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  • OSCE Says Crimea Referendum Illegal RFE/RL 11 Mar 2014 -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says Crimea's planned March 16 referendum on joining Russia is illegal in its current form.
  • Washington React: Obama Aims to Work With Putin to Calm Ukraine VOA 11 Mar 2014 -- The United States says it respects Russia's interests in Ukraine, but that it expects Moscow to pull its troops back to their bases and stop violating Ukraine's sovereignty.
  • US House Votes on Ukraine Resolution VOA 11 Mar 2014 -- As the crisis in Ukraine continues, the U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty by Russian military forces, and calling for the deployment of international monitors in Crimea and other areas of Ukraine. The vote – a rare show of unity between congressional Republicans and Democrats as they sent their message to Moscow - was 403 in favor and six against.
  • Obama to Host Ukraine's Interim PM VOA 11 Mar 2014 -- U.S. President Barack Obama hosts Ukraine's interim prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the White House Wednesday.
  • US Presses Russia to Create Environment for Ukraine Diplomacy VOA 11 Mar 2014 -- The United States said Tuesday that Russia's responses to U.S. proposals to resolve the Ukraine crisis fail to create the proper environment for a diplomatic resolution.
  • Funding Ukraine's illegitimate regime outside US legal system - Moscow VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- The United States should think about the consequences of 'financially pumping' radical elements in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. 'Apparently, the US administration will continue turning a blind eye to the dominance of ultra-national forces in Kiev, which are hunting those thinking differently throughout the country, enhance pressure on the Russian-speaking population and our fellow citizens, and threaten violence to Crimean residents for their aspiration of self-determination.
  • No Russian nationals in Crimean self-defence detachments - Crimean gov't VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- Answeting journalists' questions the head of the Crimean government, Sergei Aksyonov, underlined that there no Russian servicemen in the Crimean self-defence detachments, adding that there are only Crimean nationals there.
  • Crimea won't return to Ukraine - speaker of the Crimean legislature VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- Crimea will not return to Ukraine, speaker of the Crimean legislature Vladimir Konstantinov told reporters on Tuesday. 'The Crimea's return to Ukraine is ruled out,' he said.
  • OSCE observers weren't officially invited to Crimean referendum - Crimean authorities VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- The administration of Crimea has not sent an official invitation to the OSCE to monitor the referendum in Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliyev, deputy prime minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, told Interfax.
  • Pro-Russia forces suspend flights in or out of Crimea Iran Press TV 11 Mar 2014 -- Pro-Russian forces in Crimea have closed the main airport in the regional capital, Simferopol, preventing all flights in and out, except those connecting to Moscow.
  • EU Offers 500 Million Euros Of Trade Benefits To Kyiv RFE/RL 11 Mar 2014 -- The European Commission has adopted a proposal to extend unilateral trade benefits to Ukraine worth nearly 500 million euros ($693 million) a year.
  • Defiant Yanukovych Says He'll Return To Kyiv RFE/RL 11 Mar 2014 -- A defiant Viktor Yanukovych, ousted as Ukrainian president, has reiterated from exile that he is still the country's leader and remains commander of the country's armed forces.
  • Ousted Ukrainian President Warns of Civil War RIA Novosti 11 Mar 2014 -- Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych warned on Tuesday that 'dark forces' are working to foment civil war in the troubled former Soviet nation.
  • Crimea Declares Independence Ahead of Popular Vote on Secession RIA Novosti 11 Mar 2014 -- The parliament of Crimea, a majority ethnic Russian region within Ukraine, declared independence Tuesday ahead of a popular vote on secession and annexation by Russia.
  • Crimea Bans Nationalist, Neo-Nazi Groups RIA Novosti 11 Mar 2014 -- The Crimean parliament on Tuesday banned the activities of nationalist political organizations instrumental in the recent Ukrainian revolution, citing security threats.
  • In Ukraine, UN official discusses human rights measures to de-escalate current crisis UN News Centre 11 Mar 2014 -- Senior United Nations official Ivan Šimonovic is meeting with local authorities in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today to discuss human rights-related measures that can be taken to help de-escalate tensions in the country.
  • France warns of anti-Russia sanctions over Ukraine issue Iran Press TV 11 Mar 2014 -- France says sanctions against Russia could come as early as this week if Moscow does not respond to Western proposals on finding a solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
  • Russian Paratroopers Hold Massive Drills as Crimea Vote Nears RIA Novosti 11 Mar 2014 -- An airborne division based in central Russia began large-scale exercises Tuesday against the backdrop of an ongoing political and security crisis in Ukraine.

  • Statement on Intel Committee’s CIA Detention, Interrogation Report Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein 11 Mar 2014 -- "Over the past week, there have been numerous press articles written about the Intelligence Committee’s oversight review of the Detention and Interrogation Program of the CIA, specifically press attention has focused on the CIA’s intrusion and search of the Senate Select Committee’s computers as well as the committee’s acquisition of a certain internal CIA document known as the Panetta Review. I rise today to set the record straight and to provide a full accounting of the facts and history."
  • CIA Chief: Agency Didn't Hack Senate Computers VOA 11 Mar 2014 -- CIA director John Brennan says the spy agency did not hack into computers the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee was using to investigate Bush-era interrogation programs.
  • CIA accused of spying on US Congress VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein has accused the CIA of violating the law and the Constitution of the United States by interfering in a committee investigation into Bush-era torture of terror suspects.
  • Senator Feinstein: CIA violated US Constitution Iran Press TV 11 Mar 2014 -- The head of the US Senate Intelligence Committee says the Central Intelligence Agency appears to have violated the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution.

  • NSA Chief Nominee Pledges to Rebuild Trust with American People VOA 11 Mar 2014 -- U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday reiterated their concerns about the nation's intelligence gathering activities exposed by a fugitive former contractor at the National Intelligence Agency (NSA), Edward Snowden. At a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, senators sought answers from President Barack Obama's nominee to head the NSA, who promised to rebuild trust through dialogue with the American people.
  • 'US Constitution was being violated on massive scale' - Snowden VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- Speaking via video link, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden told a packed house at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival to fight against mass surveillance.
  • US Judge stops NSA from deleting surveillance records VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- A federal judge in San Francisco stopped the destruction Monday of millions of telephone records collected by the National Security Agency more than five years ago. US District Judge Jeffrey White, who is overseeing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the agency, issued a nationwide order Monday to safeguard evidence until March 19, when he will hold a hearing on extending the deadline further.

  • Construction of Arak plant makes 87% progress: AEOI Iran Press TV 11 Mar 2014 -- The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the construction of Arak heavy water production plant in the country's Markazi (Central) Province has made a nearly 90-percent progress.

  • Thailand govt. set to lift state of emergency Iran Press TV 11 Mar 2014 -- Thai National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanathabutr has hinted that a state of emergency could be lifted in Bangkok and its adjacent areas.

  • Three cosmonauts from International Space Station land safely in Kazakhstan VoR 11 Mar 2014 -- Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut on Tuesday landed back on Earth in Kazakhstan after a stay of more than half a year aboard the International Space Station, mission control said. Russians Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins touched down in their Soyuz capsule at 0324 GMT outside Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.



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