<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600px" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 8px 16px 8px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a style="color:#1111cc" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gYsR4yWHubQkRpfSCtOOBQ0K2BrQ%3FdocId%3DCNG.e0ad6bedb364f8da87ac32b665fb0008.9c1&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNEI-c0gb-m2In7_xDFlu4_mucmoEw" target="_blank">Ukraine elevates status of Russian <b>language</b></a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">AFP</a><br>"Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed the law on 'the foundations of the state <b>language policy</b>',"
 his office said in a statement. The law boosts the status of Russian 
but stops short of making it a second state language and follows clashes
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<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Kyiv Post</a><br>Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the bill on the principles of state <b>language policy</b>
 initiated by the Regions Party on July 3. The document significantly 
expands the sphere of use of Russian and languages of other national 
minorities in the regions <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.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-signs-language-bill-into-law-311230.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjABOAFAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNHQOhcLrnp_OpibdKNLXuQhabvCGw" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-signs-language-bill-into-law-311230.html&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">ForUm</a><br>The state program of development of the Ukrainian language should improve the implementation of the state <b>language policy</b>,
 President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said during his meeting with the
 representatives of scientific and creative intelligentsia <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/08/08/110722.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjADOANAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNHn-dFT6pAYQ2ojAO39VZu-sPCRww" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/08/08/110722.html&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">Kyiv Post</a><br>Sevastopol
 – Regions Party parliamentary faction MP Vadym Kolesnichenko has said 
that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will sign the bill on the 
principles of the state <b>language policy</b> soon. "I think that the president will sign this bill in the <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.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/kolesnichenko-yanukovych-will-sign-language-bill-311192.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjAEOARAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNFf0wusDSQx6h4k8fFB0vRt4ESvyg" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/kolesnichenko-yanukovych-will-sign-language-bill-311192.html&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">RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</a><br>Yanukovych
 office released a statement on August 8 saying the Ukrainian president 
had signed the highly controversial law on "the foundations of the state
 <b>language policy</b>." The law greatly expands the possibilities for use of the Russian language 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.rferl.org/content/ukrainian-president-signs-elevating-status-of-russian-/24670768.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjAFOAVAl82MgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=F8spZVIbaVk&usg=AFQjCNFT-vNs_9tIBn1FUhCxYKwjIe4rFQ" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.rferl.org/content/ukrainian-president-signs-elevating-status-of-russian-/24670768.html&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
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