http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/european_gas_supplies_assured_as_russia_ukraine_end_crisis/?source=rss MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian energy monopoly Gazprom restored gas supplies to Ukraine on Wednesday, ending a three-day crisis between the two ex-Soviet neighbours that has put the European Union on alert. World, Politics, Regions, Asia, Russian Federation, Europe, Ukraine, Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-03-05T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/skies_to_be_swept_for_alien_life/?source=rss The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. 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Environment, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Europe, Ukraine, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2007-06-08T10:54:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/pyramids_discovered_in_ukraine/?source=rss Ukrainian archaeologists say they have found ancient pyramids in the east of the country. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Ancient Discoveries, Regions, Europe, Ukraine 2006-09-07T09:30:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/six_grassroots_environmentalists_win_125000_goldman_environmental_prize/?source=rss A Vietnam veteran fighting Pentagon plans to incinerate chemical weapons stockpiles, a man who tipped the United Nations to illegal logging in war-torn Liberia and the person behind the creation of the worlds largest area of protected tropical rainforest are among the winners of this year's prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Africa, Liberia, East Asia, China, Europe, Ukraine, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, South America, Brazil, North America, United States 2006-04-28T02:35:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/wildlife_defies_chernobyl_radiation/?source=rss It contains some of the most contaminated land in the world, yet it has become a haven for wildlife - a nature reserve in all but name. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Europe, Ukraine 2006-04-22T16:03:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ukraine_says_bird_flu_stopped_lifts_emergency_state/?source=rss President Viktor Yushchenko lifted the state of emergency in Ukraine's Crimea as an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in the region has been eliminated, a presidential decree said on Thursday. Health, Regions, Europe, Ukraine, Popular Articles 2006-01-01T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/chernobyl_ecosystems_remarkably_healthy/?source=rss Chernobyl's ecosystems seem to be bouncing back, 19 years after the region was blasted with radiation from the ill-fated reactor. Environment, Land, Feel Good, Regions, Europe, Ukraine, Popular Articles 2005-08-13T08:32:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/world_donors_pledge_more_cash_to_make_chernobyl_safe/?source=rss Leading nations pledged about $200 million on Thursday towards a cover to encase the Chernobyl power plant's fourth reactor which exploded nearly two decades ago in the world's worst civil nuclear accident. Environment, Land, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Ukraine 2005-05-13T18:24:01+00:00