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UN, EU hold emergency talks to seek way out of Ukraine crisis
Russia will come under heightened diplomatic pressure Thursday as the UN Security Council and European leaders hold emergency talks on Ukraine, after ...Ukraine beats United States in soccer exhibition
In a friendly international match, Ukraine has defeated the U.S. Soccer team, 2-0.US judge backs Chevron fight against Ecuador judgment
A US judge has upheld oil company Chevron\'s allegations that an Ecuadorian court decision ordering it to pay $9.5bn for oil pollution ...NASA finds 715 more planets outside solar system
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed a bonanza of 715 newly discovered planets outside the solar system.US court orders removal of anti-Islam film from YouTube
A U.S. appeals court has ordered Google to remove an anti-Muslim film from its video-sharing website YouTube.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 ...US warns Afghanistan of complete troop pullout without security deal
The US president, Barack Obama, has told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that he is preparing a contingency plan to withdraw all ...US penalizes Asiana Airlines over crash
U.S. regulators are fining South Korea\'s Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to adequately help the families of passengers involved in a fatal ...US expels Venezuelan diplomats in tit-for-tat move over unrest
The United States has expelled three Venezuelan diplomats, a week after Venezuela expelled three U.S. diplomats it accused of conspiring with student ...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 ...