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MEPs urge Ukraine leaders to swiftly form government and launch reforms

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MEPs meeting Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko

Ukrainians have voted for peace and Europe, says EP chief observer Plenkovic

Stronger democracy and a "strategic choice for peace and Europe" was the Ukrainian people's message in Sunday's elections to the Verkhovna Rada, said Andrej Plenkovic (EPP, HR), head of the EP delegation at the international election monitors'.

Heavy Shelling in Rebel-held Eastern Ukraine After Election

Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Monday, one day after the country held a parliamentary election.

Second Student in Washington State School Shooting Dies

The death toll from last week's shooting spree at a high school in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington has risen to two.