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Balotelli spoke about fears of racism with France Football this week.

Brett Kimberlin, also known as the Speedway Bomber, is the infamous male who set an Indiana town ablaze with a series of coordinated bombings in 1978. The man behind the madness was also convicted of thirty three additional crimes, including illegal use of a Department of Defense insignia, and the Presidential Seal, both of which were used to procure the hard-to-come-by explosives used in the bombings.

A violent brawl broke out during a session of the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday over a proposed bill that would make Russian an official language in the country's already Russian-speaking regions.

A Japanese rocket has successfully delivered a South Korean satellite, possibly designed for military purposes, into orbit. The launch occurs a little more than a month after North Korea's spectacular rocket failure in mid-April.

Living Barbie Valeria Lukyanova, a 21-year-old Ukranian model, became an Internet sensation when photos of her doll-like appearance began circulating in the media. Some called her freakish; others called her crazy; but is she an iconic symbol of the future of Western society?

Ukrainian Prime Minster Mykola Azarov announced on Tuesday that Ukraine will ramp up its natural gas production by up to 25 percent over the next three years, a move that could help the country break free of its energy dependence on neighboring Russia.

Ukraine's imprisoned former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was moved from her cell to a local hospital Wednesday for treatment of a chronic back condition, after ending a 19-day hunger strike in protest of alleged harsh treatment from prison guards.

The leading opposition figure went on hunger strike after accusing prison guards of beating her as they tried to move her to a hospital for treatment for a back injury.

For horses, it's been a long and winding road from the steppes of Eurasia 6,000 years ago to the Kentucky Derby today. A new genetic study sheds light on how early equines expanded geographically before and after they were domesticated by humans.

Being the tallest man in the United States is no small task for Igor Vovkovinskiy. For years, he has endured sore feet as he could not find shoes appropriate for his large demeanor, however, Reebok has offered to lend a helping hand.

All 16 kits for the European Championship have been released.

The United States condemned the alleged mistreatment of jailed politician Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine on Tuesday and called for her release.

Keeping up an old tradition, Germany has threatened to boycott the upcoming Euro 2012 soccer tournament in protest of the imprisonment and alleged mistreatment of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko continues a hunger strike to protest prison abuse while doctors say she also suffers from a chronic back condition that is unable to be treated in Ukraine.

On the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine launched the construction of a new and improved shelter to permanently secure the traumatized plant. The project, which is expected to cost contributors around 1.5 billion euros, is intended to repair the damage from an explosion that occurred during testing at the power plant in the early hours of April 26, 1986.

A series of at least four explosions shook the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk on Friday afternoon, injuring at least two dozen people in what authorities now suspect are terrorist attacks.

Opposition leader Tymoshenko, 51, has been on a hunger strike for nearly a week, after alleging guards punched her in the stomach and twisted her body as they transported her to a local hospital to treat a spinal condition.

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven year prison sentence on an abuse of office conviction, went on a hunger strike to protest the “concentration camp of violence and lawlessness” created in her country by current president President Viktor Yanukovych.

Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister, was moved back to her cell after a short stint in the hospital. She refused treatment from doctors for an undisclosed medical issue.

China and Russia are making military history this weekend with the first bilateral naval exercises the two governments have ever conducted together.

TNK-BP, Russia's third largest oil producer, replied Friday to the government's announcement it would be sued for oil leaks that have polluted two Siberian river basins, saying most of the damage is a result of inherited environmental problems, accumulated since 1962. TNK-BP pointed to its ongoing $500-million cleanup fund as evidence it is committed to greening up some of Russia's oldest facilities