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			<title>Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/guidenews/detail/53309/</link>
			<category>News</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:58:03 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) &mdash; For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television]]></description>
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			<title>Financial Times: Ukraine deal eases gas disruption fears</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53308/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister, has agreed to waive sanctions against Ukraine and amend Russia&rsquo;s natural gas contract with the country, in a move that could ease fears of a <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f11c9ace-d474-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html" target="_blank">disruption to European gas supplies</a> this winter.Thursday&rsquo;s agreement could also boost the prospects in Ukraine&rsquo;s hotly contested presidential election for his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Tymoshenko.]]></description>
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			<title>BBC News: Ukraine, Russia reach gas deal</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53307/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:33:01 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised there will be no &quot;shocks&quot; in Europe's gas supply this winter. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8370104.stm" target="_blank">Read the story here. </a>]]></description>
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			<title>Kyiv Post website undergoes improvements</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/city/detail/53306/</link>
			<category>City</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:26:33 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Kyiv Post thanks its online readers for their patience and apologizes for any difficulties they have experienced in accessing the website in recent days. The newspaper believes it has solved the problem by moving to a new server that is better able to accommodate the greater volume of content and higher online readership since an Oct. 24 redesign.]]></description>
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			<title>Washington Post: In Ukraine, H1N1 pandemic sets off panic and politicking</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53305/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:11:56 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Philip P. Pan writes:As the pandemic H1N1 influenza surges with the onset of winter, the nations of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union appear particularly vulnerable to the deadly virus. Burdened with weak health-care systems, relatively inexperienced news media outlets and shaky governments that have little public trust, the region also seems ripe for panic and political strife over the flu. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112004023.html?sid=ST2009112004284" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Ukraine to send its special operations soldiers to help anti-piracy campaign off Somali coast</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53304/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:52 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine will send around 30 soldiers of the Alfa special unit of the Security Service of Ukraine to participate in the EU-led anti-piracy Operation Atalanta.]]></description>
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			<title>Share of bad loans in Ukraine in October 8.1 percent up</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53303/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:09:15 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The share of bad loans in the overall amount of loans provided by Ukrainian banks grew by one percentage point or by Hr 6 billion in October 2009, to 8.1 percent, or Hr 61 billion as of Nov. 1, the National Bank of Ukraine has reported.]]></description>
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			<title>Education institutions in regions with low rate of flu cases to resume working on Nov. 23</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53302/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:05:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Quarantine ends in educational institutions of Kyiv on Nov. 25</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53301/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Flu, respiratory infections kill 362 people in Ukraine, says Health Ministry</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53300/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:57:53 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Nov. 20, a total of 362 people have died of the flu and respiratory infections in Ukraine.]]></description>
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			<title>Russia tops Pricewaterhouse global fraud survey</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53299/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:53:51 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia has the world's most  fraudulent economy and attempts to stamp out white-collar crime  have done little to stop its spread during the global financial  downturn, PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a survey.   Seventy-one percent of Russian respondents to PwC's global  economic crime survey said they had been subject to economic  crime in the past year, more than in next-ranked South Africa,  Kenya, Canada and Mexico.]]></description>
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			<title>Year-end positioning, Ukraine worries hit stocks</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53298/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:18 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - World equities fell on bank  worries and the dollar climbed on Friday as a bout of year-end  risk aversion gripped European markets, and Wall Street looked  set to follow suit.]]></description>
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			<title>Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53297/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:39:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; A gunman killed a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church and seriously wounded the reverend's assistant, officials said Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>Critic of Chechen president fears for his life</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53296/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:35:12 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; The brother of a Chechen government critic slain in Dubai this year is asking Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for protection.]]></description>
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			<title>Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53295/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:31:01 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53294/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:24:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.]]></description>
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			<title>Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53293/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:48 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; A Russian ship reached open water off Antarctica after struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days, a Russian shipping company and a British travel agency said Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/world/detail/53292/</link>
			<category>World</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:13:52 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[GENEVA (AP) &mdash; The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.]]></description>
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			<title>Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in United States</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/world/detail/53291/</link>
			<category>World</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:09:59 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) &mdash; Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to the medication Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/world/detail/53290/</link>
			<category>World</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:07:06 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI (AP) &mdash; Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.]]></description>
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			<title>China says 15 dead, 114 trapped in mine explosion</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/world/detail/53289/</link>
			<category>World</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:59:19 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (AP) &mdash; A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and trapping another 114 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said.]]></description>
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			<title>Experts doubt Tymoshenko's government will be dismissed</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/53288/</link>
			<category>Politics</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:18:18 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The government of Yulia Tymoshenko will not be dismissed, according to political experts.]]></description>
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			<title>Ukraine's national football team holds 24 place in FIFA ranking</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53287/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:10:14 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine's national football team has lost two positions in the FIFA world ranking for Nov. 2009 and is currently in 24th place, according to the official Web site of FIFA.]]></description>
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			<title>Derzhspozhivstandard registers violations of tobacco product trade at 20% of checked outlets</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53286/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:04:54 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy (Derzhspozhivstandard) has checked 737 retail outlets of tobacco products in 20 regions of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from Sept. 23 through Nov. 5 this year and registered 148 violations.]]></description>
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			<title>GM to release plan for European units in December</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53285/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:58:53 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (AP) &mdash; General Motors Co. said it expects to release a full restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in mid December, but did not specify the amount of cuts to capacity and jobs it would seek.]]></description>
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			<title>Ukrainian parliament returns draft state budget for 2010 to government for revision</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53284/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:20 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian parliament has returned the draft state budget for 2010 to the government for revision.]]></description>
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			<title>Christmas tree to be lit in Kyiv on Dec. 19</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/city/detail/53283/</link>
			<category>City</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:53:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine's main Christmas tree will be lit on Independence Square in Kyiv on Saint Nicholas Day, Dec. 19.]]></description>
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			<title>Culture and Tourism Ministry reduces smoking in Ukrainian hotels</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53282/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:37:33 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian hotels should allot at least 50% of their hotel rooms for nonsmokers starting from Friday, Nov. 20.]]></description>
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			<title>Foreign polling stations for Ukrainian presidential elections to be set up by Dec. 9</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/53281/</link>
			<category>Politics</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:28:28 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Foreign polling stations for the Ukrainian presidential elections will be set up by December 9, according to the Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC).]]></description>
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			<title>IMF still expects consensus from Ukraine on budget position</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53280/</link>
			<category>Nation</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:26:01 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The situation with the program of cooperation between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ukraine has remained unchanged over the last two weeks, as the fund still expects consensus from the Ukrainian authorities on a realistic budget, Director of the IMF External Relations Department Caroline Atkinson has said.]]></description>
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