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Thousands of Ukrainian protesters have blocked entrances to a government building and called for the removal of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union swept the country and threatened his rule.

Monday’s besieging of the building follows a huge rally in the capital
by hundreds of thousands Ukrainians a day earlier, which was mostly
peaceful, until a group of protesters tried to storm President Viktor
Yanukovych’s office.

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