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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 ...International Criminal Court sentences former Congolese militia leader to 12 years
The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga to 12 years in jail for his role in ...22 killed as Syria rebels shell Assad election rally
Syrian Islamist rebels bombarded a campaign rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad\'s re-election in a controversial June 3 poll, killing at ...Former Chinese mining tycoon Liu Han sentenced to death
A Chinese court sentenced Liu Han to death on Friday for a string of murders that he and his mafia-style crime ring ...Gunmen attack Indian Consulate in Afghanistan
Four heavily armed insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in western Afghanistan\'s main city near the border with Iran on Friday, wounding at ...Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court
Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of ...Thailand under nationwide curfew after army seizes power in coup
A nationwide curfew has been imposed in Thailand after the country\'s military seized power by dissolving the government and suspending the constitution.Attacks in Baghdad kill 32 Shiite pilgrims
Thirty-two people were killed in three attacks on Shi\'ite Muslim pilgrims walking in Baghdad on Thursday evening ahead of a major religious ...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 ...