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Chinese investors to launch biofuel production in Sumy region Chinese investors are to change the line of business of a distillery in the Village of Popovka in Konotop district (Sumy region) to the production of bioethanol, reads a posting on the Web site of Sumy Regional State Administration.
Mar 2 at 22:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lithuania rescues 200 fisherman on ice floe VILNIUS, Lithuania — Emergency crews in Lithuania rescued around 200 fishermen stranded on an ice floe in a lagoon shared by the Baltic state and Russia.
Mar 2 at 21:54 | Associated Press
Syria blocks Red Cross from entering Baba Amr GENEVA — The International Committee of the Red Cross says Syrian authorities have blocked an aid convoy carrying emergency supplies from entering the Baba Amr district in the city of Homs.
Mar 2 at 21:42 | Associated Press
German prosecutors search ex-President's house BERLIN - German state prosecutors said on Friday they had searched the private home of former president Christian Wulff, who is under investigation over accusations he accepted financial favours.
Mar 2 at 21:28 | Reuters
Russia proposes restoring diplomatic relations with Georgia MOSCOW - Russia came up with a proposal on Friday for restoring diplomatic relations with Georgia, which were severed by Georgia in 2008 because of that year's war between the two countries.
Mar 2 at 21:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin sure of his victory in presidential vote MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has voiced full confidence that he will win Sunday's presidential election in Russia, bluntly dismissing opposition demands and maintaining his strong criticism of the United States.
Mar 2 at 20:55 | Associated Press
Cuba Standard: Ukraine, Cuba to set up cancer center The governments of Ukraine and Cuba are in the final stages of planning for a treatment center for cancer patients in Ukraine, and are discussing to jointly produce cancer drugs, Ukrinform reported. The cancer hospital and joint drug production would provide Cuban medical services and technology a window on the European market.

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Mar 2 at 20:46
Bosnia indicts five over wartime torture of Serbs SARAJEVO - Bosnia's war crimes prosecutors on Friday indicted five former members of a Croat paramilitary force for the torture of hundreds of Bosnian Serbs, most of them civilians, in the south of the country during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Mar 2 at 20:33 | Reuters
Yanukovych signs law on construction of interim storage facility for waste nuclear fuel Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree on the construction of a centralized storage facility for waste nuclear fuel from Water-Water Energetic Reactors (WWER) at domestic nuclear power plants.
Mar 2 at 20:11 | Interfax-Ukraine
After Syria escape, French reporters leave Beirut BEIRUT — Two French journalists who had been smuggled out of Syria flew to France Friday, a week after one of them suffered injuries in the restive central Syrian city of Homs, officials said.
Mar 2 at 19:53 | Associated Press
Naftogaz chief: Ukraine, Russia to resume talks on gas price at presidential level Kyiv and Moscow will resume the talks on the natural gas price at the level of heads of state after the presidential election in Russia, Naftogaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Yevhen Bakulin has said.
Mar 2 at 19:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
ForUm: Ukrainian cultural center to be opened in Saint Petersburg A cultural information center will be opened in Saint Petersburg as a part of foreign diplomatic institution of Ukraine. The decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and corresponding changes to the list of foreign diplomatic institution have introduced. The document has been worked out by the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine with a purpose of strengthening Ukrainian presence in the Russian Federation and strengthening Ukraine's positions in realization of its foreign interests.

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Mar 2 at 19:25
Opposition parties demand Yanukovych name date, place for meeting Ukrainian opposition parties the Front for Change and Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union have insisted on meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Mar 2 at 19:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Gazprom hands Naftogaz draft agreement reducing gas price by 10% Russia's giant gas company Gazprom has handed Ukraine's national gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy a draft agreement that proposes to cut the price of natural gas for Ukraine by 10%, and negotiations on the matter are ongoing, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.
Mar 2 at 18:49 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian bank closes Iranian embassy's accounts MOSCOW — A Russian bank has closed the accounts of employees at the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, prompting an angry reaction from them.
Mar 2 at 18:08 | Associated Press