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Israeli court convicts ex-PM Olmert in bribery case

Israeli court convicts ex-PM Olmert in bribery case

An Israeli court convicted former prime minister Ehud Olmert on Monday of accepting a six-figure sum in bribes linked to a real-estate deal, probably ending any prospects of a political comeback, reuters reports. April 1 2014, 14:30 3 516 просмотрs

Russian energy giant hikes natural gas price for Ukraine

Russian energy giant hikes natural gas price for Ukraine

Russian energy giant Gazprom announced a sharp increase Tuesday in the price it charges Ukraine for natural gas, in a move that will heighten pressure on the interim government in Kiev, cnn reports. April 1 2014, 13:17 4 508 просмотрs

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa celebrates her 70th birthday at Covent Garden

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa celebrates her 70th birthday at Covent Garden

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden resounded to the words of Happy Birthday for one of its greatest stars. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa celebrated her 70th birthday in what was her first performance for 17 years, euronews reports. April 1 2014, 09:54 1 870 просмотрs

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev in Crimea visit

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev in Crimea visit

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is visiting Crimea - the most senior Russian official to travel there since it was annexed from Ukraine, bbc reports. March 31 2014, 18:54 3 508 просмотрs

Anne Hidalgo elected as Paris's first female mayor

Anne Hidalgo elected as Paris's first female mayor

Paris elected its first woman mayor last night, giving the Socialist deputy mayor, and favourite, Anne Hidalgo, 54, a comfortable victory despite the rout of the Left in other towns, independent.co.uk reports. March 31 2014, 15:30 2 278 просмотрs

North and South Korea exchange fire across western sea border

North and South Korea exchange fire across western sea border

North and South Korea have exchanged fire into the sea across the disputed western sea border, inform.kz reports citing South Korea media. March 31 2014, 11:18 2 930 просмотрs

Lavrov: Ukraine can't function as unified state

Lavrov: Ukraine can't function as unified state

Russia's foreign minister says Ukraine can't function as a "unified state" and should be a loose federation of regions that choose their own economic model, language and religion, newswest9.com reports. March 31 2014, 09:51 1 282 просмотрs

North Korea 'would not rule out' new nuclear test

North Korea 'would not rule out' new nuclear test

North Korea said Sunday it "would not rule out" a new nuclear test as it defended its recent mid-range missile launch that triggered international condemnation, cnn reports. March 31 2014, 09:41 1 362 просмотрs

Ukraine presidential election: The ‘Chocolate King’ vs the ‘Gas Princess’

Ukraine presidential election: The ‘Chocolate King’ vs the ‘Gas Princess’

Both of the main candidates for May’s presidential election in Ukraine have pro-Western ties, euronews reports. March 31 2014, 09:36 1 390 просмотрs

Obama urges Russia to move its troops away from Ukrainian border

Obama urges Russia to move its troops away from Ukrainian border

Russia could ease tensions with Ukraine if it were to move its troops away from its border with Ukraine and begin direct talks with the Kiev government, President Obama said in an interview aired Friday by CBS News, cnn reports. March 28 2014, 19:31 3 775 просмотрs

Cheese factory in Siberia closed after employees bathe in milk

Cheese factory in Siberia closed after employees bathe in milk

Russia’s Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service, Rospotrebnadzor, suspended the Cheese factory whose members bathed in milk, itar-tass reports on Friday, citing the press service. March 28 2014, 19:23 2 383 просмотрs

Ousted Yanukovych In Ukraine Referendums Call

Ousted Yanukovych In Ukraine Referendums Call

Every region of Ukraine should hold a vote to decide whether to break away, according to the country's ousted president, lbc.co.uk reports. March 28 2014, 16:11 3 319 просмотрs

Leaked recording shows Turkish officials discussing military aggression against Syria

Leaked recording shows Turkish officials discussing military aggression against Syria

A leaked recording has revealed Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkish officials discussing a plan to launch a military aggression on Syria in coordination between Turkish intelligence and armed terrorist groups in Syria, sana.sy reports. March 28 2014, 14:41 2 625 просмотрs

UN rejects Russian annexation of Crimea

UN rejects Russian annexation of Crimea

THE UN General Assembly has adopted a Western-backed resolution declaring Crimea's breakaway referendum illegitimate and refusing to recognise Russia's annexation of the peninsula, theaustralian.com.au reports. March 28 2014, 09:53 3 460 просмотрs

Philippines signs deal with Muslim rebels

Philippines signs deal with Muslim rebels

President Aquino and rebel leader Al Haj Murad Ebrahim praise deal while acknowledging challenges in implementation, aljazeera.com reports. March 27 2014, 17:19 2 142 просмотрs

UK threatened to shut down Guardian for printing Snowden leaks

UK threatened to shut down Guardian for printing Snowden leaks

British secret services threatened to shut down the Guardian newspaper as it was publishing its exposé of US massive surveillance based on Edward Snowden leaks. The story was the most difficult piece of reporting the paper has ever done, rt.com reports. March 27 2014, 12:57 2 340 просмотрs

Chinese President Xi Jinping on key Europe visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping on key Europe visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in the Netherlands on his first trip to Europe as leader, bbc reports. March 27 2014, 12:48 2 369 просмотрs

Ukraine agrees to 50% gas price hike amid IMF talks

Ukraine agrees to 50% gas price hike amid IMF talks

Ukraine's interim government says it will raise gas prices for domestic consumers by 50% in an effort to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid package, bbc reports. March 27 2014, 11:32 1 966 просмотрs

Ukraine crisis to dominate Obama EU talks

Ukraine crisis to dominate Obama EU talks

US President Barack Obama is in Brussels for talks with leaders of the European Union and Nato to discuss Ukraine and other transatlantic issues, bbc reports. March 26 2014, 18:42 1 406 просмотрs

Suspected Gulnara Karimova letter smuggled to BBC

Suspected Gulnara Karimova letter smuggled to BBC

Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's president, used to be one of the most powerful people in Central Asia. Last year she fell from grace - but remained active online until five weeks ago. Since then, she has been silent, bbc reports. March 26 2014, 14:34 2 657 просмотрs

Ukrainian military, defense experts downplay idea that Snowden helped Russia evade detection

Ukrainian military, defense experts downplay idea that Snowden helped Russia evade detection

Ukrainian experts have downplayed talk that Russian war planners evaded detection from America’s much-vaunted eavesdropping technologies because they were coached by Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency employee now living in exile in Russia for leaking information about top-secret American operations, kyivpost.com reports. March 26 2014, 10:47 1 584 просмотрs

Ukrainian court bans Russian TV broadcast

Ukrainian court bans Russian TV broadcast

The majority of Ukrainian providers have stopped broadcasting four main Russian TV channels in a move the Russian Foreign Ministry calls a violation of international obligations and an attack on media freedom, rt.com reports. March 26 2014, 10:23 2 405 просмотрs

U.S., other powers kick Russia out of G8

U.S., other powers kick Russia out of G8

President Barack Obama and other world leaders have decided to end Russia's role in the group of leading industrialized nations, the White House said Monday, cnn reports. March 25 2014, 11:18 3 122 просмотрs

Malaysia Airlines flight ‘ended’ in Indian Ocean, with no survivors

Malaysia Airlines flight ‘ended’ in Indian Ocean, with no survivors

The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared over two weeks ago crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, with no hope of any survivors, euronews reports. March 25 2014, 11:10 2 264 просмотрs

15 years on: Looking back at NATO's ‘humanitarian’ bombing of Yugoslavia

15 years on: Looking back at NATO's ‘humanitarian’ bombing of Yugoslavia

Exactly 15 years ago, on March 24, NATO began its 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia. The alliance bypassed the UN under a “humanitarian” pretext, launching aggression that claimed hundreds of civilian lives and caused a much larger catastrophe than it averted, rt.com reports. March 24 2014, 18:48 2 806 просмотрs