Obituaries in the news
Obituaries in the news Jeanne-Claude Turkey says agreement reached with Armenia over roadmap to normalize strained tiesANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Armenia have agreed on a roadmap for normalizing relations and reaching reconciliation, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, but it wasn’t immediately clear how they would tackle their bitter dispute over Ottoman-era killings of ethnic Armenians. NY student beaten in case that reached Serbia says he doesn’t hate the suspectNEW YORK — A New York college student beaten into a coma in a case that reached the highest levels of the U.S. government said Wednesday that although he’s now speech-impaired, he doesn’t hate the young Serb facing trial in the vicious attack. A look at economic developments and activity in stock markets around the world Wednesday
A look at economic developments around the globe Lithuanian president urges Russia to resist using gas supplies to pressure Baltic nationVILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania’s veteran president on Wednesday appealed to Moscow not to exploit the crisis-hit Baltic country’s growing dependence on Russian energy for political reasons. NY student beaten in case that reached Serbia says he’s ‘just a normal guy’NEW YORK — A New York college student beaten into a coma last year, allegedly by a man who fled to his native Serbia, says he doesn’t remember the attack. Communists mark Lenin’s birthday at Red Square mausoleum, oppose removal of his bodyMOSCOW — Russia’s Communist Party leader left flowers at the tomb of Vladimir Lenin on the Soviet founder’s 139th birthday Wednesday and pledged to resist any plans to remove Lenin’s embalmed body from Moscow’s Red Square. Report: Russia’s foreign defense contracts under threatMOSCOW — Russia’s defense manufacturers may not fulfill all of their foreign weapons contracts this year, an adviser to the country’s state arms trader said Wednesday, according to Russian news agency Interfax. British art provocateur Damien Hirst opens his largest exhibit in UkraineKIEV, Ukraine — British art provocateur Damien Hirst will mount the largest exhibition ever of his trademark fish skeletons, skull paintings and dead animals in a major show in Ukraine’s capital. Bolivia rejects Ireland, Croatia, Hungary requests for info in alleged assassination plotLA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday rejected requests from the governments of Ireland, Croatia and Hungary seeking information about the deaths of three of their citizens whom Bolivia accuses of plotting to assassinate Morales. Russia-dominated military alliance to send more planes to air base in KyrgyzstanBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The head of a Russian-dominated military alliance says more planes will be stationed at a base in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan. |