"We will support any form of external assistance in crisis settlement efforts by the current authorities in Ukraine within the Ukrainian constitutional framework. But it is up to the authorities and opposition, which represents a certain part of the population in [parliament], to make decisions," Lavrov told a news conference in Kuwait City.
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Ukraine crisis mediators must be chosen by Kiev - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Ukraine’s Security Service starts nationwide counterterrorist operation
"The Ukrainian Security Service and Antiterrorist Center decided today to start holding an antiterrorist operation in Ukraine : I have already informed the president of the decision regarding holding the antiterrorist operation," the document said.
Russia's Lavrov slams attempts to portray Geneva-2 as failure
"Everyone is saying that there can be no military solution. But increasing attempts to portray Geneva-2 as failure against the backdrop of those statements give the impression that someone is harboring a military scenario. This is categorically unacceptable," Lavrov told reporters after talks with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh a-Sabah.
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Ukraine: opposition leaders, Western countries to blame for clashes escalation - Lavrov
Extremists are to blame for the events happening in
Ukraine, however opposition forces, which refused the compromise, and
Western countries, which interfered in the domestic affairs of Ukraine,
bare some responsibility as well, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
said.
"Of course, the blame is on extremists, who tried all these weeks and all these months to bring the situation to such forceful scenario but considerable share of responsibility is also on opposition activists, who refused compromise, gave the authorities demands outside the legal frame and in the end turned out to be incapable to fulfill what has been agreed," Lavrov said at a news conference following a meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart.
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Ukraine: weapons, ammunition stolen from Security Service department.
"A total of 268 service pistols, two rifles, three assault rifles, 92 grenades, and some 15,000 cartridges were seized in a Ukrainian Security Service department in the Ivano-Frankovsk region," SBU deputy head Vladimir Porodko said at a meeting with foreign ambassadors at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.
Stella Oduah hands over to Minister of State for Trade & Commerce, list achievements as Aviation Minister
Princess Stella Oduah has formally handed over to the Minister of State for Trade and Commerce, Dr Samuel Ortom following her sack by the President last Wednesday, February 12th. (Pictured above)
In her speech, she thanked President Jonathan for finding her worthy out of the 160million Nigerians and also listed her achievements while she was Minister. Excerpts from her speech below...
"It was a great privilege to be chosen from amongst the 160million Nigerians to serve in the Federal cabinet. My profound gratitude goes to Mr President who gave me this rare privilege. I also want to thank for him all the support he accorded me to pursue his transformation agenda in the Aviation sector. I equally wish to thank my aides, aviation sector workers and stake holders who partnered with me to realize our vision & mission in the sector. During my tenure, we gave our best to institute reforms in line with Mr President's Transformation Agenda. We produced the Aviation sector Master-plan and implementation Road map. Using the Masterplan and Roadmap, we were ably to...
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Pres. GEJ appoints new Chief of Staff - Brig General Arogbofa
Photos: Actors'Guild of Nigeria (AGN) members visit President Jonathan at the State House
Actors'Guild of Nigeria members including Ibinabo Fiberesima, Monalisa Chinda,Stephanie Linus, Fred Amata, Joseph Benjamin, Desmond Elliot, Victor Osuagwu, Chidi Mokeme, Mercy Aigbe and others paid a courtesy trip to President Jonathan at the State House today Feb. 18th to install him as Grand Patron of the Guild.
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Pastor E. A Adeboye's message to skin bleachers
Gr*phic Pic: Aborted baby found at a university female hostel bathroom
A foetus was found on the floor of a female hostel bathroom at a university in Nigeria today. The student who sent in the pic said it happened in her school but wasn't able to confirm this really happened in the school so the name of the university and hostel is out of this report for now until there is more details. The foetus was found by another female student who raised the alarm. Find it after the break...*viewer discretion advised*...
Court jails ex-banker 115years for N8.9m scam (EFCC press release)
A Lagos High court sitting in Igbosere, presided over by Justice Adebisi Akinlade on Monday February 17, 2014 sentenced Jamiu Seun Odunayo (pictured above), a former banker, to One Hundred and Fifteen Years (115) imprisonment with no option of fine over an offense which borders on fraud, stealing, and obtaining money by false pretense.
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Must read! Chimamanda Adichie writes on the anti-gay law.
Article written by award winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie titled 'Why can’t he just be like everyone else?' Find it below...
I will call him Sochukwuma. A thin, smiling boy who liked to play with us girls at the university primary school in Nsukka. We were young. We knew he was different, we said, ‘he’s not like the other boys.’ But his was a benign and unquestioned difference; it was simply what it was. We did not have a name for him. We did not know the word ‘gay.’ He was Sochukwuma and he was friendly and he played oga so well that his side always won.
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Femi Kuti, D'banj, other African artistes collaborate on ONE theme song
Femi Kuti, D'banj, Omawumi, Victoria Kimani, Buffalo Soulja, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and additional African artistes collaborate on ONE Agric official theme song. They are all currently in the studio in South Africa.
See more photos after the break...
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World press digest February 19: 'Pentagon experiments with electric brain stimulation'
Thai protesters drop at embattled PM's Bangkok office after deadly police crackdown
Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary general of the People's
Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), led a convoy of 200 cars to the
Permanent Secretary of Defence office in northern Bangkok, which
Yingluck and the cabinet have been using as a temporary office since
protesters closed down Government House in December.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
LIVE UPDATES: Kiev fierce clashes: govt and opposition talks fail, new wave of unrest in Ukraine.
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11:46"Border guards have been trying to divert transport vehicles to other checkpoints," the spokesperson said.
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CEO Of JP Morgan Replies Pretty Girl Seeking To Marry A Rich Man
Jeezz this chik means business...She really researched her questions but CEO of JP Morgan's reply is so true, straight to the point but kinda annoying to me cos am a beautiful girl also!.
A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I’m going to be honest of what I’m going to say here. I’m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I’m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York.
APC Was Shaped For Nigeria's Prosperity, The Best Is Yet To Come - Tinubu
Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said
that the All Progressives Congress, APC was formed so that Nigerians
from all walks of life and social station might gather under one tent to
develop the nation on the basis of equity and shared prosperity.
He said "What we seek is a fair social impact that we may avoid social calamity".Tinubu spoke weekend in Sierra Leone, as he was honored with honorary doctorate degree of Civil Laws, (Honoris Causa) by the 50-year-old Njala University.
Why I Am Afraid Of Death - Veteran Actor, Pete Edochie speaks
Veteran actor, Pete Edochie who is popularly known for his 'no-nonsense, strict father' roles he plays in movies has been off the scene for a while in a recent interview reveals why he is afraid of death.
"I smoked for 21 years before I quit, and each time I got tensed up, I looked for a cigarette, and psychologically I was puffing away the anger; but there is no other thing it does for you physically but to destroy your lungs".
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Kiev death toll rises to 14, police say 6 officers shot dead
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