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Main News of March 14

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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine declared a day of mourning after violent clashes between two groups of demonstrators Thursday left one person dead and at least 26 injured

* Election observers from more than 21 countries, including the United States, are registered to attend a referendum on Sunday in Ukraine’s Crimea on secession and annexation by Russia, the chairman of the election commission said

* The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said it had put Russia’s accession process on hold amid the ongoing international standoff over Ukraine's autonomous republic of Crimea

RUSSIA

* Russia has no plans of a military action in southeastern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his US counterpart in London

* Russia will allow Ukrainian military inspectors to carry out an emergency monitoring flight over Russian territory only if Kiev pays a regular fee under existing agreements, the Defense Ministry said

* The Yantar shipyard in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad floated out the first in a series of six Project 11356 frigates being built for the Black Sea Fleet, the company said

* A series of coordinated cyber attacks by hackers have interrupted services of several Russian government websites, officials said

* The Russian Airborne Troops paradropped a 350-strong battalion at a landing site on the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic as part of ongoing military drills

SPORTS

* Host nation Russia has assured its place at the top of the Paralympics medal table in Sochi after Yulia Budaleeva won the women’s 12.5km visually impaired biathlon event

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