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			<title>Your baby knows better</title>
			<author>Maryna Irkliyenko</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/259/post/5149/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:10:37 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As a pregnant 21-year-old, I had no clue about becoming a mother. I did my homework well. I read books, did yoga for pregnant women and took labor preparation courses. But the hardest part was actually going out and finding a place where to give birth.]]></description>
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			<title>Random thoughts...2</title>
			<author>Mark Rachkevych</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/227/post/5148/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[<i>The idea for this blog entry is based on a recent conversation I had with a Russian friend (from <a href="http://www.saint-petersburg.com/" target="_blank">St. Petersburg</a>) who has been living in <a href="http://kyiv.com/" target="_blank">Kyiv</a> for the past four years. We shared our experiences of adapting to life in Ukraine, our travels throughout the country, etc. Comparing our </i><i>verbal notes, we realized how much easier it has been for Fedya, whose wife is Ukrainian and who wanted to stay in Ukraine rather than moving to Russia, to have assimilated and blend in</i><i> with society than it is for so called </i><i>diaspora Ukrainians. Here&rsquo;s some main ideas from our compare-and-contrast exchanges...</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Random thoughts...</title>
			<author>Mark Rachkevych</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/227/post/5147/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:12:53 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[<i>In this first weblog entry for the <a href="http://www.kyivpost.com/">Kyiv Post</a>, an imaginary conversation takes place between Danish philosopher </i><b><i><a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/" target="_blank">S&oslash;ren Kierkegaard</a>, </i></b><i>American beat writer <a href="http://www.beatmuseum.org/kerouac/jackkerouac.html" target="_blank">Jack Kerouac</a> and Russian novelist <a href="http://www.fyodordostoevsky.com/" target="_blank">Fyodor Dostoevsky</a>. The topic of their conversation is modern day <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. The three are </i><i>sitting at the base of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oles_Honchar" target="_blank">Oles Honchar</a> statue in Kyiv drinking street beers (no product placement entered here)...</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Hard work in hard times</title>
			<author>Yuliya Melnyk</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/240/post/5146/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The first International Forum on the Economic Development of Ukraine gathered at the Newseum, the internationally known museum of news, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15. The event was held in conjunction with the second bilateral trade and investment relations meeting between the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Oct. 14.]]></description>
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			<title>Ukrainian festival in Washington, D.C. area promotes Ukrainian culture in the U.S.A.</title>
			<author>Yuliya Melnyk</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/240/post/5145/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Seventh Washington Ukrainian Festival combined with unusually warm weather for this time of the year to attract many U.S. visitors to Silver Spring, Maryland, on Sept. 19-20.]]></description>
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			<title>Kremlin-loyal media make Merkel sing to Medvedev’s tune</title>
			<author>Yuriy Lukanov</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/231/post/5144/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Kremlin-backed media will do anything to promote anti-Ukrainian sentiment, even twist another country’s leader’s statements, writes Yuriy Lukanov.]]></description>
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			<title>Appearance, reality conflict on streets and in minds of post-Soviet Ukrainians</title>
			<author>Yuriy Lukanov</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/231/post/5143/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yuriy Lukanov asks: Why do leaders cling to Soviet myths, such as working ‘hero’ Stakhanov?]]></description>
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			<title>A ‘hospitable’ host in another’s kitchen</title>
			<author>Yuliya Melnyk</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/240/post/5142/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In a time of Facebook, citizen journalists, enormous numbers of international social websites and the new ‘reset’ with Russia, Americans still remember the Nixon-Khrushchev “kitchen debate” during the 1959 U.S. exhibition in Moscow.]]></description>
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			<title>Pukach's arrest looks like pre-election Yushchenko ploy</title>
			<author>Taras Kuzio</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/83/post/5141/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The July 21 arrest of ex-Interior Ministry general Oleksiy Pukach, a suspect in the 2000 murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze, came on the same weekend that President Victor Yushchenko declared his re-election bid for the Jan. 17, 2010, presidential election. Were these two events merely coincidences or a bizarre attempt to rekindle Yushchenko’s popularity above its paltry 2-3 percent?]]></description>
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			<title>Is arrest of Gongadze’s alleged killer late justice or political game?</title>
			<author>Yuriy Lukanov</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/231/post/5140/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yuriy Lukanov writes, that he still doesn’t understand why Gongadze was murdered]]></description>
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			<title>Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live forever?</title>
			<author>Yuriy Lukanov</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/231/post/5139/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yuriy Lukanov cannot hide his amusement over the recent vandalism of the monument to Vladimir Lenin on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard.]]></description>
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			<title>Non-stop nuclear nonsense</title>
			<author>Roland Sylvester</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/313/post/5137/</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The recent Russia-U.S. summit bore the first strategic arms reduction movement in seven years.  This was duly dangled before the world’s eyes as an achievement, something to sing and dance about; Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama gazing out into a new world – as Shaun Walker, for the Independent dubbed it, a “post-Cold War world.”]]></description>
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			<title>Ukrainian identity shines through at ethnic festivals</title>
			<author>Katya Gorchinskaya</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/13/post/5134/</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that struck me at the latest Krayina Mriy ethnic music festival, it’s the crowd of people wearing traditional dress. Their number seems to be growing rapidly each year, and just about outnumbered us, plainly clothed, this time.]]></description>
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			<title>Cultural diversity in decline</title>
			<author>Roland Sylvester</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/313/post/5133/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Crimea is, for so many Ukrainians, a special place; a Black Sea Garden of Eden in which to unwind the knots of city life. Whether bathing on an idyllic Balaklavan beach, or perusing the pristine remains of Ancient Greece in Sevastopol, the peninsular seduces with its coquettish charm. Many have fallen under this spell over the ages: Greeks, Romans, Mongols, Russians and Ukrainians have all, at various times, staked their claim to Crimea.]]></description>
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			<title>Being a playboy politician can help an official's career</title>
			<author>Yuriy Lukanov</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/231/post/5132/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[What sex scandal? Unlike in the West, extramarital affairs in this nation tend to enhance a public man’s reputation]]></description>
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			<title>Commentary on Arseniy Yatseniuk’s column: ‘Threats to democracy need to be stopped’</title>
			<author>Taras Kuzio</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/83/post/5131/</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[“I am convinced that all constructive forces should unite around my initiative on the holding of a referendum to defend the constitution and guarantee constitutional stability”, Arseniy Yatseniuk wrote in the Kyiv Post on June 26 and also in Ukrayinska Pravda.]]></description>
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			<title>A celebration of togetherness</title>
			<author>Yuliya Melnyk</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/240/post/5130/</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On June 27, the eve of Constitution Day in Ukraine, the Ukrainian community celebrated the 45th anniversary of the erection of Taras Shevchenko monument in the American capital.]]></description>
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			<title>A memorial or a prophecy?</title>
			<author>Yuliya Melnyk</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/240/post/5129/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On June 16, I witnessed the opening of a new museum in Washington, D.C., that will have special interest for Ukrainians.]]></description>
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			<title>Lutsenko’s Germany scandal opens window into delusions</title>
			<author>Yuriy Lukanov</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/231/post/5128/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yuriy Lukanov diagnosed the Ukrainians with social schizophrenia, taking the interior minister’s case as an example.]]></description>
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			<title>Budweiser Lite and Yushchenko-Light</title>
			<author>Taras Kuzio</author>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/blogger/83/post/5127/</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the USA, they sell a beer called “Budweiser Lite.” As Budweiser is already a very “lite” beer, I usually say when I am in an American bar that the concept of a “Budweiser-light” is scientifically impossible and ask the waiter or waitress to bring me “real beer.”]]></description>
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