en Copyright 2008 www.kyivpost.com kpletters@kpmedia.ua BERLIN (AP) - Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday.
]]> Business http://www.kyivpost.com/business/44658 News on www.kyivpost.com Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expects his upcoming negotiations with U.S. President Barack Obama to bring about practical results benefiting the people from both countries.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44657 News on www.kyivpost.com According to a survey conducted by the Ukrainian Sociological Service on June 20-29, the list of leading presidential candidates is still headed by Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and Head of the Front for Change Initiative Arseniy Yatseniuk.
]]> Nation http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/44656 News on www.kyivpost.com CHICAGO (AP) - No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44655 News on www.kyivpost.com Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, on behalf of the Ukrainian people and on his own behalf, has congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on a national holiday – Independence Day.
]]> Nation http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/44654 News on www.kyivpost.com More than 2.1 million hectares of grain have been destroyed by drought this year in Russia, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said at a meeting on agricultural issues in the Krasnodar territory on Friday.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44653 News on www.kyivpost.com WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defies political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44652 News on www.kyivpost.com The Regions Party is planning to propose holding early elections to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, if amendments to Ukraine's state budget for 2009 increasing the minimum wage and pensions are not passed, one of the party leaders, Mykola Azarov, said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.
]]> Nation http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/44651 News on www.kyivpost.com SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44650 News on www.kyivpost.com The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has put on the wanted list the former Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko MP, Viktor Lozinsky, suspected of committing a serious crime, under an order issued by the Prosecutor General's Office, the SBU press center has reported.
]]> Nation http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/44649 News on www.kyivpost.com Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expects his upcoming negotiations with U.S. President Barack Obama to bring about practical results benefiting the people from both countries.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44648 News on www.kyivpost.com Russian "big three" mobile operator MegaFon is considering acquisition of up to 5% of shares in a competitor, VimpelCom, the business daily Kommersant reported, citing sources.
]]> Business http://www.kyivpost.com/business/44647 News on www.kyivpost.com MOSCOW (AP) - Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44646 News on www.kyivpost.com NAZRAN, Russia (AP) - Militants firing machine guns and grenades ambushed a police convoy Saturday and killed 9 officers in Russia's violent North Caucasus, officials said.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44645 News on www.kyivpost.com ]]> Nation http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/44644 News on www.kyivpost.com ]]> Nation http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/44643 News on www.kyivpost.com ]]> Nation http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/44642 News on www.kyivpost.com KABUL (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier and an Afghan were killed when a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, two days after a major operation against the Taliban was launched in the south.
]]> World http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44641 News on www.kyivpost.com Former Finance Minister and one of the Regions Party's leaders Mykola Azarov forecasts that GDP in 2009 might decline to 24%.
]]> Business http://www.kyivpost.com/business/44640 News on www.kyivpost.com Debt-laden Central European Media Enterprises is teaming up with Ukrainian tycoon Igor Kolomoisky in a broadcasting merger likely to make or break the Prague-listed firm's future in the country.
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