All:  There are so many articles on the Ukrainian language law situation that I am<br>just going to forward the notices on these and let people look them up at their leisure.<br><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600px">
<tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 8px 16px 8px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a style="color:#1111cc" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0704/breaking32.htm&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATACOAJApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNFuUBnHOqnsDdj4jmbU5O-4gd5-JQ" target="_blank">Ukraine <b>language</b> law draws protests</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Irish Times</a><br>Ukraine
 language law draws protests. Deputies push each other during a session 
in the chamber of the Ukrainian parliament, during a vote on a bill 
about the basics of the <b>language policy</b> in Kiev. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0704/breaking32.htm%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjACOAJApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNF7J_PdYzqCjkusx2nw9Tan9ie17A" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0704/breaking32.htm&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
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</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0px 8px 16px 8px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a style="color:#1111cc" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_07_04/Ukraine-language-bill/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATADOANApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNG4uYKGkTEOMy-7au3uI2929s1m0A" target="_blank">Ukraine passes <b>language</b> bill</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">The Voice of Russia</a><br>The Ukrainian parliament passed a long-debated language bill on Tuesday. Titled “On the Basics of the State <b>Language Policy</b>”,
 the bill, passed by a comfortable majority, expands the sphere of use 
of the Russian language by granting it special regional <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://english.ruvr.ru/2012_07_04/Ukraine-language-bill/%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjADOANApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNFp-Agmm7F4-I6WcVdh3MP6N3bZOA" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_07_04/Ukraine-language-bill/&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
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<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Interfax</a><br>The bill on the principles of the state <b>language policy</b>
 passed by the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday would have suited 
both opposing parties if all amendments to it had been accepted, 
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn said. "The law on <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/109948/%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjAEOARApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNHbeVsJb3StqZQKPMXETvC1QOFBqA" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/109948/&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
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</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0px 8px 16px 8px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a style="color:#1111cc" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2012/07/04/ukraine-seethes-with-unrest-after-language-vote&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAFOAVApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNE6Bq3mPZ25Vp6BXDNIc0HcQbYaLA" target="_blank">Ukraine seethes with unrest after <b>language</b> vote</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Times LIVE</a><br>Hundreds
 of protesters clashed with riot police in central Kiev and Ukraine's 
parliament speaker offered to resign on Wednesday amid uproar after a 
move to boost the status of the Russian language in the former Soviet 
republic. <b>...</b> Ukraine seethes with <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2012/07/04/ukraine-seethes-with-unrest-after-language-vote%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjAFOAVApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNE5enJl5HGpw9PAxTtOxLZ-TQikYA" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2012/07/04/ukraine-seethes-with-unrest-after-language-vote&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
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<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Interfax</a><br>Protesting against the law on the principles of the state <b>language policy</b> are planning to keep watch outside the Ukrainian House this night.<br>
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</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0px 8px 16px 8px"><a style="color:#1111cc" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php%3Fid%3Dn282202&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAHOAdApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNHYQ9x1YGOKpLZMYp09ze0AcTWVyg" target="_blank">Ukrainian opposition holds protest rally in Kiev</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Focus News</a><br>Kiev. Ukraine's opposition has held a rally in downtown Kiev to protest the adoption of the law on the basics of the state <b>language policy</b> enhancing the status of the Russian language in the country, RIA Novosti reported.<br>
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<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Global Times</a><br>Riot
 police block opposition supporters on Tuesday during a rally against a 
controversial Russian language bill in Kiev. Ukraine's parliament on 
Tuesday passed a bill on <b>language policy</b>, which gives Russian language higher status in certain regions, in <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.globaltimes.cn/content/719116.shtml%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjAIOAhApYTU_wRIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=cWzKNjhKJfg&usg=AFQjCNFXWNzaziOTidmNEpkOHppx2lrFYg" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/719116.shtml&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
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