Ukraine Opposition Ups Pressure Amid Autonomy Moves
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Ukraine edged a little closer toward a break-up on Sunday as a powerful eastern region backing the Moscow-backed prime minister in a disputed election for president set a December referendum on autonomy.
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The opposition says the country is ripe for a Ukraine-style revolution, but its leader warns of possible dangers.
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Ukraineâs political crisis escalated ahead of a key court session today to probe the disputed presidential electionâs validity, with an eastern province scheduling a referendum on autonomy and the opposition threatening to tighten a blockade against
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The party led by Ukraine's pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, announced it would fight in opposition to the new pro-Russian government, signalling a new round of political confrontation between the opposing camps of the 2004 &quot;orange revolution.&quot;
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Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko played down fears of separatism ahead of a crucial rerun presidential vote as his pro-Russia rival warned that his supporters could take to the streets if he is defeated in the poll.
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Ukraine's opposition said on Sunday it  would maintain a stranglehold on government offices until  outgoing President Leonid Kuchma fired his ministers and took  steps to ensure that a re-run of a rigged poll was fair.
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A key figure in Ukraine's opposition movement said Sunday there was little the Moscow-backed authorities could do to stop Viktor Yushchenko sweeping to power in a re-run of the ex-Soviet state's election.
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Poland's opposition on Thursday   increased the pressure on the conservative government to quit,   but it remained unclear whether it had the strength to force   snap polls in a parliamentary showdown set for next month.
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Ukraine's pro-Russia Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich scrambled to save his faltering reputation by denying that he supported the use of force against pro-Western opposition demonstrators now poised to carry their leader to power.
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As Yanukovych campaigned in his own stronghold of eastern Ukraine Friday, the presence of opposition supporters and the color of the "Orange Revolution" were evidence of the changed political landscape.
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Ukraine headed into a third week of turmoil on Monday after presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko told supporters to keep up street pressure on the Moscow-backed authorities before the re-run of a rigged election.
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&quot;There is a feeling that things are starting to swing in favour of the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, both on the streets of Kiev and in the legal and political processes which are going on behind the scenes.
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Ukraine's National Salvation Committee and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko are launching "an organized, not aggressive" campaign aimed at blocking the country's government, parliament and presidential ...
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Ukraine&#39;s opposition has pulled out of talks to try to end a confrontation over last week&#39;s disputed presidential election and has vowed to use &quot;people power&quot; to secure victory.
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Opposition parties in Poland move to force early elections - but their plan still faces significant obstacles.
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Pressure mounted yesterday on the losing Ukrainian presidential candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, to accept defeat and allow his rival, Viktor Yushchenko, to accede power after clearly winning Sunday&#39;s run-off election.
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The main opposition bloc stepped up its pre-election rhetoric Thursday, accusing the government of mounting a terror campaign against opponents, while Kiev's mayor warned he would declare a state of emergency ...