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Election Commission puts PM ahead of opposition in election

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1. Exterior of Central Election Commission 2. Journalists crowding at the Commission entrance 3. Journalists inside 4. Candidate for Presidency Viktor Yushchenko talking to the press 6. Pan from cameraman to Yushchenko 5. SOUNDBITE...
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Protesters clash with authorities who respond with tear gas

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Riot police in Ukraine's capital Kiev used tear gas, truncheons and flash grenades to push back anti-government protesters who tried to storm the presidential administration building on Sunday evening. More than 100,000 demonstrators...
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AP pix as Tymoshenko elected Ukrainian prime minister

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1. Wide exterior of Ukrainian parliament (Rada) building 2. Mid of people near doors of Rada 3. Wide of Ukrainian parliamentary session 4. Zoom out Yulia Tymoshenko, prime minister-elect walking to podium 5. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Yulia...
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AP intw with Ukrainian President, demo of his supporters in square

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1. Wide exterior of the Presidential office 2. Ukrainian Viktor Yushchenko approaches microphone 3. Cutaway of news media 4. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine: "In the basis of this political crisis that...
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Thousands rally in capital, keeping up the pressure on president Yanukovych

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Tens of thousands of pro-EU demonstrators gathered on Kiev's Independence Square on Sunday as opposition leaders spoke to crowds who assembled form across the country. Fewer demonstrators have gathered throughout the week in the...
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Orange coalition in Ukraine in doubt after Socialists break ranks

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1. Wide of Victor Yanukovych, Party of Regions leader announcing lift of blockade, zoom into mid shot of Yanukovych announcing lift of blockade, zoom out 2. Wide of press sitting and listening 3. Close of press sitting and listening 4....
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TYMOSHENKO SUPPORTERS MARK INT'L DAY OF POLITICAL PRISONERS OUTSIDE PRISON

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Supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko demonstrated in Kiev on Wednesday outside the prison where she's serving a seven year sentence for charges of abuse-of-office and corruption. Tymoshenko denies wrongdoing and...
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Focus on rural area concerns in Ukrainian election

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1. Wide of village street 2. Mid of horse grazing in field 3. Two men sitting in field 4. Close-up of black cat 5. Wide of Galya Lebydko digging on her land 6. Close-up of Lebydko digging 7. Mid of pumpkins 8. Wide of Lebydko standing...
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Ukraine PM visits Donetsk, says regions should have more powers

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Ukraine's prime minister said the country needed to know what powers central and local government would hold in the period before elections were held. Arseniy Yatsenyuk left it unclear how his ideas differed from the demands of...
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Yanukovych supporters conference calls for greater regional autonomy

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Supporters of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych held a meeting in the eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, calling for greater regional autonomy amid nationwide protests. Mykhailo Dobkin, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Council for the Party...
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Protesters react as doctors treat activist who said he was captured and tortured

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Doctors in Kiev said on Friday that an opposition activist, who claimed he was held captive for more than a week and tortured, remained in intensive care but is no longer in a life-threatening condition. Dmytro Bulatov, a member of...
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Activists clash with city workers as they dismantle barricades in Independence Square

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City workers and volunteers trying to clear the protest encampment in Kiev's Independence Square clashed with activists on Saturday. The activists have refused to leave the the square, also known as the Maidan, which some have occupied...
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Protesters rehearse defensive tactics after police earlier clashed with demonstrators

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A group of pro EU (European Union) demonstrators simulated on Saturday tactical moves they would use to defend themselves if attacked by riot police. Earlier Saturday, officers moved against several hundred protesters in Independence...
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Prosecutor links former PM to contract killing

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1. Wide of Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin sitting in chair 2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin: "She had no legal, judicial or moral right to travel to Moscow and intervene in the gas negotiations....
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Police pull back as protesters claim victory after overnight face-off, opposition reaction

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Police in Ukraine pulled back on Wednesday after a night of tense stand-offs with anti-government protesters. In the early hours of Wednesday, authorities had moved in to the main protest camp in Independence Square and removed some...
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Cossacks see their role in Crimea as part of long tradition of serving Russia

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Cossacks have become a familiar sight in the southern Ukraine since the Crimean crisis unfolded. They have lined up in formation in the central square of the regional capital Simferopol, standing guard outside the parliament building,...
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Voting in different regions of Ukraine in national elections

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Kharkiv, Ukraine 1. Various of supporters of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko singing outside the hospital window where she is detained 2. Close of portrait of Tymoshenko 3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Lyudmila Rostovskaya, Tymoshenko...
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Supporters of President Yanukovych hold rally in central Kiev

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Tens of thousands of supporters of Ukraine's ruling Party of Regions gathered on Saturday in the capital, Kiev. "I have supported the Party of Regions since 2004. I should be here. It is my duty to be here because I trust our...
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Foreign Affairs spokesperson comments on Biden visit, fly zone and Ukraine

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China said it hopes US Vice President Joe Biden's visit is "an opportunity for China and the US to improve mutual trust" on Wednesday. The comments echoed Biden's own comments as he emerged from a meeting with Chinese President Xi...
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Thousands march to protest against Crimea vote, others march in support of intervention

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Tens of thousands of Russian anti-government protesters marched in central Moscow on Saturday, a day before a Kremlin-backed referendum in Crimea on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia. It was the largest anti-government...
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Biden visita Ucrania para mostrar apoyo en medio de nuevo brote de violencia

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El vicepresidente estadounidense Joe Biden inicio el lunes una visita a Ucrania para demostrar el respaldo de su pais y pedir la adopcion de un acuerdo internacional que aminore las tensiones internas. Biden se reunira el martes con los...
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Authorities in Austria and Switzerland move to block Yanukovych assets

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Authorities in Switzerland and Austria moved on Friday to block any assets that Ukraine's fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych and some of his associates might have hidden in the Alpine nations. The Swiss also launched a corruption...
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Ukraine remembers first victims of revolution a year ago

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Ukraine remembered the first victims of the 2014 revolution on Thursday, who were killed a year ago when anti-government protesters clashed with riot police on Kiev's Independence Square. Dozens of residents and activists, some of whom...
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Anti government demonstrators brave the cold in Independence Square

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Anti-government protesters continued to occupy Independence Square on Saturday, a day after EU leaders made renewed calls on Ukraine to sign a cooperation deal despite being snubbed by President Viktor Yanukovych, who wants closer ties...