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David Mchugh

Ukrainian Maria, 23, right, and Vanui, 22, hold posters against Russia's military intervention in Crimea, in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, March 2, 2014. Russia's parliament approved a motion to use the country's military in Ukraine after a request from President Vladimir Putin as protests in Russian-speaking cities turned violent Saturday, sparking fears of a wide-scale invasion. The poster in the right side reads in Ukrainian: "I am from Russia, please protect me and remove the weapons and soldiers from Ukraine." (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (AP)

Russia’s influence over Ukraine’s Crimea region intensifies

David Mchugh, Dalton Bennett

Standoff mounts in Crimea as international community censures Russia

Dalton Bennett, David Mchugh

Europe faces difficult search for growth

David Mchugh

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, head of the International Monetary Fund listens to his attorney Benjamin Brafman, center, during arraignment proceedings Monday, May 16, 2011, in Manhattan Criminal Court, on charges for the alleged attack on a maid who went into his penthouse suite at a hotel near Times Square to clean it. At left is his other attorney William Taylor. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool) (AP)

IMF’s Strauss-Kahn resigns amid sex charges

Bradley Klapper, David Mchugh

Police surround a bus carrying U.S. soldiers at the site where two US soldiers have been killed in a shooting in front of Terminal 2 of the Frankfurt airport, Germany, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, Alexander Becher) (AP)

2 U.S. airmen killed, 2 injured in Frankfurt Airport shooting

David Mchugh