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epa04133551 US President Barack Obama announces additional sanctions against Russia on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 20 March 2014. Obama signed an executive order allowing sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy if Moscow does not change course on Ukraine. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
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Simferopol vows cheaper credit, lower taxes and legal protection

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IMF rushes through $15bn bailout for Kiev

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Merkel considers EU migrant restrictions

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a statement at the German parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Russia faces further sanctions from the European Union on Thursday over its annexation of the Crimea Peninsula as tensions in the region remained high despite the release of a Ukrainian naval commander. In an address to the German Parliament, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU was readying further sanctions and that the G-8 forum of leading economies had been suspended indefinitely. Russia holds the presidency of the G-8 and President Vladimir Putin was due to host his counterparts, including President Barack Obama, at a summit in Sochi in June
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Sisi leaves army to run for Egypt presidency

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Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak makes an announcement on the latest development on the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane at Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur March 24, 2014. Prime Minister Najib has told families of passengers of a missing Malaysian airliner that the plane ended its journey in the southern Indian Ocean, he said on Monday. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT POLITICS) ©Reuters

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Mas vows to press ahead with Catalan vote

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A man identified as Suleiman Abu Ghaith appears in this still image taken from an undated video address. The son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and one of the highest-ranking al Qaeda figures to be brought to the United States to face a civilian trial, pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of conspiracy to kill Americans. Abu Ghaith, a militant who appeared in videos as a spokesman for al Qaeda after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, only blocks from the site of the World Trade Center.REUTERS/Handout
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Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty

Most senior al-Qaeda figure to be tried on US soil

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Turkey court rules against Twitter ban

Government makes no move to lift block

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Malaysia reveals more images of debris

Satellite shows 122 objects in south Indian Ocean

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst...FILE - The Aug. 29, 2013 file photo shows the Bishop of Limburg Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst blessing a new Kindergarden in Frankfurt, Germany. The bishop already facing questions over his new multi-million euro residence now has legal problems on allegations he lied to a Hamburg court. Hamburg prosecutors said Thursday, they asked a court to fine Tebartz-van Elst for providing false testimony. A spokesman for the diocese of Limburg, Martin Wind, told the German news agency dpa Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, that Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst was meeting officials in Rome but gave no further details. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
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Pope replaces Germany’s ‘bishop of bling’

Tebartz-van Elst spent €31m on residence

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A supporter of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attends a rally being addressed by Gujarat's Chief Minister and Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, ahead of the 2014 general elections, at Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh February 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTX1853X ©Reuters

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