Official: Ukrainian Election May Be Postponed Due To Swine FluUkrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is considering postponing the country's presidential election scheduled for January due to the spread of swine flu in the country.The deputy head of Yushchenko's secretariat, Ihor Popov, made the announcement on November 6, saying "if the government fails to control the situation" with the flu epidemic the poll could be pushed back until the end of May. Health officials in Ukraine said that 109 people have died from the flu epidemic, though only 14 of those were confirmed to have contacted swine flu. Nationwide, some 763,000 people are reported ill with flu and respiratory infections. compiled from agency reports sponsored by  UN uses nuclear technology to improve child nutritionThe United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is working to boost the nutrition of children at risk of malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases through state-of-the-art nuclear technology. Needs of Haiti?s disabled must not be forgotten, says UN expert bodyA group of United Nations experts today stressed that the needs of Haitians with disabilities must be included in the relief, recovery and reconstruction processes following the earthquake that battered the small Caribbean nation last month. Copyright (c) RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
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