U.S. Vice President Biden will offer both resource allocation and energy technology assistance during a Monday visit to Kiev.
A number of Japanese lawmakers are also expected to visit the shrine during the ongoing spring festival.
According to an agreement, the U.S. is ordinarily obligated to grant visas to people invited to the United Nations headquarters.
A week before Obama's visit to Tokyo, differences remain on key issues.
The comment period will be extended, most likely putting any decision after Election Day.
Coastguard, navy and private divers scoured the site of the accident, about 12 miles off the country's southwestern coast.
Ukrainian, Russian and Western diplomats try to quell deepening unrest in Ukraine, but on the ground, the situation remains tense.
Kiev fears that the Russian leader will use any violence as a pretext to launch an invasion.
Separatists drove six armored personnel carriers into the town of Slaviansk to waves and shouts of "Russia! Russia!"
Russia is looking at the possibility of filing a lawsuit against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization over sanctions affecting Russian banks.
Upbeat news on Obamacare signups has given the administration an advantage over Republicans.
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Envoys from Russia, Ukraine, the European Union and the United States are scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss the Ukraine crisis.
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Separatist groups that favor Russia have taken over Ukrainian government buildings in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov and Slavyansk.
The interim government has yet to follow through with promises to use military might to retake eastern Ukraine.
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