Troops head to Kiev as Ukraine crisis escalates
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Special forces loyal to Ukraine&#39;s leader Viktor Yushchenko headed for the capital Saturday, raising fears of violence as a feud between the ex-Soviet state&#39;s president and prime minister deepened.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - The Ukrainian parliament appealed Friday to President Leonid Kuchma to withdraw the country's 1,600 soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, a largely symbolic move intended to pressure Kuchma in the midst of the country's spiralling political crisis.
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Thousands more demonstrators took to the  freezing streets around Ukraine's parliament Wednesday as  international mediators stepped up efforts to resolve the  10-day-old crisis over the disputed presidential election.
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The crisis over Ukraine&#39;s disputed presidential election deepened ahead of a key court session Monday, as supporters of the prime minister raised the possibility that it could provoke a breakup of the former Soviet republic.
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On the frozen streets of Kiev, the people of the Ukraine have risen up, demanding full democracy. But amid hopes of another European velvet revolution there are fears that Russia will yet intervene.
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The crisis over Ukraine's disputed presidential election intensified Sunday, as a key eastern province called a referendum on autonomy and the opposition demanded the current president fire his prime minister, the official winner of last week's vote that has bitterly divided this former Soviet republic.
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The president summoned thousands of troops to Ukraine's capital Saturday, but forces loyal to the nation's prime minister stopped them outside Kiev, escalating the two leaders' ongoing power struggle.
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Papers in Ukraine and neighbouring countries fear the Ukrainian political crisis could descend into violence.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko ordered extra troops to the capital on Saturday as he haggled with his main rival over a date for parliamentary elections amid a protracted political crisis.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - A convoy of supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko moved deeper Sunday into the hostile eastern strongholds of his rival, who has ignored requests for safe passage.
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Ukraine's two rivals for the presidency prepared to face off in a live televised debate Monday, as a convoy of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's supporters moved deeper into the hostile eastern strongholds of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
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International mediators will step up efforts Wednesday to resolve Ukraine's 10-day-old crisis over a disputed presidential election after the collapse of talks between pro-Western and pro-Russian factions.
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KIEV - Opposition supporters encircled Kiev&#39;s presidential and cabinet buildings on Friday keeping staff out, as four European envoys make their way to the Ukrainian capital to help resolve the growing crisis.
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Many opposition supporters prepared to leave Kiev Thursday, following parliament&#39;s adoption of electoral and constitutional changes, but others pledged to keep up
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Polish hero and Noble Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa flew into Ukraine to meet the country's pro-Moscow president elect and mediate a growing political crisis that saw teachers strike and street rallies stretch into a fourth day.
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(CBS/AP) Hordes of angry opposition supporters are still marching through the snowy capital of Ukraine in sustained dispute over last weekend&#39;s elections.
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Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have marched in a tense Kiev to demonstrate their support for the opposition ahead of next weekend's election.