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Tymoshenko proposes bonuses for medical personnel for work experience Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has said the Cabinet of Ministers is considering the possible introduction of bonuses for medical personnel staring from December 2009 according to their total years of work experience.
Oct 14, 2009 at 11:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
ISTIL Group ready to fight for control of Kyiv's Kinopanorama cinema building, including through international adjudication (update) Kyiv-based ISTIL Group says it considers unlawful attempts by representatives of the Jewish Religious Community of Kyiv public organization to seek a review at Kyiv's Economic Court of the results of the privatization of the Kinopanorama cinema building at 19-a Shota Rustaveli Street in Kyiv and recognize it to be the community's property as an iconic religious facility.
Oct 14, 2009 at 11:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
Clinton winds up Europe, Russia tour MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is wrapping up a five-day tour of Europe on Wednesday with a series of informal meetings in Moscow and the Russian republic of Tatarstan aimed at helping redefine U.S.-Russian relations.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:49
Russian gays ask Clinton for support MOSCOW (AP) — Russian gays have called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statute of American poet and gay rights icon Walt Whitman in Moscow.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:46
Heavy weather leaves over 1,000 settlements in Ukraine without electricity The adverse weather conditions caused blackouts of electricity transmission lines in 1,152 settlements in twelve regions of Ukraine on Wednesday night.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:41 | Interfax-Ukraine
Georgia rejects Kremlin accusations of aiding terrorists The Georgian Foreign Ministry has criticized statements by Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov blaming Georgian special services for collaboration with al-Qaeda in helping terrorists enter Chechnya.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lytvyn: People’s Party to decide on its candidate for Ukraine’s presidency on October 21 The congress of the People’s Party will decide on nominating its candidate for Ukraine’s presidency on October 21, said Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, who leads the party.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Analysis: Russia uses ambiguity to boost its power MOSCOW - As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began her first visit to Moscow as the top U.S. diplomat, the Kremlin sent a message to Washington: Russia must still be wooed and won.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:35
Yushchenko counting on Ukrainian diaspora for support Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has met with representatives of the World Congress of Ukrainians.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:33 | Interfax-Ukraine
Clinton: U.S. not planning to deploy missile defense systems in Georgia The United States has no plans to deploy parts of its national missile defense system in Georgia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said live on the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Wednesday.
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:16 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko criticizes slow progress on Chernobyl cover Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko criticised his government on Tuesday for slow progress on building a new shelter to encase the wrecked fourth reactor of the Chernobyl power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident.Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko criticised his government on Tuesday for slow progress on building a new shelter to encase the wrecked fourth reactor of the Chernobyl power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident.
Oct 14, 2009 at 06:25 | Reuters
Putin in China for regional security talks BEIJING (AP) — Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the summit Wednesday of a regional security group that Moscow and Beijing see as a counter to U.S. influence in the energy-rich, former Soviet states of Central Asia.
Oct 14, 2009 at 06:20
Bloomberg plans to take over BusinessWeek magazine SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bloomberg LP is buying BusinessWeek magazine in a deal that brings together a financial news service specializing in rapid-fire updates with a print publication struggling to adapt to the Internet's information whirlwind.
Oct 14, 2009 at 06:15
Agence France Presse: Boxing champ Klitschko scuffles with political opponents Boxing champion Vitali Klitschko on Tuesday threatened to throw some of his world famous punches in the political arena during a tussle at a local parliament in his native Ukraine. "If anyone resorts to force, then I'll resort to force too," the World Boxing Council heavyweight title holder threatened, as a scuffle broke out in the Kiev local assembly.
Oct 14, 2009 at 06:03
Workers think bosses are dishonest, survey says NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. workers do not think their bosses are honest, said a survey released on Tuesday, and one in four would fire their boss if they could.
Oct 14, 2009 at 00:39