Cease-fire pledge amid talks eases Donetsk conflict
In Donetsk insurgents declare they will respect the cease-fire as Russia and the United States push for direct talks. Putin urges talks while Obama warns of costs if Moscow stalls the crisis, with ex-president Kuchma attending talks. In Kabul, Afghanistan the electoral chief resigns amid fraud allegations as runoff results in Abdullah Abdullah vs Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai are delayed.
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Ukraine
U.S
Vladimir Putin
Barack Obama
Putin
Moscow
Leonid Kuchma
Kabul
Afghanistan
Zia ul-Haq Amarkhail
Main Election Commission
Abdullah Abdullah
World Bank
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
South Korea captures runaway soldier amid manhunt
A 22 year old South Korean sergeant killed five comrades then fled into the forest with a rifle. After a two day standoff he shot himself as his father and brother urged surrender. He died at hospital. authorities planned to hand him to military investigators.
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Seoul
South Korea
Yim
Defense Ministry
Kim Min-seok
Secret memo lays legal ground for US drone killings
A court released a 41 page Justice Department memo detailing the Obama administration’s targeted killing policy. It argues a U.S. citizen may be killed abroad under 2001 anti terror authority and notes CIA involvement. The document covers Anwar al Awlaki Samir Khan and Abdulrahman al Awlaki and cites Congress authorization of force.
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U.S
Congress
CIA
Justice Department
Federal Appeals Court
New York Times
ACLU
Yemen
Anwar Al-Awlaki
al-Qaida
Virginia
United States
Samir Khan
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki
al-Awlaki
Defense Department
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
the Times
Barack Obama
David E. McCraw
White House
Josh Earnest
Earnest
David Barron
Office of Legal Counsel
Boston
Egyptian court convicts three Al Jazeera journalists in Cairo
An Egyptian court sentenced Australian Peter Greste Canadian Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed to seven years in prison on terrorism related charges. Prosecutors cited dubious evidence and a political motive amid international condemnation and calls for intervention by President Sissi.
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Peter Greste
al- Jazeera
Mohamed Fahmy
Baher Mohammed
Cairo
Al-Jazeera
John Kerry
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi
Muslim Brotherhood
Mohammed Morsi
el-Sissi
Qatar
Morsi
al- Jazeera Network
Brotherhood
Egypt
Syria completes handover of declared chemical weapons
Syria finished transferring 1300 tons of declared chemical weapons to Western powers under a US backed deal amid threat of airstrikes. The most dangerous material will be destroyed at sea by an American ship while other agents go to toxic waste sites.
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Cyprus
Syria
USS
Bashar Assad
U.S
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OPCW
Sigrid Kaag
U.n.opcw
Ahmet Uzamcu
Uzamcu
Kang
United States
Russia
Daryl Kimball
Arms Control Association
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American Civil Liberties Union
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Al-Jazeera English
David Drake
Toby Sterling and
Menelaos Hadjicostis
Associated Press
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