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Crimea Set to Vote on Referendum

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Grace PönitzMarch 16, 2014

There's not long to go until residents on the Ukrainian penisula of Crimea head to the polls to vote on whether to join Russia. In New York, Moscow blocked a United Nations resolution that would have declared the referendum invalid. All diplomatic efforts to stop the vote from going forward have fallen short. Ukrainian officials say they've mobilized their troops into position after Russian forces

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