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Ukraine

Ukraine Confirms More Bird-Flu Outbreaks

Ukrainian vets disinfect a farm in eastern Ukraine (epa)

9 December 2005 -- Ukraine has confirmed more bird-flu cases in two additional villages in the Crimea region.

H5N1 Bird-Flu Strain Detected In Crimea

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December 09, 2005

There are now a total of eight affected villages, all located on the Black Sea Peninsula.

Ukraine recorded its first case of bird flu on 3 December. It is now waiting for results from a British laboratory next week on whether the virus is the deadly H5N1 strain, which has killed at least 69 people in Asia and devastated bird flocks.

(AP/Interfax)

A vendor in the central Bosnian town of Zenica sells heart-shaped cushions with proclamations of love for 1 euro each.

Love It (Or Hate It), It's Valentine's Day

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'Police Detain Stuffed Animals' In Minsk Toy Protest

Belarusian youth activists say police have "detained" some stuffed animals used in an antigovernment protest in Minsk, in an echo of similar recent protests in Russia. More

There are frequent reports in the Bulgarian and Ukrainian media about Romanian “pirates” robbing passing transport ships on the Danube. (file photo)

Reports Of 'Pirates Of The Danube' Get The Old Heave-Ho

An attack last month on a Ukrainian barge on the Romanian sector of the Danube River has caused a diplomatic tussle between Bucharest and Kyiv, sparking media reports of possible acts of piracy on Europe's second-largest river. But do “Danube pirates” actually exist? More