Strike call fuels Ukraine tension
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Ukraine's opposition steps up its campaign to overturn the disputed presidential vote by launching a general strike.
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Efforts to end the constitutional crisis in Ukraine faced a make-or-break session in parliament on Wednesday with lawmakers scheduled to vote on measures paving the way for early legislative elections.
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Ukraine's opposition pushed ahead on Thursday with plans for a national strike, including blocking highways, as its leader, Viktor Yushchenko, vowed to fight to the end to overturn a presidential election ...
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The political tension in the Ukraine over the country&#39;s recent presidential elections will have many implications, a local professor said.
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Ukrainian authorities vowed on Friday to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun this weekend, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the
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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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KIEV - Ukraine protests gave an ultimatum to outgoing President Leonid Kuchma demanding resignation of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.
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KYIV, Ukraine (CP) - Ukraine's opposition grew bolder Thursday in the political crisis that has brought throngs of protesters into the capital's streets, calling a national strike and relishing a court order to hold off official publication of presidential election results.
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Ukrainians on Sunday cast ballots in a presidential run-off pitting a Western-leaning reformer against the Kremlin-praised prime minister, a vote many fear will erupt into violence.
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Ukraine's presidential rivals were preparing for their sole televised debate in a lightning campaign ahead of a rerun election that was set after a disputed vote sparked a political crisis in the former Soviet republic.
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Ukraine's rival leaders met to discuss the date of a parliamentary election on Saturday after President Viktor Yushchenko ordered troops from outside the capital to bolster security in Kiev.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has threatened to take legal action against politicians in eastern Ukraine who are calling for the Russian-speaking part of the country to secede.
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A showdown is brewing in Ukraine ahead of this month's presidential election as the opposition calls for massive protests, charging the government is preparing vote fraud, and police vow to clamp down on dissent.
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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, ...
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Ukraine's authorities raised the stakes in a face-off with their liberal opposition on Wednesday as they prepared to announce results of a disputed election that are likely to infuriate thousands of protesters ...
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KIEV - Opposition leaders in Ukraine Thursday started a nation-wide strike to protest against the results of the presidential election.
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A new Ukrainian poll of some sort looked  increasingly likely as parliament and the Supreme Court pressed  ahead on Thursday with efforts to resolve a national crisis  over a disputed presidential election.