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Former Chernobyl cleanup workers on Wednesday took over the building of a regional pension fund in the city of Lvov, western Ukraine, in protest against the nonpayment of pensions.About 100 members of a charity called Chernobyl Children of the Lvov Region overran the building to protest the authorities’ failure to comply with court rulings awarding them additional pensions, and to demand the payment of pension arrears. Read more.