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  • David Cameron: Russia may face EU sanctions within days

    David Cameron: Russia may face EU sanctions within days

    Date: 2014-03-10 18:36:27 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:82 - ID:601943

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Russia could face targeted sanctions "within days" if it does not respond to concerns over its incursion into Crimea, BBC reprted. He announced that EU representatives would meet in London on ....

  • Putin, Lavrov discuss proposals on crisis settlement in Ukraine to be sent to US

    Putin, Lavrov discuss proposals on crisis settlement in Ukraine to be sent to US

    Date: 2014-03-10 18:27:31 GMT - Russia - International - SN:74 - ID:601909

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are discussing Russian proposals on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, which will be sent to the United States, Itar-Tass reported. "We prepared, together with members of ....

  • Kerry postpones visit to Russia

    Kerry postpones visit to Russia

    Date: 2014-03-10 16:17:42 GMT - Russia - International - SN:65 - ID:601670

    US Secretary of State John Kerry has postponed his visit to Russia scheduled for today, ITAR TASS quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying Monday during a working meeting with President Vladimir Putin. He said Kerry had been invited to ....

  • Vietnamese authorities say they detected last signal of missing Malaysian plane

    Vietnamese authorities say they detected last signal of missing Malaysian plane

    Date: 2014-03-10 12:25:01 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:50 - ID:600988

    Vietnamese authorities said Saturday they detected the last signal from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight off Vietnam's southwest coast over the South China Sea. Nearly three days after the jet went missing, an international effort has still not ....

  • Iran, EU underline enhancement of int'l efforts to settle Syrian crisis

    Iran, EU underline enhancement of int'l efforts to settle Syrian crisis

    Date: 2014-03-10 11:58:05 GMT - Iran - International - SN:48 - ID:600981

    Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton extended their full support to diplomatic efforts to end the nearly 3-year-long bloodshed in Syria, Fars reported Monday. “The Islamic Republic ....

  • North Korea's Kim Jong-un elected to assembly without single vote agains

    North Korea's Kim Jong-un elected to assembly without single vote agains

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:30:34 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:31 - ID:600530

    North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un was elected to the highest legislative body without a single dissenting vote against in his district on a 100% turnout, Yonhap reported. North Koreans went to the polls on Sunday to approve the new roster ....

  • Report ranks Nigeria with lowest respect for rule of law

    Report ranks Nigeria with lowest respect for rule of law

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:29:29 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:30 - ID:600527

    Nigeria has been ranked as one of the countries with the lowest respect for the rule of law in the world. The World Justice Project (WJP) in its 2014 Rule of Law Index ranked 99 countries out of which Nigeria placed 93 close to war ravaged ....

  • Park expresses regret, orders thorough probe into fake evidence scandal

    Park expresses regret, orders thorough probe into fake evidence scandal

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:28:37 GMT - south korea - International - SN:23 - ID:600462

    President Park Geun-hye expressed regret and ordered a thorough investigation Monday into allegations that the state intelligence agency was involved in fabricating evidence used in charging a North Korean defector with espionage, Yonhap news agency ....

  • Afghan Taliban order fighters to disrupt vote

    Afghan Taliban order fighters to disrupt vote

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:15:40 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:28 - ID:600492

    A Taliban spokesman says the group has warned Afghans not to take part in the April presidential election and that it has ordered its fighters to disrupt the vote, ABC News reported Monday. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the Taliban are also ....

  • Xi urges political solution to Ukraine crisis

    Xi urges political solution to Ukraine crisis

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:01:15 GMT - China - International - SN:21 - ID:600442

    Chinese president Xi Jinping has urged a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine and for all parties to exercise calm and restraint, during separate telephone calls with US president Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel, The Guardian ....

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