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Ukraine tensions mount in pro-Russian Crimea
Pro-Russia demonstrators and those supporting Ukraine\'s new pro-Western interim leaders confronted each other in the southern city of Simferopol on Wednesday.Hezbollah vows retaliation against Israel for airstrike against site in Lebanon
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says Israel carried out an airstrike Monday on its positions near the Syrian border, and vowed to ...Flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucia dies at 66
Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia, who blended the flamenco sound of his native land with jazz and other genres that attracted a ...Ukraine delays forming new government amid intense negotiations
Parliament speaker says that a new government should be in place by Thursday, a delay reflecting intense ongoing consultations. Oleksandr Turchinov has ...Pakistan air strikes on militant hideouts kill at least 30
Pakistan\'s military have launched air strikes against suspected militant hideouts in the north-west, killing at least 30 people, officials say.US plans to shrink army and cut warplanes
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 ...Iraq signs deal to buy arms, ammunition from Iran
A published report says Iraq has signed a deal to purchase weapons from Iran, breaking a U.N.-imposed embargo on weapons sales by ...Ukraine interim government issues arrest warrant for Yanukovich
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is wanted by police for the "mass murder of peaceful civilians", according to a statement posted on ...Winter Olympics close in Sochi
A choir of 1,000 Russian children sang the national anthem in a stirring closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics.Seventeen dead in bombings and shootings in Iraq
Militants launched separate attacks shortly after sunset Sunday in northern Iraq and Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens.




