Ukraine MPs Choose Interim President

A top Ukrainian opposition politician has assumed the post of interim president less than a day after the country's former leader, Viktor Yanukovych, was dismissed from office. Parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov, a longtime ally of opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko who was released from prison Saturday, was named to the post following a parliament vote Sunday. Turchynov has set Ukraine's integration with Europe as a top priority but has also...

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