Related: Ukrainian Unrest an Attempt to Roll Back Russia
"Ukraine protesters urged to reach accord" by David M. Herszenhorn | New York Times, December 06, 2013
KIEV — A senior US official urged the leaders of the Ukrainian protest movement on Thursday to find a solution to the crisis that would adhere to the Ukrainian Constitution — effectively telling them that President Viktor Yanukovych must remain in power despite the demands by hundreds of thousands of demonstrators for his ouster.
The official, Victoria Nuland, who is assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, met with top protest leaders in the occupied Trades Union building, which has become a de facto headquarters for the swirling protest movement. Even as the meeting unfolded, more than 10,000 demonstrators thronged Independence Square outside.
Nuland is in Ukraine to attend the ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Nuland’s comments to demonstrators, those in attendance said, echoed her formal remarks at the ministerial conference. Her strong message in support of a constitutional solution has forced the protest leaders to confront the likelihood that they will be unable to oust Yanukovych.
Another failed coup attempt for U.S. foreign policy. On quite a roll lately.
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Ukraine Update: Government supporters in Ukraine use gay rights as tactic
Yeah, "the number of pro-government demonstrators was tiny compared with the tens of thousands of pro-Europe Ukrainians who have protested almost daily for two weeks."
Whatever, pos pre$$. You propagandists that write for the paper are really getting desperate. Playing the gay card from the bottom of the deck?
And what's with the snowfall in this age of catastrophic global warming?
More: Ukraine government supporters stage counterprotest
Related: Yingluck Runs Out in Thailand
No next day update from the Globe.
So what did the King say?
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Thai protest leader calls for final rally" by Anuchit Nguyen | Bloomberg News, December 07, 2013
BANGKOK — The leader of Thailand’s antigovernment protests called for a nationwide demonstration on Monday and said marches would end that day if they failed to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
All this work and now they are going to quit?
‘‘We will win by drawing a huge crowd,’’ protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban told supporters in Bangkok late Friday. Two previous calls for civil servants to join the rallies failed to draw significant support.
Suthep, a former member of the opposition Democrat party, is seeking to replace Thailand’s democratic system with a council consisting of ‘‘good people’’ from a cross-section of society as part of a strategy to dismantle the political network of Yingluck’s brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, whose allies have won every election in the country since Thaksin was deposed in a 2006 coup. ‘‘If you are happy as Thaksin’s slaves, you should just stay home,’’ Suthep said. ‘‘We will win this without any more death and injury.’’
Thailand’s security forces offered no resistance to the protesters’ attempts to enter the police headquarters and Yingluck’s offices this week to avoid clashes that may have reignited opposition to the government.
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