Crisis ‘over,’ president says after talks
From Times Wire Reports
The nation’s feuding president and prime minister agreed today to hold early parliamentary elections on Sept. 30, defusing a crisis that threatened to escalate into violence Saturday when the president sent troops streaming toward the capital, Kiev. Emerging from eight hours of tense talks, President Viktor Yushchenko said, “The political crisis in Ukraine is over.”
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