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Old 11-28-2004, 08:33 AM
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Exclamation Momentum Builds for New Vote in Ukraine

By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer

KIEV, Ukraine - President Leonid Kuchma called on opposition demonstrators to end their four-day blockade of government buildings Sunday, saying compromise was needed to solve the political crisis that has engulfed Ukraine since its disputed presidential vote.

Representatives of the rival presidential candidates prepared to meet at the negotiating table again Sunday, a day after the opposition's hopes for a new vote got a boost from national lawmakers, who called the election invalid.

The rest of this article is here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...aine_elections

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Between Ukraine's parliament making their (non-binding) declaration, and President Kuchma's call for new elections, there is hope for a legitimate result and for no bloody civil war.
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