Obama urges Putin to rein in Ukraine insurgents (via AFP)

US President Barack Obama urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a phone call to press pro-Moscow groups to lay down their arms in Ukraine, as the Kiev government sought UN help to tackle the growing insurgency. Tensions between the US and Russia were…

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