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Viktor_Yanukovych - FORMER UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER YANUKOVYCH ATTENDS A RALLY NEAR PARLIAMENT IN KIEV

FORMER UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER YANUKOVYCH ATTENDS A RALLY NEAR PARLIAMENT IN KIEV

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, main opposition leader, waves as he speaks during a rally in front of parliament in Kiev on August 2, 2006. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko held 11th hour talks with his rival Viktor Yanukovych to resolve a political crisis as the prospect of new elections loomed. Today Yushchenko faces a midnight deadline to decide whether to accept his chief political rival as the next prime minister or to dissolve parliament. (UPI Photo/Sergey Starostenko)


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