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The head of foreign military observers, German Col. Axel Schneider, speaks to the media after he has been feed, in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014. The leader of pro-Russia insurgents in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk said the military observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who were held for more than a week have been released. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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OSCE observers held in Ukraine released

JIM HEINTZPETER LEONARD -

May 3, 2014 8:22 pm

Firefighters evacuate an injured man outside the burnt trade union building where more than 30 people died trying to escape during clashes in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014. Odessa had been largely tranquil since the February toppling of President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia. But clashes erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast, located 550 kilometers (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east. (AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov)

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Ukrainian unrest spreads; dozens dead in Odessa

JIM HEINTZPETER LEONARD -

May 3, 2014 1:23 am