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Now playing Next world news [As it happened] Newsday, Thursday, August 14 We have now closed euronews’ live news updates for August 14 . Here is a summary of the day’s leading stories: * US to withdraw family of embassy 14/08/2014
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Now playing Next Russia Putin says Russia had to help "brotherly" Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia had to act to help its “brotherly” neighbor Ukraine out of economic crisis. He added that Moscow did 19/12/2013
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