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On Sunday, thousands of people gathered in Maidan to mark the first anniversary of anti-government demonstrations that left scores of protesters dead.

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In Battered Ukraine, Spirit Of Defiance Lives On In Maidan Square

6:40pm February 23, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

A year ago, Kiev's central square was the center of the protest movement that ousted Ukraine's president. The square remains a home for free speech, including criticism of the current government.

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OSCE Needs Better Technology To Monitor Ukrainian Truce, Zannier Says

6:32pm February 23, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Lamberto Zannier is the secretary general of the organization monitoring the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has sent about 400 observers.

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After An Education In American Jazz, A Musician Tackles The Turkish Songbook

4:52pm February 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

A Turkish jazz guitarist is converting Turkey's pop songs into popular jazz, the way American jazz musicians stylized tunes from the Great American Songbook.

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Runway Collections Inspired By Vibes From '60s And '70s

3:36pm February 23, 2015

Renee Montagne looks back at the best of New York Fashion Week with Deborah Needleman, editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and looks forward to what will hit the European runways.

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Latest Ukraine Cease-Fire Ends Before It Begins

2:48pm February 23, 2015

The cease-fire that was supposed to halt fighting between Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government has not taken hold. NPR's Scott Simon talks to former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder.

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Kerry In Geneva For Latest Nuclear Talks With Iran

2:38pm February 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

The latest round of nuclear talks regarding Iran have begun in Geneva. The U.S. and Iran are trying to iron out their differences ahead of a March 31 deadline for a framework on a potential deal.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry goes for a stroll along the shore of Lake Geneva on Sunday prior to renewed nuclear negotiations in Geneva with his Iranian counterpart.

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Iran Nuclear Talks Report Progress, While Critics Ratchet Up The Rhetoric

1:23pm February 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

U.S. and Iranian delegates are trying to settle on the framework for an accord on the future of Iran's nuclear program. Not everyone is impressed with this nuclear diplomacy.

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France Seizes Passports Of 6 Allegedly Planning To Join Islamists In Syria

1:03pm February 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

It's the first time the French government has used a measure that was approved in November to limit the number of French citizens joining Islamist groups in the Middle East.

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Ukraine Separatists Claim Victory In Defiant Election

11:49am February 23, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Separatists in eastern Ukraine held their own elections on Sunday. The government in Kiev calls it "an illegal farce," saying pro-Moscow militants control the process.

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Ukrainian troops ride on self-propelled artillery near Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday. A Ukrainian military spokesman says that separatist attacks are delaying Ukrainian forces' pullback of heavy weapons from the front line.

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Ukraine Says It Can't Withdraw Weapons, Citing Attacks During Truce

7:04am February 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Noting deadly attacks by Russian-backed separatists who have renewed a push near the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine says it can't withdraw heavy weapons from the front lines.