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Yushchenko asks opposition to stop blocking work of prime minister

(AP) – President Viktor Yushchenko pleaded with Ukraine’s opposition on Nov. 9 to give the new prime minister a chance amid disputes over next year’s …
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Defense minister visits Iraq to discuss withdrawal of troops

(AP) – Ukraine is considering leaving some weaponry behind in Iraq after the withdrawal of its troops from the country, the Ukrainian defense minister …
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Communists mark Bolshevik revolution as nationalists hold competing rally

(AP) – Hundreds of Ukrainian Communists commemorated Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution on Nov. 7, while nationalists gathered behind police barricades and …
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Deportation of Ukrainian observers from Azerbaijan causes concern, foreign ministry says

(AP) – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Nov. 7 criticized the deportation of Ukrainian election observers from Azerbaijan and demanded an …
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Hundreds of taxi drivers protest high gas prices

(AP) – Hundreds of taxi drivers temporarily blocked the entrance to President Viktor Yushchenko’s office Nov. 3 to protest high gasoline prices and …
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Parliament approves Medvedko for top prosecutor post

(AP) – Lawmakers on Nov. 3 overwhelmingly approved presidential nominee Oleksandr Medvedko to be Ukraine’s new top prosecutor, replacing an unpopular …
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Sack Kostusev

t government body with considerable power. He’s also someone who doesn’t belong in the Ukrainian government, and President Viktor Yushchenko should …
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Still waiting for a good PGO

minate as the new Prosecutor General a relative outsider: someone competent and who wasn’t implicated in the incestuous power games and compromises of …
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Questions from the Chornobyl zone

ong term effects of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster in Vienna last month, I was coincidentally driving from Kyiv to the Ukrainian portion of the …
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Fear of bird flu spurs vaccination rush

ic has doubled the number of people asking for regular flu shots this year, causing a rush at private clinics in the city. Dr. Anthony J. Carbone, …
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Hotel fire turns Italian tourist’s vacation into nightmare

have to escape a life-threatening fire and spend time in the emergency room. Giannelli, 32, a worker at truck plant in his native Italy, arrived in …
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Budget for 2006 passes in first reading

. 1 as lawmakers declined to challenge government assumptions they claimed were flawed. Deputies spent less than one hour debating the bill, agreeing …
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Ex-pat publisher says he’ll sue Interior Minister

d Harfouch says he is planning to sue Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko for “creating a negative image” of him and his brother Omar. In an Oct. 28 …
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German pop star bails on hellish Ukraine tour

an pop star popular here in the 1980s, ended up riding in coupe train compartments and shabby car, and playing beat-up old instruments at his …
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Political factions set to mark Orange Revolution anniversary

e the first anniversary of the start of Orange Revolution in Kyiv. A statement on the party’s Web site (www.razom.org.ua) said it is sponsoring a …
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Politicized gas deal probe looms before parliament elections

supplying Ukraine with natural gas from Turkmenistan promises to inject even more venom into the political scene before the March 2006 parliamentary …
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Kyiv’s Radioaktive Films teams up with Hollywood-based Kyivans for Orange Revolution feature

t will make a good movie. So, at least, hope former Kyivans Alina Panova and Vladimir Horunzhy, who run CineCity Productions, a Hollywood film …
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WTO or bust

led conditions for signing a protocol with the United States on entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The announcement came during the first …
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