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http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/03/06/ukraine_stunned_by_crimea_referendum_bombshell.html
Toronto Star
6Mar2014
Ukraine stunned by Crimea referendum bombshell
Occupied peninsula to vote on joining Russia — in just 10 days
By: Mitch Potter Washington Bureau

KYIV, UKRAINE—Anxieties that Ukraine is poised to lose its prized Crimean peninsula forever deepened sharply Thursday as Russia’s high-stakes military occupation gave way to a campaign to annex the region.

Awakening to a fresh political bombshell — Crimea’s decision to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation in just 10 days — western leaders spent the day chasing their diplomatic tails, with little to show by nightfall.

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