Ukraine's Opposition Pushes for Limits on Presidential Powers

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych returned to work Monday after four days of sick leave, as opposition leaders said they would seek changes to the country's constitution that would limit presidential powers.The opposition wants to restore constitutional changes limiting the powers of the president and giving parliament more say in forming governments. Those changes were enacted in 2004 but later overturned by the country's constitutional court. Opposition leader Arseniy...

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