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19 August, 2010 19:44
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Society
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Ambassadors Of Peace
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Ukraine
Oleksiy Boyko Ukraine is home to the world’s largest contingency of US Peace Corps volunteers They are jokingly referred to as the “Posh Corps,” but they also could be called They carry cell phones, have running water in their homes and a McDonald’s restaurant is usually not far away They’re US Peace Corps volunteers...
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19 August, 2010 19:36
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Society
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Like his predecessors, Yushchenko still uses cozy presidential residence
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Ukraine
Yaroslav Debelyi Ukrainians heroically propelled him to power in the 2004 Orange Revolution, believing in his promises to strip insiders, oligarchs and bureaucrats of their many privileges and to imprison the criminals among them Instead, Viktor Yushchenko’s chaotic presidential rule became one of the biggest disappointments in independent...
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19 August, 2010 19:31
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Society
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Yanukovych’s smooth ride to Mezhyhirya mansion
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Ukraine
Olga Novak Drivers on Ukraine’s potholed main highways are, at last, seeing the pace of road construction picking up But there is one obscure side road – the one leading to President Viktor Yanukovych’s Mezhyhirya mansion – that is getting lavish attention It is getting repaved and lit at lightning speed Taxpayers appear...
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19 August, 2010 19:27
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Society
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Tomorrow’s News
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Ukraine
Aug 24: Birth of a nation Ukraine celebrates its 19th birthday, but without a big bang A natiowide ban of lighting fireworks will stay in effect through the holiday, due to the risk of wildfires during the prolonged summer heat wave, Deputy Kyiv Mayor Oleksandr Popov said Meanwhile, the Cabinet of Ministers recommended that Ukrainians work on...
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19 August, 2010 19:25
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Society
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Police investigating disappearance of Kharkiv newspaper chief editor
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Ukraine
Journalist exposed corruption on Novy Styl website The disappearance of Vasyl Klymentiev, 67, chief editor of Kharkiv newspaper Novy Styl (New Style), went missing on Aug 11 Since Klymentiev’s news outlet (http://wwwnoviystilcomua) was known for critical coverage of authorities and crime, the disappearance is raising alarm Radio Free Europe/Radio...
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19 August, 2010 19:23
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Society
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Tired of politicians? Find a party and run for local office in Oct. 31 election
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Ukraine
(Yaroslav Debelyi) Tired of politicians? Find a party and run for local office in Oct 31 election Voters tired of ineffective politicians wasting public money and getting little done can consider running as candidates themselves Voters tired of ineffective politicians wasting public money and getting little done can do something a little different...
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19 August, 2010 19:02
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Society
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My stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ivano-Frankivsk
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Ukraine
Kyiv Post staff writer Mark Rachkevych recalls his experience in the corps The full reality of entering the Peace Corps sank in at pre-service orientation in Washington, DC, on the eve of Valentine’s Day in 2002 I arrived somewhat disappointed after an opportunity to serve in Kazakhstan was missed due to the Sept 11, 2001 attacks I was disappointed...
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17 August, 2010 17:24
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Society
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Ukraine top executive suspended over match fixing case
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Ukraine
sportua Ukraine's premier league chief executive has been suspended and several players punished in the country's first match-fixing case The Ukraine Football Federation said on Tuesday it had suspended premier league boss Olexander Yefremov for six months after ruling that a 2008 match between Metalist Kharkiv and Karpaty Lviv had been fixed The...
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13 August, 2010 12:10
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Society
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TVi director asks president for meeting, according to the text of address
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Ukraine
Director of the TVi Channel Mykola Kniazhytsky has asked Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych for a meeting to discuss court hearings on the withdrawal of frequencies and the annulment of broadcasting licenses This is stipulated in an open address publicized by the TV channel's press service on Friday, August 13 "The international community...
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12 August, 2010 02:52
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Society
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The Financial Times: U.S. groups criticize Yanukovych over new election law
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Ukraine abroad
Roman Olearchyk writes: Viktor Yanukovich, the Ukraine’s president, will be criticised by two pro-democracy institutes for backtracking on democratic gains made since the Orange Revolution in 2004 A joint statement will be made public in coming days by the institutes representing the top political parties from the US Read the story here ...
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07 August, 2010 14:39
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Society
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Almasryalyoum: Russia wheat export ban causes prices to skyrocket
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Ukraine abroad
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that the price of wheat has increased by 50 percent since June due to the drop in the production of wheat in Russia and Ukraine and a number of other major producing countries Egypt’s Cabinet of Ministers' Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) also said the price...
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06 August, 2010 15:44
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Society
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Three suspected of Zaporizhia Church blast arrested, says interior minister
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Ukraine
Ukrainian Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov has said that three people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in setting off a bomb at the Intercession Church in Zaporizhia "There is a court ruling on their arrest," the interior minister said during his meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kyiv on Friday,...
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06 August, 2010 13:46
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Society
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275 fires registered in Luhansk region over a week
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Ukraine
Luhansk, August 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Over the past week, a total of 275 fires of various types have broken out in Luhansk region, head of Regional Governor Valeriy Holenko has said "In these extreme conditions, our main goal is to prevent the situation developing into a state of emergency," the press service of Luhansk regional...
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06 August, 2010 13:14
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Society
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Wildfires in Chornobyl-affected areas may raise radioactive clouds
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Ukraine
Moscow, August 6 (Interfax) - A senior officer at one of the world's largest environmental groups on Friday confirmed fears expressed by Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry on Thursday, August 5, that wildfires in Bryansk and other Russian areas affected by the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster may raise radioactive fallout lying in the soil into...
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06 August, 2010 09:06
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Society
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Official: At least 64 fires reported in Ukraine on Aug. 5
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Ukraine
At least 628 hectares of forests were affected by fires in Ukraine on Thursday, August 5, the spokesman for the State Forestry Committee, Andriy Solimov, has told Interfax-Ukraine He said that 50 fires had broken out in forests subordinated to the State Forestry Committee, or around 67 percent of all forests in Ukraine, on Thursday The area hit...
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06 August, 2010 04:47
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Society
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Bloomberg: Ferrexpo plans to fund $1.3 billion project
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Ukraine abroad
Bloomberg: Ferrexpo plans to fund $13 billion project Ferrexpo Plc, an iron ore producer with Ukrainian operations, plans to fund development of its $13 billion Yeristovo expansion project with its own money after canceling a bond sale last month because of financing costs Read the story here ...
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06 August, 2010 02:41
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Society
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Ukrainian doctors arrested in transplant scandal
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Ukraine
Ukraine's Interior Ministry says four surgeons and four others have been arrested for taking part in a scheme to recruit organ donors from former Soviet countries and transplant the organs into wealthy foreigners The head of the ministry's department on human trafficking, Yuriy Kucher, says the scheme was headed by an Israeli citizen who was arrested...
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05 August, 2010 19:09
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Society
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New tax code favors rich
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Ukraine
(UNIAN) The government is promoting a revised tax code after earlier versions were met with strong opposition from business groups and other experts This draft, however, is not likely to quell opposition – not even within Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's team The top official in charge of reforms, Deputy Prime Minister Sergiy Tigipko, moved...
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05 August, 2010 19:12
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Society
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Identities For Sale
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Ukraine
While databases with pilfered confidential details are bought and sold, experts say banks and other supposedly reputable institutions are sometimes in on the scams A few years ago, someone took out a Hr 130,000 loan from a bank using Svitlana Pisotka’s identity Pisotka, however, didn’t know anything about it She only found out recently,...
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