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Saturday, April 27, 2013

No pardon for Yulia Tymoshenko

KIEV, Ukraine, April 27 (UPI) -- The Ukraine presidential commission on pardons says there are no grounds to free former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a prosecutor said Saturday. President Viktor Yanukovych asked the commission last week to consider whether Tymoshenko should be pardoned, Russian... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 26, 2013

George Jones, iconic country singer, dies at 81

NASHVILLE, April 26 (UPI) -- George Jones, the iconic country music singer known by generations for his distinctive voice and phrasing, died Friday in Nashville at 81, his publicist said. He was hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center April 18 for fever and irregular blood pressure,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Russian activist sentenced for plotting to overthrow government

MOSCOW, April 25 (UPI) -- Russian activist Konstantin Lebedev was sentenced to jail Thursday for participating in a plot to overthrow the Russian government, a Moscow court ruled. Lebedev, a leader of the Left Front political movement and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, pleaded guilty in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Denmark's teachers' strike in fourth week

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 24 (UPI) -- Teachers in Denmark have been off the job for about four weeks, preventing about 875,000 school children ages 6 to 16 from attending classes, officials said. The impasse between the union and local government officials over work conditions has affected about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

1-in-4 U.S. teens misused or abused a prescription drug

NEW YORK, April 23 (UPI) -- One-in-four U.S. teens has misused or abused a prescription drug at least once -- a 33 percent increase in the past five years, experts say. A survey by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation also found 1-in-8 U.S. teens reported taking the stimulants... Sign in to see full entry.

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