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Mar 3, 2014, 8:01 AM

(AP) – “We are on the brink of disaster.” _ Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a day after Russia captured the Crimean Peninsula, and stoked fears that it might try to seize other parts of eastern Ukraine.

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“I think it belongs to me.” _ Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, who was born in Mexico and grew up in Kenya, when asked how much of her supporting actress award belongs to Mexico.

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“He meant everything to me. He was my brother, my uncle, my friend, my comrade.” _ Raimundo Villanueva, who traveled five hours by bus to visit Hugo Chavez’s mausoleum atop a hillside slum overlooking downtown Caracas. The Venezuelan strongman died a year ago, and dozens still trek to his mausoleum daily.

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Quotations in the News