Ukraine Parliament Delays Vote on Tymoshenko Departure

Ukraine's parliament has delayed a vote on a bill that would allow jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to go to Germany for medical treatment. Tymoshenko's supporters in parliament left their seats in anger after the vote was delayed on Wednesday. The opposition leader is serving a seven-year prison term on charges of abuse of office; the European Union has called her trial politically motivated. Tymoshenko has been a fierce rival of the current President,...

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