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A hitch in bureaucracy threatens a woman's green card application - and the couple's life plans. TAMPA - Lynda and Michael Arazie had a new car, a new house, and they were expecting an adopted baby to arrive in a few months. But in early December, Lynda Arazie, 33, got a call that threatened to upend the life they were building. Her work permit had been yanked, her attorney told her. Worse yet, immigration officials canceled her application for a green card, or permanent residence visa, because she and her husband missed an interview in November. She could be deported...

KIEV - Some 27 out of 29 high priority documents concerning the creation of the Common Economic Area have been prepared, Ukrainian Deputy Economy Minister Andrey Berezny declared at a meeting of a top level task force for creating the Common Economic Area, which is held in Kiev, Ukraine. Two unprepared documents, an accord on investment activities and the free movement of capital within the Area as well as on strengthening the common principles of activities of natural monopolies, will be ready in November or December 2004. Berezny noted that some 75 out of 85 basic documents concerning the creation...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...

KIEV (AP) -- Ukraine's economy and european integration minister said Monday that a draft accord to establish a free trade zone including Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus needs significant changes, raising doubts that the pact would be signed at summit of CIS leaders next week. The minister, Valery Khoroshkovsky, has called for the exclusion of any supranational authority overseeing the zone and says Ukraine should join the proposed common market only after being admitted to the World Trade Organization, said his adviser, Volodymyr Hranovsky. President Vladimir Putin said documents establishing the common market were ready to be signed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surgut Output...

Camarillo, California - Shell Solar will introduce two new lines of monocrystalline photovoltaic (PV) modules in Europe starting this Autumn. According to the company, each new offering will have a power output capacity six percent higher than its predecessors despite the surface areas remaining unchanged. The greater power output is the result of a change in design. Whereas the solar cells in the lines being replaced have rounded corners, those in the new modules are almost square. The unoccupied spaces between the cells are smaller so that the end-user obtains more power for the area covered. The new modules...