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Russia urges Ukraine to postpone presidential elections
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday it would be "unusual" to hold a presidential election in Ukraine while the army ...Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap 8 more girls in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped eight girls aged between 12 and 15 from a village near one of their strongholds in ...Climate change makes America more dangerous, report says
Scientists who worked on the report said its main messsage was that climate change was already disrupting the lives of Americans – ...OECD cuts global growth forecast for 2014
The OECD cut its global growth expectations from its November outlook from 3.6 percent to 3.4 percent for 2014, although it kept ...Embattled Thai PM testifies in abuse of power case
Thailand\'s besieged Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday denied an abuse of power allegation at the nation\'s Constitutional Court in a legal ...South Korea diver dies in sunken ferry searches
A diver died after participating in the search for missing people from last month\'s ferry disaster in South Korea, officials said, the ...Heavy fighting in pro-Russian separatist stronghold
Heavy fighting erupted Monday in a pro-Russian separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine, with deaths reported on both sides, as government efforts to ...WHO declares polio global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday declared the international spread of wild polio virus in 2014 a public health crisis and ...22 migrants die after boats capsize off Greek coast
At least 22 undocumented immigrants, including three children, were killed Monday while 12 others are still missing after a sail boat capsized ...Slovenia Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek resigns
Slovenia’s Prime Minister has announced her resignation and pressed lawmakers to call early parliamentary elections next month.