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Russia says it will respond if Ukraine interests attacked

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Leader of the separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov (R) arrives to attend a press-conference in Slavyansk on April 20, 2014

From soap factory to commanding a rebel town in Ukraine

Vyacheslav Ponomaryov says he was running a s…

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Strike halts work on Panama Canal expansion

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