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Update: Lithuania shuts down Soviet-built nuclear reactor VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania's Soviet-built nuclear power plant was shut down late Thursday as part of an agreement with the European Union, ushering in a new era of energy dependence for the small Baltic nation.
Jan 1, 2010 at 12:50
North Korea calls for end of hostile relations with United States SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea called for an end of hostile relations with the United States in a New Year's message Friday and said it was committed to making the Korean peninsula nuclear-free through negotiations.
Jan 1, 2010 at 12:46
The top 10 music in the United States Billboard Hot 100: Top 10
Jan 1, 2010 at 12:39
Goodbye 2009! World ready for a more hopeful 2010 NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers in chilly weather in Times Square cheered when an 11,875-pound (5,400-kilogram) crystal ball covered with more than 32,000 bulbs dropped at midnight, ushering in the new decade and ending 10 years marred by war, recession, terrorism and threats of environmental catastrophe.
Jan 1, 2010 at 12:30
Thousands demand democracy in Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of Hong Kong residents marched to the Chinese government's liaison office on Friday demanding that Beijing grant full democracy to the semiautonomous financial hub.
Jan 1, 2010 at 12:26
Shanghai dairy shut over tainted milk products BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities shut down a dairy in Shanghai and arrested three of its executives after tests found some of its milk products were tainted with the same industrial chemical at the center of a milk safety scandal more than a year ago, state media said Friday.
Jan 1, 2010 at 12:21
Japan logs fewer babies, more deaths in 2009 TOKYO (AP) — Japan's population decline accelerated in 2009, with the number of births falling 2 percent from the previous year, the government said Friday.
Jan 1, 2010 at 12:16
President: 'Quantum of energy' has restored Ukraine, won freedom President Victor Yushchenko's pre-taped address was delivered immediately after Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's live appearance on Kyiv's Independence Sqare.

Yushchenko is currently vacationing at his winter residence in the Carpathian Mountains.

Here is his speech. Click here to see it performed.

Dear Ukrainian people,

Dear fellow citizens, Year 2009 is ending. It was a difficult year. It was marked by recession, but not the recession defined its character.
Jan 1, 2010 at 11:32