Agreement among Ukraine's political foes hits snag over presidential powers
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KYIV, Ukraine  - A tentative deal to ease Ukraine's political crisis foundered Tuesday over the opposition's refusal to endorse constitutional changes and outgoing President Leonid Kuchma's rejection of the call to fire his prime minister.
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Ukraine's rival president and prime minister forged a compromise on Sunday to hold a parliamentary election on September 30 but much work remained ahead to stage the poll and restore political stability in the ex-Soviet state.
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Relations between Bucharest and Kyiv have been strained for some time over their inability to reach an agreement concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf around Serpents Island (Zmiyinyy Ostrov) in ...
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KIEV: Ukraineâs pro-West Opposition was locked in a fresh standoff with the ruling regime, after a stunning court victory handed it a rerun later this month of a contested presidential vote.
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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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As Russia and the European Union headed for a summit Thursday, rancor over Ukraine's disputed presidential election strained ties, and persistent differences on a range of fundamental issues clouded hopes for a deep-reaching new partnership deal.
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A round table meeting on Ukraineâs political crisis on Monday has failed to produce an agreement, outgoing President Leonid Kuchma said.
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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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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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Ukraine's parliament passed a controversial plan to weaken the presidency, breaking a tense standoff between outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and the opposition and smoothing the way for a new presidential poll on December 26.
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Ukraine's two rivals for power failed in nearly three hours of talks Friday to resolve the political stalemate over who will lead the bitterly divided nation, and opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko told a huge rally that he was insisting on a new election.
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The agreement between pro-Yushchenko lawmakers and their pro-government foes envisaged the simultaneous passage of the opposition-demanded electoral changes to prevent fraud in the December 26 presidential election rerun, and of the government-pushed
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UKRAINEâS outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, is trying to negotiate a deal that would guarantee him and his family immunity from prosecution in return for satisfying opposition demands over the rerunning of elections on December 26.
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KYIV. Dec 1 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said that a constitutional agreement supported by the people of Ukraine and the parliamentarian majority may be a good way to settle the political crisis in Ukraine.
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Foreign mediators are to join efforts to resolve Ukraine's deepening political crisis, sparked by a fiercely-disputed presidential vote which has polarised the former Soviet republic along pro-Western and pro-Russian lines.
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The two men vying for Ukraine&#39;s presidency have hammered out a truce of sorts, in a deal that will see the opposition lift the blockade that has paralyzed government since the disputed vote.
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Ukraine&#39;s rival leaders scared themselves into agreeing a compromise after a risky war of nerves for control of the security forces in this ex-Soviet republic, analysts said.