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Der Spiegels Christian Neef: ���On May 9, Russia is holding an enormous military parade to commemorate the end of World War II 70 years ago. With tensions between Russia and the West high, most European Union leaders��.
Russia stages wars victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine
MOSCOW Thousands of troops marched across Moscows Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, an event boycotted by Western leaders over Russias role in the Ukraine crisis.
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But the state was having difficulty collecting. Now, however, the parliaments amendment of the law allows Ukraine to reap dividends where before this was blocked by 42% owner Kolomoiskiy. Minister of Energy and Coal Volodymyr Demchyshyn comments .
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Residents of one of Brazils most dangerous slums launched a street protest on Monday against a recent increase in violence. They say that at least one person is shot by police in Rio de Janeiros Mare favela complex every day. They claim innocent .
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On the limits of a treaty for protection, he noted that Russia had signed an agreement in 1994 with the United States and Britain not to threaten or use force against Ukraines territorial integrity or political independence, or exercise economic coercion. But, he noted, if Ukraine cannot. UKRAINE is on the brink of war following Moscows decision to send troops into the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a development which is threatening peace in Europe. Global leaders��.
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Other members of the P5+1 group ��� China, Russia, France, Britain and Germany ��� were mostly silent in their reaction to news of the letter to Iran. There were no. The moderate media focused instead of Zarifs rebuke. But what really. Capitol.
Drones, by the numbers - Reuters
As this Reuters graphic shows, according to data compiled by the New America Foundation, drone and cruise missiles have been a part of the global anti-militant campaign since 2002, with 396 total strikes taking place in Pakistan and 118 occurring in Yemen. The frequency of strikes. Moscow uses tanks, Berlin words in World War Two commemorations. By Lucian Kim. 9 May 2015, 11:47 am. Russia stages WW2 victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine��.
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Egypt court sentences former president Mubarak and sons to three years in jail over corruption (Reuters). Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit. [Live] Russia holds biggest ever military parade to mark Victory Day. 09/05 11:08. Ukraine joins Europe in marking end of World War II. 09/05 03:51. There is strong domestic competition for American rocket engines after the US imposed sanctions on Russia for annexing Ukraines Crimea peninsula. NASA also has been��.
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For the previous weeks issue on divergent Russian media coverage of the Odessa tragedy; attacks on Moscows LGBT parade, hate signs, and neo-Nazis marching on May Day; corruption, profit loss, and cuts in service at Russian.. 1635 GMT: Utro.ru and numerous other Russian and Ukrainian news sites carried the news this morning that Maksim Ksenzov, deputy head of Romkomnadzor, the state media monitoring agency that serves as censor, threatened to��.
Karabakhization of eastern Ukraine as Russia embraces.
At this stage, with Crimea already gone and eastern regions rebelling successfully against Kiev, some in the West may actually be seeking to draw Russia fully into the conflict. The intent obviously is to entrap Moscow. Having already made similar mistakes in recent memory, Moscow is recognizing the potential risks of getting caught in the middle of a civil war in which Russian troops get bogged-down in a long, guerrilla-style warfare. Even if Western powers prove��.
Controversy over footage recovered from Germanwings plane crash
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Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari has so far defied expectations and extended his lead in Nigerias presidential election. The former military ruler but now born-again democrat has notched up more than 12 million votes. Thats compared to the 10 .
Serbia, Hungary demand help from EU to stem migrant exodus from Kosovo
Serbia and Hungary are demanding the European Union does more to stop what they described as an ���exodus of migrants��� from Kosovo. More than 30,000 have been discovered in Hungary since September, compared with just 6,000 for the whole of 2013.
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07/05/2015 - Es ist ein Trauerspiel: Das dritte Jahr in Folge muss der Parit��tische Gesamtverband seinen Armutsbericht mit dieser Botschaft er��ffnen: Noch nie war die Armut in Deutschland so hoch wie derzeit... Reuters �� Russia stages WW2 victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine 9 May 2015. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of troops marched across Moscows Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the 70th anniversary of victory��.
Italian Coast Guard rescues more migrants in the Mediterranean
More migrants have been rescued by the Italian Coast Guard in the Mediterranean. Around 600 have been picked up by several ships, some 200 or more were recovered in Libyan waters and a further 300 off the coast of Calabria. The rescues were carried .
Drones, by the numbers
Drones tend not to be seen as especially funny. Still, the Daily Shows Jon Stewart was able to extract some humor from them after a government employee crashed a toy drone on the White House lawn at 3 a.m. this week. As this Reuters graphic shows, .
N. Korea Says Has Power to Deter US Nuclear Threat
GENEVA���. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong said on Tuesday that his country had the power to deter an ���ever-increasing nuclear threat��� by the United States with a preemptive strike if necessary. His rare speech at the U.N.-backed Conference on .
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Its legitimate for the state to take steps to prevent this, but imprisoning the mother-to-be doesnt seem very constructive, and neither was imposing conditions that caused her to lose her job. The absence... The US military is so powerful that no rival can defeat it, but when used, instead of a victory it achieves devastation. 22 October... Snowden explains how he made sure Russia could not get any US secrets from him: he got rid of all his secret files before he went to Moscow. He also��.
Ukraine President Dissolves Parliament, Russian Tanks.
KIEV (Reuters) ��� Ukraine accused Russia on Monday of sending soldiers across the border to open a new front in the separatist war that has devastated the east of the country and provoked the gravest East-West crisis since the fall of... rebels parade captured soldiersKIEV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraines president on Monday dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continues to battle a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions.
US missile defense in Europe real threat to Russia
It is not positioned on the borders with a resurgent Russia nor would any of its buffer states such as Ukraine and Belarus.. The situation completely changes with the realization of the third and fourth stages of the missile defense, said Lt. Gen... Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday his nation would enhance its stockpile of nuclear weapons if it reaches no agreement with the United States to collaborate on a European antimissile framework, Reuters reported��.
Climate change deal agreed by UN members at Lima talks
Nations gathered for the COP20 summit in Lima, Peru since December 1 have agreed measures to tackle global warming. A four-page draft document is the first step towards a global climate deal to be agreed next year in Paris. ���Let me tell you that as a.
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While 100,000 marched in official May Day parade on Red Square with aggressive patriotic messages, an LGBT contingent that tried to stage a parade was attacked first by Russian Orthodox activists then detained by police. If in Mussolinis... ���Such actions [in Odessa-gazeta.ru] recall the crimes of the Nazis, from which the Ukrainian ultra-nationalists draw their ideological inspiration,��� said Amb. Vitaly Churkin, Russias permanent representative to the UN. Churkin��.
Russian Victory Day Celebrations Draw Rebuke from Ukraine
Russian Victory Day Celebrations Draw Rebuke from Ukraine. Reuters; May. 09 2015 15:40; Last edited 15:40. Thousands of troops marched across Moscows Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the. Russias Vladimir Putin has used the anniversary to whip up patriotism and fuel anti-Western sentiment, and at a parade in Kiev President Petro Poroshenko said Moscow was trying to hog the credit for the World War Two victory at Ukraines expense.
Heralding the Rise of Russia: Driving a Sunni wedge in the.
Similar to what we saw attempted in Syria, what is going on in Iraq is a proxy war in which Iranian interests (and to a lesser degree Russian interests) are battling a conglomeration of Western, Arabian, Turkish, Kurdish and Jewish interests... In the big geostrategic picture, what is happening in Iraq today can be accurately characterized as a Western/Saudi Arabian effort to drive a Sunni wedge into the Shiite Arc. This arc (also known as a victorious arc of Iranian��.
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Ever since Mr Ronaldo was transferred to Real Madrid in 2009 for a then-record fee of ��80m ($130m at the time), setting the stage for him and Mr Messi to square off at least twice a year, they have been regarded by common consent... Russia stages wars victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine May 9, 2015; More than 100 Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen: Houthis May 9, 2015; North Korea boasts firing ballistic missile from subs in new potential threat May 9, 2015��.
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Netanyahus Decisive Win Draws Partisan US Response
WASHINGTON���. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu savors his partys decisive victory in parliamentary elections, U.S. lawmakers are reacting along party lines while analysts are more circumspect. It was unclear Wednesday how the win will.
Putin says Russia to stop South Stream gas pipeline project
They are consumers after all,��� the Russian president said. Moscow had previously accused Brussels of seeking to halt South Stream, funded by Russian state giant Gazprom, because of political differences over Ukraine. Turkeys president sought.
Pope moves slain Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero nearer to sainthood
The civil war, one of the Cold Wars most brutal conflicts, claimed some 75,000 lives before it ended with a peace agreement in 1992. The beatification is expected to take place in El Salvador but the Vatican did not say when. Speaking to reporters.
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Ukraine: Poroshenko confirms significant heavy weapon pullback by pro-Russia.
Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko says he accepts that pro-Russian rebels have withdrawn a ���significant��� amount of heavy weaponry from the front-lines in the east. Speaking in a televised interview, he also said that government forces had withdrawn.
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