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Ukraine's presidential crisis deepens MIL, Nov 27, 2004. Special Correspondent Ukraine's president and the two personalities who claim to be his legitimate successor held a joint meeting on Friday with top European envoys to seek an end to the Presidential crisis. There were several proposals; the important was a possible re-vote to replace Sunday's balloting that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych had officially won. Ukraine is a nation of 48 million people and has been seized by an ever-escalating political crisis since Sunday's vote. According to NDTV, throngs of Yushchenko supporters have set up a sprawling tent camp along a main avenue and square in Kiev, braving freezing temperatures for five straight nights. Yanukovych, meanwhile, rallied some 2,000 supporters waving his blue-and-white campaign flags in front of Kiev's train station. Many had apparently arrived in buses and trains from Ukraine's industrial east, Yanukovych's main support base. In Kiev, protesters blockaded the Cabinet building where Yanukovych works and refused to let the staff enter. Protesters also blocked surrounding streets with buses and vans decorated with Yushchenko's orange flags, posters and ribbons. Protesters also surrounded the presidential administration building, which was heavily guarded by police in riot gear. The Supreme Court has ordered the election's final results not be published pending an appeal filed by Yushchenko's camp. The appeal will be heard on Monday, and Yanukovych cannot be inaugurated until results are published. The crisis has threatened to further divide Ukraine and raised the prospect of civil conflict. According to AP, the United States and European Union have said they cannot accept the results and warned Ukraine of "consequences" in relations with the West.
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