Ukraine News One
East Ukraine Insurgency: Ukrainian army surrounds Kremlin-backed separatists in Slovyansk
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- East Ukraine Insurgency: Ukrainian army surrounds Kremlin-backed separatists in Slovyansk
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- 12 years ago
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- The main road into Slovyansk has been cut off by the Ukrainian army as Kyiv continues to try to quell the pro-Russian unrest in the city. Late on Sunday Ukrainian forces took control of the main road into the besieged city, putting more pressure on the pro-Russian rebels that have occupied government buildings there for weeks.
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- Odessa Separatists Released: Mob forces police to free dozens arrested over deadly clashes
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- 12 years ago
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- At least 60 people who were arrested in connection to violent clashes in Odesa on Friday have been released after pro-Russian protesters attempted to storm the regional police headquarters. The prosecutor's office criticised the move, saying police had disregarded their duties. Violence broke out last Friday when pro-Russian separatists attacked a Ukrainian unity rally, triggering street fights.
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- Pope Francis prays for Ukraine: Roman Catholic leader praying for end to bloodshed in Ukraine
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- 12 years ago
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- Tens of thousands of pilgrims were packed into St. Peter's Square on Sunday (May 4) to join Pope Francis in his weekly prayer and blessing. The Pope took the opportunity to pray for an improvement of the situation in crisis-struck Ukraine, and for Afghanistan, two days after a devastating landslide destroyed an entire village there.
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- Medieval Combat Championships: modern-day knights compete at Spain's Belmonte Castle
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- 12 years ago
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- Tensions are running high as knights in custom hand-made armour, wielding battle axes, and swords have started competing in the four-day Medieval Combat World Championships in Belmonte Castle in Spain.
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- Crimean Tatar leader banned from Crimea: Mustafa Dzhemilev barred from Russia-occupied peninsula
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- 12 years ago
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- Russia's refusal to allow Tatar spiritual leader Mustafa Dzhemilev to enter the now Annexed Russian territory of Crimea, has enforced the widely held Tatar belief that a history of discrimination and persecution may indeed be repeating itself in the peninsula. Dzhemilev is the recognized leader of the Crimean Tatar Nation, former chairman of the Mejils of the Crimean Tatar People and a member of the Ukrainian parliament since 1998.
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- Released OSCE hostages back in Germany: dozens still held by East Ukraine separatist insurgents
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- 12 years ago
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- OSCE observers who were released on Saturday from the separatist-held city of Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine have arrived in back in Berlin after the military observers spent a harrowing two weeks kept hostage by Kremlin-backed militants. Mark Etherington, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring mission to Ukraine, said the group's release was one part of a process to secure all hostages being held by the separatists are released.
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- Crimean Tatar leader banned from Crimea: Russian border guards deny Mustafa Dzhemilev entry
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- 12 years ago
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- Tatar Spiritual leader and member of Ukrainian parliament Mustafa Dzhemilev has been denied access to enter his homeland of Crimea, provoking hundreds of Crimean Tatars in the region to protest near the Crimean border. Dzhemilev was told that he would not be allowed to enter the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory again for another 5 years.
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- Odesa Police Free Separatist Prisoners: Pro-Russians detained following deadly 2 May clashes
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- 12 years ago
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- Hundreds of pro-Russian activists protested outside a police station in Ukraine's southern port city of Odessa on Sunday.
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- Raids target America's fastest-growing gang: 638 arrests in crackdown on Sureno street gang
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- 12 years ago
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- In a month long sweep which included 179 cities, US authorities have arrested 638 suspected gang members. Aimed at associates of the fast growing Sureno street gang, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, report that more than 400 of those arrested had violent criminal histories.
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- Al Jazeera on trial in Egypt: Cairo court postpones trial of journalists on terror charges
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- 12 years ago
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- An Egyptian court has postponed until the 15th of May the terrorism-related trial of three Al Jazeera journalists, Peter Greste, an award winning former BBC reporter, Mohamed Fahmy, an ex-CNN reporter and the Cairo bureau chief for Al Jazeera English, and producer, Baher Mohamed.
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- EU wants uniform price for Russian gas: Brussels seeks to end Kremlin 'divide and rule' tactics
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- 12 years ago
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- Since the Gas crisis of 2006 and 2009 EU reliance on imported oil and gas, has risen despite efforts to ensure more energy security for EU member states. EU commissioner Gunther Oettinger is now calling for a uniform price for Russian gas for all EU member states, stating that the game of divide and rule proposed by Russia cannot and will not be accepted by the EU.
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- Ukrainian army in Donetsk Oblast: Kramatorsk TV tower retaken from Kremlin-backed separatists
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine military presses on with military operations in the east of the country, retake television tower in Kramatorsk.
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- Kremlin agents of unrest in Ukraine: Kyiv says Russia organized deadly Odesa clashes
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's security service says illegal military groups from Moldova's Moscow-backed breakaway region of Transdniestria and Russian groups worked together to foment the bloody unrest in the southern port city of Odesa on Saturday. Dozens of Russian citizens have been arrested after scores of people died in vicious fighting between pro-Ukraine supporters and separatist fighters.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Ukrainian army encircles separatist stronghold Slovyansk
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- 12 years ago
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- Heavy fighting between the Ukrainian military and Kremlin-backed militants is continuing in several eastern towns of Ukraine. Several people were reportedly killed in clashes around the rebel stronghold of Slovyansk on Saturday as the army continued to encircle the heavily-armed separatists. The government says it has also recaptured a television tower and a security services building from rebels in the nearby town of Kramatorsk.
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- Ukrainian military continues operation against Kremlin-sponsored insurgents in Slovyansk
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine military presses on with military operations in the east of the country, retake television tower in Kramatorsk.
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- Ukraine and Russia compete at Eurovision as Kremlin-backed rebels threaten Ukrainian sovereignty
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- 12 years ago
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- In the wildly popular Eurovision contest twenty-year old pop singer, Mariya Yaremchuck, will take centre stage as Ukraine's contender for the highly competitive song contest that pits nations against each other.
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- Battle for Kramatorsk: Ukrainian soldiers fight Kremlin-backed insurgents in eastern Ukraine
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- 12 years ago
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- The head of Ukraine's anti-terrorist centre said 3 May that there was heavy fighting in the eastern town of Kramatorsk, south of rebel stronghold Slaviansk. Anti-terror ops chief Vasyl Krutov told a news conference that there is gunfire and clashes around city.
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- Putin's Human Shields: Kremlin-backed separatist insurgents hiding behind Ukrainian civilians
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- 12 years ago
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- The anti-terrorist operation launched by the government in Kyiv has been slowed down by pro-Russian civilians acting as human shields in eastern regions. Ukraine's interim president while commenting on the slow progress of the operation to retake the eastern town of Slovyansk, has accused armed separatists of hiding behind citizens and firing from apartment blocks. The actions of the pro-Russian separatists hiding behind human shields closely mirror the comments made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a March 4th interview. While answering questions Putin challenged the Ukrainian military to shoot at women and children, who would stand in front of the Russian army and be used as human shields.
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- Bankrolling Bloodshed in Ukraine: Former Yanukovych cronies blamed for Odesa tragedy
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's State Security Service has blamed illegal military groups from Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria and Russian groups for fomenting unrest in the Black Sea port city of Odesa. The spokeswoman for the agency said the groups were funded by former cronies of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, namely former Ukrainian first deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov and former Tax administratin chief Oleksandr Klyumenko, who are reportedly holed up in Moscow. Dozens died and more than 200 were wounded in Odesa during clashes between pro- and anti-Russian groups on May 2. Video uploaded to the Internet shows clearly that pro-Russian protesters fired on pro-Ukrainian protesters during the melee.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Ukrainian military confronting Kremlin-backed insurgent forces
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine is pushing ahead in its operation against rebels, a day after the crisis turned bloody in Odessa, where anti- and pro-Ukraine protesters clashed. In the eastern city of Sloviansk, a tug-of-war between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists who took hold of the town on 2 May continues. Ukraine's ongoing political turmoil began in November, when then-President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned a trade deal with the European Union in favour of closer ties with Moscow. Yanukovich fled to Moscow in February, along with many top officials from his inner circle.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation Continues: Kyiv crackdown on Kremlin-backed Russian separatists
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The Ukrainian government has resumed its anti-terrorist operation after deadly violence in the city of Odesa and its first major offensive in Slovyansk which has claimed the lives of at least five pro-Russian separatist fighters.
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- British Library Hosts Comics Celebration: New exhibition boosts profile of UK graphic novels
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- 12 years ago
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- London's British Library, usually known for its academia, is putting on a new show of comic books which the exhibition's curators hope will help the wider public see the medium in a new light.
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- US and EU united against Putin: Obama and Merkel threaten Kremlin with tougher Ukraine sanctions
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- 12 years ago
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- US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said that if Moscow does not stop escalating Ukraine aggression and disrupts presidential election later this month, so-called "sectoral sanctions" would be imposed on Russia.
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- Ukrainian Anti-Terror Ops: Government troops confront Kremlin-backed insurgents in East Ukraine
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine has said military operations against pro-Russian separatists in the industrial east of the country continued at dawn on May 3rd near the town of Kramatorsk, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Ukrainian forces had seized control of a television tower in Kramatorsk, near the rebel stronghold of Slaviansk, but gave no information on possible casualties. Slovyansk was the target on 2 May of the most significant advance by Ukrainian forces since the start of an armed uprising in eastern Ukrainian provinces a month ago.
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- Russia Blamed for Odesa Tragedy: Ukraine says Kremlin plotted unrest as part of destabilization bid
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- 12 years ago
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- The Interior Ministry in Odesa region has said more than 37 people died and 200 people were wounded on May 2, 2014, including 22 policemen. The tragedy occurred after Kremlin-backed demonstrators bused into the port city began fighting with pro-Ukrainian demonstrators. The pro-Russian demonstrators fled to Odesa's Trade Union building, which was set on fire. The rival groups hurled cobblestones, smoke grenades and Molotov cocktails at each other. Many of the pro-Russia demonstrators carried firearms.
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- OSCE Hostages Released: Russia implicated in kidnapping of observers by Kremlin-backed separatists
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- 12 years ago
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- Kremlin-backed insurgents in eastern Ukraine on 3 May released the seven OSCE military observers and five Ukrainian assistants who had been held for more than a week. The men were held in the mayor's office in Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine.
The observers were seized on April 25 as they traveled with an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe observer team. The insurgents said they possessed unspecified suspicious material and alleged they were spying for NATO.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Kremlin-backed separatists remain in control of Slovyansk
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- 12 years ago
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- Pro-Russia insurgents remained in control of downtown Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine on 3 May, a day after Ukraine's government resumed its anti-terrorism operation aimed at dislodging them. Separatists using Russian shoulder-fired missiles on 2 May down two Ukrainian helicopters and Ukraine reported many militants killed or wounded as the interim government in Kiev launched its first major offensive against an insurgency that has seized government buildings across the east. Ukrainian military commanders have accused the separatists of using human shields to slow their advance.
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- Putin Blamed for Odesa Tragedy: Dozens die following Kremlin-backed Russian separatist violence
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- 12 years ago
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- Dozens of people were killed in violent and chaotic clashes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on 2 May as pro-Ukraine activists stormed a building defended by protesters opposed to the current government in Kiev and in favour of closer ties with Russia.
The violence continued on 3 May as Ukraine said its forces had attacked pro-Russian separatists in the industrial east of the country at dawn near the town of Kramatorsk.
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- Deadly Separatist Violence in Odesa: Pro-Russian fighters open fire on peaceful Ukraine unity rally
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Violence has broken out in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, where pro-Russian separatists attacked a Ukrainian unity demonstration. The incident, which bore all the hallmarks of a planned provocation carried out by groups with ties to the Kremlin, triggered street protests throughout the city centre. At least one pro-Ukrainian protester was killed in the chaos by gunshot wounds. Police were seen protecting the separatists from Ukrainian protesters who appeared to be trying to capture them following the attack.
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- Kremlin Fueling Separatist Terror: Obama and Merkel united against Russian aggression in Ukraine
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- 12 years ago
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- Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Washington for talks with Barack Obama. The two discussed Russia's role in the deteriorating situation in eastern Ukraine, where separatist militias are resisting attempts by the Ukrainian military to regain control of cities under rebel control. Merkel has asked Russia's help in securing the release of seven observers belonging to the OSCE who have been held by rebels for a week.
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- Le Pen's National Front aiming for EU election victory: nationalist gains expected across Europe
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- 12 years ago
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- France's far right gave its European election campaign a boost with a red, white and blue march behind its leader Marine Le Pen.
The National Front's traditional May Day celebrations included the symbolic laying of a wreath at a golden statue of medieval heroine Joan of Arc before a speech in front of France's national opera house where Le Pen battled heavy rain to rally supporters.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Separatists detained as Ukrainian army retakes checkpoints
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's military said) they had arrested four separatists at a checkpoint outside Slaviansk shortly after a dawn attack on the eastern city to take back control from pro-Moscow supporters.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Angry Donetsk region locals confront Ukrainian military
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- 12 years ago
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- Soldiers in the eastern Ukrainian village of Andrivka have faced off with angry residents, with villagers shouting at the soldiers and telling them to turn back. The confrontation came after a dawn raid by the government on Slovyansk to try to retake the city from rebels but ran into resistance with two helicopters reportedly hit with anti-aircraft missiles and the pilots killed. Kyiv has admitted that it has lost control of parts of east Ukraine, with acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warning that the country is going through its "most dangerous ten days" since it gained independence in 1991.
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- Russian Anti-War Protest: 1000s rally in Saint Petersburg against Kremlin aggression in Ukraine
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- 12 years ago
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- Thousands turned out for an anti-war march through the streets of Saint Petersburg, Russia's second city. Protesters waved Russian and Ukrainian flags, changing anti-war slogans and showing support for peaceful relations with their neighbour to the south.
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- Tunisia hosts Star Wars festival as Arab Spring nation looks to rebuild crucial tourism industry
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- 12 years ago
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- Members of Tunisia's tourism industry are hoping that the force is with them after the International Star Wars Fans Association held its first meeting in the capital Tunis as part of a drive to reinvigorate the country's tourism sector.
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- All-Madrid UEFA Champions League Final: Underdogs Atletico to take on traditional rivals Real
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Atletico Madrid's 3-1 Champions League semi-final win at Chelsea earlier this week has set up a clash with neighbours Real Madrid in the first European final between two clubs from the same city.
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- Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Locals express anger as Ukraine army faces Kremlin-backed separatists
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Ukrainian troops landing helicopters and moving heavy military equipment in the eastern Ukrainian village of Andriivka faced off with angry residents after Ukrainian authorities launched a dawn operation in an attempt to retake the restive town of Slaviansk, where pro-Russian gunmen have been holed up in several public buildings since the beginning of last month.
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- Anxiety in Ukraine: Kyiv watches as military operation continues against Kremlin-backed separatists
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- 12 years ago
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- Residents on the streets of Ukraine's capital Kyiv said they wanted the crisis in the east resolved, after hearing news that Ukrainian military forces had attacked the separatist-held city of Slaviansk
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- US troops train with Polish forces as NATO members respond to Russian aggression against Ukraine
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- American ground troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team took part in military exercises on with the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade at Europe's biggest live firing range in Drawsko Pomorskie, northernPoland.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation Resumes: Kremlin-backed separatists in Slovyansk targeted
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Pro-Russia separatists in the east Ukrainian city of Slovyansk are treating a Ukrainian helicopter pilot after they shot down his aircraft. The Ukrainian government launched a dawn raid to try to retake the city from rebels who control key administrative buildings but met heavy resistance with two helicopters reportedly hit with anti-aircraft missiles and the pilots killed.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Separatist video claims to show pilot of downed helicopter
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Pro-Russian separatists in Slaviansk say they rescued a Ukrainian helicopter pilot who was injured when he was shot down as Ukrainian forces moved in to try to retake the eastern Ukrainian city.
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- Egypt opens replica tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun: Egyptian tourism sector hurt by Arab Spring unrest
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- 12 years ago
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- An exact replica of the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun has been unveiled in the Egyptian city of Luxor in a joint European-Egyptian project that aims to draw tourists following years of political turmoil.
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- East Ukraine Anti-Terror Operation: Slovyansk separatists say Ukrainian army trying to liberate city
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- May Day in Kyiv and Moscow: Ukrainians rally for unity as Russians go back to the USSR on Red Square
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Thousands marched through Ukraine's capital of Kyiv calling for unity and waving flags as the country marked May Day. Ukrainians chanted, 'Donbass is Ukraine' and the 'east and west are together.' Across the border in neighboring Russia, thousands marches through Red Square, carrying banners of support for President Putin as Russia flexes its muscle amid its confrontation with Ukraine.
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- East Ukraine Hostage Crisis: Merkel asks Putin to help free OSCE observers held in Slovyansk
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Russian media reports that Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked Vladimir Putin to help secure the release of seven international observers who are being detained by rebels in Ukraine's east. The observers, who were monitoring the situation in Ukraine on behalf of the OSCE, have been held since last week by pro-Russian militants in the city of Slovyansk.
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- Nigerian Islamists Abducting Children: At least 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Crowds have gathered outside Nigeria's parliament, calling on security forces to do more in the search for 200 schoolgirls who abducted by Islamist militants in the war-ravaged northeast more than two weeks ago when scores of Boko Haram gunmen stormed an all-girls secondary school in the village of Chibok, in Borno state before disappearing into the hilly area along the Cameroon border.
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- D&G Tax Convictions: Fashion billionaires Dolce and Gabbana given 18-month suspended sentences
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Fashion duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have both been issued with a suspended sentence of 18 months in jail after being convicted on charges of hiding hundreds of millions of euros from Italian tax authorities.
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- East Ukraine OSCE Hostage Crisis: European mediators in Slovyansk for talks with separatists
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, self-proclaimed mayor:
"We have an agreement that we will not speak about our positions until we have come to some decision. So we don't have any problems."
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- Kremlin Censors Continue Online Crackdown: New Russian law targets Internet bloggers
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- While mainstream media in Russia has long been criticised for its loyalty to the Kremlin, the Internet has been seen as a bastion of free speech for Russians. But that appears to be changing as Moscow expands its censorship laws online.
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- Europe Responds to Russian Aggression: NATO opens second Baltic hub at Estonia's Amari air base
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- NATO has officially turned Estonia's Amari air base into its second hub in the Baltic States in a move designed to boost the alliance's presence in the region.
