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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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CAIRO - Egyptians began voting on on May 23 in the nation's first genuine presidential election that will pick the man to replace Hosni Mubarak who was ousted in a popular uprising last year. Today at 09:08 | Reuters |
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LONDON — A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced on May 22 by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation. Today at 09:02 | Associated Press |
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BRUSSELS - Ukraine has confirmed details of an EU parliament mission to monitor the well-being of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. A parliament source said on 21 May that Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has sent a letter to EU parliament President Martin Schulz "which creates a formal basis for the president to take action." The Azarov letter is a reply to Schulz' earlier note, on 16 May, detailing what he expects to happen. Read more here. Today at 08:47 |
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore said he had no official plans to include a match in Ukraine during the Euro 2012 championships. “However, I cannot at this time rule out a visit to the Ukraine at some point this year, including in my separate capacity as chairman-in-office of the OSCE,’’ he added. He said this was a forum in which Ukraine played an important role and it would assume the chairmanship next year. Read more here. Today at 08:33 |
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QUEBEC CITY — The field of candidates for the 2020 Summer Olympics could be reduced from five to three, with Doha and Baku in danger of missing the cut. Today at 08:02 | Associated Press |
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KARACHI - Ukraine Pakistan Business Council President Alexander Ivanchuk has said that Ukraine will extend its help for education and training of PSM employees for appraisal of their skills and capabilities. A nine-member trade delegation led by Volodymyr Lakomov Ambassador of Ukraine under the leadership of Alexander Ivanchuk, President of the Ukraine Pakistan Business Council & Counsellor of Ukranian Chamber of Commerce and Industries along with Engr M A Jabbar, the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Karachi and member Pakistan Steel Board of Directors visit Pakistan Steel Mills. He said Ukraine also helped in the development of iron ore mines in Balochistan, to beneficiate iron ore for production of steel in Pakistan. Read more here. Today at 07:56 |
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The EU-Ukraine association agreement cannot be signed until certain conditions are met by the Ukraine, namely on the supremacy of law, the Commission has said. Speaking on behalf of the EU's foreign affairs representative, Stefan Fule said the Ukraine must redress the "systemic problem" of "selective justice", conduct free and fair elections and resume delayed reforms before it can become a closer EU ally. Read more here. Today at 07:48 |
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SEOUL - South Korea will chemically castrate a serial rapist who preyed on young girls, the first time it has employed the punishment under legislation passed in 2010, Korean media reported on May 23. Today at 07:23 | Reuters |
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A top Ukrainian Olympic official was suspended on May 22 following allegations that he offered to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets for the London Games on the black market. Today at 07:11 | Associated Press |
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The Ukrainian TV personality who tries to out-Borat Borat got what he wanted: face time withWill Smith. In fact, he got more than that. He got face-smacking time. The morning news TV performer -- I won’t call him a reporter -- named Vitalii Sediuk was evidently just up to his usual "hey-look-at-me-messing-with-this-famous-person" hijinks when heaccostedSmith on the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III." Read the story here. Yesterday at 23:09 |
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CHICAGO (AP) — Television lovers everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel changing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity. Yesterday at 22:55 | Associated Press |
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Topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group staged a second attack on the Euro 2012 soccer trophy on May 21, grabbing it while it was on public display in the southeast of Ukraine before being seized themselves by police. Yesterday at 21:01 | Reuters |
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Reikartz Hotel Management (Kyiv), the managing company of the hotels under the Reikartz Hotels&Resorts brand, on May 21, 2012, opened a three-star 60-room hotel, Reikartz Mariupol, located downtown Mariupol, at 79 Heorhivska Street. Yesterday at 20:53 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Gay England football fans travelling to Ukraine for Euro 2012 have been warned to keep a low profile for their own safety. The advice came after Kyiv's first ever gay pride parade was cancelled on Sunday amid fears of violence from far-right thugs. Television pictures showed Svyatoslav Sheremet, head of the Gay Forum of Ukraine, being kicked and jumped on by a group of men after the event was stopped. Read more about here. Yesterday at 20:34 |
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A senior Olympic official was willing to sell thousands of pounds worth of 2012 tickets for cash, a BBC investigation has revealed. Volodymyr Gerashchenko, of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee (NOC), told a reporter posing as a UK tout he would have up to 100 tickets to sell. Read more here. Yesterday at 20:24 |