Ukraine Today - An Independent Political Review

Yushchenko forced early parliamentary elections in 2007 "by breaking the law," and the Orange Revolution "hero" squandered his popular support during his presidency, leaving Ukraine as a "country on hold, with no strategic direction." This latest revelation was disclosed in a WilkiLeaks publication of a diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Baku to the U.S. State Department dated Nov. 13, 2007.  The  "West" knew that Yushchenko's actions were unconstitutional. Having at first expressed concern in a report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe the "west", the US in particular, stood silent as Yushchenko violated Ukraine's constitutional and human rights. To a large extent the events of 2007, which caused seven months of political and civil unrest destabilised Ukraine and lead to the events that are now unfolding in Ukraine.  Yushchenko betrayed Ukraine and all those who had placed their faith and...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on the eve of the anniversary of US independence, preaches to the Students at the Kyiv Polytechnic University. YouTube video of Clinton's townhall meeting in Kyiv. Transcript of remarks following meeting with Yanukovych

Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair by Tim Reid in Detroit    The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a giant freezer in Detroit’s central mortuary, like discarded shoes in the back of a wardrobe. Some have lain here for years, but in recent months the number of unclaimed bodies has reached a record high. For in this city that once symbolised the American Dream many cannot even afford to bury their dead. “I have not seen this many unclaimed bodies in 13 years on the job,” said Albert Samuels, chief investigator at the mortuary. “It started happening when the economy went south last year. I have never seen this many people struggling to give people their last resting place.” Unburied bodies piling up in the city mortuary — it reached 70 earlier this year — is the latest and perhaps most appalling indignity to be heaped on the people of Detroit. The motor city ...