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OSCE condemns "use of heavy weapons"

VIENNA, NEW YORK -- The OSCE Permanent Council held a special meeting on Monday concerning the deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine.

The meeting concerned "especially the clashes in civilian parts of Mariupol," Tanjug reported.

Turkish Airlines suspended its Istanbul-New York flights on Jan. 27 because of an expected major snowstorm in the northeast of the U.S.
      
In an official statement on its website, Turkey's national flag-carrier said a change was also expected in all its flights to Boston.  

A major storm forced New York to impose driving bans and halt public transport late Jan. 26, as snowfall pounded the northeastern United States affecting tens of millions of people.
      
Heavy snowfall, combined with powerful wind and even thunderstorms is expected to dump two to three feet (up to a meter) of snow in New York, but with New England worst affected.
      

Mario Cuomo, a three-time New York governor who was once considered a leading candidate for the White House, died on Thursday aged 82.
      
He died at home from heart failure after a long illness, just hours after his eldest son Andrew was inaugurated for a second term as New York governor.
      

Airberlin, Germany's second largest airline, and Bulgaria Air will launch codeshare flights on some European routes from January 14 next year, austrianaviation.net has reported.

Under the codeshare agreement, airberlin will apply its AB airline code on Bulgaria Air flights from Berlin, Frankfurt and Vienna to Sofia.

New York’s MoMA examines uneven urban development in Turkey in a new exhibition, addressing six cities, including Istanbul As the result of a 14-month initiative to examine new architectural responses to rapid urban growth, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is currently presenting an exhibition that addresses the increasingly inequitable urban development in six world cities, including

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in New York and Washington on Dec. 13, stepping up demonstrations across the United States demanding justice for black men killed by white police.
      

On Dec. 6 a man was shot by a police officer in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and later died in hospital.

Thousands of demonstrators disrupted New York City traffic into early Dec. 4 after a grand jury decided not to bring charges against a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.

In recent weeks, about 20 women have come forward to accuse veteran U.S. comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault and even rape.

But with most of the alleged attacks now more than 10 years in the past, the 77-year-old Emmy and Golden Globe winner - who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing - is unlikely to face criminal charges due to statutes of limitations.