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Ukraine says forces control and secure gas network
Date: 2014-03-17 08:44:58 GMT - Russia - International - SN:27 - ID:613829
The Ukrainian interior ministry said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of the country's gas transport and distribution system and put it under special guard, ABC news reported. In a statement, it said the order from the prime minister ....
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US, EU expected to announce sanctions against Russia
Date: 2014-03-17 08:11:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:613739
The US and its allies in Europe are expected to announce sanctions against Russia, including visa bans and potential asset freezes, on Monday, one day after Crimea’s vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, ITAR-TASS reported. President ....
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Putin: referendum in Crimea fully complied with international law norms
Date: 2014-03-17 08:08:30 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:613733
Referendum on the future of Crimea fully that was held Sunday, March 16, fully met international law norms, Vladimir Putin said early morning Monday in a telephone conversation with Barack Obama, Intar-Tass news agency reported quoting the Kremlin ....
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OSCE mission head welcomes orderly completion of vote collection operation in Kosovo
Date: 2014-03-17 08:03:49 GMT - Austria - International - SN:17 - ID:613714
The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Jean-Claude Schlumberger said that the collection of votes has concluded in an orderly manner. The operation was designed to enable eligible voters in Kosovo to exercise their right and cast ballots in ....
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France FM says Crimea referendum 'illegal'
Date: 2014-03-17 07:59:32 GMT - Russia - International - SN:15 - ID:613689
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday that Crimea's referendum to decide whether the autonomous republic will break away from Ukraine is "illegal" and "contrary to Ukrainian Constitution", according to a Foreign Ministry ....
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Obama aide: President will apply sanctions against Russia
Date: 2014-03-17 07:48:14 GMT - USA - International - SN:14 - ID:613669
Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to US President Barack Obama, said Sunday, “We are putting as much pressure on the Russians as we can to do the right thing” in Ukraine. Voters in the Crimea region of Ukraine, now occupied by troops from Russia, ....
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White House will not recognise result of Crimea referendum
Date: 2014-03-17 07:35:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:613641
The White House said on Sunday the US would not recognize the results of a referendum in Crimea that appeared to have overwhelmingly endorsed leaving Ukraine to join Russia, The Guardian reported. President Barack Obama’s press secretary, Jay ....
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Russia’s Muslims to support Crimean people’s choice: Supreme Mufti
Date: 2014-03-16 16:40:48 GMT - Russia - International - SN:47 - ID:613033
The head of the Central Muslim Board of Russia Talgat Tadjuddin said on Sunday Russia’s Muslims will support the people of Crimea in their decision to be made in today’s referendum, Itar Tass reported. “What we are witnesses to in Crimea and ....
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Kerry is right about Netanyahu's unnecessary Jewish state demand - Haaretz
Date: 2014-03-16 13:50:48 GMT - palestine - International - SN:29 - ID:612706
Haaretz wrote on Sunday that the time has come for people who blindly support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand that the Palestinians publicly recognize Israel as a Jewish state as a condition for a peace agreement, to internalize ....
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Erdogan, Barzani discuss energy issues
Date: 2014-03-16 13:34:55 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:26 - ID:612648
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his counterpart of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Nechervan Barzani, in the Turkish capital Ankara, Anadolu news agency reported Sunday. The meeting, which was closed to the press, ....
