World News 24-11-2004 The Streets Will Give An Answer who: President Viktor Yushchenko what: Says nation is on the brink of "civil conflict" where: Ukraine when: Yesterday snippet: "Ukraine`s pro-western opposition leader called last night on army and police units to join his revolution," says The Telegraph, "as thousands of supporters braved sub-zero temperatures and driving snow to confront riot police outside the presidential palace." Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has been declared the winner of the presidential election but as many as 200,000 opposition supporters seethed within spitting distance of departing president Leonid Kuchma`s palace in Kiev yesterday after allegations that the election had been rigged in favour of Mr Yanukovych, the pro-Russian candidate backed by the incumbent. Meanwhile, Viktor Yushchenko received a message of support from former Czech president Vaclav Havel, "architect of Czechoslovakia`s Velvet Revolution", and Ukraine`s own diplomats criticised the flawed presidential poll, says The Independent. "International observers have described the poll as seriously flawed," says the BBC. "Ukraine is on the threshold of a civil conflict," Mr Yushchenko says, quoted in The Guardian. "We have two choices: the answer will be given by the parliament, or the streets will give an answer." [... more]

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