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Morning Digest: Ukraine forces kill up to five rebels; Russia starts drill near border

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04/25/2014

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Ukraine forces kill up to five rebels; Russia starts drill near border

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow rebels on Thursday as they closed in on the separatists' military stronghold in the east, and Russia launched army drills near the border in response, raising fears its troops would invade..

Russia says Kiev will face justice for 'bloody crime' in Ukraine

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Russia warned Kiev on Friday that it would face justice for a "bloody crime" in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Russian rebels a day earlier, while Washington said Moscow was running out of time to defuse the crisis before facing further sanctions..

Nokia to name Rajeev Suri as next CEO on Tuesday: report

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia , which is set to close the sale of its phone business to Microsoft , will on Tuesday name Rajeev Suri as its next CEO and outline its new strategy with a focus on its networks equipment business, a newspaper said on Friday..

'X-Men' director Bryan Singer calls sex abuse claims 'shakedown'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The director of the forthcoming "X-Men" film on Thursday called claims that he sexually abused a teen more than a decade ago a "sick, twisted shakedown," and said he was dropping out of promotional events for the movie ahead of its release..

Yankees' Pineda banned 10 games for using pine tar

(Reuters) - New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda has been suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday for having a foreign substance on his body during Wednesday's game against the Boston Red Sox..

Sina penalized for porn as China censorship bodies jockey for power

BEIJING (Reuters) - A move by China's authorities to strip Sina Corp of some online publication licenses as part of a pornography crackdown should be seen as a warning shot at the country's Internet firms to toe the Party line on freedom of expression, experts said..

Ancient flying reptile from China fills evolutionary gap

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was the start of something big - really big..

China to outlaw eating of protected animal species

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will jail people who eat rare animals for 10 years or more under a new interpretation of the criminal law, state media reported, as the government seeks to close a legal loophole and better protect the natural environment..