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Ashton says Iran nuclear talks 'subantiative'
Date: 2014-03-19 17:38:29 GMT - Austria - International - SN:67 - ID:619413
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Iran and world powers have held "substantive" and "useful" discussions at the second round of talks on a long-term settlement of the dispute over Iran's nuclear program. Ashton said the ....
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Putin submits Crimea reunification treaty to Parliament
Date: 2014-03-19 17:24:24 GMT - Russia - International - SN:65 - ID:619394
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday submitted the Crimea reunification treaty to the parliament for ratification, RIA Novosti quoted the legislature’s press service as saying. Earlier in the day, the treaty was unanimously approved by ....
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UN Secretary-General to visit Moscow, Kiev on Thursday
Date: 2014-03-19 17:23:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:64 - ID:619392
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Moscow and Kiev on March 20-21, Itar-tass reported on Wednesday. The UN secretary-general will leave for a visit to Russia on Wednesday within diplomatic efforts to encourage all parties to settle the ....
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West must make tough choices in nuclear talks - Iran FM
Date: 2014-03-19 14:47:46 GMT - Iran - International - SN:57 - ID:619051
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday the West has to make "tough choices" in nuclear talks with Tehran for the two sides to reach a final comprehensive deal, Press TV reported. "As we enter talks on the comprehensive ....
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Russian Constitutional Court backs Crimea reunification
Date: 2014-03-19 11:26:30 GMT - Russia - International - SN:41 - ID:618466
Russia’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that a treaty reunifying the Ukrainian breakaway region of Crimea with Russia is lawful, RIA Novosti said. The court, based in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg, held an ....
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EU didn't want Van Rompuy to learn 'truth' about Ukraine: Moscow
Date: 2014-03-19 10:47:28 GMT - Russia - International - SN:36 - ID:618328
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted angrily Wednesday to the cancellation of a visit to Moscow by European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, saying the EU did not want to know the "truth" about Ukraine. Moscow insisted it had welcomed ....
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Russia can find other partners in case of EU, US economic sanctions, Kremlin spokesman
Date: 2014-03-19 09:50:44 GMT - Russia - International - SN:27 - ID:618166
Russia has threatened to switch to other trade partners if the European Union and the United States impose economic sanctions against it. "If an economic partner in one part of the world decides to slap sanctions on us, we will shift our ....
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Lavrov tells US sanctions 'unacceptable', threatens consequences
Date: 2014-03-19 08:15:29 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:617866
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his US counterpart John Kerry that Western sanctions against Moscow over Crimea were "absolutely unacceptable" and said there would be consequences, Voice of Russia reported Wednesday. "The sanctions ....
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Obama and Merkel consult on Russia and Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-19 08:14:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:18 - ID:617864
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed Russia's annexation of part of Ukraine and agree that international monitors must be sent immediately to southern and eastern Ukraine. They spoke Tuesday and condemned the ....
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2 killed in shooting near Crimea military research center, 'sniper detained'
Date: 2014-03-19 08:10:56 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:15 - ID:617856
Two people – a self-defense member and a Ukrainian soldier – were killed after snipers opened fire from a partially inhabited building near a military research center in Simferopol, Voice of Russia reported. One sniper was reportedly detained, ....
