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			<title>Donetsk governor speaks to homeless wearing ostrich fur hat</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2012/02/02/331919</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Donetsk oblast Governor Andry Shyshatsky showed up for a meeting with homeless wearing a Zilli hat made from ostrich fur, Vgorode reports Feb. 2.    

Interestingly, Pres Yanukovych is often seen having ostrich skin shoes on.

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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Police detain 73-year old Ukrainian for daubing billboard with Pres Yanukovych’s portrait
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			<description><![CDATA[Police in Kovel, Volyn oblast, have detained a 73-year old native who was daubing the billboard with Pres Yanukovych’s picture with brown paint, Volyn oblast police spokesperson told ZIK Jan. 17. 

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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Children form Eastern Ukraine to come to Lviv for Xmas holidays</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2012/01/05/327331</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[To get acquainted with cultural traditions and history of Lviv, the city authorities have again invited 1,040 children to come to Lviv. This tradition has existed for a number of years, the Lviv oblast administration website report says.   

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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Prisoners treat Yulia Tymoshenko with more respect than authorities</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2012/01/04/327242</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Criminal lords at the Kharkiv penitentiary say no one can humiliate Yulia Tymoshenko in their prison [criminal lords are very influential in prisons and the authorities typically heed their demands – Ed.], The Segodnya reports Jan. 4.  

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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Lviv lawmakers rule to pay higher monthly UAH500 ($62) bonuses to UPA veterans</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/12/16/324692</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, UPA, will now have a higher monthly bonus to their pensions amounting to UAH500 ($62).  

Veterans living in other cities of Western Ukraine used to register in Lviv to get the bonuses. Now the cash-strapped authorities will impose stricter procedures to keep off outsiders. 
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Colonel caught bribe-taking by SBU</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/11/24/321100</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The chief of the fire safety inspection has been caught by SBU when taking a $44,000 bribe in his office from a company involved in the construction of the Euro-2012 stadium in Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda reported Nov. 24. 


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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>New gimmick by Lviv police</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/11/21/320434</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[To forge cooperation with the populace, Lviv police officers want to visit the apartments of all Lviv residents between Nov. 10 and Dec. 10. The operation is called “Visit”, our correspondent reports Nov. 21. 

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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukraine and world want whole truth about 1932-1933 Holodomor
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			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/11/21/320292</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian people and the whole civilized world are awaiting a comprehensive evaluation of the man-made Famine in 1932-1933, Arch-Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Svyatoslav declared in New York while on a visit there, the UGCC information department Nov. 20 press release runs.  

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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Yanukovych puts up 6-m high fence around his residence and declares no-fly zone</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/11/16/319786</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The area around Mezhyhirya, the country mansion of Pres Yanukovych, has been declared a no-fly zone, Ukrayinska Pravda reports Nov. 16. 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Seizures of Pension Fund offices snowball in Ukraine</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After Donetsk and Kharkiv, retired Chornobyl rescue workers have seized the office of the Lviv regional Pension Fund, demanding payment of their pensions in full – in line with earlier courts rulings. The cabinet, citing the lack of money, wants to pay out only a 1/3 part of their pensions, our correspondent reports.    

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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukrainian voters waiting for charismatic leader</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/11/15/319556</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is a growing demand among Ukrainians for a charismatic leader, and Natalia Korolevska or Vitali Klitschko stand a good chance of filling the gap, says director of the Agency for Modeling Situations Oleksy Holobutsky. 

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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukraine’s new chief tax collector shows off Є12.4-thousand watch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Ukrainian Week journalist spotted the watch worn by Ukraine’s new head of the state tax service, Oleksandr Klymenko at the presentation of a cartoon film on the importance of paying taxes, Ukrayinska Pravda reported Nov. 14. 
According to UW, the A. Lange &amp; Sohne golden watch can be bought in Ukraine for Є12,400. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Pensioners occupy Pension Fund building in Donetsk, demand meet with Premier Azarov</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[About 1,000 retired Chornobyl rescue workers and Afghan war veterans have seized the office of Donetsk Pension Fund, threatening to stay there for the night and go on a hunger strike, Ukrayinska Pravda reports Nov. 14. They also demand a meet with Premier Azarov. 

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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Tabachnyk’s recipe to beat corruption</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/11/09/318462</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Students are to fight corruption in their academic institutions themselves.
If students learned well, there would be no need to pay bribes to their professors, Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk declared speaking to Kanal 5 TV Nov. 8.  

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Kharkiv authorities rush to meet demands of Chornobyl rescue workers</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/10/29/316700</link>
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Late Saturday, a group of retired Chornobyl rescue workers [many of them invalids] decided to leave the oblast Pension Fund they captured in a desperate attempt to make the authorities pay their back pensions. 

The pensioners budged when deputy mayor came to them assuring that the conflict will be resolved on Monday. 


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			<category>People</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:15:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Veteran Chornobyl rescue workers seize Pension Fund in Kharkiv</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/10/29/316669</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The premises of the Pension Fund Kharkiv branch were occupied late Friday by about 50 retired Chornobyl rescue workers who protested delays in the payment of their pensions. Their leader, Anatoly Gubarev, said they will not leave the PF building until their pensions have been paid in full and guarantees of timely future payments have been given.  

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			<category>People</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:33:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Americans to help Ukraine deal with counterfeit drugs</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/10/28/316657</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s state service for pharmaceuticals signed a memorandum with the US Pharmaceutical Convention (USP) on cooperation in implementing adequate standards of drugs in Ukraine, health ministry Oct. 28 website report runs. 

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			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:47:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Regions heavyweight kicks back,exposes corruption</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/10/22/315503</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[In his interview with NBN, Regions prominent lawmaker and businessmen Volodymyr Landyk said he had complained to Pres Yanukovych of corrupt schemes in the Traffic Police, accusing Interior Minister Mohyliov of building up a system of milking car owners. “Has anything changed since then? Nothing. Traffic police have again reinstituted checkpoints on the roads to extort bribes,” Landyk claimed. 

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			<category>People</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:56:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>In firearms sales scandal police nets 10 suspects</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/10/20/315116</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oct. 14, prosecutors started investigating the loss of firearms at the Lviv Police Academy, The Ratusha repors Oct. 20. 

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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:44:00 +0300</pubDate>
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Kyiv police refuse to disclose how its high-ranking officer could buy steep Porsche vehicle</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2011/10/17/314526</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Kyiv police refused to give information to Ukrayinska Pravda (under the new law on public information) about the profits of the deputy head of the anti-corruption squad Maxim Bryazkalo allowing him to purchase a very expensive Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Ukrayinska Pravda reported Oct. 17. 

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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:58:00 +0300</pubDate>
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