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Ukrainian army receives new armoured vehicles: Ukraine facing Kremlin-backed insurgency in Donbas
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- Ukrainian army receives new armoured vehicles: Ukraine facing Kremlin-backed insurgency in Donbas
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov has visited troops at the headquarters of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine where he inspected a newly-delivered consignment of armoured military vehicles.
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- Former Army Chief Rules Egypt: Cairo supporters celebrate al-Sisi's presidential election victory
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- 12 years ago
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- Thousands of Egyptians have gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to celebrate the victory of former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the the country's presidential election. Al-Sisi won a landslide 96.91 percent in the poll, although just 47 per cent of eligible voters participated.
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- Kyiv's Heavyweight Mayor: Vitali Klitschko sworn-in as new mayor of Ukraine's capital city
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- 12 years ago
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- Former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko takes his oath of office as mayor of Kyivv and vows transparency and an end to corruption.
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- D-Day Harbour Preservation: Frenchman wants to save British-made WWII harbour
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- 12 years ago
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- As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, a French campaigner says the artificial harbour vital to Allied operations during WWII, must be saved before they are worn away by time and forgotten by history.
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- D-Day 70th Anniversary: WWII veterans honoured in France for role in history's largest invasion
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- 12 years ago
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- Over a hundred World War II veterans have been decorated with medals for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in a ceremony in Caen, France. In 1944 the veterans and hundreds of thousands of other Allied troops mounted history's largest amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy in north-west France to speed the end of World War II.
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- Tiananmen Square Anniversary: Thousands hold vigil in Hong Kong as China airbrushes atrocity
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- 12 years ago
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- In Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 but remains a free-wheeling, capitalist hub, demonstrators holding candles and clad mainly in black gathered in a downtown park on Wednesday (June 4) and called on Beijing to atone for the killings during a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters 25 years ago in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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- Golden Dawn Athens show of strength: Greek nationalists rally in support of jailed far-right leader
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- 12 years ago
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- Hundreds of members and supporters of the extreme far right Golden Dawn Party gathered outside the Greek parliament building on Wednesday (June 4) as their jailed party leader and two other lawmakers were given jail leave to speak in the assembly.
Golden Dawn Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and two other lawmakers, in jail pending a trial on charges of belonging to a criminal organization, were granted the appearance in parliament as it was to vote on whether to lift their immunity for a further charge of weapons possession.
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- British Royal Marines 350th Anniversary: Queen Elizabeth attends Duke of Edinburgh birthday ceremony
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- 12 years ago
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- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh attended the Beating Retreat ceremony on Wednesday (June 4).
Performed every two years in celebration of the birthday of the Captain General of the Royal Marines, the Duke of Edinburgh, this year it forms part of a schedule of UK-wide celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of the Royal Marines.
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- America Marks D-Day Anniversary: US World War II veterans honoured in Washington D.C.
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- 12 years ago
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- World War II veterans were honoured in Washington, with 88 veterans from Chicago visiting the WWII Memorial.
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- Brazil World Cup Ticket Frustrations: Fans in Sao Paulo facing long lines and online delays
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- 12 years ago
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- Football fans in Sao Paulo have been lining up to buy tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and some have encountered frustrations. Around 180,000 tickets were released this week online, covering all 64 games in the tournament. The release of tickets marks the final round of sales before the World Cup starts next week.
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- America slams Russia at UN: US blames Kremlin for orchestrating conflict in East Ukraine
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine says there is no humanitarian crisis in the country and dismissed a Russian draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that seeks to create corridors to allow civilians to escape fighting in the east. Russia circulated a brief draft resolution to the 15-member council, also calling for an end to violence in southeastern Ukraine, but Western envoys say the crisis in Ukraine is not a humanitarian crisis or a civil war, but rather a crisis that is being fuelled by Russia. The United States called the Russian U.N. proposal hypocritical because at the same time armed fighters and weapons were entering Ukraine from Russia and Russian-backed separatists were attacking new targets and holding hostage monitors from the OSCE.
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- Russia Facing Fresh Sanctions: G7 leaders discuss response to Putin's Ukraine invasion
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- 12 years ago
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- G7 leaders say they remain prepared to slap tougher sanctions on Moscow if unrest in Ukraine's east is not brought under control. Speaking after a dinner with leaders of the world's most industrialised nations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the leaders were united in their stance that if Putin fails to cooperate in stemming down the violence in Ukraine, tougher sanctions would be imposed.
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- G7 Without Russia: World leaders meet without Putin and threaten fresh sanctions against Russia
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- 12 years ago
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- The world's leading industrialised nations arrived for a second and last day of talks on Thursday (June 5) after threatening to impose harder-hitting sanctions on Russia if it does not help restore stability to eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian militias continue to operate at will.
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- Battle for Donetsk International Airport: How crucial was Ukrainian army victory over insurgents?
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- 12 years ago
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- During the morning of 26 May, over 200 pro-Russian separatist insurgents captured Donetsk International Airport and demanded the withdrawal of government forces. The militants rejected an ultimatum to surrender and soon after the Ukrainian army delivered its most decisive blow against the Kremlin-backed separatists since the conflict began in April.
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- Beijing censors memories of Tiananmen massacre: Square empty while thousands flock to Hong Kong
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- 12 years ago
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- China's Tiananmen Square saw no commemorations on Wednesday for the 25th anniversary of the massacre there in 1989 which saw hundreds or possibly thousands of pro-democracy protesters killed.
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- Obama stands up for post-Soviet democracy: US leader backs Ukraine against Russian threat
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- 12 years ago
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- US President Barack Obama delivered a keynote speech in Warsaw's Castle Square as part of celebrations to mark 25 years since Poland held an election shaking off decades of Soviet domination and Communist rule.
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- Ukraine moves to the West: Petro Poroshenko endorsed by French President Hollande
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko has met with France's Hollande in Poland as part of a series of meetings with Western leaders to discuss a peace plan for his country
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- Putin says no Russian troops in East Ukraine: fresh Russian denials echo earlier false Crimea claims
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- 12 years ago
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- In an exclusive interview with radio station Europe 1, Vladimir Putin has said there are not and never have been Russian troops or instructors in southeast Ukraine. The Russian President's claims come in spite of evidence of Russian and Chechen militants in Ukraine who have been fighting alongside Kremlin-backed separatist insurgents.
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- Obama Backs Poroshenko: Ukraine's new leader meets American counterpart in Poland
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko has met with US President Barack Obama for discussion of several issues including how to respond to Russian aggression toward Ukraine. During the talks, Obama pledged USD 1bn to Ukraine while also promising 'to help train and professionalise the Ukrainian law enforcement and military.'
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- Russia Strengthens North Korea Ties: Isolated Kremlin pivots towards Asian economies
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- 12 years ago
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- Russia has agreed a trade pact with fellow international pariah North Korea. Moscow will boost investment in the secretive Marxist state, including by putting USD 1 billion of Pyongyang's debt toward a railway line into South Korea. The move highlights Russia's Asian pivot and follows the multi-billion dollar energy deal with China.
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- Kremlin facing international image woes: new BBC poll finds little support for Russia globally
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- 12 years ago
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- A study released this week which was commissioned by the BBC has found that in all but a handful of countries, people around the world are viewing Russia under President Vladimir Putin in a more and more negative light. Among the six nations with a positive view of Russia is China, where around half of poll respondents look favourably upon the country.
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- Obama Backs Poroshenko: Ukraine's president-elect meets President Obama in Poland
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko has met US President Barack Obama and other world leaders in Warsaw to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of communism and to discuss how to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in March and its continued covert support for separatism in eastern Ukraine has left East-West relations at their lowest ebb since the Cold War.
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- Obama Backs Poroshenko: Ukraine's president-elect discusses Russia threat with US President
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- 12 years ago
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- U.S. President Barack Obama has endorsed Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko, offering Kyiv financial and security help and saying he was the right choice to lead the country locked in a stand-off with Moscow.
At their first meeting since the billionaire confectionary magnate was elected last month against a backdrop of armed clashes in Ukraine's east, Obama said he was impressed by Poroshenko's vision for pulling his nation out of crisis.
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- Criminal Crimea: Russian annexation presents attractive opportunities for Moscow mafia clans
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- 12 years ago
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- Russian criminals reportedly have their sights on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. The Black Sea territory, which was illegally annexed by the Kremlin earlier this year, now presents new opportunities for mafia bosses keen to expand their criminal operations such as drug smuggling and loan sharking.
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- US Air Force closes Kyrgyzstan base: Russia lobbied to end American presence in Central Asia
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The US Air Force has shut down its base in Manas, Kyrgyzstan following the country's move to seek closer ties with Russia. Since 2001, the base had been a key hub supporting America's Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
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- Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko meets US counterpart Barack Obama in Poland
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko has met US President Barack Obama and other world leaders in Warsaw to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of communism and to discuss how to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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- Russia Responds to European Criticism: Kremlin suspends Council of Europe ties over 'Russophobia'
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- 12 years ago
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- Russia has suspended cooperation with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe due to so-called 'Russophobia.' Moscow's decision was in response to sanctions imposed on its delegation by the council which followed the Kremlin's war-mongering in Ukraine.
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- Kremlin Trolls Invade International Media: Putin's sophisticated multimedia infowar against Ukraine
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- 12 years ago
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- Evidence is mounting that the Kremlin is carrying out an information war online against the West by hiring scores of Internet trolls to leave pro-Putin comments on articles and videos posted to news websites in an effort to shape public opinion about Russia and its policies.
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- Poland Honors Crimean Tatar Leader Mustafa Dzhemilev: Historic figure awarded Solidarity Prize
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- 12 years ago
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- The leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has been awarded the Solidarity Prize at a ceremony in Warsaw attended by US Secretary of State John Kerry and Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko. This is the first time that the prize, issued by Poland's foreign ministry, has been awarded. The 70-year-old Dzhemilev was a dissident during the Soviet era and has more recently protested against Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, an area which the Tatars consider their spiritual home.
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- East Ukraine Insurgency: Ukrainian troops clash with Kremlin-backed insurgents near Slovyansk
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's Defence Ministry has released footage showing Ukrainian military forces exchanging fire with pro-Russia separatists in the east of the country. Ukrainian officials say troops are engaged in a battle to retake the insurgent-held of Slovyansk, with losses reported on both sides. Ukraine says 2 of its servicemen have been killed bringing the total death toll of soldiers to 59 since unrest began in the east some two months ago.
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- East Ukraine Insurgents Suffer Heavy Losses: Ukrainian Army says 300 militants killed on 3 June
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukrainian military evacuating soldiers injured from fighting in Eastern regions Luhansk and Donetsk.
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- President Poroshenko Inauguration: EU chief Van Rompuy and America's Joe Biden confirm attendance
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's foreign ministry says that some 20 heads of state and government from around the world have confirmed their attendance at this Saturday's inauguration ceremony for Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko. On the guest list so far are the presidents of Poland and Lithuania alongside Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council.
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- East Ukraine Insurgency Deaths: Ukrainian Army in fresh gun battles with Kremlin-backed insurgents
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's Defence Ministry has released footage showing wounded soldiers being flown back to their base after what officials said was an "intense" gun battle in the rebellious eastern part of the country.
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- Georgia sprints to sign EU trade deal: Tbilisi looks westward amid Kremlin-backed Ukraine unrest
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- 12 years ago
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- In an attempt to break away from the Kremlin's sphere of influence the Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili has stated that he plans for his country to become a member of the European Union in 10 years' time.
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- Deadly day for Ukrainian Army in the Donbas: 2 killed and dozens injured in East Ukraine fighting
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's Defence Ministry releases footage that shows several wounded soldiers being pulled back to their base in eastern city of Krasny Lyman, after reported gun battles with pro-Russian militia.
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- Obama in Warsaw: US President underlines support for European NATO allies against Russian threat
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- 12 years ago
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- US President Barack Obama urged Russia to encourage peace in Ukraine during a trip to Poland. Obama is meeting with Polish leaders to commemorate 25 years since the election that brought Poland's solidarity movement to power.
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- Luhansk Blast Aftermath: Damage surveyed as insurgents repeat claims of Ukrainian airstrike
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- 12 years ago
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- Residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk have been left in shock a day after an explosion ripped through an administrative building that has been occupied for several weeks by pro-Russian separatists. The insurgents said eight people were killed and several injured in the blast which they said was the result of an air strike by the Ukrainian military.
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- Obama Rallies NATO Allies in Poland: President announces USD 1 billion boost for NATO in East Europe
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- 12 years ago
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- Speaking in Warsaw, US President Obama announced plans for an additional USD 1 billion to bolster military training and troop rotation in Europe, saying it will demonstrate his country's commitment to NATO.
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- Russia-Ukraine Gas Dispute: Negotiations with Gazprom continue over compromise price
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- 12 years ago
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- At Gazprom headquarters in Moscow the company's deputy chairman has said that it will continue negotiations with Ukraine over gas prices. Ukraine is locked in a dispute with the company though tensions have eased somewhat after Ukraine paid USD 768 million of its debt.
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- Ukraine's State Security Service gives Crimean Tatar leader Soviet archives on 1944 deportation
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- 12 years ago
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- The Ukrainian State Security Service (SBU) has given archive documents about the forcible deportation of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in 1944 to the Tatars' spiritual leader Mustafa Dzhemilev. The documents contain never-before-seen undercover reports and plans from the Soviet-era deportation of the ethnic minority from the Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea, according to Ukrainian news channel 24.
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- Hungarian PM Orban's autonomy request rejected: no special status for Ukrainian Hungarians
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- 12 years ago
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- Ukraine's deputy foreign minister has rejected a request by Hungary's premier to grant autonomy to Hungarians living within Ukraine's borders. The request by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, which has been widely criticised throughout Europe, was rejected on the grounds that it would undermine the unity and sovereignty of Ukraine
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- D-Day Anniversary in France: Putin to meet US and EU leaders for first time since Crimea invasion
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- 12 years ago
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- Elderly British and American veterans have gathered in the southern English naval port city of Portsmouth to begin a week-long series of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
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- Biden to Attend President Poroshenko Inauguration: US shows support for Ukraine's new president
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- 12 years ago
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- The White House has announced that US Vice President Joseph Biden will attend the inaugural ceremony in Kyiv for Ukraine's newly elected President Petro Poroshenko. The announcement is being seen as a show of support for Ukraine and its post-revolutionary leadership as Russia continues its refusal to cooperate with the new government.
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- Ukrainian army to continue anti-terror op: Ukraine accuses Russia of orchestrating insurgency
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- 12 years ago
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- Acting Ukrainian president Oleksander Turchynov has told parliament that the army has quelled a pro-Russian militia attack on a Ukrainian border post and that the country's "anti-terrorist" operation will crush rebellions in the Donbass region. Turchynov also made a thinly-veiled reference to Russia when he said that crimes being committed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions would be stopped "regardless of threats being heard to the east of our borders."
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- Poland prepares for Obama's Freedom Day speech: US President will meet Poroshenko in Warsaw
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- 12 years ago
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- Warsaw has been preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first free and democratic elections in Poland with US President Barack Obama scheduled to give an address on U.S.-European relations on Wednesday at the "Freedom Day" celebration.
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- Russian national accused of massive cybercrimes: US alleges suspect ran vast online crime ring
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- 12 years ago
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- US officials have indicted a Russian national for his alleged role in an online crime ring that has infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world with malicious software.
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- Qatar World Cup Faces FIFA Bribery Probe: Investigation into Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid
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- 12 years ago
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- Russia could lose its bid to host the 2018 World Cup football tournament if bribery allegations against Qatar force FIFA to strip the Gulf country of the 2022 tournament and begin the bidding process all over again.
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- Explosion in Luhansk: Residents survey damage amid contradictory accounts of alleged 'airstrike'
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- 12 years ago
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- Residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk were aghast a day after an explosion ripped through an administrative building that has been occupied for several weeks by pro-Russian separatists.
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- Obama Reassures European NATO Allies: US President promises to boost US Army regional presence
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- 12 years ago
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- U.S. President Barack Obama has landed in Poland on June 3 at the start of a four-day trip to Europe, meant to reassure allies that the United States will support them in the wake of the Russian intervention in Ukraine. Obama is expected to meet Ukraine's president-elect, Petro Poroshenko and address criticism that the US has not done enough to push back against Moscow after it annexed Crimea in March.
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- Obama in Poland for democracy anniversary: talks focus on implications of Russia's Ukraine invasion
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- 12 years ago
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- US President Barack Obama is in Poland today on a visit which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the first free elections which were held in the east European country after decades of communism. Alongside participation in 'Freedom Day' festivities the US President is also scheduled to meet Eastern European leaders during his trip including Ukraine's president-elect, Petro Poroshenko, and is expected to address criticism he has not done enough to push back against Moscow after it annexed the Ukrainian Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea in March.
