Ukrainian MPs vote to oust President Yanukovych

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The vote came after police stopped guarding presidential buildings allowing protesters in and parliament appointed high-level officials.

Mr Yanukovych described events as a "coup" and vowed not to stand down.

Also on Saturday afternoon, prominent opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was released from detention, hours after parliament authorised the move.

A BBC correspondent saw Tymoshenko driven away in a car after leaving a hospital in the eastern city of Kharkiv where she was being held under prison guard.

Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26304842
 

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