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WHO sends mission to Ukraine GENEVA — The World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to Ukraine to look into reports of severe H1N1 disease there, a spokesperson for the global health agency said Friday.
Oct 31, 2009 at 09:06 | Wire reports
Dead End Five years on, the poisoning case of Victor Yushshcneko remains unsolved and has more questions than ever.
Oct 29, 2009 at 22:33
Swine flu fears on rise after numerous deaths The Health Ministry is trying to identify the deadly virus that has killed at least 30 people in western Ukraine so far.
Oct 29, 2009 at 22:27 | Peter Byrne
Suspects now jailed in greater comfort In a move to get closer to European standards in penal institutions, Kyiv has upgraded its first detention center.
Oct 29, 2009 at 22:11 | Iryna Prymachyk
Presidential election campaign not only circus playing in Kyiv Kyiv’s circus has started a new season featuring dozens of animals and other fun acts for kids big and small.
Oct 29, 2009 at 22:06
Blair for EU president? Maybe too famous BRUSSELS (AP) — Few doubt that Tony Blair has flair and international cachet. That might well work against the former British leader as EU leaders started mulling Thursday who should become the European Union's first president under a sweeping new reform treaty.
Oct 29, 2009 at 18:12 | Associated Press
Wtam.com: FBI cracks immigration ring, 'corrupt' Kyiv embassy officials reportedly involved The Cleveland Division of the FBI has broken up a group accused of faking documents for Ukranian immigrants. The visas were obtained from the United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, allegedly through corrupt Ukrainian national employees of the US Embassy.
Oct 29, 2009 at 17:21 | Wire reports
Kyiv must cope with neighborhood bully Almost 65 years after Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt met in the Crimean seaside resort of Yalta – now in Ukraine – their division of zones of influence has come back to haunt Europe.
Oct 29, 2009 at 15:48
NATO: Russia may help more in Afghanistan BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia may provide assistance in training and equipping the embattled Afghan government security forces, alliance spokesman James Appathurai said Wednesday.
Oct 28, 2009 at 21:48 | Associated Press
Georgia opposition politician calls for "dialogue" with Russia Moscow, October 28 (Interfax) - Georgian opposition politician Zurab Nogaideli and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, at a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, discussed "the current complicated situation in Russian-Georgian relations" and "problems of the Transcaucasian region," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Oct 28, 2009 at 20:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko says struggle for presidential post not his goal Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that struggle for the post of president is not his goal.
Oct 28, 2009 at 19:03
Yanukovych sees demographic situation in Ukraine as unacceptable Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych has said that the demographic situation in Ukraine is unacceptable.
Oct 28, 2009 at 17:29 | Interfax-Ukraine
Akhmetov: I could use boxing skills if refs wrong (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk owner Rinat Akhmetov has warned Ukrainian referees he could use his old boxing skills if they do not play fair with the 2009 UEFA Cup winners.
Oct 28, 2009 at 16:38 | Reuters
Nazi hit man charged with 3 murders goes on trial AACHEN, Germany (AP) — An 88-year-old former member of Adolf Hitler's fanatical Waffen SS went on trial Wednesday on three counts of murder for the wartime hit-style killings of three civilians in the Netherlands.
Oct 28, 2009 at 11:45 | Associated Press
Yanukovych registered as candidate for Ukraine’s president The Central Election Commission of Ukraine has registered Party of Regions Leader Viktor Yanukovych as a candidate for Ukraine’s president.
Oct 28, 2009 at 10:39 | Interfax-Ukraine