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Scuffle in Ukraine’s Parliament Thwarts Language Bill Consideration

22:31 24/05/2012 KIEV, May 24 (RIA Novosti)

A brawl broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday ahead of the consideration of a bill designed to expand the use of Russian language in the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

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