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Ukraine economy shrank 7.5% in 'worst year since WWII'

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 18:45

Ukraine`s central bank chief said on Tuesday that the strife-torn country`s economy contracted by 7.5 percent in 2014 while inflation soared in a year more painful than any since World War II.

China vows to highlight WW II Japanese `atrocities`

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 21:33

Amid an escalating diplomatic standoff between China and Japan, Chinese researchers have vowed to come out with facts about Japanese "atrocities" during World War II.

WW-II bomb detonated in Germany

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 12:04

Bomb disposal experts successfully detonated a 250 kg World War-II bomb in a western Germany city after about 5,000 people were evacuated late Thursday evening, a city spokesman said.

Clooney enjoyed working in flopped films

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 10:34

Actor George Clooney says he had fun while shooting for films which didn`t work at the box office.

Russia marks 70th anniversary of lifting of Leningrad siege

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:11

Russia on Monday marked the 70th anniversary of the breaking of the Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II that saw more than a million people starve to death.

Japan NHK boss under fire for comfort women remark

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 17:06

Japan`s top government spokesman today defended the new head of public broadcaster NHK for his remarks that the use of women as military prostitutes was common worldwide during World War II.

Israeli bill to outlaw the word Nazi sparks ire

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:13

An Israeli draft law that would criminalise the use of the word Nazi in most cases has sparked a debate on freedom of speech in a state that was founded out of the ashes of the Holocaust.

Japan WWII soldier who hid in jungle until 1974 dies

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 13:49

A Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War II was over until his former commander returned and persuaded him to surrender, has died in Tokyo aged 91.

Italy opens probe into WWII French massacre

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 06:03

Italy has launched a enquiry into the massacre of 642 people in a French town during World War II, in which an Italian and her seven children died, media reported on Wednesday.

Japan emperor`s record may shed light on his war role

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:32

Japan`s imperial palace plans to disclose in full a soon-to-be-completed official record of the late Emperor Hirohito`s life, possibly shedding some light on the contentious issue of his disputed role in World War II.

One dead as World War II bomb explodes in Germany

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 21:50

Police say a World War II bomb has exploded during construction work in a western German town, killing one person and wounding at least eight others.

World War II aircraft wreckage recovered in Manipur

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 11:24

Wreckage of an aircraft believed to be from the Second World War has been found by residents of an interior village in Manipur at Konu hill in Senapati district.