A United State Air Force plane brought the Ukrainian peacekeepers to the Boryspil airport at night on December 24.

Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko announced this at a press conference.

The deputy said that at the meeting on December 24, the committee accepted the proposals for the draft state budget for 2009 from the parliamentary factions.

I do not think that [Russia] will resume that practice," he said.

It will also consider a draft law on scheduling early local elections and a draft law on approval of the calendar plan for the parliament's fourth session.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the Russian presidential press service.

The presidential press service announced this in a statement.

This is indicated by the results of a poll conducted by the Ukrainian Democratic Circle.

Protesting against "falsification" of a draft law

Chernovetskiy prepared a greeting for the Ukrainian nation

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An explosion tore through an apartment building in southern Ukraine,killing at least 19 people and leaving dozens more trapped under therubble, emergency officials said Thursday.

As of Christmas Day, at least 4,218 members of the U.S. military haddied in the Iraq war, according to an Associated Press count. On large bases and small outposts across the country, American troops marked Christmas with special meals and

No new delays or cancellations were reported Thursday at eitherO'Hare or Chicago's Midway International Airport, said Department ofAviation spokesman Gregg Cunningham. On Wednesday, more than 100flights were canceled at O'Hare, the nation's second busiest airport, forcing many holiday travelers to

In a move intended to force public testimony from President-electBarack Obama's inner circle, a lawyer for Gov. Rod Blagojevich hasasked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor tosubpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including Obama's incoming chiefof staff, Rahm

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver a Christmas Daybroadcast on Britain's Channel 4 television, occupying a slot used toprovide an often controversial counterpoint to Queen Elizabeth II'straditional annual message, the station said Wednesday.

New York police say 14 people have been hurt after an out-of-control car slammed into a building where Orthodox Jewish families were having a Hanukkah party. Nassau County Police Officer Patricia Tanksley says a 76-year-old man lost control of his

British playwright and poet Harold Pinter passed away on Dec. 23, his wife revealed Christmas morning. The Nobel Laureate died after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 78 years old.