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Morning Digest: Rebels declare victory in east Ukraine self-rule vote

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05/12/2014

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Rebels declare victory in east Ukraine self-rule vote

DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian leader Oleksander Turchinov accused Russia of working to overthrow legitimate state power in Ukraine on Monday after pro-Russian rebels declared a resounding victory in a rebel referendum on self-rule in eastern regions..

Taliban launch summer offensive, Kabul airport attacked

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants launched a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Monday, the first day of their declared summer offensive, targeting the international airport and the United States' biggest military base near Kabul..

Pfizer presses AstraZeneca case as CEO faces UK grilling

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Pfizer pressed the scientific case for its controversial plan to acquire AstraZeneca on Monday as its chief executive prepared for a grilling from British lawmakers..

China's Alibaba registers film company in Hong Kong

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has registered a film company in Hong Kong, according to a regulatory filing, as the world's biggest e-commerce firm ratchets up its media businesses..

Clippers' Sterling apologizes for racist remarks: CNN

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life from the NBA over racist comments, has apologized and asked for forgiveness in his first public statement since the controversy began last month, CNN said on Sunday..

'Farm Heroes' boosts King Digital's profit but shares fall

(Reuters) - King Digital Entertainment Plc's KING.N stock plummeted about 10.5 percent on Wednesday, even as the maker of the popular mobile game "Candy Crush Saga" reported better-than-expected first-quarter results..

Fossils withdrawn from auction donated to new Kansas museum

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A collection of 85 million-year-old fossils including a fish as big as a great white shark with a face like a bulldog has been donated to a new Kansas museum after an outcry from scientists helped scrap a San Diego museum's plans to sell them at auction..

Astronaut gives University of Connecticut graduation speech from space

STORRS Conn. (Reuters) - University of Connecticut alumnus Rick Mastracchio took a break from orbiting the globe on the International Space Station to deliver an address to students graduating from the university's School of Engineering on Saturday..