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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) looks at his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich during a signing ceremony after a meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 17, 2013. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)

Putin: Russia to buy $15 billion worth of Ukrainian bonds

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 17, 2013 | World

Moscow, AP—Russian President Vladimir Putin upped the stakes today in the battle over Ukraine’s future, saying Moscow will buy 15 billion US dollars worth of Ukrainian government bonds and sharply cut the price of natural gas heading to its economically...

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In this photo released by the Thai Spokesman Office, Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks on Thai TV pool Monday on December 9, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Thai Spokesman Office)

Thai PM dissolves Parliament, calls elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 9, 2013 | World

Bangkok, AP—Desperate to defuse Thailand’s deepening political crisis, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday said she is dissolving the lower house of Parliament and called for early elections. But the moves did nothing to stem a growing tide of more than...

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Protesters shout and wave flags marching towards government headquarters in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Monday, December 2, 2013. Hundreds of Ukrainian protesters have blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukrainian protesters block main government building

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2013 | World

Kiev, Reuters—About 1,000 protesters blocked off the Ukrainian government’s main headquarters on Monday and surrounding streets, preventing employees getting to work, in further protests at Kiev’s policy U-turn away from integration with Europe. In...

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Thai anti-government protesters cheer after they stormed inside a compound of the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand on November 25, 2013. (EPA/STR THAILAND OUT)

Thai protesters occupy Finance Ministry in bid to oust government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 25, 2013 | World

Bangkok, Reuters—Anti-government protesters forced their way inside Thailand’s Finance Ministry and burst through the gates of the Foreign Ministry compound on Monday, in an escalating bid to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The seizing of...

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Egyptians react in the Egyptian canal city of Port Said on January 26, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/STR)

Deadly Clashes in Egypt Continue

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 27, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Clashes between rioters and police in Egypt’s Port Said have killed At least 32 people, while another 41 were killed in separate anti-government clashes in the capital Cairo. Protesters in Port Said were enraged by the death sentences handed to...