UKRAINIAN POLICE DISRUPT RELIGIOUS LEADER’S FUNERAL.

Ukrainianriot police attacked some 1,000 mourners who were seeking to burythe leader of the patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church inKiev’s St. Sophia Cathedral after church authorities had refusedthem permission to do so, Kiev radio reported July 18. Variouspolitical figures denounced the government for its actions anddemanded that those responsible be punished.

Major Oil, Gas Find Reported in the Crimea.