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Russia warns Nato, US over Ukraine membership
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned Nato and the US not to offer Ukraine membership of the alliance, ahead of a Nato summit.
After a day of drama, who rules Ukraine?
After a day of drama in which Ukraine’s president was ousted, who was left ruling the country? According to Parliament, it was not Viktor Yanukovich.
Ukraine protesters seize Yanukovich’s Kiev compound
Protesters have been holding the offices of President Viktor Yanukovich, whose exact whereabouts are unknown, for the next president.
Russia expels US journalist critical of Putin
Russia has barred a US journalist who is critical of President Vladimir Putin for five years, saying he violated his visa regulations.
‘Syria attack will hurt global economy’
China warned on Thursday that military intervention in Syria would hurt the global economy and push up oil prices.
Fugitive Snowden slips out of Moscow airport for ‘secure’ base
Fugitive former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped out of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after Russia granted him temporary asylum.
Thatcher: Loved and loathed
Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power.
Random House and Penguin merging to take on Amazon
Britain’s Pearson and Germany’s Bertelsmann are to merge their publishing units, Penguin and Random House, to recover ground lost to Amazon and Apple.
Putin trashed for heavy-handed crackdown on protesters
Russia’s opposition is worried that Vladimir Putin is resorting to old tactics to crush dissent after riot police detained hundreds of protesters.
Putin wins Russian presidential election
Vladimir Putin won a resounding victory in Russia’s presidential election, exit polls showed, securing a new six-year term in the Kremlin.
Anti-Putin protesters struggle with chaotic meetings
The groups behind anti-Vladimir Putin protests disagree on more than they agree on and chaotic meetings are often an exercise in conflict resolution.
News Corp comes clean on scale of hacking cover-up
The British newspaper arm of News Corp has admitted to victims that executives covered up the scale of illegal activity by destroying evidence.
Russia’s Kudrin pays price for going off script
Vladimir Putin’s strategy for a smooth return to the Kremlin appears to have gone off script with the departure of Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.
Putin ready to return as Russian president
Vladimir Putin declared on Saturday that he planned to reclaim the Russian presidency in an election next March.
Inside Rebekah Brooks’ News of the World
"It was the kind of place you get out of and you never want to go back again," said a former reporter of the <em>News of the World</em>.