Women wear masks as a precaution against flu in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The death toll from flu has climbed to 71 since the outbreak struck last week in the western city of Ternopil, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said. Blood tests have yet to determine how many of these deaths were from the new and aggressive H1N1 strain. But the WHO said in a statement on Tuesday that most flu cases in Ukraine can be assumed to be H1N1, "as the pandemic virus has rapidly become the dominant influenza strain worldwide." AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

Women wear masks as a precaution against flu in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The death toll from flu has climbed to 71 since the outbreak struck last week in the western city of Ternopil, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said. Blood tests have yet to determine how many of these deaths were from the new and aggressive H1N1 strain. But the WHO said in a statement on Tuesday that most flu cases in Ukraine can be assumed to be H1N1, "as the pandemic virus has rapidly become the dominant influenza strain worldwide."

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  6. President Victor Yushchenko, right, listens to a pharmacy worker during his visit, Kiev, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Ukraine's flu death toll has climbed to 109 since last week's outbreak in the western city of Ternopil. The World Health Organization says most flu cases in the country can be assumed to be H1N1.
  7. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan shows on November 9, 2009 a report 'Women and Health' during its presentation to the press at WHO headquarters in Geneva. The report underlines that women are particularly vulnerable to a lack of adequate care in old age -- when they often outlive men -- and in their adolescence.
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  9. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks during a news conference in Kiev, September 7, 2009. Ukraine has sufficiently healthy volumes of stored natural gas to ensure smooth transit to Europe this winter so it will stop buying Russian gas for storage, Tymoshenko said on Monday.
  10. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks during a news conference in Kiev, September 7, 2009. Ukraine has sufficiently healthy volumes of stored natural gas to ensure smooth transit to Europe this winter so it will stop buying Russian gas for storage, Tymoshenko said on Monday.
  11. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, second right, attend a meeting of premiers of former Soviet states in the Crimean resort of Yalta, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Putin promised Thursday to give struggling Ukraine a break by altering tough conditions in a natural gas contract, a move that could ease European supply concerns and give Putin's counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko a boost amid a bitter presidential campaign.
  12. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko attend a signing ceremony in Yalta, November 19, 2009. Tymoshenko and Putin readied on Thursday for talks which the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers.
  13. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko attend a joint news conference in Yalta, November 19, 2009. Tymoshenko and Putin readied on Thursday for talks which the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers.
  14. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) walks with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko during their meeting in Yalta, November 19, 2009. Tymoshenko and Putin readied on Thursday for talks which the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers.
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