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| Jan.5 |
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Kuchma accepts PM's resignation The outgoing President, Leonid Kuchma, has formally accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Yanukovych
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| Jan.19 |
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Yuschenko named president Supreme Court has confirmed Viktor Yushchenko as winner of the disputed presidential poll
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| Jan.23 |
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Yushchenko takes presidential oath| Viktor Yushchenko is placing his hand on a copy of the constitution and a Bible in the Ukraine parliament | |
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| Jan.24 |
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Tymoshenko named acting PM President Yushchenko has named radical ally Yulia Tymoshenko acting prime minister. Zinchenko named as state secretary
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| Feb.16 |
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Ukraine contests state sell-offs The prosecutor-general's office will contest the privatization of 3,000 former state enterprises
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| Mar.4 |
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Ex-minister 'kills self'| Former interior minister has been found dead on the day he was to be questioned about the killing of a journalist | |
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| Mar.19 |
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Putin visits new Ukraine leader Russian President has held talks with President Yushchenko for the first time since last year's Orange Revolution
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| Apr.4 |
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Bush welcomes Ukrainian president Yushchenko is pulling his country's 1,650 troops out of Iraq. Bush: I fully understand that
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| Sep.8 |
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Yushchenko fires government| President has sacked his entire 7-month-old government amid political squabbling among its members | | |
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Putin calls for calm over Ukraine Russian President: The collapse of Yushchenko's coalition government is no cause for alarm
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| Sep.20 |
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Parliament no to PM choice The parliament has rejected the candidacy of acting Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov
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| Oct.24 |
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Mittal wins steel auction The Kryvorizhstal, Ukraine's largest steel mill, has been bought for $4.8bn after an earlier sale was annulled
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| Nov.9 |
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Vitali Klitschko retires Facing a 6-month recovery WBC heavyweight champ says knee injury too severe
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| Nov.23 |
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Shevchenko hits four in Milan rout Andriy Shevchenko leads AC Milan to a crushing 4-0 win over Fenerbahce in their Group E match
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| Dec.3 |
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Ukraine takes bird flu measures A state of emergency has been declared in the Crimea peninsula to halt the country's first outbreak of bird flu
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| Dec.7 |
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Rice clarifies U.S. interrogation methods Secretary of State is saying no U.S. personnel may use cruel or degrading practices at home or abroad
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| Dec.27 |
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Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq| Poland would reduce troop levels in March, from nearly 1,500 to 900 | | |
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| Dec.28 |
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US to deport alleged Nazi guard 85-year-old John Demjanjuk accused of having been a guard at a Nazi death camp
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| Dec.30 |
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Russia says gas cut won't hit EU Gazprom has renewed a threat to cut off supplies to Ukraine, but says it will not hit deliveries to western Europe
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| Dec.31 |
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Russia offers delay on gas hike| Putin has offered to delay a price hike for Ukraine by 3 months in a compromise to end a bitter dispute | |
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