Ukraine: Constitution talks stall amidst opposition anger

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Ukraine failed to ease the country’s political crisis as the opposition said President Viktor Yanukovych was stalling. </span></p> <p><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The lack of progress risks inciting “radical actions,” Vitali Klitschko, the head of the opposition UDAR party, said after he met Yanukovych yesterday. Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, is in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and will meet with both sides, as well as non-government organizations. </span></p><p><div>[toc hidden:1]</div>
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