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    Ukrainian City Remembers Rocket Attack Victims
    Feb15

    Ukrainian City Remembers Rocket Attack Victims

    In Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s regional military headquarters for battling Russia-backed rebels in the east, officials held a memorial Saturday for those killed in a Tuesday rocket attack. A midnight cease-fire has stopped most of the fighting between Ukrainian forces and the rebels, though some sporadic clashes continue. Concerns remain focused...

    Ukraine Cease-Fire Largely Holding
    Feb15

    Ukraine Cease-Fire Largely Holding

    A cease-fire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, officials said, except for around the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve. Heavy fog shrouding sodden fields muffled the sound of artillery, but regular shelling could still be heard Sunday from Luhanske, a town about 15 kilometers (9 miles) to the...

    Ukraine Cease-Fire Is (Mostly) Holding
    Feb15

    Ukraine Cease-Fire Is (Mostly) Holding

    Ukraine said pro-Russian rebels had shelled Ukrainian positions since a ceasefire came into effect Sunday, but the truce was generally being observed. …read more Source:...

    Officials: Ukraine cease-fire largely holding
    Feb15

    Officials: Ukraine cease-fire largely holding

    A deal brokered Thursday calls for a cease-fire and the establishment of buffer zones. …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine Rebels Disavow Ceasefire at Encircled Town
    Feb15

    Ukraine Rebels Disavow Ceasefire at Encircled Town

    The ceasefire was broadly observed along the frontlines, but one commander said it did not apply to Debaltseve. …read more Source:...

    Rockets shatter nerves
    Feb15

    Rockets shatter nerves

    Artillery and rocket fire can be heard almost constantly in the village Talakovka, about 10 kilometers from the strategic port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Warring sides trade accusations of new attacks, threatening Ukraine truce
    Feb15

    Warring sides trade accusations of new attacks, threatening Ukraine truce

    KIEV, Ukraine — The heavy artillery fire that has ripped apart eastern Ukraine over the past 10 months and killed over 5,400 people fell almost silent early Sunday as a tenuous new cease-fire hammered out earlier this week in Minsk, Belarus came into effect at the stroke of midnight. See also: Ukraine cease-fire: Key points of the new truce But...

    Ukraine cease-fire largely holding, Debaltseve still tense
    Feb15

    Ukraine cease-fire largely holding, Debaltseve still tense

    By PETER LEONARD and BALINT SZLANKO read more …read more Source: CNS...

    Violations claimed after Ukraine cease-fire begins
    Feb15

    Violations claimed after Ukraine cease-fire begins

    A deal brokered Thursday calls for a cease-fire and the establishment of buffer zones. …read more Source: USA...

    Netanyahu calls for ‘massive’ Jewish immigration to Israel
    Feb15

    Netanyahu calls for ‘massive’ Jewish immigration to Israel

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following the shooting attack outside a Copenhagen synagogue that killed a Danish Jew. Netanyahu says the government on Sunday will discuss a $46 million plan to encourage Jewish immigration from France,...