According to Yulia Tymoshenko, in 8 months of the current year as compared with the same period of the last year, the number of registered crimes on the whole was reduced in Ukraine nearly by 4%. In particular, by 9,5

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko thanked the Cabinet members for their efficient work in which President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko takes pride. Beginning the Government's sitting, Yulia Tymoshenko informed that the President of Ukraine during his visit to New

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is in favor of demonopolizing investigations of criminal cases. She made this statement on Monday during a meeting of the MIA collegium in Poltava. "We would like to see a demonopolization of investigations of criminal cases...If

Yulia Tymoshenko informed that Government would make a request to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to urgently consider relevant bills on Friday. At that, according to her, tomorrow the Government to consider firstly all present draft decrees concerning efficient use

According to the Head of Government, decline in gasoline prices will promote slowing down of the inflation processes in the country. "To my mind, the tendency to decline in prices will go on and it means that inflation processes will

According to Yulia Tymoshenko, till 1 July 2008 direct investments from the EU countries increased by USD 10 billion as compared with the same period of 2007. This, as the PM says, is evidence that "confidence in the Government of

John McCain wants to delay the first presidential debate with Barack Obama in order to help deal with the financial crisis. Obama rebuffs the move, saying the moment demands a debate.

A tongue-in-cheek T-shirt poking fun at Democratic National Conventionprotesters is selling fast and creating some minor controversy alongthe way. The shirts were created and distributed by the DenverPolice Protective Association, the union that represents most ofDenver's 1,400 police officers.

Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon

Financial markets were tense Wednesday, with stocks fluctuating following investor Warren Buffett's decision to invest $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The credit markets showed added strain as investors await news about the government's plan to rescue banks from

With Wall Street in turmoil and the economy hurting, whichever presidential candidate convinces a swath of persuadable voters that he gets it - and can be trusted to lead the country back to fiscal stability - could well win the

The defining moment in the National Rifle Association's eight-figure advertising offensive against Barack Obama takes place about 15 seconds into a new spot featuring Karl Rusch, a white, middle aged Virginian clad in hunting gear.

Bowing to President Bush's demands, the House passed a mammoth packagefor the Pentagon on Wednesday that contains a pay raise for troops,billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and somepolitical protection for lawmakers during a tense

Attorneys general from 13 states on Wednesday protested a proposed Bush administration rule that would give stronger job protections to doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.

Zimbabwe's president hopes that a power-sharing agreement with rivals will lead the West to ease sanctions on his country.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain met Wednesday with a panel of business executives to seek their opinions on the Bush administration's proposed $700 million bailout of U.S. financial markets.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday questioned John McCain's judgment to be commander in chief, arguing that the Republican presidential candidate would keep digging the United States into a hole of isolation and insecurity.

Adm. Michael Mullen discusses his top three priorities as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Adm. Mullen took listener questions from an audience at a Town Hall in Los Angeles. Midday broadcasts his remarks.