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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Obama confers with Putin by phone on Russian troops in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine, March 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama held a 90-minute phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday as the U.N. Security Council met on Ukraine. The two men talked hours after Russia's upper house of Parliament approved Putin's request for the country to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 28, 2014

Ukraine establishes interim government, appoints PM and approves cabinet

KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, its parliament, voted to install Arseniy Yatseniuk as its new prime minister on Thursday, and approved his proposed appointment of new cabinet members. Yatseniuk received 371 out of 471 parliamentary votes to appoint him prime minister.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

U.N.'s Ban wants quick end to Venezuelan crisis

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Swift action is needed in Venezuela to prevent political tensions from spiraling out of control, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. A statement from the secretary-general's office said he was "saddened" by reports of deaths associated with political violence in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Astronomers find 715 new planets using data from Kepler probe

MOFFETT, Calif., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- NASA scientists announced the discovery of 715 new planets from 305 different star systems Wednesday. They located the new planets using old data collected by the currently sidelined Kepler probe. The discovery was made possible by a new planet verification method... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Rice says U.S. will help save Ukraine's economy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The United States will likely be part of international efforts to shore up the economy of restive Ukraine, National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Sunday. Rice said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that underlying the flaring political strife in Ukraine was a "very, very... Sign in to see full entry.

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