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Hryshchenko: Foreign Ministry helps migrant workers get $880,000 as unpaid wages The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has helped migrant workers from Ukraine receive $880,000 as unpaid wages and rendered assistance to 200 construction workers who were in a difficult situation in Iraq, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko has said.
Today at 09:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Blatter: Football is a victim of own popularity LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Football has become a victim of its own popularity as shown by the swathe of match-fixing scandals in the past year, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Friday.
Yesterday at 22:00 | Associated Press
Russian police general sacked after election warning ST.PETERSBURG, Feb 10 (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the police chief of St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, on Friday after he had complained about an internal inquiry into the death of a teenager alleged to have been beaten by police.
Yesterday at 21:37 | Reuters
Teixeira: EU suspends assistance to Ukraine under some programs The European Union has suspended assistance to Ukraine under some programs, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira has said.
Yesterday at 21:14 | Interfax-Ukraine
Europe's cold close zoo outside Paris THOIRY, France (AP) — A count who operates a zoological park on the grounds of his chateau outside Paris says some of his animals just can't take the cold this winter.
Yesterday at 21:04 | Associated Press
Russian police chief fired after boy's death ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's president has fired the police chief of St. Petersburg, where a 15-year-old boy died after being beaten while in police custody.
Yesterday at 20:48 | Associated Press
Kuchma proposes to bury CIS Ukraine's second president Leonid Kuchma (1994-2005) has said the institution of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is irrelevant in the present conditions, though it did show positive results in the past.
Yesterday at 20:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Syria says suicide bombers kill 28 in Aleppo ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Two suicide car bombers struck Syrian security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, Syrian officials said, bringing significant violence for the first time to a major city that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad in the 11-month-old uprising against his rule.
Yesterday at 19:57 | Associated Press
Greek deal uncertainty slams global markets LONDON (AP) — Stock markets and the euro fell sharply Friday after Greece's crucial bailout was put on hold by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone and the leader of a small partner in the country's coalition government said he would vote against the demanded austerity measures.
Yesterday at 19:28 | Associated Press
Russia alarmed by rash of teenage suicides (updated) MOSCOW (AP) —A rash of teenage suicides in Russia has set off alarm bells and experts are urging the government to take immediate action.
Yesterday at 19:21 | Associated Press
Russian officer convicted of spying for CIA (updated) MOSCOW (AP) —A military court on Friday convicted a Russian officer of providing the CIA with secret information on Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missiles and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.
Yesterday at 19:13 | Associated Press
Zabzaliuk asks prosecutors to investigate bribery in parliament BYT-Batkivschyna faction MP Roman Zabzaliuk has sent to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka a letter with a request to investigate the illegal actions of people's deputies connected with bribery.
Yesterday at 19:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin gets a drink fit for dinosaurs MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a drink fit for dinosaurs on Friday when he was presented with a sample of ancient water from a sub-glacial Antarctic lake pierced by Russian scientists.
Yesterday at 18:58 | Reuters
Two miners die in aftermath of Pivnichna mine explosion Two miners that were injured in a Monday explosion of a mixture of gas and air in the Pivnichna coalmine in Donetsk region died on Thursday night at the Donetsk burn center.
Yesterday at 18:41 | Interfax-Ukraine
EU integration and Ukraine: next steps? What has to happen in order for Ukraine to start benefiting from the Association Agreement with the EU, and the associated Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), conclusion of negotiations on which were announced at the EU/Ukraine Summit on 19 December?
Yesterday at 18:19 | Leigh Turner