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BRUSSELS - Alleged sabotage of a major news agency, the axing of a top TV show - days ahead of an EU-Ukraine summit, diplomats fear a new media crackdown in Kiev.

Staff at the online Unian agency held a crisis meeting on Tuesday (20 February) over fears that its billionaire owner, Ihor Kolomoyskyi, plans to shut it down or to censor its output in order to curry favour with President Viktor Yanukovych.

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