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Ukraine's jailed Tymoshenko moves to hospital

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, whose plight in prison has soured relations between the country's leadership and the West, was moved to a local hospital on Wednesday in a high-security police convoy.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has faced growing criticism over the conviction of Tymoshenko - and the authorities' refusal to let her travel abroad for treatment for chronic back pain.

Her transfer from prison in the eastern city of Kharkiv to a nearby hospital for treatment under the supervision of German doctors was worked out last week in a compromise.

But Wednesday's early morning transfer seemed unlikely to relieve pressure on Yanukovich who has been thrown on the back-foot by sharp Western criticism of his treatment of his rival.

Tymoshenko, 51, a former prime minister, was jailed last October for seven years for alleged abuse of power while in office, a charge she denied.

She says she is the victim of a vendetta by Yanukovich who narrowly beat her for the presidency in February 2010. The European Union and the United States have condemned her trial and sentencing as politically motivated and called for her to be released.

Outcry in the West intensified after Tymoshenko said she had been beaten in jail and went on hunger strike on April 20 in protest against alleged ill-treatment. Authorities have denied she was mistreated.

Her daughter, Yevgenia, said on Tuesday her mother had agreed to end her hunger strike under the supervision of a German doctor in a local hospital.

Reuters eyewitnesses in Kharkiv said Tymoshenko was brought to a side entrance of the hospital by ambulance on Wednesday morning in a heavily guarded convoy that included several police cars.

Two lines of white-coated hospital staff shielded her as she was carried into the hospital on a stretcher, preventing journalists and onlookers catching a glimpse of her.

A few supporters nearby shouted out "Freedom for Yulia!"

The state prison service, in a statement, confirmed she had been moved to hospital "for the course of rehabilitation recommended by the international medical commission".

YANUKOVICH UNDER PRESSURE

Tymoshenko appeared placid and untroubled at World War Two Victory Day celebrations on Wednesday, despite the growing political pressure.

Addressing war veterans in Kiev, he spoke of the need to defend world peace by shunning "populism of all types", but remained silent about Tymoshenko.

In an embarrassing setback on Tuesday, he called off an informal summit meeting in Yalta of Central and Eastern European leaders after several of them said they were staying away because of the Tymoshenko affair.

He quickly drew fire for this from other opposition figures.

Arseny Yatsenyuk, leader of the Front of Change party, said cancellation of the Yalta meeting amounted to a "shameful failure" for Ukraine.

"This leadership is dragging the country and its people with it into international isolation," Interfax news agency quoted Yatsenyuk as saying.

Vitaly Klitschko, world heavyweight boxing champion who heads the Udar party, said: "The leadership clearly has no wish to change the situation and meet calls by Kiev's European partners to respect human rights and democratic standards."

Western outrage over the treatment of the charismatic Tymoshenko, who led the 2004 Orange Revolution street protests which doomed Yanukovich's first bid for the presidency, has led to threats by European politicians to boycott the European soccer championships which Ukraine co-hosts next month.

The prestigious, month-long Euro-2012 tournament which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland from June 8 to the final in Kiev on July 1, is meant to showcase the former Soviet republic as a modern European nation with its heart set on joining the mainstream.

Some individual Western government ministers now say they will not attend Euro-2012 matches. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said he has no plans to visit Ukraine and the other 26 commissioners are following suit.

An EU diplomat said he expected EU foreign ministers to "harmonize and coordinate" strategy towards Ukraine at a meeting in Brussels on Monday.

The row over Tymoshenko has already led to the indefinite shelving of the signing and ratification of landmark political and free trade agreements with the EU.

(Additional reporting by Sergiy Karazy in Kharkiv; Writing by Richard Balmforth; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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Obama announces his support for same-sex marriage

President Obama today announced that he now supports

same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure

from the Democratic base and even his own vice president.

In an interview with ABC News? Robin Roberts, the president

described his thought process as an ?evolution? that led him to this place,

based on conversations with his own staff members, openly gay and lesbian

service members, and conversations with his wife and own daughters.

"I have to tell you that over the course of several

years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about

members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous

relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I

think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there

fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don't Ask Don't

Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at

a certain point I?ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for

me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get

married,? Obama told Roberts, in an interview to appear on ABC?s ?Good Morning

America? Thursday. Excerpts of the interview will air tonight on ABC?s ?World

News with Diane Sawyer.?

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The president stressed that this is a personal position, and

that he still supports the concept of states deciding the issue on their own.

But he said he?s confident that more Americans will grow comfortable with gays

and lesbians getting married, citing his own daughters? comfort with the

concept.

?It?s interesting, some of this is also

generational,? the president continued. ?You know when I go to college

campuses, sometimes I talk to college Republicans who think that I have

terrible policies on the economy, on foreign policy, but are very clear that

when it comes to same sex equality or, you know, sexual orientation that they

believe in equality. They are much more comfortable with it. You know, Malia

and Sasha, they have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. There have

been times where Michelle and I have been sitting around the dinner table and

we?re talking about their friends and their parents and Malia and Sasha, it

wouldn?t dawn on them that somehow their friends? parents would be treated

differently. It doesn?t make sense to them and frankly, that?s the kind of

thing that prompts a change in perspective.?

?

Roberts asked the president if First Lady Michelle Obama was

involved in this decision. Obama said she was, and he talked specifically about

his own faith in responding.

?This is something that, you know, we?ve talked about over

the years and she, you know, she feels the same way, she feels the same way

that I do. And that is that, in the end the values that I care most deeply

about and she cares most deeply about is how we treat other people and, you

know, I, you know, we are both practicing Christians and obviously this

position may be considered to put us at odds with the views of others but, you

know, when we think about our faith, the thing at root that we think about is,

not only Christ sacrificing himself on our behalf, but it?s also the Golden

Rule, you know, treat others the way you would want to be treated. And I think

that?s what we try to impart to our kids and that?s what motivates me as

president and I figure the most consistent I can be in being true to those

precepts, the better I?ll be as a as a dad and a husband and hopefully the

better I?ll be as president.?

Previously, Obama has moved in the direction of supporting

same-sex marriage but has consistently stopped short of outright backing it.

Instead, he?s voiced support for civil unions for gay and

lesbian couples that provide the rights and benefits enjoyed by married

couples, though not defined as ?marriage.? At the same time, the president has

opposed efforts to ban gay marriage at the state level, saying that he did not

favor attempts to strip rights away from gay and lesbian couples.

The president?s position became a flashpoint this week, when

Vice President Joe Biden pronounced himself ?absolutely comfortable? with

allowing same-sex couples to wed.

Obama aides insisted there was no daylight between the

positions held by the president and his vice president when it comes to legal

rights, but as other prominent Democrats also weighed in in favor of gay

marriage, the disconnect became difficult for the White House to explain away.

The announcement completes a turnabout for the president,

who has opposed gay marriage throughout his career in national politics. In

1996, as a state Senate candidate, he indicated support for gay marriage in a

questionnaire, but Obama aides later disavowed it and said it did not reflect

the candidate?s position.

In 2004, as a candidate for the US Senate, he cited his own

religion in framing his views: ?I'm a Christian. I do believe that tradition

and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a

man and a woman.?

He maintained that position through his 2008 presidential

campaign, and through his term as president, until today.

As president in 2010, Obama told ABC?s Jake Tapper that his

feelings about gay marriage were ?constantly evolving. I struggle with this.? A

year later, the president told ABC?s George Stephanopoulos, ?I?m still working

on it.?

?I probably won't make news right now, George,? Obama

said in October 2011. ?But I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends,

families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an

impact on how I think about these issues.?

Obama?s decision has political connotations for the fall.

The issue divides elements of the Democratic base, with liberals and gay-rights

groups eager to see the president go farther, but with gay marriage far less

popular among African-American voters.

Just yesterday, in North

Carolina, voters overwhelmingly approved a

constitutional ban on gay marriage. President Obama carried North

Carolina in 2008, and its status as a 2012 battleground was

guaranteed by Democrats? decision to hold their convention in Charlotte this summer.

Obama?s likely Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, opposes gay

marriage, and fought his state?s highest court when Massachusetts became the

first state to legalize gay marriage in 2004, when Romney was governor. Romney

said on the campaign trail Monday that he continues to oppose gay marriage.

?My view is that

marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman,? Romney said. ?That?s the

position I?ve had for some time, and I don?t intend to make any adjustments at

this point. ? Or ever, by the way.?

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HP refreshes EliteBook line with five new models, Ivy Bridge and optional LTE

HP is in full-on laptop-unveiling mode, and the company's business line isn't getting left out -- in fact, it has five new models -- including an 11-incher, a first for this series. The boardroom-bound EliteBooks are making the step up to Ivy Bridge, but it's also adding the option of LTE across the board. All models will ship with SRS Premium Sounds PRO and an optional 720p webcam. We have a complete breakdown of the models past the break, and you can find hands-on shots, along with the official press release below.

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Rumored FTC probe could delay Facebook / Instagram deal, Toaster filter will have to wait

If you were hoping that Facebook's buyout of Instagram would wrap up quickly and let you directly integrate your heavily filtered photos into Timeline, you might be disappointed. Citing the ever-present "people familiar with the matter," the FT believes the Federal Trade Commission is orchestrating a competition probe. These kinds of investigations are common for most deals over $66 million -- we suspect the $1 billion Instagram pact qualifies -- but could add six months to a year to Facebook's originally planned spring closure date. The deal is still expected to go through, and you can keep tilt-shifting your photos to death in the meantime; just don't expect those shots to blanket friends' Facebook walls anytime soon.

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