By Richard S. Allen, Attorney at Law

President Obama thinks we're "losing our moral bearings" because we water boarded some terrorists to make them talk. Other prominent Democrats are eager to put President Bush, former Vice- President Cheney, and various Justice Department lawyers on trial for 'war crimes' and 'torture.'

Alright, if we're going to investigate war crimes lets skip the small potatoes of water boarding and get to something we can sink our vindictive teeth into.

Maryna Irkliyenko

Posters in light-boxes in Lviv praised the SS Galicia, a Ukrainian unit that fought under Nazi Germany, as defenders  of the nation against Soviet aggression. Nationalist politician Oleh Tyahnybok placed the ads.

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The Nazi regiment was created in 1943. By then, the tide had already turned in favor of the Allies after Soviet troops ravaged the Nazi fighting machine in the epic Battle of Stalingrad. The racist Hitler had dropped his insistence on having only German soldiers of the "master race" go to war for him, a sign of his growing desperation.

Kyiv Chamber Choir performs in Kitchener-Waterloo

Leslie Ferenc
Staff Reporter

When Mykola Hobdych arrived in Canada he brought more than his trusted tuning fork and internationally acclaimed Kyiv Chamber Choir.

The dynamic maestro also brought a rare program of Ukrainian sacred and folk music, much of which had been banned during the dark age of Soviet rule in his homeland. For the Ukrainian-born conductor, the music is priceless -- it lifts the spirit and nourishes the soul.

Uefa will announce the list of host cities for Euro 2012 next week and everyone wants to keep hold of their slice of the financial pie

A model of new UEFA-standard stadium soon to be completed in the east Ukrainian city Donetsk, one of the expected host cities for Euro 2012. Photograph: Photomig/EPA

KYIV, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian football clubs Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk have been included in a list of the world's top ten clubs according to the latest ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).

Former Russian and CSKA head coach Valery Gazzaev has agreed to become the new Ukrainian national team head coach next year, a source in Ukraine's football federation says.

Current Ukraine head coach Alexey Mikhailichenko will stay at his post until the end of the World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign.

Paul Goble

VIENNA, April 28 -- Twenty-three years ago, the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history occurred at Chernobyl, a disaster that devastated the region, forced Mikhail Gorbachev to launch his glasnost program, and continues to claim pre-mature deaths among those exposed to the massive release of radiation.

And this year, as on every April 26th since that time, the victims, their families and activists of various kinds paused to take part in memorial services and demonstrations in the three countries most affected, Belarus, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation, and to bemoan the fact that while many people around the world recall the accident, they are forgetting its victims.

President Yushchenko says his country must confront its past. But critics say deeper examination of authoritarianism and the starvation that killed millions could be dangerous.

By James Marson

Kyiv, Ukraine - In 1933, Mykola Bokan travelled across the Chernihiv Region of Ukraine taking photographs of his starving compatriots.

These were the victims of Holodomor, the "death by starvation" unleashed by Stalin that killed millions across Ukraine. The same year, Mr. Bokan was arrested and sent to a prison camp for 10 years. He didn't survive his sentence.

The Ukrainian Film Club proudly announces the premiere showing of "Maty Machukha" and "Nash Lviv" in Toronto

MATY MATCHUKHA
МАТИ МАЧУХА

(In Ukrainian - no English subtitles)

(a documentary film by Yulia Tymoshenko)