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			<title>SBU bans blogger to criticize regime</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/30/239414</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Blogger Oleh Shynkarenko was forced to write a promise to the Security Service, SBU, not to criticize the regime on his blog, Shynkarenko himself writes on his blog July 31.   ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:29:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Russia top brass ask Putin to come to defense of arrested Ukraine customs official</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two high-ranking Russia admirals, both Heroes of Russia, have appealed to Premier Putin to come to the defense of their former colleague, ex-head of Ukraine Customs who was recently arrested for allegedly sanctioning the takeover of gas owned by RosUkrEnergo, Fakty reports July 29. 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Bomb kills nun, injures 9 parishioners and damages church in Zaporizhia</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[July 28, a bomb planted in a church run by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Zaporizhia killed a nun, heavily wounded 9 other persons and destroyed part of the building. 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:03:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>President signs bill on local elections into law</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/27/238841</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pres Yanukovych has signed the bill on the local elections recently passed by VR. It regulates the election of deputies to Crimean parliament, local councils and mayors of cities and villages, the presidential press service July 27 release runs. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:22:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukraine not to join Russia-dominated collective security pact</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/27/238840</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Joining the Treaty for Collective Security Organization is not on Ukraine’s agenda, FM spokesperson Oleksandr Dykusarov told journalists July 27. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:36:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Statute of limitations for Melnychenko tapes comes into effect in September</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The statute of limitations to investigate the politicians figuring on Kuchma’s guard tapes comes into effect in September, Major Melnychenko said, appearing on the TCH July 26. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:19:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Moscow patriarch to visit Ukraine each year or even more often</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/26/238651</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pastoral trips by Moscow and Russia Patriarch Kiril will be held on an annual basis, Moscow patriarchate spokesperson Nikolaj Balashov said July 26. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:39:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Russia to beef up its Black Sea fleet</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/25/238449</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[A number of Russia Baltic Sea fleet vessels may be sent to Sevastopol to beef up its Black Sea fleet, Interfax-Ukrayina reports July 25. ]]></description>
			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:34:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>If wonder happens in Ukraine and Orange-type parties come to power again, Donbas and Crimea should be allowed to separate, says writer Yury Andrukhovych</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/24/238423</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Politically, the people living in Crimea and Donbas are a different nation, they are part of the Russian nation, UNIAN quotes Andrukhovych as saying July 23. 
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			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:42:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukraine Helsinki human rights group board member denied entry in Russia</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/23/238421</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Russian border guards banned entry in Russia to Vasyl Ovsienko, Kharkiv Helsinki group coordinator and former Soviet dissident with 13 years spent in Soviet concentration camps. Officials said his name was in the black list of persons banned to travel to Russia, Helsinki group July 23 website statement runs. ]]></description>
			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:03:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Patriarch Kiril must be declared persona non grata, Ukrainian party demands</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/23/238420</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[While on a visit to Ukraine, Moscow Patriarch Kiril continues to fan interconfessional feud and violate the laws of Ukraine, first deputy head of the Ukrainian Party Oleh Olijnyk says. This time, however, Kiril has embarked on a different tactics regarding his provocative declarations as they are publicized not by Kiril himself but by his aides, the UP July 23 website release runs.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:38:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Kiril never to make it up with Kyiv patriarch, Moscow church says</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/22/238109</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Moscow Patriarch Kiril will not make peace with the Kyiv Patriarch Filaret whom they regard as a breakaway leader, says representative of the Moscow-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church Longin. 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:33:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>SBU chief cannot moonlight as boss of media holding, RWB say</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/21/238075</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[It is inadmissible that a head of Ukraine security service should be a manager of a media holding, General Secretary of Reporters without Borders Jean-Francois Juliar said, speaking on the 5th Kanal TV.  
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:13:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>If Yanukovych is reinvested with Kuchma’s powers, president and parliament must be reelected</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If the Constitutional Court invalidates the 2004 constitutional reform which clipped Kuchma’s powers and made Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential republic, all elected bodies elected under the 2004 Constitution should be reelected as their authority had been changed by the 2004 reform, Yury Yakymenko of the Razumkov think tank told ZIK July 21.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:42:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title> “Reporters” astonished by lengthy summer vacations of Ukraine officials</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/20/237743</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Activists of “Reporters Without Borders,” a media watchdog, decided not to reschedule their visit to Ukraine due to the absence in Kyiv of Pres Yanukovych and Hanna Herman, his aide on the freedom of the press, Komersant reports July 20.  
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukraine’s future lies in federalization, VP Viktor Tykhonov believes</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/19/237715</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Addressing a convention in Kharkiv of the Ukrainian Association of Local and Regional Governments on July 17, Vice premier Tykhonov said,”I am deeply convinced that the future of our country lies in federalization.” ]]></description>
			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>New regime’s track record is viewed as radical change, Lytvyn</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/16/237346</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop of inefficient rule of the past regime, the moves of the new regime can indeed be viewed as a radical change, Speaker Lytvyn told Dzerkalo tyzhnia July 15.  
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			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:55:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Premier Azarov knows how to deal with corruption</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/16/237336</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rampant corruption of officials can be curtailed by making them declare their expenses, Mykola Azarov believes. ]]></description>
			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:39:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Secret police detain ex-deputy head of NaftoHaz Ihor Didenko</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/09/236549</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[A source close to SBU told UNIAN that the ex-deputy head of NaftoHaz was detained allegedly for economic crimes. ]]></description>
			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:08:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Regions railroad changes to state budget</title>
			<link>http://zik.ua/en/news/2010/07/08/236372</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine legislators have adopted changes in the 2010 budget, The Ukrayinska Pravda reports July 8. ]]></description>
			<category>Western Ukraine</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:33:00 +0300</pubDate>
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