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The European Union's foreign ministers have urged Ukraine to take action on jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko before they move ahead with a landmark free trade deal to be signed at a summit next week. 

“My urgent appeal to Ukraine is to act now, to agree to a viable path to
the rule of law, and not play for time,” said German Foreign Minister
Guido Westerwelle at talks with 27 of his EU counterparts in Brussels,
“Time is running out.” 

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