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Ukraine

Ukraine's Constitutional Court Meets Amid Protests

Ukrainian police escort Constitutional Court Justice Syuzanna Stannyk (center) into the court building today (AFP)

April 19, 2007 -- Authorities in Kyiv have deployed extra police at Ukraine's Constitutional Court.

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April 19, 2007

Today's deployment is an effort to prevent further disruptions of hearings into the legality of President Viktor Yushchenko's dissolution of parliament on April 2.

IMAGES: A gallery of photos from today's Kyiv protests.

IN UKRAINIAN: The website of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.

Police reinforcements and a metal fence now separate supporters of Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych in front of the court building.

On April 18, thousands pro-Yushchenko demonstrators temporarily blocked justices from entering the court building.

(AFP, ITAR-TASS)

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