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Ukraine presidential election under threat in eastern region
Ukrainians vote Sunday in an early presidential election that could be a crucial step toward resolving the country\'s crisis, but separatists in ...Three people killed in shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum
Three people were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which the Belgian authorities believe may be “an anti-Semitic ...Putin says Russia will respect results of Ukraine presidential election
Russian president Vladimir Putin says he will respect the choice of the Ukrainian people in Sunday\'s presidential vote but says ousted ex-leader ...14 Ukrainian soldiers dead in Donetsk clashes
Ukrainian President Oleksander Turchynov said on May 22 that 14 troops had been killed in two overnight attacks by rebel forces in ...EU elections under way in Netherlands and UK
Voting for the European parliament election gets underway on Thursday in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with Ireland and the Czech ...China and Russia sign historic $400bn gas deal after 10 years of negotiations
After 10 years of negotiations, Russia\'s Gazprom and China\'s CNPC have finally signed a historic gas deal which will provide the world\'s ...Deadly train crash in Russia kills at least nine
A collision Tuesday between a cargo train and a passenger train near Moscow killed at least nine people and left up to ...Swiss bank pleads guilty to US tax evasion, fined $2.6bn
Swiss bank Credit Suisse pleaded guilty Monday to the charge that it facilitated wealthy Americans who sought to commit tax evasion, becoming ...British imam Abu Hamza al-Masri convicted of U.S. terrorism charges
A New York jury convicted British hate preacher Abu Hamza on 11 kidnapping and terrorism charges Monday, opening the way for a ...Mladic defense opens at UN war tribunal
Ratko Mladic\'s defence case opens at the Yugoslav war crimes court on Monday, with the Bosnian Serb ex-army chief accused of masterminding ...