Poroshenko says he agreed to the ceasefire because russian president Vladimir Putin had called on the separatists to stop fighting. Poroshenko says its vital to ensure the ceasefire continues for a long time and to keep up political dialogue. He says thats the way to bring peace and stability to eastern ukraine. The two sides are still talking. How long their truce will last and how theyll produce a peace plan are not clear. Leaders of nato countries have been meeting to discuss how to deal with the threat of aggression from russia. Theyve announced theyll create a Rapid Response force. The leaders met in wales for two days of summit talks. British Prime Minister David Cameron opened the second day by expressing his distrust of moscow. Russia is ripping up the rule book with its annexation of crimea and its troops on sovereign soil in ukraine. Nato secretarygeneral Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the leaders approved plans to dispatch several thousand personnel to eastern europe. He said th
Poroshenko says he agreed to the ceasefire because russian president Vladimir Putin had called on the separatists to stop fighting. Poroshenko says its vital to ensure the ceasefire continues for a long time and to keep up political dialogue. He says thats the way to bring peace and stability to eastern ukraine. The two sides are still talking. How long their truce will last and how theyll produce a peace plan are not clear. Leaders of nato countries have been meeting to discuss how to deal with the threat of aggression from russia. Theyve announced theyll create a Rapid Response force. The leaders met in wales for two days of summit talks. British Prime Minister David Cameron opened the second day by expressing his distrust of moscow. Russia is ripping up the rule book with its annexation of crimea and its troops on sovereign soil in ukraine. Nato secretarygeneral Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the leaders approved plans to dispatch several thousand personnel to eastern europe. He said th
number two and three reactors. the firm says it s considering pumping water out of the containment vessels and circulating it back into the reactors after cooling it with heat exchangers. it s also thinking of taking water from the basement of the reactor buildings and putting it back into the reactors after removing the radioactive substances. tepco is expected to keep to its original schedule of stabilizing the reactors within six to nine months. the japanese government will announce a plan on tuesday to help evacuees from around the troubled fukushima daiichi plant. it will have the first official schedule for assisting evacuees. the government is expected to allow them to re-enter the 20-kilometer exclusion zone to get their cars, starting later this month. residents from the extended zone will be asked to complete their evacuation by the oeend of the month. the government will help with employment and business operations. it will decide when to lift the evacuation orde
kang at the g-20 media center. reporter: the g-20 leaders are busy getting down to business. security is tight around the city and the movement is restricted around the summit venue. on thursday, about 3,000 students and ngo members held a demonstration but there have been no disruptions today. this morning the heads of state kicked off their first general meeting with discussions on a global economic framework. five plenary sessions are scheduled today with topics including financial regulatory reform and economic development. the g-20 members are expected to release their communique at around 3:30 p.m. but from my experience, covering previous g-20 meetings, we could see delay in the announcement of the final statement. now, one of the major focuses of this g-20 is how to fix global economic imbalances, and more specifically, whether member countries can come together to contain current account surpluses. many g-20 members are still suffering from the aftereffects of the
it regards china as one of its most promising markets and has already launched four outlets in the country so far. but the company changed its expansion plan after its store in chengdu, sichuan province was forced to close because of anti-japanese protests. the firm had also face the a hard time reaching agreements with local governments over conditions. isetan mitsukoshi holdings says china will remain the pillar of its overseas operations because of the country s strong economy. but the firm says it is reviewing its business plan for the near future including a store opening in beijing. a former president of japan s upper house says chinese foreign minister yang jiechi disapproves of the violent anti-japan protests over the senkaku islands in the east china sea. satsuki eda spoke to reporters in beijing on tuesday after the meeting with yang. eda spoke with yang about a series of anti-japanese protests that have taken place in some chinese cities since saturday. eda quote