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Uzbekistan to withdraw from regional power grid ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Uzbekistan has announced it will withdraw from the unified Central Asian power grid that links four Soviet nations in the region, prompting concerns of deepening electricity shortages among neighboring countries.
Nov 5, 2009 at 13:33 | Associated Press
Sweden OK's Baltic Sea gas pipeline STOCKHOLM — Sweden on Thursday became the second nation to approve a Baltic Sea pipeline that would supply Russian gas to Germany, saying the project met its conditions to safeguard the marine environment.
Nov 5, 2009 at 13:04 | Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russian investigators have detained two suspects in the killings of a human rights lawyer and a journalist who were shot in Moscow in January.
Nov 5, 2009 at 13:02 | Associated Press
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - Angry Afghan villagers protested on Thursday against what they said was the killing of 11 civilians in an air strike by foreign troops, but local authorities said only fighters were killed.
Nov 5, 2009 at 12:58 | Reuters
Johnny Depp traveling to "Tourist" LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Every tourist has some war stories.

The thriller remake "The Tourist" has run into another set of hiccoughs, with major players shifting around like luggage on a conveyor.Johnny Deppis in negotiations to play the male lead oppositeAngelina Jolie, replacing Sam Worthington who has fallen off.
Nov 5, 2009 at 12:37
Ivan Katchanovski writes: In addition to an unwarranted credit for saving Ukraine from the disease, the flu scare creates additional opportunities for personal appropriation of large-scale emergency funding by government officials. Corruption reached epidemic proportions in Ukraine. Read the letter here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:43
Business New Europe: 12 million Ukrainians could be infected with flu by end of 2010 It seems the virus that's on the loose in Ukraine has mutated into a more virulent form, says the World Heath Organisation (WHO). bne was commissioned to write a report on the bird flu virus a few years ago by the WHO and attended the scientific conferences in the Hague ahead of the political meetings to coordinate a response a few months later in Geneva. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:33
English-language text of Yushchenko''s address to the nation The following transcript can be found on President Victor Yushchenko's official website. Here is the link.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:25
Ukraine will start producing a Tamiflu analogue in the Kharkiv region using raw materials from India, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said during a meeting today with regional governors about the flu epidemic. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:21
A majority of oblasts in Ukraine have taken the right steps in the fight against the flu epidemic, announced First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov in his opening speech of a government meeting. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:16
The cold and flu epidemic has killed 96 people in Ukraine, including nine children, seven pregnant women and six doctors, head of the Ukrainian parliament's health committee Tetiana Bakhteyeva said in an address to parliament on Thursday.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:04
Kyiv, November 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has opened a criminal case against former Deputy Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Andriy Kyslynsky on suspicion of forging his diploma of higher education.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
Euronews: A mix of election fever and flu in Ukraine The swine flu has spread into the political arena in Ukraine, Euronews reported on Nov. 5, citingPresident Victor Yushchenko's accusations against rivals of criminal negligence for poorly handling the flu outbreak.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:41 | Wire reports
China bans physical punishment for Internet addicts BEIJING, Nov 5 (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Health has banned the use of physical punishment to wean teens off the net, months after a boy was beaten to death at an Internet boot camp.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:37 | Reuters
CHICAGO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Americans are more likely than people in 10 other countries to have trouble getting medical treatment because of insurance restrictions or cost, an international survey of primary care doctors released on Wednesday found.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:02 | Reuters