Ukraine's president has sacked the whole of his 7-month-old government amid allegations of bribery and corruption among its members.
Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday (8 September) made the move after saying that the infighting in the government was damaging the economy and the government as a whole.
"I have to make those decisive radical steps, because the ideals of the revolution cannot be under any doubt,'' Mr Yushchenko said on public television in Kiev today, according to news ag...
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