Ukraine defense chief appeals to army to keep calm
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Ukraine's defense minister appealed to the army to remain calm amid a third day of mass opposition protests over a weekend election claimed by the country's pro-Russia prime minister.
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Ukraine's president and PM are to meet again to try to end a crisis over a bid to seize control of 40,000 troops.
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Lebanon's army commander urged soldiers on Thursday to stay neutral in an increasingly tense Beirut and said concessions might be necessary to resolve a political crisis.
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President Viktor Yushchenko said Friday he was taking command of Ukraine's Interior Ministry troops, but a ministry spokesman rejected the order in a move of defiance that dramatically escalated the country's political turmoil.Tensions between Yushchenko and his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, have been building for weeks, and the president's order, reflecting doubt on the loyalty of servicemen under the ministry's command, appeared to suggest rising concern over possible clashes. Read more
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The shy family doctor who became the leading candidate for prime minister Tuesday says ending the nation's rampant violence is his top priority and that U.S. troops would remain as long as they are needed to achieve that goal.
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Ukraine's president said he took command of 32,000 Interior Ministry troops on Friday, and a ministry official rejected the order &#151; deepening the country's political crisis as police guarded the office of the fired prosecutor general.
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The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said Sunday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases as tensions mount after the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying.
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Ukraine's rival leaders pressed on with discussions to set a date for a parliamentary election on Saturday after President Viktor Yushchenko ordered troops from outside the capital to bolster security in Kiev.
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KIEV -- President Leonid Kuchma yesterday ordered the foreign and defense ministries to develop a plan for withdrawing Ukraine's troops from Iraq within six months, a day after eight of its soldiers were killed in an explosion at an ammunition dump.
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Opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko called on the government Friday to prevent any violence in this weekend&#39;s crucial presidential repeat vote, as the
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Nato's chief calls on the West and Russia to tone down their rhetoric in their row over defence and Kosovo.
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TBILISI -- The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said yesterday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases, amid mounting tensions over the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, denounced the Georgian authorities' arrests as ``state terrorism" and blamed unidentified ...
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Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for calm after a weekend of violence against French targets. In a televised address, he also justified his army&#39;s return to war.
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New York - UN chief Kofi Annan on Monday urged Ukrainians to remain patient as the country&#39;s supreme court reviews pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s request that the presidential election be annulled.
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The Christian leaders of Ukraine have joined in an appeal to President Leonid Kuchma to restore stability in that country, saying that Kuchma's inability to manage the current political crisis "calls down upon ...
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Key players in Ukraine's political crisis failed to resolve the tensions in nearly three hours of talks Friday, but President Leonid Kuchma said progress was made.
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The United Nations called for calm in  Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday after gun battles  surrounding the announcement of a presidential election run-off  stoked fears of a violent political showdown.