Ukraine crisis

Mar 21, 2014 EUROPE

Russian shares hit as sanctions bite

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) signs documents as Sergei Naryshkin (R), speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower parliament house, and Valentina Matviyenko, head of the Federation Council, look on during a ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin March 21, 2014. Putin signed legislation on Friday that completed the process of absorbing Crimea into Russia, defying Western leaders who say the Black Sea peninsula remains part of Ukraine. REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Move against Putin’s inner circle of allies begins to take its toll

Mar 21, 2014 EUROPE

Sanctions on inner circle wound Putin

Banker with Kremlin ties says US is ‘going for regime change’

Mar 21, 2014 US & CANADA

US deploys ‘guerrillas in grey suits’

Washington honed financial targeting used on Russia after 9/11

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Mar 21, 2014 ASIA-PACIFIC

Malaysia desperate to solve MH370 mystery

Advanced reconnaissance missions have still not located aircraft

Mar 22, 2014 GLOBAL ECONOMY

Fed’s Kocherlakota attacks new guidance

Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Analysis

People react after the end of a referendum in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 16 March 2014. More than 90 per cent of Crimeans voted for the Ukrainian region's accession to Russia, according to an exit poll published after a controversial referendum ended on 16 March. The referendum was widely condemned by Western governments, who referred to it as 'illegal'. The European Union and the US threatened sanctions against Russia, which they accuse of invading and annexing the Ukrainian territory. ©EPA

Crimea - Russia’s return: the month that changed the borders of Europe

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Gary Silverman: Learning to forget about Sandy Hook

Mar 21, 2014 EUROPE

Users bypass Turkey’s Twitter ban

Gul takes to social media site to denounce measure

epa04131016 Syrian soldiers pose for a photo at the main square in Yabroud, Damascus countryside, Syria, 18 March 2014. Syrian army said on 16 March the government troops have seized control of Yabroud, a strategically important rebel-held town 75 kilometers north of the capital Damascus. Al-Assad's troops and Hezbollah forces began their assault on Yabroud in February in a bid to cut off rebel supply routes between the town and the Arsal area, in eastern Lebanon. EPA/STR
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Mar 21, 2014 MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

Betrayal behind rout of Syrian rebels

Regional power struggles are having dramatic consequences

des personnes attendent le bus, le 06 juin 2003 à Malakoff, alors que des manifestants bloquent le dépôt de bus de la ville pour protester contre le projet de réforme de retraites du gouvernement Raffarin. AFP PHOTO JEAN AYISSI
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Mar 21, 2014 EUROPE

Communists confident ahead of French poll

The party retains a significant role in French politics

Pauillac wine bottles stored in a wine cellar
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Mar 21, 2014 GLOBAL ECONOMY

EU and China deal ends wine wars

Beijing agrees to drop probe into Europe’s winemakers

Workers produce copper at Verdanta's KCM smelting plant in Kitwe, in the Copperbelt, Zambia.
Mar 21, 2014 AFRICA

Zambia scraps foreign exchange controls

Africa’s biggest copper producer acts to shore up currency

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Analysis

People react after the end of a referendum in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 16 March 2014. More than 90 per cent of Crimeans voted for the Ukrainian region's accession to Russia, according to an exit poll published after a controversial referendum ended on 16 March. The referendum was widely condemned by Western governments, who referred to it as 'illegal'. The European Union and the US threatened sanctions against Russia, which they accuse of invading and annexing the Ukrainian territory. ©EPA

Crimea - Russia’s return: the month that changed the borders of Europe

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