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Ukraine Protests for Language law

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Ukrainian police on Wednesday used tear gas to disperse a chaotic protest against a disputed language law as the president warned he could call snap legislative polls to contain a growing crisis. The opposition has reacted furiously to the rushed passing by the Ukrainian parliament the Verkhovna Rada late on Tuesday of the law elevating the status of Russian, which was not on the parliament's agenda for that day. Around 1,000 people, including boxing star and opposition figure Vitali Klitschko, staged an angry protest in the centre of Kiev and were rapidly involved in clashes with a large force of anti-riot police, an AFP correspondent said. Several people were left covered in blood and broken glass littered the street at the site of the protest, outside a Kiev conference centre where President Viktor Yanukovych had been scheduled to talk to the press. Klitschko said a bottle was thrown during the brawl, injuring his hand. The police used tear gas in an apparent bid to bring the situation under control.

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Ukraine Protests for Language law

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