World News 01-12-2004 Ukraine Crisis: Day Ten who: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana what: Mediates between East and West as presidential election dispute continues where: Ukraine when: Today snippet: "Negotiations to end Ukraine`s political crisis collapsed last night," says The Telegraph, "as the Kremlin predicted that the divided country was heading for `break-up or bloodshed`." "The Ukrainian opposition last night broke off negotiations with the government," says The Guardian, "and demanded that a late-night parliamentary session pass a motion of no confidence in the prime minister and his cabinet, as international pressure grew for fresh elections." The crisis is now in its tenth day following a disputed election result that has brought tens of thousands of protestors to the freezing streets. Mr Yanukovych, the Pro-Russian candidate who is the incumbent president`s prime minister, survived last night`s no-confidence motion, says the BBC, "but there were dramatic scenes in Kiev as several protesters backing Mr Yushchenko stormed parliament". Today, presidential rivals Mr Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko, the pro-Western opposition candidate, will meet today with outgoing president Leonid Kuchma in talks mediated by Javier Solana, the European Union`s foreign policy chief, and the Polish and Lithuanian presidents, Aleksander Kwasniewski and Valdas Adamkus. [... more]

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