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South Korea to carry out first chemical castration on rapist 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.
Yesterday at 07:23 | Reuters
Ukrainian official suspended in ticket probe 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.
Yesterday at 07:11 | Associated Press
Los Angeles Times: Will Smith and he who gets slapped 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.
2 days ago at 23:09
Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96 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.
2 days ago at 22:55 | Associated Press
Bare-breasted Ukraine activists grab Euro 2012 cup 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.
2 days ago at 21:01 | Reuters
Reikartz opens three-star hotel downtown Mariupol 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.
2 days ago at 20:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Independent: England fans warned after gay pride parade is ambushed by 500 ultra-right hooligans in Ukraine 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.

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2 days ago at 20:34
BBC News: Ukraine Olympic official 'willing to sell tickets to black market' 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.

2 days ago at 20:24
Independent:Ukraine Olympic chief filmed selling Olympics tickets The General Secretary of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee has been filmed offering to sell several thousand pounds worth of Olympics tickets to an undercover reporter posing as a ticket tout.

Volodymyr Gerashchenko, who has been head of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee since 1997, told the reporter from BBC London News he had up to 100 tickets to sell.

Read more here.
2 days ago at 20:17
Foreign Ministry doesn't know new date of summit of Central and Eastern European states The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has no information regarding the new date of the summit of heads of Central and Eastern European states, which was previously postponed.
2 days ago at 20:11 | Interfax-Ukraine
Key political risks to watch in Ukraine Ukraine's relations with the European Union have deteriorated under President Viktor Yanukovich while his rapprochement with Russia has failed to yield any tangible benefits for the former Soviet republic's economy.
2 days ago at 19:52 | Reuters
Russian energy czar Sechin takes helm at Rosneft MOSCOW — Russia's energy czar Igor Sechin on May 22 was named to lead the country's largest oil company, state-controlled Rosneft.
2 days ago at 19:36 | Associated Press
Poland to educate Euro 2012 fans on safe sex WARSAW, Poland — Polish health officials say they will distribute free condoms to hundreds of thousands of fans attending Euro 2012 as part of a safe sex campaign.
2 days ago at 19:30 | Associated Press
Ukrainian penitentiary service denies videotaping Tymoshenko during procedures No video cameras, including clandestine ones, have been installed in the premises of the hospital belonging to Ukrainian Railways in Kharkiv where former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is undergoing medical treatment procedures during her prison sentence, the Ukrainian State Penitentiary Service has said.
2 days ago at 19:24 | Interfax-Ukraine
PepsiCo to boost share of Ukrainian baby food market by 2.5 times in five years VYSHNENE (Kyiv region) – PepsiCo Ukraine is to boost its share of the Ukrainian baby food market to 25% from the current 10% with the launch of its new Ahusha factory, which will produce cultured milk foods for children on the territory of the Wimm-Bill-Dann Ukraine dairy factory in Vyshneve, Kyiv region.
2 days ago at 19:12 | Interfax-Ukraine