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UKRAINE

Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 27, 2013
With shift to Russia, ex-leader stays in cell
For many in the United States and Europe, Ukraine's future had been bound up with the fate of a former prime minister with halolike braids who was jailed in an act of political retribution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2013
Ukraine puts brakes on historic EU deal
Stuck between Russia and the European Union, and chafing at the need to choose between them, the Ukrainian government faltered Thursday as threats from its big Slavic neighbor mounted.
BASKETBALL
Sep 10, 2013
Kyoto signs swingman Ubiles
The Kyoto Hannaryz have bolstered their roster with the addition of guard/forward Edwin Ubiles, who has spent the majority of the past two seasons in the NBA Development League.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 5, 2013
Uneasy feelings persist about England
If England beats Moldova at home Friday night and then defeats Ukraine (a) and Montenegro (h), it will top Group H and qualify automatically for the World Cup finals next year. Its fate is in its own hands. The bad news is — so is Ukraine's.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 28, 2013
Belarus arrest of potash tycoon angers top ally Russia
As Belarus television showed the Russian head of OAO Uralkali, the world's biggest potash producer, being led around the courtyard of an undisclosed prison, Anatoly Lebedko knew exactly where it was: Amerikanka.
COMMENTARY
Aug 25, 2007
Battling aviation pollution and congestion
LONDON — The British summer this year has been a nonevent: Rain, clouds and wind. The temptation has been to fly south to the Mediterranean where the sun has been scorching.
COMMENTARY
Jun 19, 2007
Giving China the red hook
LOS ANGELES — U.S. Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer has a tiger by the tail. And since he hails from the mean streets of Brooklyn, you can count on the fact that he's not about to let go soon, no matter how loudly the tiger roars.

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