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Ukraine crisis: Pretext and plotting behind Crimea’s occupation

Ukraine crisis: Pretext and plotting behind Crimea’s occupation


Ukraine crisis: Pretext and plotting behind Crimea’s occupation

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 11:41 AM PST

Russia's silent subjugation of the peninsula has left it holding the best hand as the west tries to put forward a workable response

Battle lines drawn over Crimea referendum

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 10:03 AM PST

The plan for a plebiscite on such a move has exposed deep divisions in a region riven by ethnic fault-lines and exhausted by economic uncertainty

Ukraine gives conditions for Russia talks

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 07:48 AM PST

Arseniy Yatseniuk, interim prime minister, demands that Russia withdraw its troops from Crimea and respect international agreements before talks

US job growth eases pressure on Fed

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 09:11 AM PST

Acceleration in job creation defies concerns that the US economy has entered a new soft patch partly driven by unseasonably cold weather

Erdogan actions fail to erase weak spots

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 12:53 PM PST

The paradox of the prime minister's move to bolster his authority is that the state's extensive powers are also being used against him

Qatar stands firm over Brotherhood backing

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 12:41 PM PST

Diplomatic spat between Gulf states over Qatar's support of Islamist revolutionary groups continues as Doha refuses to alter its policies

Juncker to run for commission presidency

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 09:04 AM PST

Former prime minister of Luxembourg has been selected to run as the centre-right candidate for the European Commission presidency

Turkey ex-army chief in dramatic reprieve

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 10:17 AM PST

Former army chief of staff was set free by local court a day after the country's constitutional court found his imprisonment violated his rights

China cracks down on internet ‘rumours’

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 07:26 AM PST

Move comes after Kunming knife massacre spawns false reports posted on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, about similar incidents or threats

Anwar faces jail as acquittal overruled

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 06:09 AM PST

Malaysian opposition leader faces threat of political oblivion after appeal court sentences him to five years in prison on sodomy charges

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