{"id":136,"date":"2014-03-07T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T14:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.di4sr.com\/en\/?p=136"},"modified":"2014-03-07T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T14:35:52","slug":"putin-rebuffs-international-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.di4sr.com\/en\/putin-rebuffs-international-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Rebuffs International Warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Top News:<\/strong> Vladimir Putin rebuffed calls from the international community to pullback troops from Crimea, saying Russia had to protect native Russian speakers in Ukraine. A Ukrainian official reported that there are now 30,000 Russian troops in the region, though Putin continues to deny that the unidentified soldiers are Russian forces.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Putin&#8217;s latest moves come as the Ukrainian interim prime minster warned Crimean MPs against a secession vote. Arseniy has called the vote, which is scheduled for March 16, &#8220;illegitimate.&#8221; The referendum has been supported by the Russian parliament.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Jordan: Secretary of State John Kerry met with Jordan&#8217;s King Abdullah II to discuss the peace process. Kerry hopes to present a framework for an agreement between Israel and Palestine authorities by the end of April. Any proposal centers on a security plan in the Jordan Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Asia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sentenced to five years in jail on sodomy charges after a court overturned his previous acquittal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">China expressed &#8220;deep concern&#8221; after a North Korean ballistic missile crossed paths with a Chinese civilian airplane.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An explosion on board an Indian naval vessel killed one officer after the blast led to a toxic gas leak.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Middle East<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A son of former Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, has been extradited from Niger and is in custody in Tripoli.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Activists report that at least 17 rebels were killed in a battle with Syrian government troops near the Lebanese border.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Al Qaeda militants killed a man in Yemen for allegedly providing information necessary to carry out U.S. drone strikes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Africa<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The International Criminal Court convicted Congo militia leader Germain Katanga of war crimes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0a7 A former girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius testified at his murder trial that Pistorius regularly carried a gun.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0a7 Four Nigerian men were convicted of gay sex in an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Europe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Less than two weeks after the Winter Olympics ended, the Paralympics begin tonight in Sochi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The new Ukrainian leadership has reached out to oligarchs in the country&#8217;s east, traditionally Moscow loyalists, for help.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Turkey&#8217;s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to ban Facebook and YouTube after a series of anonymous postings allegedly exposing executive corruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Americas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A solder and a motorcyclist died in Caracas, bringing the death toll from almost a month of political unrest to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cuba has agreed to begin talks with the European Union on restoring bilateral relations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Venezuela expelled Panama&#8217;s ambassador and three other diplomats amid continued street demonstrations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>-By Jake Scobey-Thal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top News: Vladimir Putin rebuffed calls from the international community to pullback troops from Crimea, saying Russia had to protect native Russian speakers in Ukraine. A Ukrainian official reported that there are now 30,000 Russian troops in the region, though Putin continues to deny that the unidentified soldiers are Russian forces. 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