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Russian army readies return from Ukrainian border

Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 10:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

While unrest continued eastern Ukraine, Russian army units on Tuesday started dismantling their summer camps in the border regions in line with President Vladimir Putin's order, the Russian...

Activists: Death toll in Syria's war tops 160,000

Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 06:26 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The death toll in Syria's three-year conflict has climbed past 160,000, an activist group said Monday, a harrowing figure that reflects the relentless bloodletting in a civil war that appears no...

Flood surge threatens power plant near Belgrade

Monday, 19 May 2014, 19:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Serbian authorities ordered the urgent evacuation of 12 villages and towns along the raging Sava River on Monday, including one where soldiers, police and volunteers have been working around the clock...

Putin orders troops near Ukraine to return home

Monday, 19 May 2014, 14:08 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered troops deployed near Ukraine to return to their home bases and praised the launch of a dialogue between the Ukrainian government and its opponents...

Belgrade braces for flood surge

Monday, 19 May 2014, 11:52 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Belgrade braced for a river water surge Monday that threatened to inundate Serbia's main power plant and cause major power cuts in the crisis-stricken country as the Balkans struggle with the...

South Korea's president pushes for end of coast guard

Monday, 19 May 2014, 06:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

South Korea's president announced plans Monday to disband the coast guard and root out corruption and collusion between regulators and shipping companies that furious citizens believe...

Bosnia flooding triggers landslides, unearth mines

Sunday, 18 May 2014, 21:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Floodwaters triggered more than 3,000 landslides across the Balkans on Sunday, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines leftover from the region's 1990s war, along with...

Rogue Libyan general's troops attack parliament

Sunday, 18 May 2014, 17:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Forces loyal to a rogue Libyan general attacked the country's parliament Sunday, forcing lawmakers to flee an assault his spokesman said targeted Islamists there who protect the extremist militias...

Weary crews prepare for US long wildfire season

Sunday, 18 May 2014, 09:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Firefighters scoured charred hillsides north of San Diego on Saturday to guard against a resurgence of flames that ripped through the region, while the last of tens of thousands of evacuees prepared...

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