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Fiery Battleground: Protests Flare Up in Kiev
<p>Thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police near Ukraine's parliament during the worst violence to rock Kiev in weeks.</p>
Protesters clash with riot police in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Feb. 18. A least three protesters were killed on Tuesday in clashes with police, Ukrainian opposition activists say. Violence erupted in the Ukrainian capital after anti-government protesters broke through a police cordon in front of parliament. SERGEY DOLZHENKO / EPA
Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev on Tuesday in an eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic.
Three protesters were killed in the melee, the opposition reported, and emergency workers found another person dead after a fire at the ruling party's office in Kiev.
--Associated Press
Riot policemen in flames clash with protesters during the continuing protest in downtown Kiev on Feb. 18.ANDREW KRAVCHENKO / EPAProtesters take over the main office of the ruling Ukrainian Party of Regions political party in downtown Kiev, on Feb. 18. Protester marched toward the parliament to demand constitutional reforms that would curb the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych.OLEG PETRASYUK / EPAAn anti-government protester finds cover during clashes with riot police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday.Efrem Lukatsky / APA anti-government protester is engulfed in flames while running from the scene, during clashed with riot police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev.Efrem Lukatsky / AP
