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Pope names more cardinals Pope revealed the names of 2 cardinals from Ukraine whose identities had been kept secret
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Ship sinks: 22 dead Ship travelled from Istanbul to a Crimean port. 6 people rescued, including the captain, but 23 were missing
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| Feb.9 |
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President facing calls to quit Kuchma is under pressure to quit after opposition parties vowed to create a Forum for National Salvation to oust him
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| Feb.12 |
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 Russia-Ukraine summit| Putin and Kuchma kept strictly to trade and energy issues. They agreed to reconnect electricity grids | |
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| Feb.23 |
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  FBI to investigate murder| Friends of a missing reporter have dismissed as propaganda a decision to call in the FBI. President is under pressure to resign | |
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| Feb.25 |
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Anti-Kuchma rallies 5,000 people took to the streets of Kiev to demand the resignation of President over occusations of corruption
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| Feb.26 |
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Body identified as journalist A headless body found in a forest has been identified as that of Heorhiy Gongadze two months after he disappeared
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| Mar.6 |
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Thousands flee flood 7,000 people have fled homes to escape rising river Tisza. 10 homes have been destroyed
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| Mar.9 |
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Riot police quell protest Protesters demanding the resignation of President Kuchma
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| Apr.25 |
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Chernobyl's 15 years on Population is still dealing with the deadly legacy of the explosion and fire. Power plant is lying idle
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| Apr.26 |
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 Ousted PM vows to return Communist-dominated parliament voted 263 to 69 to dismiss Yushchenko
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| Jun.23 |
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  Pope lands in Orthodox Ukraine| John Paul II visit that has angered followers of the Orthodox church. Pope is hoping to calm inter-church tensions | |
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| Jun.27 |
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Pope beatifies Ukrainian martyrs Most of 28 Catholics were killed during Soviet persecution of the church. 1.5 million followers turned out
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| Aug.6 |
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Ukrainian beats Jones in 100-meter Zhanna Pintusevich-Block ends Jones' winning streak of 42 consecutive finals with 10.82 seconds
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| Aug.19 |
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Mine blast kills 33| 250 miners were working underground when occurred the coal dust and methane gas explosion | |
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| Aug.20 |
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Hopes fade for mine survivors An underground fire in a coal mine has thwarted efforts to rescue trapped 10 miners
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| Oct.4 |
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Sources: missile downed Russian jet U.S. official said airliner was shot down by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile during military exercises
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| Oct.5 |
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Ukraine missile may have hit plane Prime Minister cannot rule out the possibility that a Ukrainian missile shot down a Russian jet over the Black Sea
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| Oct.6 |
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Foreign objects in plane wreckage Recovered debris contains objects that not related to a plane
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| Oct.12 |
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Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory| Ukraine has accepted that its missiles may have shot down a Russian passenger plane travelling from Tel Aviv | |
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| Oct.13 |
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Black Sea crash prompts resignations General Tkachov, the commander of air defence forces, and his deputy have offered to resign
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| Nov.10 |
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  Germany, Ukraine 1-1 Ballack and Zubov strike in the first leg of their World Cup playoff
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| Nov.14 |
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Germany makes World Cup Germany, Ukraine 4-1
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