PARIS Cheap Men's Nike Air Max 95 Ultra Essential Black White , Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia on Thursday agreed to push through the implementation of the ceasefire accord in Kiev, forged last week in the Belarus capital of Minsk.
French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who proposed "last chance deal" to halt fighting on the doorstep, held phone talks with Ukrainian leader Petro Porochenko and Russia's President Vladimir Putin over recent days' fighting which is likely to put into doubt the diplomatic resolve to end the crisis.
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Negotiated by France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine last Thursday, the deal urging an end of fighting in Ukraine's eastern regions, swap of war prisoners and stopping of arming separatists, came into force on Sunday.
"OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) representatives should meet the parties on the ground to quickly implement these measures," the Elysee said.
"The Ukrainian armed forces together with the National Guard are completing an operation to withdraw their troops from Debaltseve," Poroshenko told reporters at the Boryspil International Airport before his departure to the restive frontline town.Full Story
Spotlight: Experts urge national dialogue, reforms to de-escalate Ukraine crisis
KIEV, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- One year after Ukraine's dramatic shift in power that triggered its worst crisis in two decades, local experts summed up the lessons learned from the turmoil and offered their suggestion for improving Ukraine's situation.
Well-known local political analysts agreed that nation-wide dialogues, economic reforms and constitutional changes that will serve the interests of people from all Ukrainian regions, are the key to resolving the crisis. Full story
Fighting around Debaltseve overshadows Ukraine ceasefire
KIEV Cheap Supreme X Nike Air Max 98 Black White , Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was marred by heavy fighting in the past day between government forces and pro-independence insurgents for the contested town of Debaltseve in Donetsk region, reports showed Tuesday.
The warring sides traded accusations of initiating fresh attacks and claimed to control the town, a key regional railway junction, where violence is continuing for the fourth week in a row.
At the annual two sessions, NPC deputies and CPPCC members gather in Beijing to discuss State issues, but too often they themselves become the focus of media attention.
The CPPCC, in particular Cheap Women's Supreme X Nike Air Max 98 Pink , which is composed of luminaries from various professions, is covered by the media with large portions of the reporting focused on culture and arts celebrities.
For many years, movie actors, singers, comedians and athletes have often been featured on newspaper front pages and websites when they attended the two sessions in the Great Hall of the People. Journalists would report on their attire, remarks or anything they consider newsworthy.
This year, reporters again were seen holding up cameras or recorders and chasing celebrities outside the conference hall. How they behave in front of the pushy journalists and how they manage to leave the scene were all reported in the media. A recent story written by a news agency reporter about how a well-known actor helped her edit her story after the interview drew widespread criticism for the journalist's bias for the actor.
Such news stories and photos Cheap Supreme X Nike Air Max 98 Varsity Red Silver Men's , fragmented and entertainment-prone, usually attract many readers and hits from online users. However, such practices have been criticized for not contributing to the understanding of the two sessions' agenda, but instead serve as a distraction.
For any journalist who has covered the two sessions, picking out a subject from the 5,000-plus NPC deputies and CPPCC members is a daunting task, but the celebrities are the most recognizable faces. It is also understandable that the competitive media environment has forced news organizations Cheap Men's Supreme X Nike Air Max 98 Dark Blue Red , especially online media, to resort to shortcuts for commercial gain.
To bust the trend, NPC media officers this year have asked news organizations to shift their attention from publicity-seeking deputies to the deputies' proposals. But the request's effect remains to be seen.
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official Tuesday said that the war-torn Yemen, already reeling from malnutrition and dwindling health care, is plummeting into further distress amid a deadly cholera outbreak and looming famine.
"Historically, Yemen has been one of the poorest Arab nations -- if not the poorest -- with (poverty) and corruption Cheap Men's Supreme X Nike Air Max 98 Army Green , poor governance and poor infrastructure. The war has simply made it much worse," said Auke Lootsma, UN Development Program (UNDP) Country Director, while briefing journalists in New York via teleconference from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.
He compared the situation in the country to a bus "racing towards the edge of a cliff."
Instead of hitting the brakes and turning around, "the one controlling the direction of the bus keeps going and pushes the accelerator, all but certain to crash," Lootsma warned.
He stressed that the Yemeni people are enduring incredible hardship Cheap Supreme X Nike Air Max 98 Men's Red , with 70 percent of the population -- some 20 million people -- in need of humanitarian assistance. Additionally, some 400,000 cases of cholera recorded in the past few months have resulted in 1,900 deaths.
Due to the scope of the crisis combined with a lack of funding and access, humanitarians "are asked to cover gaps that are well beyond" their mandates and capacities, he said.