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Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov submitted his resignation Tuesday in a bid to ease the political crisis rocking his country, according to a statement posted on his website. "In order to create additional possibilities for the political compromise and peaceful resolution of the conflict I made a personal decision to ask the President to accept my resignation from the Prime Minister's office," the statement said.

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