Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Subject: Update - Ukraine denies rights group report it uses cluster bombs ...


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Los Angeles Times




Ukrainian armed forces have never used prohibited weapons such as cluster bombs in their fight against pro-Russia separatists, a military spokesman insisted Tuesday after a rights group reported it had documented a dozen instances ... 

The report by Human Rights Watch also said there were circumstances, "while not conclusive," suggesting that the separatists had also used the weapons that pack dozens or hundreds of small [bomb-lets] inside a rocket that explode over a wide area and put many people at risk.

Subject: Total boss plane crash caused by airport employee 'negligence'

BBC News




Russian investigators have said "criminal negligence" caused the crash at a Moscow airport that resulted in the death of Total's chief executive.
Christophe de Margerie died along with three crew members when his corporate jet collided with a snow [plow].
Federal investigators said the driver of the snow [plow] was drunk, and managers at the airport "negligent".

Subject: American Jeffrey Fowle Released From North Korea ...


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ABC News




Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans being held in North Korea, was abruptly allowed to leave today on a U.S. government jet. Fowle, 56, of Miamisburg, Ohio, had been awaiting trial on charges of leaving a Bible at a nightclub in the northern port city of ...