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Yushchenko heads to France for two-day visit

(AP) – Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko was to travel to France on Nov. 15 for two days of talks aimed at forging stronger ties and attracting …
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Lytvyn calls for canceling lawmakers’ salary hike

(AP) – Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn on Nov. 13 called for cancellation of a new raise for lawmakers that increased their pay by …
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Tymoshenko, seeking new alliance, calls for talks with president’s party

resident’s political party and run together in parliamentary elections next year. “We need to restore our unity and win,” said Tymoshenko, who was …
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Press freedom under threat in Ukraine, reporters watchdog group says

(AP) – The head of a reporters watchdog group warned on Nov. 11 that some Ukrainian media was coming under growing pressure, but was heckled by some …
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Prosecutors detain top military official for alleged bribe-taking

(AP) – Ukrainian prosecutors have detained a senior military official for allegedly taking a 2.5 billion hryvna ($800,000; 416,000 euros) bribe, the …
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Interior minister says Russia has not extradited wanted ex-officialsInterior minister says Russia has not extradited wanted ex-officials

(AP) – Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko on Nov. 11 said Russian authorities have refused to detain and extradite former officials wanted on …
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Poroshenko-linked group to sell bank to Russia’s Vneshtorgbank

A financial-industrial group linked with former National Security and Defense Council chief and tycoon Petro Poroshenko has inked a deal to sell a …
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Ukraine won’t appeal European court ruling on Gongadze murder

(AP) – Ukraine said Nov. 10 it will not challenge a European Court of Human Rights ruling that it must pay 100,000 euros ($120,000) to the widow of …
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Azerbaijan’s opposition calls for annulment of all election results

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) – Azerbaijan’s opposition called Nov. 10 for the annulment of all results of weekend parliamentary elections and for a new vote, …
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Defense Minister: Ukrainian troops have completed their mission in Iraq

(AP) – Ukrainian troops have completed their mission in Iraq and are ready to come home, the defense minister told journalists Nov. 10. “The military …
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Yushchenko gives blood samples for new poison tests

(AP) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko provided blood samples for new tests of the massive dioxin poisoning he suffered during last year’s …
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Stay off the list

t Viktor Yushchenko has every right to campaign on behalf of candidates he’d like to see in the Rada. But he should resist the urge to help out his …
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Misplaced affection

investigating the Gongadze murder. That’s a disgrace. Journalist Georgy Gongadze, an enemy of the Kuchma crowd, was infamously murdered more than five …
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Taking a stand on the ‘C’ word

is often laced with profanity, is just too much. Hearing that degrading term for the female anatomy doesn’t just make people flinch; it makes the …
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The UPA deserves support

t’s suggestion in its Oct. 20 editorial that the history of the Ukrainian Partisan Army (UPA) should be “paper[ed] over…until all these old men are …
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Youths arrested for murder of German in Dnipropetrovsk

Three young Ukrainians ,including 16-year-old girl , will face charges for planning and carrying out the murder of a German businessman in …
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Young Mormons are people on a Kyiv mission

On a foggy recent morning in Shevchenko park, two neatly dressed and smiling young men were handing out leaflets and a blue hardcover book. Attentive …
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Yushchenko mulls move to head election party list

President Viktor Yushchenko is wavering on whether or not he should personally take part in the March 2006 parliamentary elections, after having …
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