Crimea's regional government is going ahead with plans for a referendum on joining Russia. But with Russian troops and pro-Russian self-defense forces in control, those in favor of Crimea remaining in Ukraine say it couldn't possibly be fair. VOA’s Elizabeth Arrott has more from Simferopol.
Some residents of Crimea's capital question fairness of looming referendum on peninsula's unification with Russia
VOA finds loyalties are not so clear cut on multi-ethnic peninsula where fight over Crimea's future has pitted Russia against Ukraine
The dispute over the Ukrainian republic of Crimea has largely pitted Ukraine against Russia. But the region’s ethnic Tatars may have the most to lose. VOA’s Elizabeth Arrott has more from Crimean town of Bakhchisarai.
Indigenous Tatars, outnumbered by their Slavic neighbors, are keeping a wary eye on moves to bring peninsula under Russian control
Local pro-Russian parliament calls for referendum on whether Crimea should break with Ukraine and join Russia
Crimea's new parliament has voted to join Russia, a decision to be put to a local referendum in ten days. VOA's Elizabeth Arrott is in the regional capital Simferopol and has this report.
Crimeans sound off on parliament vote to break with Ukraine and join Russian federation
Robert Serry cut short his diplomatic efforts in Crimea after group of armed men - who appeared to be part of pro-Russian volunteer forces - harassed, followed, then trapped him in a Simferopol coffee shop
As armed men continue to patrol streets of Crimean capital, Moscow insists it has not deployed troops beyond bases it leases from Ukraine
In capital of Ukraine's contested Crimean Peninsula, locals are reacting to Russian military presence
With Crimea now fully beyond it's orbit, Kyiv is scrambling to keep pro-Russian sentiment at bay in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia continue standoff over Crimea Peninsula, where movement of troops and vehicles, believed to be Russian military, has increased
Soldiers in unmarked uniforms maintain presence at Simferopol Airport
Strong Egypt Party founder Aboul Moneim Aboul Fatouh finds that sense of all or nothing is at the heart of what is wrong with the country, three years after a popular uprising
In first court appearance, defendants plead not guilty to charges that include helping terrorists, broadcasting false news
Many turn out in Tripoli to celebrate beginning of protests three years ago that precipitated end of Moammar Gadhafi's rule
Vehicle was carrying 33 South Korean tourists near south Sinai resort town of Taba; no immediate claim of responsibility
Analysts say there is uncertainty about who is really behind attacks blamed on Ansar Beit al Maqdis jihadis, Muslim Brotherhood supporters and student protesters
With an estimated 16 million members, Egypt is the biggest Facebook user in the Arab world
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