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     <title><![CDATA[IMF says more countries seek help, banks struggle]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/83_tn.jpg">LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that more countries were seeking its help coping with the economic crisis every day, while banking and auto industry woes reverberated around the globe.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:23:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Raiders switching attacks from industrial objects to farm resources, Turchynov says]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/79_tn.jpg">Kyiv, November 18  – The number of raider attacks on land plots and farm enterprises has grown in Ukraine, Ukrainian First Vice Premier Oleksandr Turchynov said at a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on fighting raider attacks on Tuesday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:26:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Presidential secretariat notes significant demand for currency on interbank market of Ukraine]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko at a meeting with bankers on Thursday will analyze the situation on the currency market of Ukraine, according to Presidential Secretariat First Deputy Head Oleksandr Shlapak.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:14:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Ukraine's premier proposes to up state borrowing in crisis conditions]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/77_tn.jpg">Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has proposed to activate the policy of state borrowing in the conditions of economic crisis.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:03:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Number of illegal land appropriations grows]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Opening the meeting of the interagency anti raid attack commission, First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said that the number of illegal land appropriation cases has risen.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:40:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Interbank hryvnia rate down 11 Kopecks to Hr 5.90 to $1]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The hryvnia rate fell by 11 kopecks to 5.90 UAH/USD on the interbank currency market on Tuesday after a decrease on Monday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:21:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Ukraine, Georgia will not hamper Russia's WTO entry, says EU official]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/73_tn.jpg">Moscow, November 18 (Interfax) - Ukraine and Georgia are unlikely to be able to block Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), head of the European Commission's Moscow office Mark Franco said during a news conference at the Interfax central office on Tuesday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:13:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Odesa Port-Side Chemical Plant to be successfully sold in 2009]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/70_tn.jpg">Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Presidential Secretariat is confident that the Odesa Port-Side Chemical Plant will be successfully sold in 2009, Presidential Secretariat Head Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:54:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/business/30970</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Ukraine will invite IMF, World Bank to take part in stabilization fund]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/68_tn.jpg">Presidential Secretariat First Deputy Head Oleksandr Shlapak has said Ukraine will invite the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to take part in the Ukrainian stabilization fund being created to tackle effects of the world financial crisis in the country.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:21:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Presidential secretariat's first deputy head Shlapak: NBU unlikely to be secretly financing 2008 state budget's deficit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/64_tn.jpg">The Presidential Secretariat's first deputy head Oleksandr Shlapak believes that it is unlikely that the National Bank of Ukraine is secretly financing the deficit of the 2008 state budget by buying the government's domestic loan bonds (OVDPs).<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:52:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Presidential Secretariat forecasts more than 20% inflation in 2008]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine forecasts that inflation in 2008 will total more than 20%, Head of Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:21:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Banks and economy hit stocks, oil slides]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Global shares fell again on Tuesday, battered by growing prospects of a deep global recession and one of the biggest job cut plans in history at Citigroup.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:47:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Oil lingers near $55 as investors mull recession]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/39_tn.jpg">SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices lingered near $55 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors mulled more dire news pointing to a prolonged recession in developed countries and sustained weakness in demand for crude.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:26:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Japan is in recession]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/36_tn.jpg">Japan became the latest major economy to fall into recession on Monday and Citigroup said it would cut 52,000 jobs, one of history's largest layoffs, adding to worries the global economic slump is worsening.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:33:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[PFTS closed 1.3 percent down]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/33_tn.jpg">Today’s trading session on PFTS ended with the Index at 271.16 points, 1.3 percent down compared to the results of Friday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:17:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Buy now, pay later losing appeal for U.S. consumers]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/30_tn.jpg">WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - By choice or by force, more U.S. consumers are putting away their credit cards as the financial crisis reshapes attitudes toward spending and debt.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:20:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Europe shares fall further, VW drops as sales fall]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/28_tn.jpg">European shares extended losses late on Monday morning, with banks weaker, Volkswagen down 10 percent after saying group vehicle sales fell in October and U.S. futures lower.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:50:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Global lenders IMF give aid in financial crisis]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/27_tn.jpg">International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn told the BBC that his organisation was likely to need at least $100 billion in extra funding over the next six months in order to help countries out of the mire.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:25:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[PFTS opens down on low liquidity]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/26_tn.jpg">The beginning of the week on the PFTS is characterized by low liquidity and the lack of activity, Tiger Asset Management reports.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:45:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Global credit crisis hurts tiny loans in South Asia]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/309/23_tn.jpg">MUMBAI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A global credit crisis that has felled large investment banks and prompted multi-billion dollar bailout packages is also hurting unlikely victims half a world away: small south Asian businesses dependent on microfinance.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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