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Obama commemorates Ukrainian Holodomor remembrance day Seventy six years ago, millions of innocent Ukrainians – men, women, and children – starved to death as a result of the deliberate policies of the regime of Joseph Stalin. Tomorrow, we join together, Ukrainian-Americans and all Americans, to commemorate these tragic events and to honor the many victims, the official White House website cites U.S. President Barack Obama. Read the story here.
Nov 17, 2009 at 14:38
Examiner: Ukraine flu death toll goes up - British labs test to ID flu as H1N1, Spanish flu, or something else Victoria Nicks writes: In Ukraine, a strain of the flu has infected 1.4 million people. The death toll, according to the Ukraine Health Ministry, is at 315 people as of November 16. Read the story here.
Nov 17, 2009 at 09:57
EU Observer: European Union risks winter gas crunch despite Russia pact The European Union and Russia on Nov. 16 signed an early warning agreement designed to prevent sudden energy cut-offs. But the Slovak Prime Minister, after separate talks in Moscow, said a fresh gas crisis is lurking round the corner. Read the story here.
Nov 17, 2009 at 09:28
Financial Times: Election fever threatens feeble Ukraine recovery There were tentative signs yesterday that Ukraine, one of the world's hardest-hit economies, might be crawling out of its deep recession, in spite of a steep fall in gross domestic product in the third quarter. And although the 15 per cent fall in annualised GDP reported yesterday is smaller than previous figures of 20.3 per cent and 17.8 per cent in the first and second quarters, Ukraine faces a daunting struggle. With two months to go before presidential elections the International Monetary Fund has frozen a bailout amid stalled reform.
Nov 17, 2009 at 09:23