Snoqualmie looking for sister cities Aug 15, 2008
Snoqualmie got most of its information about the city selection process from the city of Kent, which has six sister cities including Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, El Grullo, Mexico, and Kherson, Ukraine. A likely candidate for a sister city for Snoqualmie is South Korea. (King County Journal Newspapers, WA)
Ukraine president turns firefighter Aug 23, 2007
The Ukrainian president, Viktor Yushchenko, has accused the minister responsible for the country's public safety of "total incompetence" and personally joined efforts to put out forest fires in the Kherson region ... Officials said more than 600 people, including residents, were still battling the blaze in the region of Kherson on Wednesday. (Aljazeera.Net)
Ukraine leader diverts plane, fights fire Aug 22, 2007
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko shovels earth into a blaze after joining attempts by firefighters to extinguish a forest fire in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine August 21, 2007 ... Officials said more than 600 people, including residents, were still battling the blaze in Kherson region on Wednesday. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Ukraine Farmers Suffer in Worst Drought for Century Jun 19, 2007
Kherson region near the Black Sea, in the heart of Ukraine's grain belt, is one of 10 areas hit by drought -- 60 percent of grainfields have felt the effects ... Kherson routinely harvests a million tonnes of grain and sowed 500,000 hectares this year but forecasters say the region could lose at least 60 percent. (Planet Ark, United States)
Rain Seen Helping EU Crops, But Still Dry in East May 24, 2007
"Drought has practically spread across two-thirds of Ukrainian territory - regions which are main grain and oilseeds producers. Drought may not be unusual for regions like Kherson, but this year it is being observed in Kiev, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and other regions," UkrAgroConsult consultancy said. "Spring crop conditions do not promise a significant crop as well. Moisture shortages will be accompanied by dry winds, it will make crop conditions even worse.". (Planet Ark, United States)
