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Monday, May 26, 2014

Morning Digest: Ukrainians back billionaire to save them from crisis

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05/26/2014
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Ukrainians back billionaire to save them from crisis
KIEV (Reuters) - Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire chocolate manufacturer, claimed the Ukrainian presidency with an emphatic election victory on Sunday, taking on a fraught mission to quell pro-Russian rebels and steer his fragile nation closer to the West..
Thai coup leader threatens crackdown if protests resume
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Monday he had been formally endorsed by the king as head of a military council that will run the country, and warned he would use force if political protests flared up again..
Global bonds, stocks brush off Eurosceptic election gains
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian assets surged and German shares hit all-time highs on Monday as solid election showings by pro-European forces in both countries provided an antidote to Eurosceptic gains in France, the UK and Greece..
Slasher attacks Japan pop girl group AKB48 at fan event
TOKYO (Reuters) - A man wielding a saw slashed and injured two members of Japanese female pop group AKB48, rated by Guinness as the world's biggest such group, at a fan event in Japan, leaving the country stunned at the extremely rare violent crime..
Pistorius attends Pretoria hospital for mental tests
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius checked in as a day patient to Pretoria's Weskoppies psychiatric hospital on Monday for the first day of a month of mental tests ordered by the judge overseeing his murder trial..
Dissident Cuban website, once blocked, now accessible
HAVANA (Reuters) - An independent news website that had been blocked in Cuba since its debut on Wednesday became available to Cuban Internet users on Saturday..
Chelyabinsk asteroid crashed in space before hitting Earth: scientists
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - An asteroid that exploded last year over Chelyabinsk, Russia, leaving more than 1,000 people injured by flying glass and debris, collided with another asteroid before hitting Earth, new research by scientists shows..
Naked man arrested outside White House gate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secret Service police on Friday arrested a man who stripped naked outside the White House fence and fought with officers..
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