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Rival Groups Clash In Ukraine’s Crimea, 20 Injured

In Crimea’s regional capital of Simferopol, about 20,000 Muslim Tatars who rallied in support of the interim government clashed with a smaller pro-Russian rally.

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Ukraine Protests

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Fistfights broke out between pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators in Ukraine's strategic Crimea region on Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered massive military exercises just across the border. The tests of military readiness involve most of the military units in central and western Russia, Defense

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50,000 Somali Kids At Risk: UN, Gov’t Ask For Help

« We have 50,000 children at the doorstep of death, » because of severe malnourishment ».

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Somalia Still Hungry

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's 2011 famine is over. Militants have been pushed out of Mogadishu. Political progress is being made. And yet the U.N. and Somali government are pleading with international donors to help a country they say is still in crisis. Aid groups, pressed to respond to emergency situations in Somalia in recent years,

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Major Bitcoin Exchange Is Insolvent, Companies Say

Prominent members of the Bitcoin community — including San Francisco-based wallet service Coinbase and Chinese exchange BTC China — sought to shore up confidence in the currency by saying Mt. Gox’s collapse was an isolated case of mismanagement. They said it had abused users’ trust, but did not offer details on how.

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Japan Bitcoin Mt Gox

TOKYO (AP) — A major bitcoin exchange has gone bust after secretly racking up catastrophic losses, other virtual currency companies said Tuesday — a potentially fatal blow for the exotic new form of money. The website of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox was returning a blank page Tuesday. The disappearance of the site follows the resignation Sunday of Mt.

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Rules To Limit Marketing Unhealthy Food In Schools

The proposed rules come on the heels of USDA regulations that are now requiring foods in the school lunch line to be healthier.

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Michelle Obama, Rachel Ray

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the scoreboards in high school gyms eventually will have to promote good health. Moving beyond the lunch line, new rules that will be proposed Tuesday by the White House and the Agriculture Department would limit marketing of unhealthy foods in schools. They would phase out the advertising of sugary drinks and junk foods

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Ukraine: No New Government Before Thursday

Turchinov is now nominally in charge of this strategic country of 46 million whose ailing economy faces the risk of default and whose loyalties are sharply tornArtem Peter between Europe and longtime ruler Russia.

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Ukraine Protests

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday delayed the formation of a new government, reflecting political tensions and economic challenges after the Russia-backed president went into hiding. Parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchinov, who was named Ukraine's interim leader after President Viktor Yanukovych fled the capital, said that

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Children Become Latest Victims Of Thai Violence

UNICEF on Monday called for the protest zones to be made « child-free » and urged parents to keep their children away.

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Thailand

BANGKOK (AP) — The father grimaced and wept as he struggled to contain his grief at the death of his two children in a grenade attack during a weekend trip to a mall in downtown Bangkok — the latest casualties in Thailand's months of political crisis. "I'm asking and pleading to every side to let my children be the last case (of violence) on

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Hagel To Propose Big Cuts In Army In 2015 Budget

The Army is already scheduled to shrink to 490,000 active-duty members from a wartime peak of 570,000. Hagel is expected to propose cutting it further to between 440,000 and 450,000.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel is recommending shrinking the Army to its smallest size in decades in an effort to balance defense needs with budget realities, according to defense officials. Hagel is expected to announce that and other recommendations Monday in a speech at the Pentagon outlining his priorities for next year's

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