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Russia sanctions 'do not have a deterrent effect'
CNBC A few days after Europe's leaders announced a ceasefire in Ukraine, the European Union issued a new list of sanctions this week against separatists in the region as well as Russian military leaders and politicians. But experts who spoke with CNBC cast ... Canada increases sanctions against Russia as key Ukrainian rail hub falls to ...National Post Ukraine: US accuses Russia of breaching ceasefire after fighting at key townThe Guardian US hasn't exhausted toolkit on Russia sanctions: energy envoyYahoo News Telegraph.co.uk -Washington Post all 4,962 news articles » |
Silvio Berlusconi has spent hundreds of thousands of euros on 21 young women, to ensure their silence over events at his “bunga bunga” parties, Italian prosecutors allege, as they prepare to wrap up the probe that could see the mogul indicted for judicial corruption – and therefore facing charges of tampering with witnesses.
The US has suspended the decision on whether to send heavy weapons to Ukraine while waiting to see whether an agreement signed last week in Minsk would lead to an end to the violence, the American envoy to Nato has disclosed.
US Diplomat: North Korean Regime Lacks Legitimacyby webdesk@voanews.com (Yeon Cheol Lee)
A senior U.S. diplomat says the North Korean regime lacks legitimacy because of the hardship it causes to its citizens. At a conference on North Korea this week, Robert King, the U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, said the communist country continues to make human rights violations despite international concerns. “When you look at North Korea, what it has done, and the lack of support it has in the international community, there is no question it does not have the legitimacy it seeks and claims that it has,” King said. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based think tank, hosted the conference Tuesday to mark the one year anniversary of a report by the United Nation’s Commission of Inquiry (COI), which accused North Korea of committing crimes against humanity. The conference in Washington drew strong protests from Pyongyang. The North Korean Permanent Mission to the U.N. issued a statement condemning the event, calling it a “political human rights plot” against the country. Recently, Pyongyang launched an aggressive campaign to counter international criticisms over the country’s human rights record. It has also challenged some of testimony given to the U.N. panel, which prompted a prominent North Korean defector to retract part of his story. Shin Dong-hyuk, a former inmate of a North Korean political prison camp, admitted publicly that part of his story about life in prison was not completely accurate. Michael Kirby, a retired Australian judge who headed COI investigation, said the U.N. report still stands despite controversy over Shin’s testimony, stressing Shin’s actions are “immaterial” to the report’s overall conclusion. Kirby called on the U.N. Security Council to refer the North Korean human rights issue to the International Criminal Court. Last December, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the council to consider referring the issue to the international court. Former U.S. Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Public Affairs Kurt Campbell, South Korea’s Ambassador for Human Rights Jong-Hoon Lee and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK Marzuki Darusman also spoke at Tuesday’s event. Two North Korean defectors told their stories. Jee Abbey Lee contributed to this report, which was produced in collaboration with the VOA Korean service
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Amid heavy fighting, Ukrainian soldiers were ordered to retreat from the strategic town of Debaltseve, where they had been surrounded by Russian-backed rebels.
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Russia Economy Moves Further Toward Recession
Wall Street Journal MOSCOW—Economic data published Wednesday showed Russia's economy moving further toward recession under the weight of Western sanctions and a sharp decline in the price for oil, its main source of hard currency. Although the rate of inflation is ... Russia Recession Seen as Key Growth Indicators PlummetThe Moscow Times all 5 news articles » |
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Some of the soldiers were agitated, others euphoric. Shouts of “Glory to Ukraine” went up, and victory salutes were brandished. Yet their posturing seemed hollow, given the operation they were engaged in: Ukraine’s withdrawal from Debaltseve, after days of fighting against Russian-backed rebels in the strategic town.
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Дебальцево полностью под контролем ополчения
BFM.Ru В южной части города разрозненные группы военных пытаются оказывать сопротивление. Ополченцы ищут и блокируют эти группы, сказал Басурин. Дебальцево полностью перешло под контроль подразделений ополчения, заявил представитель минобороны ДНР Эдуард Басурин. Об ... Ополченцы установили полный контроль над ДебальцевымНТВ.ru Ополченцы сообщили о полном переходе Дебальцево под контроль ДНРРБК ДНР: Дебальцево полностью находится под контролем ополченияРоссийская Газета Маяк -Независимая газета -ФОКУС Все похожие статьи: 1 812 » |
U.S. University Reverses Ban On Iranian Science Studentsby noreply@rferl.org (Golnaz Esfandiari)
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst says it will accept Iranian students into its science and engineering programs.
Since last summer, the price of many goods in Russia has risen considerably, in some cases several-fold. However, according to opinion polls, many Russians refuse to accept the fact that the country has entered a crisis. Olga Melnikova analyzes this public reaction.
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Порошенко хочет пригласить на Украину миротворцев ООН
РБК Президент Украины Петр Порошенко заявил, что предложит СНБО Украины пригласить в страну миротворческую миссию ООН. По словам украинского лидера, «полицейская миссия Евросоюза» - это лучший формат для Киева. Президент Украины Петр Порошенко. Фото: AP. СНБО Украины решил обратиться в ООН и к ЕС по развертыванию на Украине полицейской миссииКоммерсантъ Киев обратится в ООН по развертыванию на Украине полицейской миссииРИА Новости СНБО пригласит на Украину полицейскую миссию ООН и ЕСLenta.ru BBC Russian -Московский комсомолец Все похожие статьи: 245 » |
Lengthy Legal Battle Looms Over Obama Immigration Orderby webdesk@voanews.com (Michael Bowman)
President Barack Obama’s executive order shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation was supposed to go into effect this week, but it is on hold after a U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked the initiative. As VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, the legal battle is far from over, and while it proceeds, backers and opponents of the president’s unilateral order show no signs of wavering on their positions.
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Telegraph view: The weakening of the Minsk Two peace deal shows that the West must be prepared for any crisis
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Defence Secretary warns Nato resolve could be tested as Ukraine ceasefire unravels
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ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — When the order to retreat came over the radio Wednesday, most of the Ukrainian troops under siege in Debaltseve abandoned their heavy weapons, blew up their ammunition, and then fled in convoys of trucks as pro-Russian forces shot at them along the way.Read full article >>
Obama Tries to Split Religion From Terrorism at Summit
Bloomberg In this March 30, 2014, file photo, Islamic State group militants hold up their flag as they patrol in a commandeered Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Photograph via AP Photo ... and more » |
The Al-Merced NGO said the woman was arrested in Albuhamal, in the east of Syria, along with two men who tried to protect her, for apparently breaking the strict dress code set out by ISIS.
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Ukraine forces retreat from besieged rail junction in Debaltseve
Los Angeles Times Ukraine withdrew its troops from the strategic encircled railway junction of Debaltseve on Wednesday after weeks of fierce fighting against pro-Russia separatists, the country's president announced. President Petro Poroshenko told the nation in televised ... Ukraine crisis: Government forces retreat from rebels in Debaltseve after ...The Independent Ukraine Troops Pull Out of Besieged Eastern Town of DebaltseveNDTV Ukraine troops retreat from key town of DebaltseveBBC News The Guardian -New York Times-Kyiv Post all 4,664 news articles » |
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The director of the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, will head the country's delegation at a summit on countering violent extremism hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, FSB said on Wednesday.
Troop withdrawal is humiliation for the government, diplomats say
Cannabis 'munchies' explained by new researchby Hannah Devlin, science correspondent
Scientists have shown the urge to eat after smoking is caused by cannabinoids hijacking brain cells that normally suppress appetite
Besides making a bongo drum sound inexplicably magical and enhancing a person’s ability to talk nonsense for extended periods of time, generations of cannabis smokers will recognise the “munchies” as one of the drug’s most reliable side-effects.
Now scientists have shown that the insatiable urge to eat after smoking is caused by cannabinoids hijacking brain cells that normally suppress appetite. The study suggests that cannabis causes the brain to produce a different set of chemicals that transform the feeling of fullness into a hunger that is never quite satisfied.
Continue reading...Pussy Riot Protests Police Abuse In Video Tribute To Eric Garner by noreply@rferl.org (Luke Johnson)
The Russian punk art collective Pussy Riot has released its first English-language video, a tribute to an African-American who died after being placed in a chokehold by a New York police officer.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stepped up his criticism on Wednesday of his European allies for their policy of seeking to isolate Moscow over its intervention in Ukraine, naming top EU official Donald Tusk as one of its backers.
Surrounded Ukrainian forces are beginning to pull out of the besieged eastern city of Debaltseve after several days of fierce battles with pro-Russia separatists.
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The West is not alone in struggling to understand why young men like Islam Yaken, raised in homes that would never condone violence, are joining the Islamic State.
Jeb Bush attacks Obama's foreign policy and insists: 'I am my own man' by Tom McCarthy in New York
Prospective 2016 candidate criticises Obama for entering into talks with Iran and says ‘everywhere you look, the world is slipping out of control’
Warning that “everywhere you look, you see the world slipping out of control,” Jeb Bush mounted a harsh attack on the foreign policy of President Obama Wednesday, in a speech that appeared to be a next step in a carefully choreographed rollout of a 2016 presidential bid.
Addressing a crowd of about 800 at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Bush described a foreign policy vision that was sharply at odds with Obama’s, and more subtly divergent from that of his brother, President George W Bush.
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Poland will pay damages to two former detainees at a secret detention center operated some years ago on Polish soil by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
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Obama Chooses Joseph Clancy to Head the Secret Service
New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama has decided to appoint Joseph P. Clancy, who has guided the Secret Service on an interim basis for the last four months, to lead the agency permanently,the White House announced Wednesday. In appointing Mr. Clancy, ... RONALD KESSLER: Obama guarantees Secret Service failingsWashington Times Obama taps insider Clancy to lead the Secret Service Federal Times Obama picks new Secret Service director McClatchy Washington Bureau America Herald-AOL News-Reuters all 229 news articles » |
Court found Poland violated international law by allowing CIA to host a secret facility where Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri were tortured
Poland will comply with a court order to pay $262,000 to two Guantánamo Bay inmates, foreign minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Wednesday, as reparations for the country’s role in hosting a CIA black site where the men were tortured.
“We have to do it,” Schetyna said in an interview on Trójka Polish Radio, “because we are a country that abides laws.” He said the money would be paid out within a month, though questions remain surrounding details of the settlements.
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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- The city of Ferguson is attracting a large pool of applicants to police jobs, including minority candidates seeking the position left vacant by the resignation of Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, the mayor said....
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Kyrgyz Medical Academy Scandal Widens After Staff Jostle RFE/RL Journalistsby noreply@rferl.org (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, Frud Bezhan)
A corruption scandal involving a Kyrgyz medical academy has widened after staff jostled with an RFE/RL camera crew.
Muammar Gaddafi's chilling ominous surfaces as Islamic State take control of large parts of his former country and threaten to flood Europe with half a million migrants and hide among them.
Yes, Obama, The Killers Were Muslim
The American Conservative President Obama has been playing some delicate word games regarding recent atrocities committed by Muslims in the name of Islam. In a recent interview with Vox, he described the slaughtering of Jews in a Paris kosher supermarket as an act of “random” ... and more » |
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras secured enough parliamentary votes on Wednesday for his nominee to become the country's next president.
Obama to Outline Programs to Counter Lure of Extremist Groups Like ISIS by By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
In a speech, President Obama is discussing how to stop groups like the Islamic State from recruiting disaffected young people.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that Israeli officials had mischaracterized U.S. negotiations on Iran's nuclear program and criticized what it called "a continued practice of cherry-picking" and leaking information out of context.
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Former chief political commentator says in resignation letter he learned Harry Wilson’s article was swiftly removed ‘even though there were no legal problems’
One of the things Peter Oborne, the Daily Telegraph’s former chief political commentator, alleged in his outspoken resignation article was that a story about financial analysts claiming there was a “black hole” in HSBC’s accounts was removed from the paper’s website.
Oborne said he had learned that the online story, by the Telegraph’s then banking editor Harry Wilson, was swiftly removed from the website “even though there were no legal problems”.
Continue reading...Ukrainian soldiers share horrors of Debaltseve battle after stinging defeatby Alec Luhn in Artemivsk, and Oksana Grytsenko in Luhanske
Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers retreat from strategic town taken by pro-Russia separatists, leaving their dead and wounded comrades behind
A long line of military vehicles crawled north on the highway leading out of the abandoned government positions in Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine, pulling a motley assortment of half-destroyed ambulances, trucks without wheels and tanks without treads.
Those soldiers who had managed to get out of the ruins of the besieged town were immediately recognisable, their wide eyes staring out from a thick coating of grime as they waited for buses to take them back to Artemivsk. A group of national guardsmen fired their Kalashnikov assault rifles in the air to celebrate their close escape.
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Defeated Ukrainians take the 'road of life' on their retreat from Debaltseve
Telegraph.co.uk They came on trucks, on foot, and perched on the top of battered armoured personnel carriers. The Ukrainian retreat from Debaltseve began early in the morning, and continued all day. Late into the afternoon, artillery, armour, and soft-skinned lorries trickled ... and more » |
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Ukrainian troops pulled out of the flashpoint eastern town of Debaltseve on Wednesday after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a "clear violation" of an internationally-ba...
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he did not think punitive measures imposed on Iran would be lifted as part of his country’s talks with world powers.
The prosecutor said that five teenagers accused of overturning as many as 250 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery confessed and made pro-Nazi remarks.
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Exclusive footage obtained by Sky News shows rebels armed with assault rifles and RPGs in a gunfight with Ukrainian forces.
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In the biggest stash ever found in the area, gleaming 1000-year-old gold coins have been found on the sea bed in Israel. Report by Claire Lomas.
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Ukraine conflict: Russia rebuffs new Canadian sanctions as 'awkward'
CBC.ca Russia has rebuffed Canada's new sanctions against Moscow, calling them an "awkward attempt" to prevent implementation of the eastern Ukrainian ceasefire agreement. "We hope that Ottawa will reconsider the consequences of its actions that continue to ... UNSC endorses new cease-fire on Ukraine crisisZee News UN calls for end to Ukraine fightingSky News Australia all 94 news articles » |
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Islamic State lays claim to North African outpost
swissinfo.ch ALGIERS/CAIRO (Reuters) - The images match the worst of Islamic State's atrocities: black-clad fighters and an English-speaking jihadist taunt the West before slaughtering their victims in orange jumpsuits on a Libyan beach. Their masked leader turns to the ... and more » |
A Year Later, Kyiv Uprising Victims Still Wait for Justiceby webdesk@voanews.com (Daniel Schearf)
Nineteen-year-old Roman Guryk was a bit of a rebel, but he cared deeply about his two younger sisters, his friends and a European future for Ukraine. A year ago, he gathered with thousands of other anti-government protesters near the Hotel Ukraine in central Kyiv. When they came under fire, Roman helped evacuate the wounded, his father, Igor, said recently as he walked in front of the same hotel. “The second time he came up, there was a group of people, eight or 10, and he came with...
Obama taps 'insider' to run embattled secret serviceby Alan Yuhas in New York
Joseph Clancy, a 27-year veteran of service who took over as acting head in October, has weathered criticism despite calls for outsider to provide fresh start
Barack Obama named Joseph Clancy as the new head of the secret service on Wednesday, promoting the interim director of the agency to a permanent role in charge of the embattled security detail.
Clancy, 59, took over as acting head of the agency in October when his predecessor, Julia Pierson, resigned after agents allowed several embarrassing breaches, including failing to stop a man with a knife from climbing the White House fence, sprinting across the lawn and then running 80ft into the president’s home.
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