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Ukrainian president to visit Bila Tserkva on Nov. 30 Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko will visit Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, on Monday, Nov. 30, the presidential press service has reported.
Nov 30, 2009 at 11:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Six foreign nationals reportedly injured in rail disaster Six foreign nationals could have been injured in the Nevsky Express rail disaster, according to preliminary reports.
Nov 30, 2009 at 11:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
China city government opens gay bar to fight AIDS BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters Life!) - A Chinese city with one of the nation's highest rates of AIDS has opened a government-funded gay bar in an outreach effort that has stirred debate over the use of taxpayers' money.
Nov 30, 2009 at 11:43 | Reuters
Health Ministry: Flu, pneumonia kill 424 people in Ukraine A total of 424 people have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine as of late on Sunday, Nov. 29.
Nov 30, 2009 at 11:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
Iran says UN criticism prompted new nuclear plans TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran had no intention of building 10 new nuclear facilities until it was strongly rebuked by the U.N. nuclear watchdog over its nuclear activities, a top official said Nov. 30.
Nov 30, 2009 at 11:35
Know your Heroes: Chkalov monument on Honchara (formerly Chkalov) Street Editor’s Note: Have you ever walked by a park statue or an engraving of a person on a building’s facade and wondered who is the person being depicted and what made him or her worthy of immortality? We have, too. So, the Kyiv Post today proudly kicks off a periodic series called “Know Your Heroes” (Soviet or Ukrainian or another) to answer these vexing questions.
Nov 30, 2009 at 11:23 | Iryna Prymachyk
Local official shot dead in Russia's Dagestan MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police say assailants have shot dead an official in the violence-wracked region of Dagestan.
Nov 30, 2009 at 10:59
Slovakia Today: Slovak-Ukrainian border crossing reopens Motor vehicles will be again allowed to cross the Schengen zone border with Ukrain at the Slovak-Ukrainian checkpoint Ubla as of Sunday, November 29, the spokesperson of the Border Police Directorate in Sobrance (Kosice region) Agnesa Kopernicka informed on Saturday. Read the story here.
Nov 30, 2009 at 10:15
Edmonton Journal: Ukrainian famine still brings tears Richard Warnica writes:Millions of ethnic Ukrainians starved to death in the Soviet Union in 1932-33. Today, many, including the Canadian and Alberta governments, consider them victims of a Soviet genocide, a deliberate attempt by the Stalin regime to stamp down Ukrainian nationalism by withholding food. Others, including the Russians and some scholars, dispute this characterization. Read the story here.
Nov 30, 2009 at 10:11
Bloomberg: Russian billionaires may spend $81 million at London auctions John Varoli writes:Auction houses in London start selling as much as 49 million pounds ($81 million) of Russian art today, hoping that spending by billionaires will help the market further recover after a year of decline. Read the story here.
Nov 30, 2009 at 10:06
Washington Times: Yushchenko calls '30s famine Soviet genocide Natalia A. Feduschak writes from Kyiv: Standing before a monument dedicated to the millions who perished from the Great Famine of the 1930s, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko marked the famine's anniversary with a fresh appeal for the world to recognize the tragedy as an act of genocide by then-Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Read the story here.
Nov 30, 2009 at 10:01
Journalists protest over massacre in Philippines MANILA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Philippine journalists and human rights activists staged a protest near the presidential palace on Monday, demanding justice for 30 colleagues who were among 57 people massacred last week in the troubled south.
Nov 30, 2009 at 09:54 | Reuters
Europe's post-Soviet greening _ gains and failures DNIPRODZERZHYNSK, Ukraine (AP) — Twenty years ago, when the Iron Curtain came down, the world gagged in horror as it witnessed firsthand the ravages inflicted on nature by the Soviet industrial machine.
Nov 30, 2009 at 09:50
Demjanjuk goes on trial in Germany BERLIN (AP) — John Demjanjuk once was the focus of the world's attention for the bloodcurdling enormity of the crimes he stood accused of. Today, he is attracting notice for being the lowest-ranking person to go on trial for Nazi war crimes.
Nov 30, 2009 at 09:45