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ITAR-TASS: Ukraine guarantees gas transit to Europe Ukraine has guaranteed uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to Europe, French State Secretary for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche told a Friday press briefing in Kiev.
Nov 13, 2009 at 22:11
The Market Oracle: Ukraine WHO and the geopolitics of swine flu panic Latest reports of what is being called a deadly Swine Flu outbreak in Ukraine according to on sight reports appear to be a political concoction by a threatened government to avoid election defeat and possibly declare martial law.
Nov 13, 2009 at 19:27
BBC News: Ukraine famine diaries on show The 1930s diaries of a Welsh investigative reporter who exposed Stalin's "terror famine" in Soviet Ukraine are to go on public display for the first time.
Nov 13, 2009 at 19:08
New York Times: WHO rushes drugs to nations hit by swine flu Emergency supplies of antiviral drugs are being sent to Ukraine, Afghanistan and other countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where hospitals report that they are being overwhelmed by patients with swine flu, the World health Organizationsaid on Nov. 12. Ukraine in particular has “a shortage of ventilators and they have counted more than 100 deaths by now,” Dr. Nikki Shindo, a medical officer with the organization’s global influenza program, said at a news briefing. Alarmed by deaths that health authorities believe could have been prevented with rapid treatment, the agency said it was revising its guidelines and urging more people to take antiviral medication even before they are sure they have the flu. Read the story here.
Nov 13, 2009 at 11:59
Diary that helped expose Stalin's famine to be displayed LONDON (AP) — The diaries of a British reporter who risked his reputation to expose the horrors of Stalin's murderous famine in Ukraine are to go on display on Nov. 13.
Nov 13, 2009 at 10:21 | Associated Press