin’s office is less than 50 miles from the European Union, but for him and his factory, the EU is a world away. Despite Ukraine’s desperation to integrate with Europe, a desire so strong it sparked the protests that ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych last year, much of Ukrainian business...

    Russian Court Charges 2, Detains 3 Others in Nemtsov Killing
    Mar08

    Russian Court Charges 2, Detains 3 Others in Nemtsov Killing

    Sunday, March 8 , 2015 - 22:28 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    MOSCOW—Five men were behind bars Sunday either charged or suspected in the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, but details remained unclear in the case that has shaken Russia’s marginalized and struggling opposition movement. The five appeared in a Moscow court, where two of them were charged in connection with the shooting of Nemtsov...

    Russian court charges 2, detains 3 others in Nemtsov killing
    Mar08

    Russian court charges 2, detains 3 others in Nemtsov killing

    Sunday, March 8 , 2015 - 20:13 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — Five men were behind bars Sunday either charged or suspected in the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, but details remained unclear in the case that has shaken Russia’s marginalized and struggling opposition movement. The three others include Gubashev’s younger brother Shagid, along with Khamzad Bakhaev and...

    Ukraine’s women rebels don evening gowns for glam night
    Mar08

    Ukraine’s women rebels don evening gowns for glam night

    Sunday, March 8 , 2015 - 20:13 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Yana Manuilova cuts an imposing figure in combat fatigues as a gun-toting rebel in eastern Ukraine.But to mark International Women’s Day she took time out from the war to zip herself into an evening gown and compete in a beauty pageant in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.”Even in my military fatigues I...