Ukraine crisis: talks fail
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Ukraine&#39;s political crisis continued Wednesday with parliament and President Leonid Kuchma unable to reach an agreement on a new election commission and electoral reforms.
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KIEV - Talks aimed at ending the political standoff in Ukraine have broken off, with the country&#39;s opposition party claiming negotiations to end the crisis are pointless.
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Ukraine PM Viktor Yanukovych denies reports he supported the use of force to resolve the country's political crisis.
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Ukraine's parliament holds an emergency session to discuss the turmoil caused by the disputed presidential poll.
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A tentative deal to ease Ukraineâs political crisis foundered today over the oppositionâs refusal to endorse constitutional changes and President Leonid Kuchmaâs rejection of the call to fire his prime minister.
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The two sides in Ukraine&#39;s bitter election crisis failed to reach agreement last night, amid growing signs that the country, already paralysed by the week-long protest, was slipping into chaos.
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The rivals in the on-going feud over Ukraine's disputed presidential election have accused each other of bringing the country to the edge of disaster.
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Despite pressure from the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland, three days of negotiations among the leaders of Northern Ireland&#39;s political parties failed
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Last-ditch talks in Finland between the European Union and Turkey aimed at averting an EU crisis with Ankara over the Cyprus issue have failed, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said.
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Ukraine&#39;s President Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday announced a deal with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to hold early parliamentary elections, declaring a political crisis in Ukraine &quot;finished.&quot;
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African Union-led crisis talks on Kenya failed Thursday but mediators said President Mwai Kibaki and the opposition had agreed to work with former UN chief Kofi Annan to end unrest that has left hundreds dead.
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Ukraine's outgoing leader offered his  opponents some concessions on Tuesday but not enough to end a  crisis that has plunged the country into turmoil and driven a  wedge between Russia and the West.
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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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International mediators will step up  efforts on 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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A midnight Wednesday deadline passed with no word from President Viktor Yushchenko on whether he would accept his chief rival's nomination as prime minister, or if he had another plan for ending Ukraine's political crisis.
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The troubled Doha talks are on the brink of collapse after meeting between leading players fails.
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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.