Opponents Force Ukraine Premier to Miss Meeting
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Defeated Ukrainian presidential candidate  Viktor Yanukovich pulled out of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday  under pressure from his liberal opponent, but tried to keep a  toehold on power by contesting the election result.
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Ukraine's opposition, whose insistence  that it was cheated out of victory in a presidential election  has brought thousands onto the streets, on Tuesday rejected  talks in favor of "people power."
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Opposition supporters in Ukraine continue to block key government buildings, after the first meeting between two presidential rivals ended without agreement and amid opposition threats of "action" if the election dispute is not resolved within days.
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The winner of Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential election called on supporters to block a cabinet meeting on Wednesday after his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, refused to concede defeat.
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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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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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Ukraine&#39;s opposition, whose insistence that it was cheated out of victory in a presidential election has brought thousands onto the streets, has rejected talks in favour of &quot;people power&quot;.
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Pro-Western opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, the winner in the weekend rerun of Ukraine&#39;s presidential election, urged supporters Tuesday to blockade
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Ukraine&#39;s two rivals for the presidency clashed in a heated televised debate Monday before a rerun of their disputed election, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accusing his rival of vote-stealing and Prime Minister Viktor
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Ukraine's parliament misses a deadline to approve early elections to end a two-month political stalemate.
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KIEV -- Beating drums and chanting "resign," supporters of apparent presidential winner Viktor Yushchenko blocked his election opponent from presiding at a Cabinet meeting yesterday as tensions persisted in this former Soviet republic.
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Viktor Yushchenko, fresh from his victory in Ukraine's disputed presidential race, called on his supporters Tuesday to blockade the Cabinet of Ministers building to prevent his opponent from holding a government session.
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Beating drums and chanting, &quot;Resign,&quot; supporters of apparent presidential winner Viktor Yushchenko blocked his election opponent from presiding at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday
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Ukraine's presidential candidates faced off in a tense televised debate, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accusing his opponent of stealing the November runoff and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych suggesting he should have a leading role in the next government even if he loses Sunday's court-ordered rematch.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's central election  commission put off a meeting Tuesday to finalize paperwork from  last month's presidential election, leaving plans to inaugurate  liberal Viktor Yushchenko in limbo for another day.
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Ukraine's shivering but determined political opposition dug in its heels in Kiev's frigid central square Tuesday, rejecting an offer of the prime minister's job from the declared winner of disputed presidential election and withdrawing from talks aimed at reaching a compromise.
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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.