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Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will not appear in court on Monday as scheduled, the prison service said, saving the Euro 2012 co-host added scandal on the eve of the semi-finals. Tymoshenko, whose sentencing last year to seven years in prison has prompted outraged European Union leaders to boycott tournament matches in Ukraine , has been in hospital receiving treatment for back problems.

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