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Russia withdrawing troops from Ukrainian border, NATO denies the fact

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to send troops back to bases from drills they were having in the southwestern regions of Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk, on the border with Ukraine. In the same statement, Moscow called on Kiev to cease violence in southeastern Ukraine, immediately, azh.kz reports citing Deutsche Welle. May 19 2014, 18:36 3 624 views

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Mali sends troops to retake town from Tuareg separatists

Mali sent in troops on Sunday to retake Kidal from Tuareg separatists after six government workers and two civilians were murdered, according to the United Nations, during an attack on the regional governor's office, reuters.com reports. May 19 2014, 17:54 2 125 views

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South Korea to break up coastguard after ferry disaster

South Korea plans to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which more than 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye, bbc reports. May 19 2014, 16:06 3 423 views

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Balkans flooding threatens Serbia power plants, 37 dead

Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region's worst rainfall in more than a century reached 37, reuters reports. May 19 2014, 11:39 3 187 views

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Crimean Tatars commemorate Soviet deportation despite ban, demand to change status of Crimea

Tatars in Crimea are commemorating 70 years since their deportation by Soviet leader Josef Stalin, rferl.org reports.  May 19 2014, 11:00 3 025 views

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Michael Jackson Hologram Rocks Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas

The Michael Jackson performance on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards was the result of nearly half a year of planning, choreography and filming, not to mention the development of new technology. Producers of the Billboard Music Awards did not see even a portion of the film until eight days before the broadcast. May 19 2014, 09:59 4 108 views

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Switzerland rejects world's highest minimum wage

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce what would have been the highest minimum wage in the world in a referendum, bbc.com reports. May 18 2014, 21:22 2 654 views

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Moscow Region Market Shut After Killing of Spartak Fan

The Moscow suburb of Pushkino has closed a market near the site of a deadly attack on a 22-year-old fan of Moscow's Spartak football club, Leonid Saffyanikov, themoscowtimes.com reports. May 16 2014, 17:08 2 561 views

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50,000 gallons of oil spills onto street in Los Angeles after pipe ruptures

Residents in Atwater Village in northeast Los Angeles woke up Thursday morning to find crude oil flowing down their streets. A 20 inch wide, above-ground oil line ruptured around 1 a.m., sending a geyser of oil 20 feet into the air according to local reports. The oil has coated a half-square-mile area of the mostly industrial neighborhood. May 16 2014, 16:06 2 652 views

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Thousands strike over Turkish mine disaster: 283 people dead

Protests erupt across country over explosion in coal mine that has left at least 283 people dead and scores trapped, aljazeera.com reports. May 16 2014, 14:47 2 798 views

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Bosnia, Serbia hit by worst flooding in 120 years; five die

The heaviest rains and floods in the past 120 years hit Bosnia and Serbia this week, killing five people, cutting off electricity and leaving several towns and villages isolated, reuters.com reports. May 16 2014, 12:01 3 918 views

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Arrested Iranian-British millionaire had a girl from Kazakhstan in his slave ‘harem’

A wealthy Briton has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of holding a harem of women against their will and fathering at least seven children with them, typicallyspanish.com reports. May 16 2014, 11:10 4 874 views

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Brazilian anti-World Cup protests hit Sao Paulo and Rio

Riot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cup, bbc reports. May 16 2014, 10:00 3 156 views

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Factories burnt in Vietnam anti-China protest

Several factories have been set on fire amid anti-China protests at an industrial park in southern Vietnam, amid tensions over the South China Sea. May 14 2014, 15:43 2 945 views

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Turkey mine blast kills at least 201, hundreds trapped

At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey May 14 2014, 11:26 2 616 views

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Moscow could replace Rio as host of 2016 Olympics

The Russian capital is being considered as a possible replacement host for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games amid doubts that facilities in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro will be completed on time May 13 2014, 11:25 2 519 views

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Ukraine crisis: Germany launches fresh diplomatic bid

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is due in Kiev amid fresh attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. May 13 2014, 11:21 2 276 views

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Rebels declare victory in east Ukraine self-rule vote

Ukrainian leader Oleksander Turchinov accused Russia of working to overthrow legitimate state power in Ukraine on Monday after pro-Russian rebels declared a resounding victory in a rebel referendum on self-rule in eastern regions, reuters reports. May 12 2014, 16:00 3 496 views

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Early results show landslide support in Donetsk and Lugansk regions for self-rule

Election commissions in Donetsk and Lugansk are still counting the ballots, but preliminary results show the majority of eastern Ukrainians supported self-rule, despite intensified military operation by Kiev which resulted in several deaths, rt.com reports. May 12 2014, 09:57 2 392 views

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400 US mercenaries 'deployed on ground' in Ukraine military op

About 400 elite mercenaries from the notorious US private security firm Academi (formerly Blackwater) are taking part in the Ukrainian military operation against anti-government protesters in southeastern regions of the country, German media reports. May 12 2014, 09:38 3 526 views

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'Noah' banned in Arab world, China

Three Arab countries have banned the Hollywood film Noah on religious grounds even before its worldwide premier and several others are expected to follow suit, a representative of Paramount Pictures told Reuters on Saturday, ewn.co.za reports. May 11 2014, 18:04 2 716 views

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Right Wing British MEP Blames UK Government for Ukraine Crisis

The leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip), Nigel Farage MEP, has told RIA Novosti he believes the EU and British Government have “provoked” the crisis in Ukraine, ria.ru reports. May 11 2014, 16:06 2 691 views

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East Ukraine’s Donetsk republic plans to hold sovereignty referendum jointly with Luhansk

The leadership of the recently self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic plans to hold a referendum simultaneously with east Ukraine’s Luhansk region, co-chairman of the Donetsk People’s Republic presidium Denis Pushilin told itar-tass. May 11 2014, 11:09 2 749 views

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Eurovision 2014: Bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst wins

Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with a score of 290 after a grandiose ballad Rise Like a Phoenix, before a TV audience of around 180 million people in 45 countries, azh.kz reports citing dailymail.com. May 11 2014, 09:20 4 916 views

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Ukraine Kherson region governor called Hitler 'liberator'

Addressing the public on a Victory Day, the governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region trampled on the feelings of many veterans and desecrated the memory of all those who perished during the war against Nazi Germany by calling Hitler a “liberator,” azh.kz reports citing world media. May 10 2014, 14:14 3 516 views