A pro-Russian separatist stands guard during the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic leadership and local parliamentary elections at a polling station in the settlement of Telmanovo, south from Donetsk November 2, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
Pro-Russian Rebels Name Leader In Ukraine As Crisis Deepens -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine named a leader of their breakaway republic on Monday after a weekend election which was denounced by Kiev and the West and further deepened a standoff with Russia over the future of the former Soviet state.
Organizers of the vote said that Alexander Zakharchenko, a 38-year-old former mining electrician, had easily won election as head of the "Donetsk People's Republic", an entity proclaimed by armed rebels in the days after they seized key buildings in cities of Ukraine's Russian-speaking east last April.
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MIDDLE EAST
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Iraqi Kurds join fight against Islamic State in Kobani.
Isis fighters capture second Syrian gas field in a week.
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ASIA
Pakistan: Border bombing death toll rises to 60.
India and Pakistan hold Wagah border ritual despite attack.
China’s Xinhua pours cold water on idea of Xi-Abe talks.
Abu Sayyaf militants kill 6 Filipino soldiers.
Provincial deputy governor shot dead at south Afghanistan university.
Bangladesh party official faces death penalty.
In North Korea, fear takes hold over new foreign threat: Ebola.
Myanmar key players in rare roundtable talks.
AFRICA
Burkina Faso leader to hand power to transitional body. Burkina army vows to install a unity government after seizing national TV headquarters.
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Boko Haram denies ceasefire claim by Nigeria's government.
Heavy clashes near seaport of Libyan city Benghazi. Libyan army urges residents of Benghazi port area to evacuate.
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EUROPE
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Russia tells Ukraine to halt military offensive in wake of rebel elections.
Romanian election: Presidential run-off vote expected.
Eurozone manufacturing growth slows, survey shows.
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Europeans worried about US troops returning from Ebola-affected Africa.
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AMERICAS
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Canada says fighter jets make first strike against Islamic State.
Argentine President checks into hospital with fever.
Colombia's Farc admits civil war 'impact' on civilians.
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World Trade Center reopens for business.
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