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Russia granted a $15 bn loan to Ukraine and also reduced gas prices to aid Kiev.
A diplomatic row between India and the US escalated on Tuesday over an Indian diplomat's arrest.
The whistleblower says that possible pursuit by US authorities limits his ability to speak out until he gains permanent asylum.
Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has led a campaign for the measure using hunger strikes.
Syria has agreed to surrender its most deadly chemical weapons by the end of 2013.
Chile posted an annual growth of 5.6 per cent in 2012 which is expected to slowdown to 4.2 per cent this year.
US District Court Judge Richard Leon said that legal challenges against the government's surveillance programme would likely succeed.
"This war is ending, not with victory, not with defeat, but with hope that Afghanistan is a better place," Prime Minister Tony Abbot said.
An intergovernmental Russian-Ukrainian commission will convene in Moscow on Tuesday.