<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600px" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 8px 16px 8px"><a style="color:#1111cc" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://manager.rbth.ru/articles/2012/08/10/ukraines_language_policy_law_comes_into_force_17220.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNGeTesNQ14YAOmPOk3IH1VLWEoWDQ" target="_blank">Ukraine's <b>language policy</b> law comes into force</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Russia Beyond The Headlines</a><br>Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed the <b>language policy</b>
 bill into law on August 8 and ordered the cabinet to form a working 
group in charge of drawing up proposals to improve laws regulating the 
use of languages in the country. The group <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://manager.rbth.ru/articles/2012/08/10/ukraines_language_policy_law_comes_into_force_17220.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjAAOABAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNF1e86wpNucmv8ilM-V6LSuYL90_Q" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://manager.rbth.ru/articles/2012/08/10/ukraines_language_policy_law_comes_into_force_17220.html&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></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.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/odesa-city-council-to-hold-extraordinary-session-on-language-policy-311358.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATABOAFAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNEmTv8tC9jjoE8JSpuUkJkfC9TTcA" target="_blank">Odesa City Council to hold extraordinary session on <b>language policy</b></a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Kyiv Post</a><br>Odesa City Council will hold an extraordinary session on <b>language policy</b>
 in the city on Tuesday, August 14, according to the council's media 
liaisons department. The session will consider only one question – the 
implementation of the provisions of 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/odesa-city-council-to-hold-extraordinary-session-on-language-policy-311358.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjABOAFAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNGJhsVoL0ghsgnVWrWIfM0uq6k3Ew" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/odesa-city-council-to-hold-extraordinary-session-on-language-policy-311358.html&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
</tr><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://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/08/10/112346.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATACOAJAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNGiqaogXas3Ul7RxmM_Hu34wU-Qbg" target="_blank"><b>Language</b> law comes into force</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">ForUm</a><br>The law on principles of the state <b>language policy</b>
 providing the official use of regional languages in the work of local 
governments if at least 10% of language speakers live in the territory 
has come into force. The law is published in the official <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/2012/08/10/112346.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjACOAJAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNFvxVJJ49UjwbqkYWgt1ftOFzJk_A" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/08/10/112346.html&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"><a style="color:#1111cc" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/court-in-kharkiv-bans-indefinite-protest-against-language-law-311336.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATADOANAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNHk6NphAiJyjUR6KMpe8rKHPvOlKA" target="_blank">Court in Kharkiv bans indefinite protest against "<b>language</b> law"</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">Kyiv Post</a><br>Kharkiv
 District Administrative Court has granted the City Council's 
administrative suit and banned an indefinite protest against the Law on 
the Principles of the State <b>Language Policy</b> which its organizers plan to hold on Freedom Square on August 10.<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/court-in-kharkiv-bans-indefinite-protest-against-language-law-311336.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjADOANAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNGyIKY7NdAeg_53-FbxZLdw3PpU5g" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/court-in-kharkiv-bans-indefinite-protest-against-language-law-311336.html&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
</tr><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://rt.com/politics/russian-language-law-ukraine-343/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAEOARAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNEC0BpABkkYkeD85BhGC3IT8FUXkg" target="_blank">Tongue untied: Russian <b>language</b> gets official status in Ukraine</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#777777">RT</a><br>A
 new Ukrainian law has come into force granting the Russian language 
official status in about a half of the country's regions and 
significantly broadening the use of other minority languages. On Friday,
 the law on the principles of the state <b>language</b> <b>...</b><br><a style="color:#228822" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://rt.com/politics/russian-language-law-ukraine-343/%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoBjAEOARAl5OXgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=ropXvhxlDz8&usg=AFQjCNHPS6y6SUOqcmjgqOpjotawSUecYA" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://rt.com/politics/russian-language-law-ukraine-343/&hl=en&geo=us" target="_blank">See all stories on this topic »</a></font></td>
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