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Ukraine

New president-elect vows to end rebellion

Billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko claimed victory in Ukraine's presidential election on Monday and vowed to end the fighting between government forces and separatists in the east of the country. In comments to journalists, he seemed to suggest a surge in military operations to end the crisis. "The anti-terrorist operation cannot and should not last two or three months," he said. "It should and will last hours."

European Union

Big wins for far right parties in UK, France

Eurosceptic nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than doubled their seats in a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and unemployment. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the breakthrough by Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration, anti-euro National Front in one of the EU's founding nations a political "earthquake".

Afghanistan

White House accidentally names top CIA officer

The White House inadvertently included the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan on a list of participants in a military briefing with President Barack Obama that was distributed to reporters on Sunday, The Washington Post reported. The newspaper said the official, identified as "Chief of Station" in Kabul, was named as being among those at a briefing with Obama during the president's trip to Bagram Air Base near the Afghan capital.

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