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“It was seven or 10 of them. I could not defend myself as the attackers had pepper spray and I had to protect my eyes. I fell to the ground and was kicked. When I got up, they ran away.”
Svyatoslav Sheremet, the leader of Ukraine’s Gay Forum, explaining to Ukrainian news website gazeta.ua, how he has assaulted after announcing on May 20 that he is cancelling the Gay Pride Parade because of threats to participants' safety.
Svyatoslav Sheremet, the leader of Ukraine’s Gay Forum, explaining to Ukrainian news website gazeta.ua, how he has assaulted after announcing on May 20 that he is cancelling the Gay Pride Parade because of threats to participants' safety.
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In this first weblog entry for the Kyiv Post, an imaginary conversation takes place between Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, American beat writer Jack Kerouac and Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. The topic of their conversation is modern day Ukraine. The three are sitting at the base of the Oles Honchar statue in Kyiv drinking street beers (no product placement entered here)... Nov 11, 2009 at 11:10 | Mark Rachkevych |
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HONG KONG, Nov 11 (Reuters Life!) - Thousands of Chinese women are vying to attend a lavish ball in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, lured by the dream of a possible fairytale match with a millionaire. Nov 11, 2009 at 11:05 | Reuters |
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan voted Nov. 11 to reject a United Nations protocol banning the death penalty in a move sharply criticized by human rights activists. Nov 11, 2009 at 10:58 | Associated Press |
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By Nov. 10, 189 people have died in Ukraine during the flu and cold epidemic, the Ukrainian Health Care Ministry said. Nov 11, 2009 at 10:54 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Moscow, November 11 (Interfax) - Russian medical specialists are of the view that the A(H1N1) virus has not undergone significant genetic mutations and has not acquired new malignant properties Gennady Onishchenko the chief public health official and head of the consumer and health protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said. Nov 11, 2009 at 10:28 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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KABUL, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The body of one of two U.S. soldiers, missing since last week, has been found by a military diving team in a river in western Afghanistan, NATO-led forces and the U.S. military said on Nov. 11. Nov 11, 2009 at 10:24 | Reuters |
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LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Anti-piracy measures off Somalia appear to be forcing pirates to extend their range to strike deep into the Indian Ocean, shifting the menace even further from the protection of international naval forces. Nov 11, 2009 at 10:23 | Reuters |
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NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors Co. remains committed to repaying its billions of dollars in government loans, though it's too soon to say when that will happen, the automaker's chairman said Nov. 10. Nov 11, 2009 at 10:07 | Associated Press |
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James Marson writes from Kyiv:A meeting between top Ukrainian government officials and a senior aide to the president Tuesday failed to resolve the political deadlock threatening to cut off International Monetary Fund lending. The government still insists there is hope for a compromise on the social-spending increase signed into law by President Viktor Yushchenko, the major stumbling block to continued IMF cooperation. Read the story here. Nov 11, 2009 at 07:11 |
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Since Oct. 29, some 1, 122, 188 have fallen sick with influenza-like illness, 57, 286 are currently hospitalized, 357 in intensive care, and 189 people are dead, Ukraine's Health Ministry reported on Nov. 10. Nov 11, 2009 at 05:24 |
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WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The flow of swine flu vaccines to the U.S. market is picking up, health and corporate officials said on Tuesday, and now the challenge will be to get the drugs to people. Nov 11, 2009 at 00:51 |
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's case of the pink mini-dress that went viral on the Internet has left many scratching their heads: How could it be that an outfit, no matter how short, would cause such an uproar in a tropical nation where skimpy clothing and tiny bikinis barely raise an eyebrow? Nov 11, 2009 at 00:43 |
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The Kyiv Post on Sept. 4, 1997, tried to piece together the events that prompted 11 beauty contestants to withdraw from the Miss Europe 1997 contest held in Kyiv. Some of the women complained of being forcibly dragged from their hotel rooms and sexually harrassed...as well as being served bad food. Here's the news story: Nov 11, 2009 at 00:10 |
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Here's a warning for enthusiasts of Euro 2012, the soccer championship to be co-hosted by Ukraine: Don't repeat the mistakes of the fiasco of Miss Europe 1997, held in Kyiv on Sept. 6 of that year. In one of independent Ukraine's most embarrassing international scandals, beauty contestants of the Miss Europe pageant fled Kyiv after complaining that they were forced from their hotel rooms and treated like prostitutes by some of their Ukrainian male hosts. The headline from the Ukrainian Weekly on Sept. 14 summed it up well: "Miss Europe marred by scandal and walkout." Here is the Kyiv Post editorial of Sept. 11, 1997, headlined "A shameful pageant": Nov 10, 2009 at 23:28 |
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Despite a serious outbreak of swine flu in neighboring Ukraine, the Polish government played it cool last week. Polish Health Minister Ewa Kopacz announced that she was not planning to stock up on swine-flu vaccine until it had been properly tested. Read the story here. Nov 10, 2009 at 23:11 |