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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's parliament won't be voting on a resolution allowing the use of force in Ukraine. The upper house has agreed to a request from Russian President Vladimir Putin to cancel the resolution. Putin said that his move is intended to help support the peace process in Ukraine. Putin's action also wants to avoid another round of Western sanctions.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's semi-official Fars news agency quotes a local security official as blaming an unspecified "terrorist group" for an attack that killed three Iranian border guards near the western boundary with Iraq. Iran has boosted border security amid the blitz offensive in neighboring Iraq by Sunni militants from the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Shiite Iran supports the Shiite-led government in Baghdad.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya is having another go at parliamentary elections in the third nationwide balloting since the toppling of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The vote is a key step in transition for oil-rich Libya, embroiled in deep political chaos and instability mainly because of the absence of a strong military and police force. Successive transitional governments have depended on militias to achieve security. It's unclear what will happen in the violence-stricken east.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative and tea party leaders are blaming "nefarious campaign tactics" in Mississippi, where a comeback by mainstream conservative Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly turned back a challenge from state Sen. Chris McDaniel. Outside groups spent heavily on McDaniel. In another primary setback for the tea party, two-term Rep. James Lankford of Oklahoma won the GOP Senate nomination.
NEW YORK (AP) — It's still too close to call in New York where Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel is less than 2,000 votes ahead of his primary challenger, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat (ay-dree-AH'-noh es-pil-AHT'). The 84-year-old Rangel gave supporters a speech that was part thank-you, part real-time political analysis and part declaration of victory.
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