Ukraine anti-government protesters call brief truce for new talks

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Anti-government protesters in Ukraine agreed on Thursday to a truce of several hours in clashes with police while new talks took place between opposition leaders and President Viktor Yanukovich, Interfax news agency said. Protesters, who have been bombarding police with petrol bombs and cobblestones in Kiev since Sunday, told opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko they would suspend further action until 8 p.m., the agency said. Klitschko is one of three opposition leaders who has been leading demonstrations against Yanukovich since November, when he pulled out of signing a free trade deal with the European Union in favour of closer economic ties with Russia. The unrest swelled into peaceful mass rallies against the four-year rule of Yanukovich which turned violent on Sunday when hard-core radicals broke away from the main protest area in the capital Kiev and clashed violently with riot police.




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