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Speeding Lisa guitarist Blair Sheridan

Time served? A Kyiv rookie, compared to many –1 1/2 years. However, 4 1/2 years in Kazakhstan, 2 in Uzbekistan, 1 1/2 in Kyrgyzstan and 6 months in …
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The ‘Grand Mattress’ of the Hash, Ulrike Straka

Before lining up to order lunch at Turkish cafeteria Gurme on Chervonoarmiyska, Austrian Trade representative Ulrike Straka of Feldbach, Austria, near …
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Kyiv’s best samosas revealed

nuts and spices – that you order as an appetizer at an Indian restaurant. We set out to find Kyiv’s best, hitting up in the process the original …
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Go Fish: An angler’s guide to Ukraine

Fishing: to me it means cold, wet, overcast mornings on a 4-meter boat with my uncles Ted and Ed, my dad, my brother and various cousins, all sitting …
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Official: Kyrgyzstan may host second Russian military base

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (AP) – Russia has discussed opening a second military base in Kyrgyzstan to help fend off terrorist threats in the volatile region, a …
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Polish lawmaker assails Belarus’ treatment of Polish minority

GRODNO, Belarus (AP) – Right-wing Polish lawmaker Roman Giertych on May 23 accused the authorities in Belarus of violating the rights of the ex-Soviet …
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Ombudswoman investigates alleged beating of three opposition lawmakers

an investigation into an alleged police attack on three opposition lawmakers. “The use of force against lawmakers is a clear sign of a police state,” …
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Carousel collapse kills two, injures nine outside Odessa

(AP) – A carousel collapse in an amusement park just outside the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa killed two people and injured nine others, the …
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Greek singer Helena wins Eurovision Song Contest

ion Song Contest early May 22. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko presented the prize she won for her seductive performance of “My Number One,” a …
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Norwegian rockers up against Greek glamor in Eurovision contest

(AP) – Middle-aged rockers from Norway won the audience’s heart, putting them in pole position against a glamorous Greek female act for the crown at …
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Facing popular unrest, Karimov reaches for familiar tool: crackdown

KORASUV, Uzbekistan (AP) – President Islam Karimov, facing unprecedented public protest, has opted for his most familiar tool: a crackdown. Having …
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Eurovision semifinals to get under way

ess, got under way May 19 with contestants from 25 countries vying in the semifinals. Greece’s Helena and the Norwegian band Wig Wam are seen by …
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Cool Eurovision stuff

nning May 18 with a three-hour show at Independence Square, Europe’s biggest music spectacle will be staged by Volodymyr Vovkun, the director of …
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7 Days in Kyiv

George Lucas’s final film of the now nearly 30-year-old original Star Wars series hits theaters running this week. This story picks up years after the …
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Menno Zuiderbeek of the Royal Dutch Embassy

Utrecht, Netherlands (that’s where I studied). But I call Europe my home. Time served? Two months so far. What brought you to Ukraine? An internship …
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A New York State native and man of two cities

“It’s interesting living in two countries,” says John Somers of  Westchester County, New York, the director of the Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation …
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Eating at the new Pechersk restaurant, Titanic

city began advertising a new restaurant in Pechersk called Titanic that offered European and Japanese cuisine. I felt gripped by a morbid fascination …
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Heading downstream

Ukraine has lots of rivers – dozens,actually, from fast mountain streams to gently ambling rivers that course their way through the countryside toward …
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