Ukraine opposition rebuffs talks with government
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Ukraine&#39;s opposition refused on Wednesday to hold negotiations with the government over the disputed presidential election after President Leonid Kuchma demanded such talks among all parties on Tuesday.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has denied that he had lobbied for the use of troops against Opposition protesters who took control of Kiev streets after last month's disputed presidential election.
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Ukraineâs crisis deepened tonight when the opposition abruptly broke off compromise talks over the tainted presidential election after pro-government MPs blocked a no-confidence motion seeking to topple the prime minister.
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KIEV -- Ukraine's political opposition dug in its heels in Kiev's frigid central square yesterday, rejecting an offer of the prime minister's job from the declared winner of the disputed presidential election and withdrawing from talks aimed at reaching a compromise.
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KIEV -- Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said yesterday that he would not accept a victory by his opponent in the Dec. 26 rerun of Ukraine's contested presidential race and that his supporters were likely to turn out onto the streets en masse to block such an outcome.
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Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, victorious in a weekend rerun presidential election, called on his supporters to renew their blockade of government headquarters to prevent his electoral rival Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich from chairing a cabinet meeting the next day.
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Ukraine's government decided not to meet at its headquarters Wednesday after demonstrators massed outside to prevent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich from entering.
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Boisterous supporters of President-elect Viktor Yushchenko blockaded the government headquarters on Wednesday, preventing the prime minister from convening a Cabinet session.
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Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko called on his supporters to renew their blockade of government headquarters to prevent his presidential rival Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich from chairing a cabinet meeting there the next day.
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KIEV - Beating drums and chanting &quot;resign,&quot; supporters of apparent Ukraine presidential winner Viktor Yushchenko blocked his election opponent from presiding at a cabinet meeting Wednesday as tensions persisted in this former Soviet republic.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President  Leonid Kuchma denied Tuesday that talks with international  mediators had produced any agreement on resolving the ex-Soviet  state's two-week-old political crisis and blamed the  opposition.
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Ukraine âs opposition is accusing supporters of pro-Kremlin prime minister and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich of preparing armed clashes in Kiev after the repeat elections scheduled for Dec. 26.
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Ukraine&#39;s feuding president and prime minister were to renew crisis talks Saturday as thousands of interior ministry troops loyal to the president were said to have attempted to move on the capital Kiev.
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Ukraine's opposition said on Monday it had  reached a deal that could end a stand-off with outgoing  President Leonid Kuchma's government, smoothing a re-run of  rigged presidential polls.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko held  make-or-break talks on a coalition government with a political  rival on Tuesday after threatening to dissolve parliament in a  bid to force concessions from him.
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Ukraine's opposition scored key victories Wednesday in its bid to scrap a disputed presidential election as parliament voted no confidence in the government and European-brokered talks provided momentum toward holding a new ballot.
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Supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko kept up their siege of government buildings Sunday after pro-government lawmakers blocked election law changes designed to ensure fair balloting in a rerun of the country&#39;s