People attend celebrations of what pro-Russian activists claimed victory in an independence referendum in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk -- Pro-Russian rebels claimed an overwhelming victory in a referendum on self-rule in two Ukraine regions, as the European Union met Monday to consider toughening sanctions on Russia.

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