Ukrainians Call for Yanukovych and Government to Resign
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Ukrainian protesters and police clashed after hundreds of thousands defied a ban on rallies, ratcheting up pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych after he refused to sign an agreement with the European Union.
A throng estimated by the opposition at about half a million converged on central Kiev today to hear boxing champion Vitali Klitschko appeal for a new government. Police spokeswoman Olha Bilyk, who declined to estimate the crowd size, said 100 police officers were injured when a group of young people tried to storm the presidential administration building.