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2nd Czech government minister targeted with deadly poison envelope

2nd Czech government minister targeted with deadly poison envelope

Nov 28, – The Czech Interior Ministry will tighten security at government offices after unknown culprits sent envelopes with deadly doses of poison to two ministries in recent days, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said on Friday. The two poisoned letters were intercepted before reaching the addressees and no one was hurt. They envelopes were sent […]

November 28, 2014 | By | Reply More
British Muslims raise concern over new controversial anti-terror law

British Muslims raise concern over new controversial anti-terror law

Nov 26, – British Muslim rights groups and ordinary faithful said they felt singled out by a tough new anti-terror law unveiled on Wednesday, labelling the planned legislation divisive and rushed. While there is agreement on the need to prevent would-be British jihadists from joining the ranks of the Islamic State group, there is also […]

November 26, 2014 | By | Reply More
Three more Ukrainian soldiers killed as fighting rages in east

Three more Ukrainian soldiers killed as fighting rages in east

Nov 24, – Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the past 24 hours in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east despite a ceasefire in place since early September, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. Ukraine lost four other serviceman on Saturday, and the death toll among Ukrainian soldiers since the ceasefire came […]

November 24, 2014 | By | Reply More
UK: Government threat to close eight Muslim schools in London

UK: Government threat to close eight Muslim schools in London

Nov 22, – Britain scurries to combat extremism on its home front, eight independent Muslim schools are being threatened with closure as their education curriculum is said to expose students to radical Islamist ideology, a local newspaper reported Friday. Chief Schools Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw warned that the students in these schools could be “vulnerable […]

November 22, 2014 | By | Reply More
Battered, Greece faces years to recoup recession

Battered, Greece faces years to recoup recession

Nov 15, – The women volunteer at a charity clinic that recycles drugs sent by relatives of dead cancer patients, recovering stroke victims, or new mothers who overstocked on baby formula. In a tiny, windowless storeroom, elderly women sort through items normally destined for the trash. It’s an unlikely place to be saving lives. The […]

November 15, 2014 | By | Reply More
Ukraine crisis deepens as Russia beefs up patrols of nuclear-capable bombers

Ukraine crisis deepens as Russia beefs up patrols of nuclear-capable bombers

Nov 13, – Boiling tensions with the West over the Ukrainian crisis prompted Russia to flex its military might Wednesday by expanding patrols of its nuclear-capable bombers all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Russia’s decision to beef up regular patrol missions by its long-range bombers from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean came […]

November 13, 2014 | By | Reply More
Ukraine violence flares as ceasefire collapses, 8,000 Russian troops now in Donetsk

Ukraine violence flares as ceasefire collapses, 8,000 Russian troops now in Donetsk

Nov 12, – Gunfire crackles and flames scar battlefields in eastern Ukraine — signs, officials warn, of a crumbling ceasefire in the volatile region. And there’s new fear that the long simmering battle may be about to explode to a deadly new level. The ceasefire is in name only at this point, “The violence continues […]

November 12, 2014 | By | Reply More
Fears of all-out Ukraine war grow as military vehicles move towards Donetsk

Fears of all-out Ukraine war grow as military vehicles move towards Donetsk

Nov 10, – New columns of tanks, trucks and heavy artillery have rumbled towards the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk as fears grow of a return to all-out fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian separatist leader met senators in Moscow after elections condemned by the US and the European Union, which warned it could […]

November 10, 2014 | By | Reply More
EU foreign policy chief says ‘We need a Palestinian state’

EU foreign policy chief says ‘We need a Palestinian state’

Nov 08, – The European Union lent support Saturday to Palestinian statehood efforts with the bloc’s new foreign affairs chief saying a Palestinian state was needed to prevent a repeat of this year’s Gaza war. “We need a Palestinian state — that is the ultimate goal and this is the position of all the European […]

November 8, 2014 | By | Reply More
Escalating crisis: Tank column crosses from Russia into Ukraine

Escalating crisis: Tank column crosses from Russia into Ukraine

Nov 07, – A column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer artillery systems and trucks carrying ammunition and fighters has crossed into eastern Ukraine from Russia, the Kiev military said on Friday. “The deployment continues of military equipment and Russian mercenaries to the front lines,” spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing referring to Thursday’s […]

November 7, 2014 | By | Reply More