Ukraine PM takes hard line on protests, opposition meets president

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By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's prime minister denounced anti-government protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President Viktor Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's tough line, at a cabinet meeting, appeared to foreshadow a police crackdown on protesters who on Wednesday massed anew in their hundreds, inflamed by reports of at least three demonstrators dying overnight - two of them from gunshot wounds. However Yanukovich, who has so far refused to make any concessions to the protesters, raised cautious expectations of a negotiated settlement, saying he wanted no bloodshed and agreeing to meet opposition leaders.




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