People wear anti-flu masks while walking in a street in Kiev, Ukraine,Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Russia and Slovakia tightened their borders with Ukraine on Tuesday as the World Health Organization began investigating a suspected swine flu outbreak. 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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

People wear anti-flu masks while walking in a street in Kiev, Ukraine,Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Russia and Slovakia tightened their borders with Ukraine on Tuesday as the World Health Organization began investigating a suspected swine flu outbreak. 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.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C) takes part in commemoration service for Holodomor victims, at St. Sofia Cathedral in central Kiev, November 28, 2009. Ukraine marks the 76th anniversary of the 1932-1933 famine, in which millions of people died, on Saturday.
  4. Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite (R) speaks with Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev, November 26, 2009.
  5. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (R) shakes hands with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite in Kiev, November 26, 2009.
  6. A visitor walks near a doll depicting Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko dressed as Robin Hood in Kiev November 25, 2009. Seven dolls made by Ukrainian artist Yelena Kuznetsova depicting Ukrainian politicians will be sold at a charity auction to raise funds for the building of a children's rehabilitation centre outside Kiev.
  7. Ukrainian artist Yelena Kuznetsova displays a doll depicting Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko dressed as Robin Hood in Kiev November 25, 2009. Seven dolls made by Kuznetsova depicting Ukrainian politicians will be sold at a charity auction to raise funds for the building of a children's rehabilitation centre outside Kiev.
  8. Ukrainian artist Yelena Kuznetsova displays a doll depicting Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko dressed as Robin Hood in Kiev November 25, 2009. Seven dolls made by Kuznetsova depicting Ukrainian politicians will be sold at a charity auction to raise funds for the building of a children's rehabilitation centre outside Kiev.
  9. Cuba's Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer talks to a doctor before a conference held by Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan at Instituto Pedro Kouri in Havana October 26, 2009.
  10. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (R) holds documents with Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) during the presentation of a letter of agreement regarding WHO donations of influenza AH1N1 vaccines at Malacanang palace in Manila November 26, 2009.
  11. A Palestinian girl is seen filling a bottle with water at a water fountain, near Al Baqa' Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Friday Nov. 13, 2009. Jordan has one of the lowest levels of water resource availability in the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO).
  12. A Palestinian Man is seen filling a bottle with water, at a water fountain, near Al Baqa' Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Friday Nov.13, 2009. Jordan has one of the lowest levels of water resource availability in the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO).
  13. A Palestinian Man is seen filling a bottle with water near Al Baqa' Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Friday Nov.13, 2009. Jordan has one of the lowest levels of water resource availability in the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO).
  14. A Palestinian man is seen washing him face and hands, at a water fountain near Al Baqa' Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Friday Nov.13, 2009. Jordan has one of the lowest levels of water resource availability in the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO).
  15. 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.
  16. 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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