Politics

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(Reuters) - After three years of court cases involving authorities and competitors, Taisiya Voronina thought she had seen everything in Russia's rough and tumble business environment.

(Reuters) - Three years after the Fukushima disaster prompted the closure of all Japan's nuclear reactors, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving to revive nuclear power as a core part of the energy mix, but many of those idled reactors will never come back online.

(Reuters) - Three years after the Fukushima disaster prompted the closure of all Japan's nuclear reactors, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving to revive nuclear power as a core part of the energy mix, but many of those idled reactors will never come back online.

By David Lawder
WASHINGTON  Tue Apr 1, 2014 11:26am EDT

Japan eased its weapons export restrictions on Tuesday in the first major overhaul of arms transfer policy in nearly half a century, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to fortify ties with allies and bolster the domestic defence industry.

~NATO will decide new steps on Tuesday to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia's annexation of Crimea, and on how to bolster Ukraine's armed forces.

By Matt Siegel and Niluksi Koswanage

KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH Tue Apr 1, 2014 9:19am EDT

By Robin Emmott

BRUGES, Belgium  Tue Apr 1, 2014 12:28pm EDT

(Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Europe on Tuesday that Beijing opposed intervention in other countries' affairs but he declined to directly criticise Russia for its annexation of Crimea.

By Darya Korsunskaya

SIMFEROPOL, Crimea Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:06pm EDT