Separatist Leader in Ukraine Says OSCE Monitors Being Detained

A pro-Russia separatist leader in eastern Ukraine said his group is holding four European observers who have been missing since late Monday.   Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the self-styled "people's mayor" of the rebel-held city of Slovyansk, said Thursday the observers are well and could be freed soon.   He said he had warned the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that the monitors should not travel in the area, but that they did anyway. The OSCE...

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