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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's annexation of Crimea now only needs the signature of President Vladimir Putin after the upper house of parliament gave its approval today. Russia may be taking an economic hit as a result. Western nations have imposed sanctions on individuals and two credit rating agencies have warned Moscow it may be downgraded soon. Russia's stock market took a beating today.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australia's acting prime minister says an aerial search of a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian airliner has come up empty so far. Warren Truss, who is acting prime minister while Tony Abbott is away, says "nothing of particular significance" has been identified.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Four men in India have received the maximum punishment for raping a call-center operator last year inside an abandoned textile mill in the financial hub of Mumbai. An Indian court sentenced the men to life in prison today. The sentencing of three of the defendants and a fourth person in the rape of another woman at the same location has been delayed until Monday.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say an explosion during a ceremony marking the Persian New Year has killed three people in the southern province of Kandahar. A police spokesman says militants used a new style of weapon -- throwing an explosives-packed bottle that blew up when it landed on the ground. Seven other people were wounded.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The family of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg will get back a Matisse painting once looted by high-ranking Nazi Hermann Goering (GEH'-ring). The 1937 painting, Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace, is now worth an estimated $20 million. Goering had sold it to a Parisian art dealer who was later convicted of dealing in Nazi looted art. The painting had been one of the highlights at a Norwegian museum.
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