| Ukraine's parliament brought down the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych with a no-confidence motion Wednesday in a show of the opposition's strength in the country's spiraling political crisis. Yanukovych and his opposition rival Viktor Yushchenko, who both claim the presidency after a Nov. 21 run-off vote, sat down for talks Wednesday in the presence of European mediators and outgoing President Leonid Kuchma in an attempt to work out a resolution. Earlier, Kuchma — who supported Yanukovych in the race — called for an entirely new election to be held. A new vote would bring in more candidates — which the opposition fiercely opposes and the government has appeared to favor, hoping to sideline Yushchenko. |