Wednesday, February 11, 2015

​‘Last chance’ Ukraine peace talks to start in Minsk

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A member of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic stands guard near a destroyed vehicle at a bus station after shelling in Donetsk, February 11, 2015. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
​‘Last chance’ Ukraine peace talks to start in Minsk 
Leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany are expected to gather in Minsk, Belarus, for what is widely viewed as a last attempt to stop the violence in Eastern Ukraine. The talks come as deaths continue to pile up in the civil war-torn nation.  1289
A-10 jet (Reuters/U.S. Air Force)Pentagon deploys A-10 attack jets, 300 pilots to Germany amid Ukraine turmoil 
The US Air Force dispatched a dozen A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jets and about 300 airmen to Germany as part of a military exercise, which is expected to involve NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid simmering tensions over Ukraine.  625



A man walks close to the flags of France, Russia, Germany, Ukraine and Belarus at the presidential residence in Minsk on February 11, 2015. (AFP Photo)'Normandy 4' Ukraine peace talks in Minsk  LIVE UPDATES
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine are gathering in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, to discuss a last-ditch attempt to negotiate a political solution to the bloody Ukrainian civil war.  91
U.S. President Barack Obama (Reuters/Larry Downing)Obama: 'We have to twist arms when countries don't do what we need them to' 
President Barack Obama has said the reality of “American leadership” at times entails “twisting the arms” of states which “don’t do what we need them to do,” and that the US relied on its military strength and other leverage to achieve its goals. 925
Reuters/Stringer‘Imminent’ attack thwarted: Knives, ISIS flags seized from 2 Australian suspects 
Australian counter-terrorism police have thwarted an “imminent” attack by Islamic State-inspired radicals. The two suspects arrested in Sydney possessed hunting knives and machetes, as well as homemade black flags, authorities claim.  30
A man walks past a shop which was recently damaged by shelling, at a local market in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, January 29, 2015. (Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)
'Ominous silence when shelling halts': 10 signs you live in war-torn Donetsk, E. Ukraine 
A Donetsk resident has put together a list of new daily routines which she and many others in the eastern Ukrainian city have developed after months of deadly shelling.  32
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Reuters/Alexei Nikolsky) and U.S. President Barack Obama (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Obama calls Putin before Minsk talks to discuss E. Ukraine peace deal 
In the first talk in weeks, President Barack Obama called Vladimir Putin to discuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine and the upcoming meeting in Minsk to resolve the conflict, the White House said.  2116
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