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The photocopy machines churning out the ballots for eastern Ukraine s sovereignty referendum have been clattering around the clock for days. Even the powerful Vl
stanley cup adimir Putin can t stop them. Despite the Kremlin leader s plea to postpone Sunday s vote, the pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine who call themselves the Donetsk People s Republic said they ll go ahead with the referendum. Ukraine has in recent weeks grown perilously polarized - with the west looking toward Europe and the east favoring closer ties with Russia. Insurgents who detest the central government in Kiev that took power amid chaos in February have seized police stations and government buildings in more than a dozen cities in the east. Ukrainian forces have mounted an offensive to drive them out, an operation that has left several dozen dead. Support
stanley cup for the referendum is most pronounced among eastern Ukraine s proudly Russian-speaking working class. Rage against the central government that came to power after months of Ukrainian nationalist-tinged protests is blended with despair at Ukraine s dire economic straits and corruption. The occasionally violent protests that culminated in President Viktor Yanukovych s fleeing to Russia were for many in the east seen as a putsch and a portent of repression against the region s Russian-speakers. This isn t our government. It s the go
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US scientists will breath easier after the elections, certain either candidate will mark progress after the Bush administration and the influence of Christian fundamentalists on its policies. HT Image Both the Democratic and Republican contenders have set themselves apart from President George W Bush s double term in office not only on the big scientific questions, but also in the way they approach research essential to maintain American dominance in military and high technology. Both Barack Obam
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nike dunk energy efficiency by 150 billion dollars over 10 years, while McCain is proposing 45 new nuclear power stations by 2030. Both candidates also want to lift the ban that Bush implemented in 2001 on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research which, supporters say, could lead to treatment for many incurable diseases. Turning to the heavens, Obama and McCain endorse more spending on space exploration to meet the goal Bush set in 2004 of returning Americans to the moon by 2020 and extending manned missions to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. Both men also favor giving a great
