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Crimea tensions prompt Ukraine to ask for UN Security Council session

Ukraine's Parliament has asked the United Nations Security Council to address the country's political turmoil, cbc.ca reports. February 28 2014, 15:18 3 886 views

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Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘armed invasion’ in Crimea

Ukraine’s interior minister on Friday accused Russian forces of staging an “armed invasion”in Crimea, claiming they had blocked one military air base and entered an airport overnight on the Black Sea peninsula, Agence France-Presse, alarabiya.net reports. February 28 2014, 12:44 2 250 views

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Yanukovich in Russia, to hold press-conference in Rostov-on-Don Friday

Viktor Yanukovich will hold a news conference in Russia's Rostov-on-Don at 1700 local time (1300 GMT) on Friday, reports Itar-Tass citing sources close to Ukraine's ousted president. February 28 2014, 10:14 3 425 views

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Yanukovych asked Russia to ensure his personal security

Deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych said on Thursday he still considers himself to be Ukraine's head of state but asked Russia to ensure his personal security from the actions of the “extremists”, who seized the power, azh kz reports citing lenta.ru.  February 27 2014, 15:46 2 050 views

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Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino returns to ship for first time since 2012 disaster

Accused of manslaughter and abandoning ship, Schettino has been granted permission to help investigators determine causes behind shipwreck, independent.co.uk reports. February 27 2014, 15:05 2 584 views

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Armed men seize government headquarters, raise Russian flag in Ukraine's Crimea

Armed men seized the regional government headquarters and parliament on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula on Thursday and raised the Russian flag in a challenge to the country's new rulers, reuters reports. February 27 2014, 14:29 2 246 views

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Arseniy Yatseniuk nominated to lead new government as Ukraine prime minister

Leaders of the EuroMaidan revolution that toppled Viktor Yanukovych as president took the stage of Kyiv's Independence Square on Feb. 26 and proposed candidates for prime minister and Cabinet of Ministers, kyievpost reports.  February 27 2014, 12:03 3 785 views

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Ukraine Tensions Flare as Pro-Russians, Crimea Tatars Clash

Tensions flared in the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea as demonstrators pushing for a referendum on joining Russia clashed with members of the Tatar ethnic minority, bloomberg.com reports.  February 27 2014, 09:28 2 548 views

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Ukrainian ex-presidents accuse Russia of interfering in Ukraine’s domestic affairs

Kravchuk, Kuchma and Yushchenko call on Ukrainian Security Service and Prosecutor General’s Office to react toughly to the separatism tendencies.  February 26 2014, 16:52 2 414 views

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In Venezuela protests, both sides draw battle lines -- but call for peace

As Venezuelan opposition leaders push for demonstrators to stay in the streets, "he who tires, loses" is their mantra, cnn reports. February 26 2014, 16:39 4 174 views

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China looks for blue-sky solutions as smog worsens

Beijingers are once again choking as smog levels hit "heavy or even worse" levels in the capital and a number of other cities across the country, cnn reports. February 26 2014, 16:15 3 320 views

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Egypt's new PM says to fight militancy, rebuild economy

Egypt's new prime minister said on Tuesday he would seek to eradicate militant violence that has increased since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, hoping improved security will lead to economic recovery, reuters.com reports. February 26 2014, 10:41 2 556 views

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Arsen Avakov signs order to disband Ukraine's Berkut special unit

Arsen Avakov, Verkhovna Rada commissioner for monitoring the activities of Ukraine's Interior Ministry, has signed an order on the disbandment of the Berkut special police unit, itar-tass reports. February 26 2014, 10:24 2 297 views

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Ukrainian parliament wants Viktor Yanukovych tried at the International Criminal Court

The Ukrainian parliament has voted in favour of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych being tried at the International Criminal Court for serious crimes, rti.ie reports. February 25 2014, 17:54 3 094 views

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Ukraine riot police beg for forgiveness after being blamed for deaths in Kiev (+video)

About 100 officers of Berkut special forces in Ukraine fell to their knees to ask for forgiveness in the centre of Lviv on February 24, for their colleagues who shot and beat antigovernment protesters in the recent Kiev massacre, azh.kz reports. February 25 2014, 17:01 2 980 views

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Russian Pipeline Monopoly Sets Low Transit Fee for Azerbaijan

Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft has agreed to set lower fees for transiting Azerbaijani oil via its Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline in an effort to boost usage and thus revenue, the Kommersant business daily reported Monday, ria.ru reports. February 25 2014, 11:50 3 665 views

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Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two

The Pentagon said on Monday it would shrink the U.S. Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and reduce military benefits in order to meet 2015 spending caps, setting up an election-year fight with the Congress over national defense priorities. February 25 2014, 11:39 2 995 views

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New Italy PM wins confidence vote, vows 'radical change'

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a "radical and immediate change" in recession-hit Italy as he outlined his new government's reform agenda before winning a crucial confidence vote in the Senate early Tuesday, AFP reports. February 25 2014, 10:35 3 674 views

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Ukraine's Crimeans eye alliance with Russia

Russian flag raised at city hall in Sevastopol, home of Russia's Black Sea fleet, where Viktor Yanukovych may have taken refuge, theguardian.com reports. February 25 2014, 10:17 4 993 views

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Some 500 Detained at Unauthorized Rallies in Russia

Police said that about 500 people were detained Monday in Moscow and St Petersburg at unauthorized rallies reportedly in protest at the imprisonment of seven opposition activists, ria.ru reports. February 25 2014, 09:32 3 764 views

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Ousted Ukrainian president Yanukovich placed on wanted list

Special envoy for the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Arsen Avakov said on Facebook Monday that ousted president Viktor Yanukovish has been placed on a wanted list, rapsinews.com reports. February 24 2014, 17:06 3 651 views

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Yanukovich missing as his office is seized

Whereabouts of Ukraine's president unknown as protesters occupy office and opposition tables motion for his resignation, aljazeera.com reports. February 24 2014, 14:26 2 788 views

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Ukraine's parliament hopes to choose new government by Feb. 25

Parliament did a lot over the weekend: The lawmakers impeached Viktor Yanukovych as president, fired many of his key ministers, freed Yulia Tymoshenko, set presidential elections for May 25, returned to the 2004 constitution and made newly elected speaker Olesandr Turchynov the nation's interim president, kyivpost.com reports. February 24 2014, 10:40 2 528 views

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Ukraine parliament votes to impeach Yanukovych, calls May elections

In the aftermath of deadly protests that swept the nation’s capital in recent days, the Ukrainian parliament voted to impeach President Viktor Yanukovych and called for elections to be held on May 25, rapsinews. com reports. February 24 2014, 09:36 3 095 views

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President Yanukovych's Plane Stopped Before Taking Off

A charter plane carrying embattled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been blocked from taking off in the eastern city of Donetsk, border officials tell NBC News. February 24 2014, 10:31 2 662 views