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1 1.0 Ukraine man, 24, who faked age for high school gets 2 months

(2.16/3) HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A 24-year-old Ukrainian man who faked his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend two months in 2016-11-17 19:29 1KB mynorthwest.com

2 2.6 U. S.'s Kerry discusses renewed bombing in Aleppo with Russia (1.02/3) LIMA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he discussed Ukraine and 2016-11-17 21:02 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

3 1.1 Brodie Retallick ready to put the 'grunt' back in the pack as All Blacks prepare for Ireland Test Ireland were always going to face a mammoth battle against a New Zealand side thirsty for revenge, but the return of Brodie Retallick has made the task at hand even more daunting. 2016-11-17 20:42 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk

4 1.1 Ukraine presidential official counters Saakashvili's corruption claims By Matthias Williams and Margaryta Chornokondratenko KIEV, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hit back on Thursday at clai... 2016-11-17 18:27 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk Articles

DC5m United States ukraine in english 4 articles, created at 2016-11-18 06:59

1 /4 1.0 Ukraine man, 24, who faked age for high school gets 2 months (2.16/3) HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A 24-year-old Ukrainian man who faked his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend two months in prison on federal fraud charges.

On Thursday, U. S. Middle District Senior Judge Sylvia Rambo sentenced Artur Samarin to less than the three-month jail term prosecutors suggested. Samarin pleaded guilty to passport fraud and Social Security fraud in August.

He faces deportation during a sentencing next week for separate fraud and sex crime charges.

He has admitted lying about his identity to get a free public education and having sex with a 15- year-old girl in 2014, when he was 22.

Samarin was called Asher Potts at John Harris High School. He impressed teachers and community leaders before authorities learned he was considerably older and overstayed a visa.

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2016-11-17 19:29 By Associated mynorthwest.com

2 /4 2.6 U. S.'s Kerry discusses renewed bombing in Aleppo with Russia (1.02/3) LIMA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he discussed Ukraine and "all aspects" of Aleppo including renewed bombing in the Syrian city this week in a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Speaking to reporters after their one-on- one talk during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru, Lavrov denied that Russia's military was carrying out airstrikes in rebel-held Aleppo this week. "Our air force and the Syrian airforce only work in the provinces of Idlib and Homs to prevent the ISIL who might be leaving Mosul from getting to Syria," Lavrov said, referring to Islamic State militants in Iraq. Air strikes and shelling in rebel-held Aleppo has killed dozens this week, according to a monitoring group. The bombardment restarted Tuesday after a four-week pause, part of a wider military escalation by the Syrian government and its allies, including Russia, against insurgents. Lavrov did not comment when asked about the future of the Iran nuclear agreement that Russia helped broker once Donald Trump, who has vowed to dismantle it, becomes president of the United States. (Reporting by Mitra Taj; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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2016-11-17 21:02 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

3 /4 1.1 Brodie Retallick ready to put the 'grunt' back in the pack as All Blacks prepare for Ireland Test Ireland were always going to face a mammoth battle against a New Zealand side thirsty for revenge at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, but the return of Brodie Retallick to ’s starting 15 has made the task at hand even more daunting. Not only do Ireland have to beat the All Blacks again, they now have to beat an All Blacks side packing even more power. Retallick was ruled out of the Chicago trip to face Ireland at Soldier Field, forced to watch his team-mates surrender their 18- game winning run from home having suffered a concussion against Australia before the squad departed for their northern hemisphere tour. However, the powerful lock has since been given the green light to return to action, hooking up with the squad after their Chicago defeat and getting a 20-minute run-out at the end of last week’s 68-10 hammering of Italy in Rome. His return has been met with a sigh of relief by both New Zealand players and supporters — in a team full of superstars, Retallick still manages to stand out as an exceptional talent. Born in the town of Rangiora, 29 kilometres north of Christchurch on June 9, 1991, like so many children in New Zealand Retallick grew up surrounded by the oval ball. His uncle, John Ashworth, is a former All Blacks prop with 24 caps to his name, while his older cousin Culum Retallick has a solid career. The latest Retallick on the scene followed a familiar path to the New Zealand first team, tasting success at underage level by winning the Junior World Championship with the Under 20 side in 2011, before making his Investec Super Rugby debut with the . Retallick hit the ground running, and before long was being mentioned as one of the world’s best locks. At the age of just 21, he made his All Blacks debut in Auckland in June 2012, starting in a 42-10 win over Ireland. All Blacks coach Hansen felt the young debutant did ‘particularly well’, and before long Retallick had made the position his, playing in every game in the 2012 Rugby Championship. As New Zealand continued to dominate international rugby, Retallick’s reputation grew. In November 2014, just over two years since his All Blacks debut, Retallick was named World Rugby Player of the Year — Ireland’s Johnny Sexton one of four other nominees left applauding from the crowd. With his new-found status as the best player in the world, Retallick had an ominous warning for the rest of the rugby landscape. ‘There’s still parts of my game I need to work on and make better,’ he said. ‘Hopefully it’s onwards and upwards.’ Predictably, that’s been exactly the case. Still only 25 — he won’t turn 26 until the end of May — Retallick is one of the first names on the All Blacks team-sheet, no mean feat considering his high-profile team-mates. A key member of the All Blacks side that successfully defended their World Cup title in England last year, Retallick was heavily missed in Chicago, with his stand-in — switched from the back-row due a lack of cover — claiming earlier this week that he had simply tried to ‘be Brodie Retallick and do what he does. He dominates in those areas by just doing the basics well.’ Sitting to Kaino’s left, Retallick hid a wry smile, before adding that he felt his presence on the Soldier Field pitch wouldn’t have been enough to prevent Ireland from making history. ‘Obviously it’s not so easy sitting on the couch and watching it back at home,’ Retallick said. ‘Ireland did well technically and put us under pressure, and at times we didn’t quite get it right, so there was not a lot I could do.’ However, back in New Zealand, the general feeling was that Retallick’s absence — along with that of his equally destructive partner in crime , who was also injured — left a massive void in the All Blacks side. Most of the post-match analysis seemed to lean towards the consensus that had Retallick and Whitelock been fit, New Zealand’s winning run would still be intact — with one newspaper claiming that ‘this was a New Zealand performance without grunt and that’s what Retallick and Whitelock provide.’ There will be plenty of grunt in the All Blacks, with Retallick back in the mix and determined to prevent Ireland picking up-back-to-back wins against a side they hadn’t beaten in 111 years just two weeks previously. At the very least, his 6’ 7” frame will help tighten up the New Zealand line-out that was so badly exposed two weeks ago — Ireland winning their first nine on the day as the absence of Retallick presented a rare weak-point in the All Blacks for Devin Toner and Co. to exploit. There will be no such luxury this time around. ‘He’s great at getting into the middle of the pitch and doing the pop passes and getting out the back,’ Toner said earlier this week. ‘He’s a very powerful player and he adds a lot to the scrum, the maul and in the air. There’s a reason why he’s known as one of the best locks in the world.’ Brodie Retallick wins his 59th cap for the All Blacks. In his previous 58, he has only experienced defeat twice. He isn’t planning on suffering number three in Dublin.

2016-11-17 20:42 Ciaran Kennedy www.dailymail.co.uk

4 /4 1.1 Ukraine presidential official counters Saakashvili's corruption claims By Matthias Williams and Margaryta Chornokondratenko KIEV, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hit back on Thursday at claims by former regional governor Mikheil Saakashvili that Poroshenko had allowed corruption to flourish, saying Saakashvili had failed to deliver change while in office. Speaking to Reuters a week after resigning as a governor, Saakashvili, a former Georgian president who went on to have a second political career in Ukraine, had said Poroshenko either abetted or turned a blind eye to corruption. In the first detailed rebuttal by a representative of Poroshenko since Saakashvili quit, Vitaliy Kovalchuk, the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration, told Reuters Saakashvili was a better politician than a manager. Despite being given more power than any previous governor in Ukraine, and allowed to appoint his own people to key positions, Saakashvili had failed to bring corrupt people to book or deliver tangible reform in the customs service, Kovalchuk said. "We may say that Mikheil Saakashvili did not manage to cope with his powers," Kovalchuk told Reuters in an emailed statement. "Believe me, no one in the presidential administration is happy about it. I regret that Mikheil Saakashvili turned out to be a far better politician than a manager. " Saakashvili was appointed governor of the Odessa region in 2015 by Poroshenko - Kiev's pro-Western leader who pledged to transform Ukraine after the Maidan street protests, partly fuelled by anger over official corruption, led to the overthrow of the previous administration. But for some in the country, dreams of radical change are fading; a report by Transparency International on Wednesday found nearly three-quarters of Ukrainians do not think there has been a reduction in corruption under Poroshenko, compared with under the former president, Kremlin-backed Viktor Yanukovich. "Poroshenko wanted until now to appear nice in front of the West, that he is doing something, without really doing anything," Saakashvili said. "Imitating change without really having any real substantial change. " Reuters could not independently verify any of Saakashvili's allegations. Poroshenko and others in the government "have lost all taste for reforms", Saakashvili said in an interview. "Real change and reform really means also decreasing the leverage for stealing, for plundering, pillaging Ukrainian wealth and for the cronies of the president and the others to basically increase their wealth," he said. "First they refused to help us when they could, and then they actually started to sabotage us. " Kovalchuk countered assertions that Poroshenko didn't help reforms in Odessa. As an example, he said Poroshenko initiated a law change allowing new roads to be built through the revenues collected from customs, with Odessa in mind. But Odessa still lagged other regions in road repairs on Saakashvili's watch, he said. He added Saakashvili had spent 47 percent, or 167 days out of the 357 days he was in charge of Odessa, travelling outside the region. "Mikheil Saakashvili says that the president has lost the appetite for reforms, but in my opinion, Mikheil as the head of the region has failed to cook this meal," he said. POLITICAL FORCE When Saakashvili quit on Nov. 7 he said he planned to create a new Ukrainian political force without links to big business or established political factions, and that he would pressure the government for snap elections. Saakashvili said he had hoped to reform Odessa on the Black Sea, which had a reputation as a hub for smuggling with a corrupt port customs service. But he said his efforts were blocked at every turn. "We see some of the old cronies of Yanukovich, basically racketeer businesses, being replaced by people close to the sitting president," Saakashvili said. Recalling their conversations, Saakashvili said Poroshenko had tried to blame former Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk for blocking reform. But even after Yatseniuk's government fell in April, Saakashvili said corruption was allowed to continue. Yatseniuk resigned and, according to Saakashvili, the price he and his party exacted for supporting Poroshenko's choice of new prime minister was the sacking a reformist prosecutor who was investigating a scam to loot fuel from a state-run refinery. Yatseniuk's People's Front party did not respond to a request for comment. 'LAST OF THE MOHICANS' Saakashvili also said the head of Odessa port customs, Yulia Marushevska, was prevented from implementing reforms to reduce the discretionary powers of officers to set the level of duties and recruit new people who would be less susceptible to bribes. Saakashvili said Marushevska was hounded by official reprimands at the behest of another parliamentary faction leader in exchange for supporting Poroshenko's coalition. Marushevska, a Ukrainian, resigned on Monday, as did police chief Dekanoidze, a former Georgian government minister. Marushevska was not immediately available to comment. She has previously accused vested interests in state agencies of sabotaging her attempts to fire corrupt officials. Her superiors said her leadership had been unsatisfactory and that they had not seen any evidence of her reform plans. Dekanoidze was also unavailable to comment. When she quit she said there was a conflict between "those who want to change, and those who are stuck in the past," warning that politicians should stop meddling in the police force. Earlier official departures in Ukraine included the Economy Minister, a Lithuanian who resigned in February accusing a Poroshenko ally of corruption. "We were almost The Last of the Mohicans trying to keep faith in changing the system from within it," Saakashvili said of reformists who had left their jobs. "So for us, giving up hope was very hard because we invested a lot of time, reputation, effort in trying to change the system. " "Keeping the status quo would also destroy Ukraine, so we need some kind of positive change," he said. (Additional reporting by Natalia Zinets in KIEV and Marja Novak in LJUBLJANA; editing by Pravin Char and Grant McCool)

2016-11-17 18:27 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

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