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    UN urged to protect girls and women from rape in conflict
    Jan30

    UN urged to protect girls and women from rape in conflict

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 23:37 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Somali woman who runs an organization helping victims of sexual violence urged the Security Council on Friday to step up action to prevent U.N. peacekeepers and staff deployed to conflict zones from becoming “violent perpetrators” themselves. Ilwad Elman, speaking on behalf of many non-governmental organizations promoting...

    World Briefing: Kerry to Meet with Ukrainian Leaders in Kiev
    Jan30

    World Briefing: Kerry to Meet with Ukrainian Leaders in Kiev

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 22:22 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Secretary of State John Kerry’s trip will highlight the United States’ support for Ukraine, the State Department said. …read more Source: The New York...

    Kerry to visit Ukraine, Germany next week
    Jan30

    Kerry to visit Ukraine, Germany next week

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 22:07 (EEST) Section: U.S. News (USA)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ukraine next week to show U.S. support for the government as Ukrainian troops fight pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. …read more Source: U.S....

    Ukraine to ask U.N. to call Russia a terrorism sponsor
    Jan30

    Ukraine to ask U.N. to call Russia a terrorism sponsor

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 21:52 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    Ukraine will submit draft resolution to U.N. General Assembly soon. …read more Source: USA...

    Putin is playing out his childhood nightmare
    Jan30

    Putin is playing out his childhood nightmare

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 21:52 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The Russian president is stepping up both the war in Ukraine and his confrontational rhetoric against NATO and the West In a book of interviews published when he first became Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin told a story of his early scares: a rat he had cornered had nowhere to go and jumped out at him. Having pushed himself into a...

    Bodies on the Street as at Least 6 Killed in Donetsk Shelling
    Jan30

    Bodies on the Street as at Least 6 Killed in Donetsk Shelling

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 21:37 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    Engulfed in grief in Donetsk. Bodies in the street as at least six people are killed after shelling strikes near a trolley bus and cultural center in Ukraine’s rebel-held city. The separatist administration in the city says at least at least seven people were killed. A witness describes panic in the streets. …read more Source: The...

    Donetsk People’s Republic Has ‘Full Support of Texas’, Says Pro-Russian Rebel
    Jan30

    Donetsk People’s Republic Has ‘Full Support of Texas’, Says Pro-Russian Rebel

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 21:37 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The self-proclaimed foreign minister for the pro-Russian separatist group the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), which is currently battling Kiev’s forces in eastern Ukraine, has announced plans to host a “summit of unrecognized states” such as Flanders, the Basque country and Texas in a video initially broadcast on the local...

    Artillery fire kills at least 12 civilians in Donetsk
    Jan30

    Artillery fire kills at least 12 civilians in Donetsk

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 21:07 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Artillery fire killed at least 12 civilians in the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Friday amid fierce fighting between pro-Russia separatists and government troops as hopes for a break in hostilities were dashed when an attempt to call a new round of peace talks failed. Five people were killed as they were waiting for...

    Kerry to Visit Ukraine, Germany
    Jan30

    Kerry to Visit Ukraine, Germany

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ukraine and Germany next week for talks with officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Friday that Kerry will travel to Kyiv, where he will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The meeting comes amid heightened tensions...

    Met Opera: Love and Obsession in ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’
    Jan30

    Met Opera: Love and Obsession in ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    At first thought, the heroines of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle wouldn’t seem to have a lot in common. But as the Metropolitan Opera’s snow-delayed opening of those two seemingly disparate one-acts showed, both are simply looking for love in a couple of very unlikely places, especially in the...