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UN chief urges calm over Crimea referendum
Date: 2014-03-08 07:19:19 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:596353
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has described the Crimean parliament's decision to call a referendum on whether to leave Ukraine and join Russia a "worrying and serious development". Ban's spokesman said on Friday that the UN chief ....
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Russia’s Gazprom warns Ukraine of new gas war
Date: 2014-03-08 07:13:44 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:596357
The head of Russia’s state-run energy company Gazprom said Friday that Ukraine has stopped paying for Russian gas supplies, which could trigger a repetition of 2009’s so-called “gas war” between the two countries. According to Alexei Miller, ....
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Lavrov warns Kerry that ‘reckless’ sanctions could come back to harm US
Date: 2014-03-08 07:07:33 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:596351
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the United States against "hasty and reckless steps" that would damage relations between Russia and the US, a statement from Russian foreign ministry reported on Friday. In a call with US Secretary of ....
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Turkey's Gul says Facebook, YouTube ban out of question
Date: 2014-03-07 14:21:47 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:19 - ID:595640
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Friday ruled out a ban on Facebook and YouTube after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened such a move to stop political foes posting illegal audio recordings as a result of wiretapping thousands of people, ....
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Russia allegedly decided to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-07 13:11:50 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:13 - ID:595459
Russia has allegedly decided to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine, UN sources were quoted by the Ukrainian news agency as saying Friday. The agency reported that the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United ....
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Japan signals readiness to offer financial aid to Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-07 10:36:05 GMT - Japan - International - SN:9 - ID:595119
The Japanese government is ready to provide financial assistance to Ukraine and will determine the concrete amount of this aid on the basis of consultations with the International Monetary Fund, ITAR-TASS quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio ....
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Ukraine crisis: US sends fighter jets to Baltic and increases pressure on Vladimir Putin
Date: 2014-03-07 10:30:28 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:595111
America will deploy 12 F-16 fighters to Poland next week as part of a military training exercise expanded in response to the Russian incursion in Ukraine, according to Daily Telegraph. The US bolstered its military forces across Eastern Europe on ....
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Ukraine crisis: Obama urges Putin to pursue diplomacy
Date: 2014-03-07 08:18:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:594854
US President Barack Obama has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine, in a lengthy telephone call. In their hour-long conversation, the Russian leader said Moscow-Washington relations should ....
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5 Afghan soldiers killed by Nato air strike
Date: 2014-03-06 10:14:18 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:3 - ID:593330
Five Afghan soldiers were killed in an air strike by the NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Thursday in eastern Logar province, ABC news reported quoting a government official as saying. "The reason for the air strike is not clear and an ....
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Israel says seized Gaza-bound rocket shipment from Iran
Date: 2014-03-05 12:10:02 GMT - Israel - International - SN:49 - ID:591696
The Israeli navy seized a ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday that was carrying dozens of advanced Iranian-supplied rockets made in Syria that were intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, ABC News reported. It said the ....
