MOSCOW, (MILLAT+Agence France-Presse) – Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. In a statement carried late Monday by local news agencies, the Russian defence ministry said servicemen Maxim Odintsov and Alexander Baranov were “illegally detained and removed […]
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Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea
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Violent weekend in southern Mexico leaves 24 people dead
ACAPULCO, Mexico, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): At least 24 people, some bearing signs of torture, were killed in a series of incidents over the weekend in Mexico’s violence-plagued southern state of Guerrero, officials have said. Faced with an uptick in bloodshed the state governor held an “urgent session” with army commanders and federal and state police in an […]
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17 killed, 37 injured in North China pile-up
TAIYUAN, (MILLAT+APP/Xinhua): A total of 17 people died and 37 others were injured after 56 vehicles pile-up on a Beijing-Kunming expressway in north China’s Shanxi Province Monday. The accident happened at 9 am Monday due to snow and rainy weather. The injured people are in stable condition after treatment, according to local authorities on Tuesday […]
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Bandit leaves cheeky clue for Australian police
SYDNEY, (MILLAT+Agence France-Presse) – Australian detectives have been left with a cheeky clue after discovering that a large print on a glass door at a crime scene came from someone’s bare buttocks. Police in Victoria state believe the “bum bandit” was with two others when they did the “full moon” during a break-in at a […]
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Strong quake hits Japan, triggers Fukushima tsunami
TOKYO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan on Tuesday, sparking panic and triggering a tsunami including a one-metre (three-foot) wave that crashed ashore at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. National broadcaster NHK urged residents to “flee immediately” to higher ground, reminding viewers to heed the lessons of the “Great East Japan Earthquake”. […]
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Pile-up on Chinese motorway kills 17: Xinhua
BEIJING, (MILLAT+Agence France-Presse) – A huge pile-up on a Chinese motorway killed at least 17 people when a total of 56 vehicles crashed into each other in winter weather, state media said Tuesday. The accident happened in snow and rainy weather in the northern province of Shanxi, on an expressway linking Beijing with Kunming, the […]