{news} Ukrainians Kiss for Greens

[David Bedell]

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Fri Mar 24, 7:38 AM ET
Young Ukrainian couples share a kiss on the so-called Bridge of  Love in
Ukraine's capital Kiev Friday, March 24, 2006, a few days before the  
country's
crucial parliamentary elections. 34,000 Ukrainian couples throughout  the
country kissed for 34 seconds as a sign of support for the Green party,  
whose
number in the voting papers is 34. On March 26, Ukraine's 45 political  
parties and
blocs will run for the new parliament. (AP Photo/Efrem  Lukatsky)


Note:  April 26, 2006, will mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst 
accident in the history of nuclear power, at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in 
Pripyat, Ukraine.