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Ukraine crisis deepens as Russia scrambles jets, gunmen storm buildings
The US has called for all sides to "step back and avoid any kind of provocations" amid heightened tensions in Ukraine\'s Crimea ...World Bank holds up Uganda loan over anti-gay law
The World Bank on Thursday said it postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda\'s health system over a law that toughened punishment ...Russian spy ship makes surprise visit to Havana
A Russian warship quietly slipped into Cuban waters this week and was docked in the Havana harbor Thursday, a day after Russia\'s ...Ukraine parliament approves new prime minister
Ukraine\'s new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, is accusing the government of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych of stealing billions from the state treasury.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.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 ...Egypt sentences 26 to death over Suez plot
An Egyptian court has sentenced 26 people to death for plotting attacks on ships passing through the Suez Canal.