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			<title>San Francisco Chronicle: Ukrainian ex-prime minister's sentence reduced</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53333/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:45:13 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A former Ukrainian prime minister who fled his country after losing a power struggle won an 11-month reduction Wednesday in his nine-year prison term for laundering more than $20 million through U.S. banks, but failed to persuade a San Francisco federal judge to throw his sentence out. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/19/BATK1AMQGD.DTL&amp;type=politics" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>
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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>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>The Parliament: EU castigated over Ukraine visa issue</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53212/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:37 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine's deputy foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on EU member states for refusing to discuss the thorny issue of visa liberalisation<strong>. </strong>At present, Europeans wishing to visit Ukraine do not need a visa and Kyiv eventually wants reciprocal visa-free facilities for its citizens travelling to the EU.Speaking at a breakfast briefing in Brussels on Nov. 19, Kostiantyn Yelisyeiev stressed, &quot;We are not asking for the immediate introduction of a visa-free regime because we realise we have to take certain measures. But what we are saying is that the EU should be doing much more to help facilitate this.&quot; <a href="http://www.theparliament.com/no_cache/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/eu-castigated-over-ukraine-visa-issue/" target="_blank">Read the story here</a>.]]></description>
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			<title>EarthTimes: Russia-Ukraine gas deal signed</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53204/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:14:03 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Ukraine for an official visit on Nov. 19, as energy officials from the two former Soviet republics signed a natural gas deal. An energy agreement pushed by Putin and Tymoshenko was made public on Thursday as well, with officials from Ukraine's natural gas monopoly Naftohaz Ukrainy announcing the signing of a contract with the Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom setting out specific volumes of fuel to be shipped through Ukraine to European consumers in 2010. <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295475,russias-putin-in-ukraine-gas-deal-signed.html" target="_blank">Read ther story here. </a>]]></description>
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			<title>AllAfrica.com: Nigeria and Ukraine to cooperate in stopping illegal trade in small arms</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53203/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:02 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Abuja &mdash; President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has disclosed that Nigeria and the Republic of Ukraine would cooperate to stem the tide in illegal trading in small arms especially in the West African region. The President who made the disclosure while receiving the Letter of Credence from the new Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Valerii Vasyliev in the State House, Abuja on Nov. 17 expressed the hope that &quot;Ukraine will help us to bring the illegal trade under control.&quot; <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200911191003.html" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>'Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges' conference to be hosted in New York</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53202/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:18 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Governance (FEG), in partnership with the Financial Times, will host &quot;Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges,&quot; a strategic conference focusing on Ukraine's economic outlook, evolving business environment, key investment opportunities, and the challenges that need to be overcome for those opportunities to be realized. The event will be held on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/foundation-for-effective-governance-and-financial-times-to-host-ukraine-opportunities-and-challenges-conference-in-new-york-70459122.html" target="_blank">Read the story.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Bloomberg: Ukraine looks for next IMF Loan tranche in December</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53174/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:59:20 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine&rsquo;s cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is &ldquo;absolutely necessary&rdquo; and the country hopes to obtain the next round of funds as early as next month, Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said. The former Soviet state is dependent on a $16.4 billion IMF loan to avoid bankruptcy amid a recession and to maintain payments for the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe. The Washington-based IMFearlier this month decided to delay disbursement of the next $3.4 billion portion of the loan after Ukrainian lawmakers failed to rein in social spending. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&amp;sid=aBj4MAS2FrBA" target="_blank">Read the story here. </a>]]></description>
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			<title>U.S. envoy: Reform would solve Ukraine's gas troubles</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53167/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:02 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine could rid itself of all its problems with paying for gas imports if undertakes reforms to improve the investment climate there, the U.S. envoy to the region said on Nov. 17.]]></description>
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			<title>Former Ukraine leader's prison sentence reduced</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53162/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:25:24 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AP) &mdash; A federal judge onNov. 18reduced the prison sentence for a former Ukrainian prime minister convicted in the United States of corruption in his homeland.]]></description>
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			<title>Press Association: A Ukrainian twist for Yes Minister</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53155/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:33:50 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[<em>Yes Minister</em> will celebrate its 30th anniversary with its tales of political back-stabbing and red tape being reworked for audiences in the Ukraine. BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, has licensed the format of Yes Minister and <em>Yes Prime Minister </em>to the eastern European country. Inter TV will make 38 episodes of the hugely popular 1980s political comedy for a prime time slot next year - when the show turns 30.]]></description>
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			<title>US court reduces prison sentence for ex-Ukrainian premier</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53149/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:54:08 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The U.S. District Court has reduced by 11 months the nine-year prison sentence for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko convicted in the United States of corruption in Ukraine, the U.S. media have reported.]]></description>
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			<title>New York Times: In Ukraine euphoria of 2004 has turned to despair</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53145/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:22:28 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LVIV, Ukraine &mdash; It is not immediately clear why Vasily V. Humenyuk should be a candidate for president of Ukraine. A former customs official from the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk, he subscribes to no particular ideology, has the flimsiest of platforms and does not plan to tour the country before the vote, reasoning that &ldquo;these trips cost a great deal and the people are sick of them.&rdquo; In fact, he could have vanished into this winter&rsquo;s overpopulated presidential race had he not, on Oct. 2, legally changed his last name to &ldquo;Protyvsikh,&rdquo; Ukrainian for &ldquo;Against Everyone.&rdquo;Though few see Mr. Protyvsikh as a serious candidate, he reflects the sour mood that has swelled in the electorate &mdash; and one that could swing a pivotal presidential election in January. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/world/europe/19ukraine.html?_r=1&amp;scp=2&amp;sq=Ukraine&amp;st=cse" target="_blank">Read the story here</a>.]]></description>
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			<title>Financial Times: Gas fears to dominate Russia-Ukraine talks</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53143/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:03:01 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The fate of eastern Europe was once decided in the Crimean resort town of Yalta. When Vladimir Putin, Russia&rsquo;s prime minister, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Tymoshenko, meet there on Thursday the region will be watching closely.]]></description>
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			<title>Afrique en ligne: Nigeria, Ukraine to stem illegal trade in small arms</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53126/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:51:22 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nigeria and Ukraine are to cooperate to stem the tide of illegal trade in small arms, especially in the West African sub-region, according to Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua. Receiving the Letter of Credence from the new Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Valerii Vasyliev, at the Presidential Villa in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, Tuesday, President Yar'Adua said 'Ukraine will help us to bring the illegal trade under control.' The President also noted the long-standing friendly relations between the two countries, and called for investments in Nigeria's vast gas reserves, as well as in the manufacturing of fertilizer. He welcomed the proposed visit in December of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister and the agreements that would be signed during the visit, stating that they would promote bilateral investments and trade. <a href="http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/nigeria,-ukraine-to-stem-illegal-trade-in-small-arms-2009111838479.html" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Ukrainian Globalist: Swine flu - the number of victims in Ukraine grows up every hour</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/53105/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian authorities hide the true information about swine flu in the country. Number of registered flu and ARVI accidents grew up in 2.5 times &ndash; Tymoshenko said. But it is not the real situation. Real number of victims is much higher. Doctors say, that more than 1000 people has already died of flu in Ukraine. Some hours ago the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has informed, that the number of registered flu and ARVI cases in Ukraine in Nov. 8-10 has grown up again more than in 2.5 times. Experts suppose about more than 2 million flu diseased. <a href="http://globalist.org.ua/eng/144162-swine-flu-number-of-victims-in-ukraine-is-growing-every-hour" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Obama commemorates Ukrainian Holodomor remembrance day</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52964/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:38:59 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Seventy six years ago, millions of innocent Ukrainians &ndash; men, women, and children &ndash; starved to death as a result of the deliberate policies of the regime of Joseph Stalin. Tomorrow, we join together, Ukrainian-Americans and all Americans, to commemorate these tragic events and to honor the many victims, the official White House website cites U.S. President Barack Obama. <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-ukrainian-holodomor-remembrance-day" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Examiner: Ukraine flu death toll goes up - British labs test to ID flu as H1N1, Spanish flu, or something else</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52916/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:57:26 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Victoria Nicks writes: In Ukraine, a strain of the flu has infected 1.4 million people. The death toll, according to the Ukraine Health Ministry, is at 315 people as of November 16. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-29228-LA-Health-Technology-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Ukraine-flu-death-toll-goes-up--British-labs-test-to-ID-flu-as-H1N1-Spanish-flu-or-something-else" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>EU Observer: European Union risks winter gas crunch despite Russia pact</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52909/</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:28:44 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The European Union and Russia on Nov. 16 signed an early warning agreement designed to prevent sudden energy cut-offs. But the Slovak Prime Minister, after separate talks in Moscow, said a fresh gas crisis is lurking round the corner.<a href="http://euobserver.com/?aid=28999" target="_blank"> Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Financial Times: Election fever threatens feeble Ukraine recovery</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52908/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:23:09 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[There were tentative signs yesterday that Ukraine, one of the world's hardest-hit economies, might be crawling out of its deep recession, in spite of a steep fall in gross domestic product in the third quarter. And although the 15 per cent fall in annualised GDP reported yesterday is smaller than previous figures of 20.3 per cent and 17.8 per cent in the first and second quarters, Ukraine faces a daunting struggle. With two months to go before presidential elections the International Monetary Fund has frozen a bailout amid stalled reform.]]></description>
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			<title>The Moscow Times: WHO’s fears over Ukraine’s flu ease</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52873/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:40:15 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization saidNov. 13that a &ldquo;high to very high intensity of respiratory diseases&rdquo; had been reported in Russia and Belarus but it was now less concerned about a big outbreak in Ukraine. &ldquo;The initial analysis of information from Ukraine indicates that the numbers of severe cases do not appear to be excessive when compared to the experience of other countries and do not represent any change in the transmission or virulence of the virus,&rdquo; the WHO said in a statement posted on its web site. Ukraine, Belarus and some Russian cities have recently extended school breaks because of fears about the pandemic virus. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said school closures were among steps that could slow viral spread at the beginning of an outbreak, but had less usefulness once the flu had reached 5 percent of a given population. <a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/whos-fears-over-ukraines-flu-ease/389501.html" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>New Europe: Ukraine could face $7.8 billion penalty from Gazprom</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52845/</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:28:11 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said his country could face a $7.8 billion penalty from Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for shortfalls in the consumption of natural gas.]]></description>
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			<title>Associated Content: Recent rash of outbreaks in Ukraine stir controversy</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52841/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:50:50 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.lvivnews.info/news/5290.html" target="_blank">Ministry of Health</a> in Ukraine has reported that 26 more people have died just last night due to the influenza that causes people to suffocate from complications due to acute respiratory illness.]]></description>
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			<title>London Telegraph: Ukraine turmoil puts IMF loans in jeopardy</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52839/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:23:12 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Political in-fighting between the erstwhile heroes of Ukraine's pro-Western Orange Revolution has plunged the country into economic turmoil, derailing a crucial multi-billion dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund.]]></description>
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			<title>Digital Journal: Deadly Ukraine H1N1 strain to be tested by British scientists</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52838/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:18:31 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With wild rumors circulating across the internet on the nature of the flu strain raging in the Ukraine, a team of British scientists having begun testing the 'super flu' that has been responsible for 189 deaths across the country.]]></description>
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			<title>Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: European intellectuals warn of democracy crisis 20 years after Berlin Wall's fall</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52798/</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:23:23 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Public cynicism and corruption in politics are threatening democracy in Europe.]]></description>
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			<title>RIA Novosti: Russian, Ukraine prime ministers to discuss gas issues Nov. 19</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52791/</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:56:16 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Gas deliveries to Ukraine for 2010 will be discussed during a Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmental meeting on economic cooperation November 19, the country's prime minister said on Saturday.]]></description>
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			<title>Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Ukraine's presidential hopefuls lay out their programs</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52788/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:17:51 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The deadline to register candidates for Ukraine's presidential election was November 9, after which the seven candidates who were refused registration were given two additional days to resubmit their applications. On November 13, the Central Election Commission will confirm the final list of candidates for the January 17, 2010, presidential vote.]]></description>
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			<title>New York Times: Fragile care worsened swine flu in Ukraine</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/ukraine/detail/52765/</link>
			<category>Ukraine abroad</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:47:43 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[When patients began arriving in Vyacheslav Bonder&rsquo;s intensive care unit two weeks ago, their lungs so saturated with blood that they could barely gasp, the only thing he could compare it to was a field hospital in wartime.]]></description>
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