Ukraine Begins Work on National Unity Government

In a special session Sunday, Ukraine's legislature voted to give the speaker of the Ukrainian assembly temporary presidential power. Oleksandr Turchinov is an ally of of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was freed from prison Saturday. The whereabouts of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych remains unclear Sunday, one day after he left Kyiv. Border guards say a plane intended to take Yanukovych to an unknown destination Saturday was denied permission to take...

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