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A supporter of former opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is ...
Dec 19th, 2011
(Reuters) - A supporter of former opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is blocked by a police cordon during a protest outside the Presidential administration in Kiev December 19, 2011. Negotiations between the European Union and Ukraine aimed at forging a new relationship have been completed, but signing an association agreement soon will depend on political changes in Kiev, an EU leader said at a summit meeting on Monday. REUTERS/Sergei Svetlitsky (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) -
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