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US hopes for wide participation in Ukrainian election

The US expressed its hope to see “wide participation in the elections by all Ukrainians, including in Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk,” when they go to vote new legislative representatives to parliament on Sunday. “This is another milestone for a nation that is again demonstrating its commitment to an enduring democratic …

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India, Pakistan exchange fire on Kashmir border

Hours ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to India- controlled Kashmir, border guards of India and Pakistan Thursday fired on each other’s posts along the international border (IB) in Kashmir for second straight day, officials said. The exchange of fire between two sides was reported from IB in …

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Turkey to allow 200 Kurdish fighters to enter Kobane

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday (Oct 23) that 200 Iraqi Kurd peshmerga fighters would travel through Turkey to the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobane under assault by the Islamic State (IS) group. The regional administration in northern Iraq and Syrian Kurdish group, the Democratic Union Party …

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