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English-language text of Yushchenko''s address to the nation The following transcript can be found on President Victor Yushchenko's official website. Here is the link.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:25
Ukraine will start producing a Tamiflu analogue in the Kharkiv region using raw materials from India, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said during a meeting today with regional governors about the flu epidemic. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:21
A majority of oblasts in Ukraine have taken the right steps in the fight against the flu epidemic, announced First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov in his opening speech of a government meeting. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:16
The cold and flu epidemic has killed 96 people in Ukraine, including nine children, seven pregnant women and six doctors, head of the Ukrainian parliament's health committee Tetiana Bakhteyeva said in an address to parliament on Thursday.
Nov 5, 2009 at 11:04
Kyiv, November 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has opened a criminal case against former Deputy Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Andriy Kyslynsky on suspicion of forging his diploma of higher education.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
Euronews: A mix of election fever and flu in Ukraine The swine flu has spread into the political arena in Ukraine, Euronews reported on Nov. 5, citingPresident Victor Yushchenko's accusations against rivals of criminal negligence for poorly handling the flu outbreak.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:41 | Wire reports
China bans physical punishment for Internet addicts BEIJING, Nov 5 (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Health has banned the use of physical punishment to wean teens off the net, months after a boy was beaten to death at an Internet boot camp.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:37 | Reuters
CHICAGO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Americans are more likely than people in 10 other countries to have trouble getting medical treatment because of insurance restrictions or cost, an international survey of primary care doctors released on Wednesday found.
Nov 5, 2009 at 09:02 | Reuters
Ecstasy in the Bronx! Yankees win title No. 27 NEW YORK (AP) -- Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball's best again.
Nov 5, 2009 at 08:58 | Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 on Wednesday to win the World Series.
Nov 5, 2009 at 08:54 | Reuters
Daryna Krasnolutska and Halia Pavliva write:Ukrainian authorities need to reach a consensus to overcome the “lingering uncertainty” that threatens to derail economic recovery, an International Monetary Fund official said. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 07:46
Jamestown Foundation: Electoral populism in Ukraine prevails over economic wisdom Pavel Korduban writes:Electoral populism clearly prevails over economic wisdom in Ukraine ahead of the presidential election. Consequently, the IMF faces a difficult choice. If Ukraine does not receive the loan tranche expected in the middle of November, its national currency, which lost some 40 percent of its value in late 2008 and early 2009, will again fall making economic recovery slower and more painful. If the IMF turns a blind eye to Kyiv’s failure to abide by its conditions, the IMF’s prestige will suffer and Ukraine’s finances will be further unbalanced prompting it to seek additional international loans, including from the IMF. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 07:41
Epoch Times: Flu epidemic spreads across Ukraine, killing 86 A pneumonia believed to be similar to the H1N1 virus has killed 86 people in Ukraine as of Wednesday, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Read the story here.
Nov 5, 2009 at 07:34