Opposition Calls for Strike in Ukraine
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Opposition leaders called Wednesday for a nationwide strike to shut down factories, schools and transportation after officials declared Ukraine's pro-Kremlin prime minister the winner of a presidential runoff election that many countries denounced as rigged.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President  Leonid Kuchma, facing mass protests over a disputed  presidential election, Monday called for a new poll to help end  the crisis tearing the nation apart.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko yesterday pressed for the prime minister&#39;s removal from office, dismissal of electoral officials, and
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Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has urged foreign nations not to interfere in the re-run of the presidential poll.
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Ukraine's rival leaders pressed on with discussions to set a date for a parliamentary election on Saturday after President Viktor Yushchenko ordered troops from outside the capital to bolster security in Kiev.
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The European Union and Russia urged Ukraine leaders Thursday to find a nonviolent solution to the election standoff gripping the former Soviet republic.
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A meeting in the east of the country - power base of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych - is to discuss autonomy. Mr Yanukovych&#39;s rival for the presidency, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, says this threatens the future of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has demanded a re-run of the country's disputed presidential vote.
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Ukraine's pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko demanded that prosecutors open a criminal inquiry into the heads of pro-Russian eastern and southern regions for threatening to declare autonomy.
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Ukraine's opposition leader raised the stakes in his standoff with the Kremlin-backed prime minister on Thursday, asking the Supreme Court to declare presidential election results invalid and threatening to have his supporters block key highways.
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Viktor A. Yushchenko sent word to the crowds in Kiev today that the opposition intends to blockade several highways.
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Dhaka, Aug 29: Bangladeshâs main Opposition party has called for a new general strike tomorrow, to protest last weekâs grenade attack on its leader, Ms Sheikh Hasina Wajed, coinciding with a ruling party demonstration which was earlier put back by two
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Bangladesh&#39;s opposition called on Thursday for another nationwide strike this weekend to protest against a deadly grenade attack on a political rally that killed 19 people and wounded over 150.
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The pro-Western candidate for Ukraine's presidency tells supporters to protest if Sunday's election is rigged.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko seeks  an overwhelming victory in re-run presidential polls on Sunday  to press painful market reforms and end months of political  turmoil that have bitterly divided Ukraine.
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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 ...
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Tensions and risk flared anew in Ukraine on Tuesday after Viktor A. Yushchenko, the opposition leader and presumptive president-elect, called for his supporters to renew