Joelia Timosjenko op hongerstaking (en)

Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on hunger strike on Monday in protest against an election she says was rigged, reports the Irish Times. Sunday's result handed victory to her rival Viktor Yanukovich. OSCE election monitors say the poll was tainted by an "abuse of power".

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