MOSCOW The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukrainian forces on Wednesday of responsibility for the “barbarous” killing of a Russian photojournalist and demanded an investigation. Andrei Stenin, 33, was confirmed dead earlier on Wednesday by his employers, state-run Rossiya Segodnya, or Russia Today, and by Russia’s Investigative Committee. He was the fourth Russian journalist killed in the conflict between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and had been missing since early August. The Investigative Committee said in a statement it believed Stenin was killed on Aug. 6 while travelling with a convoy of refugees that was fired on by Ukrainian tanks close to the town of Snizhne in the Donetsk region. “He did everything so that people, the whole world, knew the truth about the tragic events in Donetsk,” President Vladimir Putin said in a letter of condolence to Stenin’s mother published on the Kremlin website. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement citing evidence from Rossiya Segodnya that suggested “this is yet another barbarous crime committed by the Ukrainian military and National Guard” and demanding an impartial investigation. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE), a security and rights group, said it was appalled to hear of Stenin’s death and also called for an investigation. A senior Ukrainian Interior Ministry official, Anton Gerashchenko, said an investigation would not be possible until the Ukrainian authorities had access to the area where Stenin was killed. “Without access to the body, without specifying how he died, we will not be able to conduct such an investigation,” Gerashchenko told Ukrainian television channel 112. In addition to the Russian journalists killed covering the fighting between Kiev and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, an Italian journalist was killed in May.
KABUL Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah issued another ultimatum over the disputed election result, threatening to withdraw from all efforts to negotiate a solution to the deepening political crisis. Abdullah claims that fraud cheated him of victory in the June 14 election, and fears have risen of a return to unrest of the 1990s civil war after his supporters called on him to form a “parallel government”. As tensions threatened to boil over, the United States brokered a deal between Abdullah and his rival Ashraf Ghani in which they agreed to an audit of all eight million votes and the formation of a post-election national unity government.But Abdullah’s spokesman Fazel Aqa Hussain Sancharaki said his team was on the brink of abandoning both parts of the deal — potentially plunging Afghanistan’s first democratic transfer of power into further turmoil. “Our patience is running out, any announcement of results made by the fraudulent election commission will be rejected by us,” Sancharaki said. “We are setting this deadline — that if tomorrow our logical demands of transparent auditing and an honest political process are not met, we will completely boycott the whole process.” Last week Abdullah pulled out of the audit, but had said difficult negotiations on the national unity government were still under way.
ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a joint session of parliament on Tuesday as a deepening crisis over violent protests demanding his resignation prompted fears of an army intervention. Sharif enjoys a solid majority in parliament and by convening both houses he seeks to reaffirm that he is fully in control. His office said parliament would be in session all week to discuss the
SUVA Fiji revealed for the first time on Tuesday that the demands being made by al-Qaida-linked Syria rebels who took more than 40 UN peacekeepers hostage in the Golan Heights last week. Fiji army chief Mosese Tikoitoga said the rebels wanted their organisation, the al-Qaida affiliate al-Nusra Front, to be removed from the UN’s list of terrorist organisations. He said they also wanted humanitarian aid sent to a small town which is an
Fashionist as often try to break the norm when it comes to accessorizing. Instead of the usual jewellery, a little experimenting can go a long way in upping one’s style quotient. PETER PAN COLLAR: One of the vintage style statements has been the Peter Pan collar. Actress Katherine McNamara recently showed how this sequined Peter Pan collar doubled up as a piece of jewellery too at a red carpet ceremony, as she had opted for a heavily texturized
SAREE FOR TALL WOMEN: If you are tall then I am sure you would not like to be looked like a tall pillar. In this case you should buy or choose such saree which outlook you tall height. For example you should choose a saree with bold colors, large prints and broad & heavy borders, as this will not let your excess height being noticed. Saree with large prints also good to make you look shorter than you are.Cotton Saree, Raw Silk Saree and Pure Silk Saree are also ideal. Sheer Sarees with net & lace work and embellished with heavy border gives taller and slim women gorgeous and sexier look. The sarees with heavy borders in contrast are quite trendy these days.Tall and slim women have more option to choose from saris. SAREE FOR SHORT WOMEN: While selecting saree for a short woman one thing should be kept in mind, and that is, you should choose a saree which creates an apparition of length. A saree with light colors, short borders
‘IDENTITY CARD EK LIFELINE’ WINS 3 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS Film `Identity Card - Ek Lifeline’, the bravest film from India on Kashmir has recently won 3 International Awards at the San Francisco Global Movie Festival for Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor. The film releases on 29th August 2014 in 48 countries. Identity Card is an independent film, which has so far travelled internationally and applauded as well. One of the leading publications in UK quoted the film as “Identity card is the bravest film which has come out of India in recent times”. A German newspaper critic titled it as “Milestone in the path of changing cinema in India’ and Aseem Chhabra, popular film critic and director of New York Indian Film Festival says in his review “An important film that explores the complexities of the Kashmir situation with a touch of humour and irony!” “Film viewers have seen the locational beauty of Kashmir so far; let them see the real story straight from the heart of Kashmir - a
Quite a rage among international celebs like Madonna and Demi Moore, here are reasons why you should drink fresh nariyal paani regularly.
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