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China dissidents top Nobel Peace Prize speculation OSLO (AP) — Chinese dissidents are leading the odds of winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the 60th since the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Chief of staff of Ukrainian armed forces plans to resign following checkup Serhiy Kyrychenko, the chief of staff of the Ukrainian armed forces, is undergoing a medical examination, after which he plans to resign, a source from the Ukrainian General Staff told Interfax on Tuesday.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
It sounds miraculous, but when one neurosurgeon in the Bronx recently came to the rescue of an ailing cardiologist from the Ukraine thousands of sick children half a world away were better for it. Laughter is good medicine now for 32-year-old Ulyana Melnick. Brain surgery saved her life less than a week ago. The young cardiologist, who has spent years performing life-saving operations on children, had just arrived here in the States for advanced medical training from her home in Odessa.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:07
Elton John can help a Ukrainian child if he financially supports the boy’s father, femalefirst.co.uk reports. Ex-drug addict Sergey, 31 — who is HIV positive and served eight years in jail for murder — will agree to the singer becoming guardian of his son if he also helps him start a new life.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:05
Gazprom confirms payment of September gas shipments to Ukraine by Naftogaz Gazprom has confirmed National JSC Naftogaz Ukrainy had paid for gas supplied in September, according to Gazprom's press service.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Three of the workers who died in the ruins of a house that collapsed in Prague last Friday were from Bulgaria, the fourth from Ukraine, according to daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD), but the police have not confirmed the information for CTK.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:01
Lavrov: contacts between Russian, Ukrainian foreign ministries to continue without pauses Contacts between the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry will continue without any pauses, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:00 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for enlarging the number of checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border and their modernization to European standards. “Checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border is a very sensitive subject,” he said after Tuesday negotiations with Ukrainian Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Khandogiy.
Oct 7, 2009 at 09:58
Mel Gibson's drunken driving conviction erased LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson's criminal record was cleared on Tuesday when a California judge expunged his drunken driving conviction from a 2006 arrest that led to accusations of anti-Semitism over the actor's comments to a policeman.
Oct 7, 2009 at 02:48
Elizabeth Taylor in hospital for heart surgery LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Elizabeth Taylor said Tuesday she was going into a hospital for heart surgery and asked for prayers.
Oct 7, 2009 at 02:44