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Ukraine gets $2B IMF loan to pay for Russian gas
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's deputy prime minister says he has secured an urgent loan of some $2 billion from the IMF that should help pay for Russian natural gas.
Ukraine reaches arms deal with Iraq
Christine learns that Ritchie is a school bully, and the discovery leads her to apologize to the woman she bullied in junior-high school.
New Prize Honors Artists Age 35 and Under
A new prize recognizing artists age 35 and under would provide the winner with $100,000 and help from mentors like Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, the prize's creator announced Tuesday.
Ukrainians demonstrate to support war crimes trial for Demjanjuk
A group Ukrainians demonstrated on Tuesday in support of a war crimes trial for their former fellow countryman John Demjanjuk, the Interfax news agency reported.
Russia and Georgia Go to War Again - on Screen
More than a year after Russia and Georgia clashed in a short but brutal war, the two countries are continuing their dispute on the movie screen.
EU, Ukraine trade accusations at summit
A top EU official accused Ukraine of dragging its feet on reforms at a summit in Kiev on Friday, while the ex-Soviet republic's leader complained about a delay in a promised EU-Ukraine accord.
Midtown Manhattan sees double-digit drop i...
As commercial real estate floundered across the globe, the cost of renting office space plummeted in some of the world's most prominent financial centers.
Ukrainian museum claims it owns a Titian
KIEV, Ukraine - The director of a Ukrainian museum claimed Tuesday that a portrait of a Venetian Doge in its collection is a work of Titian, even as an expert warned that it is art historians who are best placed to make that call.
Swine flu in the Ukraine and waiting for reliable information [Effect Measure]
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Ukraine Requests New Gas Formula
Naftogaz announced the proposal to amend the formula that Gazprom uses to calculate the price of gas just days after Gazprom relaxed contract obligations for Ukraine.
Lenin statue vandalized in Kiev
Ukrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl and revealing the bitter divisions over the legacy of communism in Ukraine.
Ukraine tears down controversial statue
A statue of a politician considered to be one of the main instigators of the man-made famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in the early 1930s, has been demolished, according to BBC .
Ukraine's Manufactured Swine-Flu Panic
The global swine flu outbreak has become something of a political football in every country where the pandemic has spread, but Ukraine's response to the virus has achieved a new level of blatant politicization.
Those longing for strong-armed rule may outnumber those who want to preserve their imperfect democracy.
A political row over Russia's refusal to recognise the Holodomor is obscuring the horror of a famine in which millions died Around a well-stocked Ukrainian dinner table one evening recently, I watched in surprise as a friend's grandmother carefully swept together the breadcrumbs on the table in front of her, then ate them from the palm of her hand.
LVIV, Ukraine - It is not immediately clear why Vasily V. Humenyuk should be a candidate for president of Ukraine.
Kiev to host 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Final on November 21, 2009
The morning of November 21 started with every participating country, planting their own tree in front of the Arena, Palace of Sports, in Kyiv.
Russia Angry Over Ukraine Warnings on Gas Supply
KIEV, Ukraine -A dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas supplies escalated on Thursday, with an aide to the Russian president calling Ukraine's warnings of a possible gas crisis "political blackmail." Sergei Prikhodko , an aide to President Dmitri A. Medvedev, said in Moscow that Ukraine was trying to scare Russia and Europe by raising ...
Only On 7: Modern Day Sex Slaves
The woman we'll call Katya says she was trafficked through Dulles International Airport from overseas and thrown into a life of misery.
Swine flu infects Ukraine's presidential elections
In Ukraine, swine flu is causing electoral fever. In a hard-fought presidential campaign, critics of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko accuse her of stirring up panic to grab the spotlight from rivals by closing all schools and banning mass gatherings to combat what experts say is a relatively moderate outbreak of the disease.
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