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■ Ukraine

Revolution marketed

The symbols of Ukraine's orange revolution last year have been registered as profitable trademarks in the name of the oldest son of the revolution's leader, Viktor Yushchenko. Crowds protesting the fraudulent presidential elections were decorated with a series of opposition logos, including the Tak! logo (Yes! in Ukrainian) and a downward-facing horseshoe. The logos were predominantly on backgrounds of orange -- the color of the opposition. Mykola Katerinchuk, a former legal adviser to the Yushchenko campaign and now a senior tax official, said he had personally transferred the copyright to Andriy Yushchenko, the president's 19-year-old son, after the final round of elections.

■ United States

Search Arabs, officials say

Arabs should be targeted for searches on city subways, two New York elected officials said, contending that the police department has been wasting time with random checks in its effort to prevent a terrorist attack in the transit system. The city began random searches of passengers' bags after the second bomb attack in London on July 21. Over the weekend, state Assemblyman Dov Hikind said police should be focusing on those who fit the "terrorist profile." "They all look a certain way," said Hikind, a Democrat.

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