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"I have in every way that I could have punished myself, I have punished myself. After my release, I will go to Ukraine and work hard and honestly in order to clear my name."
Pavlo Lazarenko, ex-prime minister, when pleading for a significantly reduced sentence in U.S. district court.
Pavlo Lazarenko, ex-prime minister, when pleading for a significantly reduced sentence in U.S. district court.
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GENEVA (AP) — Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. Today at 21:56 | (Wire reports) |
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian skiing federation and Olympic committee could face sanctions if there are more doping cases involving the country's skiers, the head of the sport's governing body said Saturday. Today at 21:51 | (Wire reports) |
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The Kyiv municipal administration has restricted automobile traffic on the descent from Paton Bridge to Dniprovska embankment and on Serafymovycha Street from Buchmy Street to Dniprovska embankment in both directions from November 22 through November 27. Today at 21:43 | Ukrainian News |
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Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn has said the permanent conflicts and lack of understanding between the National Bank of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers was one of major factors of the deep fall of the Ukrainian GDP in 2009, as the conflicts affected the efficiency of the anti-crisis policies of Ukraine. Today at 21:38 | Ukrainian News |
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Tihipko not ruling out his becoming Prime Minister with President Tymoshenko or President Yanukovych
Presidential candidate Serhii Tihipko has said he can become the prime minister of Ukraine if incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko or Party of Regions Faction Leader Viktor Yanukovych is elected the president. Today at 21:30 | Ukrainian News |
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In the decade since Putin’s rise, Russians have grown inured to celebrity criminal cases. The murders of politicians, journalists and human rights activists; apartment-house blocks bombed to ruins; the carnage of the hostage sieges in Moscow and Beslan — the acts of horror and terror have numbed the populace. The exception is the delo Khodorkovskogo — the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case. No other affair has lingered as long in the minds of so many. The case marked a turning point for Russia, the divide between the turbulent Yeltsin years and the stricter rule of the Putin era. And today, in its second iteration unfolding in Moscow, much more than the fate of an oligarch hangs in the balance. Read the story here. Today at 20:20 | (Wire reports) |
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A former Ukrainian prime minister who fled his country after losing a power struggle won an 11-month reduction Wednesday in his nine-year prison term for laundering more than $20 million through U.S. banks, but failed to persuade a San Francisco federal judge to throw his sentence out. Read the story here.
Today at 19:45 | (Wire reports) |
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HARBIN, China (AP) — Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people Today at 19:38 | (Wire reports) |
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BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan said Saturday his nation may resort to military force if talks with Armenia on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute produce no result. Today at 19:34 | (Wire reports) |
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ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday chided officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party with unprecedented bluntness, saying they should stop trying to manipulate elections and learn to win fairly. Today at 18:13 | Associated Press and Staff reports |
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Regions Party leader Victor Yanukovych has said that Ukraine and the European Union should have a new format of a dialog on the issue of collective security. Today at 17:50 | (Wire reports) |
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Kryvi Kolina (Cherkasy region) – Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has said he thinks that Ukraine will have a government that will support the country. Today at 17:46 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Kryvi Kolina (Cherkasy region)– Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has said that Ukraine's independence and sovereignty are currently more jeopardized than five to ten years ago. Today at 17:43 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Candidate for Ukraine's president and banker Sergiy Tigipko has criticized the National Security and Defense Council's decision to increase the number of Ukrainian peacekeepers as part of the UN-led mission in Afghanistan. Today at 17:36 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Moscow- Twenty-four servicemen died in the Russian armed forces through crimes or accidents in October, the Defense Ministry has reported. Today at 15:50 | (Wire reports) |