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Separatist Ukraine referendums 'don’t count' – NATO chief
Date: 2014-05-12 19:31:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:143 - ID:717859
BRUSSELS, May 12 (MENA) – Referendums by separatists in Ukraine, such as Sunday’s in Donyetsk, “don’t count,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the CNN channel on Monday. “These referendums are illegal, they are organized in a ....
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Ukraine's currency accepted in Crimea until June 1
Date: 2014-05-12 19:31:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:142 - ID:717860
MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - The hryvnia (Ukraine's national currency) will be put out of circulation on the territory of the Republic of Crimea and a city of federal importance Sevastopol, since June 1, 2014, Itar-Tass quoted Russian Duma Speaker Sergei ....
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14 killed in sinking of migrants' ship off Italy
Date: 2014-05-12 19:28:44 GMT - Italy - World - SN:140 - ID:717882
ROME, May 12 (MENA) - At least 14 people were killed when a ship carrying migrants sank about 100 miles off southern Italy Monday, CNN reported quoting the Italian navy as saying. The Italian military has rescued about 2,000 migrants in the last ....
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Putin, OSCE chief note importance of establishing dialogue between Kiev, southeastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-12 19:26:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:139 - ID:717878
MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Swiss President, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office Didier Burkhalter have discussed the Ukrainian issue on the telephone, the Voice of Russia ....
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US rejects Eastern Ukraine referendum: State Department
Date: 2014-05-12 19:25:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:138 - ID:717861
WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) – The US State Department asserted Monday that it does not acknowledge the results of the referendum that took place Sunday in south-eastern Ukraine regions. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in press release ....
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Radicals, army, heavy weapons used in Ukraine to disrupt referendums - Lavrov
Date: 2014-05-12 17:45:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:125 - ID:717753
MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - Radicals, army, heavy weapons were used in Ukraine to disrupt referendums, the Voice of Russia quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Monday. "I believe it is extremely necessary to call for a national ....
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EU expands sanctions on Russia, rejects Eastern Ukraine referendum
Date: 2014-05-12 17:38:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:123 - ID:717713
MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - European Union foreign ministers rejected Monday to consider results of the referendum that took place Sunday in south-eastern Ukraine regions. EU's 28 governments said in a statement that they decided to expand sanctions ....
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French president arrives in Armenia
Date: 2014-05-12 17:30:37 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:120 - ID:717683
YEREVAN, May 12 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande arrived in Yerevan on Monday in a two-day visit to Armenia, Interfax news agency reported. The Armenian President Serzh Sargsian has welcomed Hollande in Zvartnots international airport ....
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Egypt's pharaohs exhibition opens in Budapest
Date: 2014-05-12 17:07:34 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:114 - ID:717628
BUDAPEST, May 12 (MENA) – The Egyptian Embassy in Budapest took part Monday at the inauguration of the second phase of Egypt's Pharaohs exhibition organized by Móra Ferenc museum in the Hungarian city of Szeged. This participation comes in the ....
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Egypt amb. in Paris urges expats to vote in presidential polls
Date: 2014-05-12 16:28:27 GMT - France - World - SN:108 - ID:717626
PARIS, May 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Paris Mohamad Mostafa Kamal called Monday on Egyptians in France to actively participate in the presidential election, to take place on May 15-18 for expatriates worldwide. The embassy has been working ....
