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| Ukraine MPs block Tymoshenko bid | Ukraine MPs block Tymoshenko bid |
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| Ukraine's parliament has narrowly rejected the candidacy of Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko for the post of prime minister. | Ukraine's parliament has narrowly rejected the candidacy of Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko for the post of prime minister. |
| Ms Tymoshenko got 225 votes - one short of the absolute majority needed. | Ms Tymoshenko got 225 votes - one short of the absolute majority needed. |
| Pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko had nominated his Orange Revolution ally for the post. She served as prime minister in 2005. | Pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko had nominated his Orange Revolution ally for the post. She served as prime minister in 2005. |
| Her bloc and the pro-Yushchenko Our Ukraine party have a majority of just two in the assembly. | Her bloc and the pro-Yushchenko Our Ukraine party have a majority of just two in the assembly. |
| One MP complained that his electronic voting card did not work, and the parliament speaker has called for a second vote after a short recess. | One MP complained that his electronic voting card did not work, and the parliament speaker has called for a second vote after a short recess. |
| Ukraine has been plagued by months of political deadlock. | Ukraine has been plagued by months of political deadlock. |
| Mr Yushchenko and Ms Tymoshenko led the 2004 Orange Revolution, which ousted a Moscow-backed presidential candidate. | Mr Yushchenko and Ms Tymoshenko led the 2004 Orange Revolution, which ousted a Moscow-backed presidential candidate. |
| The Orange allies have a slim majority in Ukraine's parliament | |
| Mr Yushchenko became president after huge street protests, defeating his bitter rival, Viktor Yanukovych, whose election had been widely condemned as fraudulent. | |
| Mr Yushchenko named Ms Tymoshenko prime minister in early 2005, but sacked her in September of that year amid divisions in the Orange camp. | Mr Yushchenko named Ms Tymoshenko prime minister in early 2005, but sacked her in September of that year amid divisions in the Orange camp. |
| Since then, the president has had fraught relations with Mr Yanukovych, who became prime minister after staging a dramatic political comeback in parliamentary elections last year. | Since then, the president has had fraught relations with Mr Yanukovych, who became prime minister after staging a dramatic political comeback in parliamentary elections last year. |
| His Party of the Regions came top again in early parliamentary elections in September, called to resolve the country's political crisis. | |
| But the party did not win enough seats to form a government. | |
| The rival pro-Western parties then agreed to form a coalition. |