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| Ukraine justice minister in state of emergency warning | Ukraine justice minister in state of emergency warning |
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| Ukraine's justice minister has warned anti-government protesters occupying her ministry she will call for a state of emergency if they do not leave. | Ukraine's justice minister has warned anti-government protesters occupying her ministry she will call for a state of emergency if they do not leave. |
| Olena Lukash told local media she would ask the National Security and Defence Council to introduce the measures. | Olena Lukash told local media she would ask the National Security and Defence Council to introduce the measures. |
| Protesters seized the building in Kiev late on Sunday and set up barricades outside with bags of snow. | Protesters seized the building in Kiev late on Sunday and set up barricades outside with bags of snow. |
| Unrest is spreading across Ukraine, with activists taking over municipal buildings in up to 10 cities. | Unrest is spreading across Ukraine, with activists taking over municipal buildings in up to 10 cities. |
| Buildings have come under attack even in eastern areas which have traditionally had closer ties with Russia and where President Viktor Yanukovych has enjoyed strong support. | |
| The crisis has escalated with the deaths of four activists in recent days. | |
| Correspondents say protesters entered the justice ministry building in the capital without resistance. | Correspondents say protesters entered the justice ministry building in the capital without resistance. |
| "The seizure of the Ministry of Justice is a symbolic act of the people of the uprising. Now, these authorities are stripped of justice," one protester told reporters. | |
| One of the organisers of the ministry occupation, who gave his name as Oleg, said the building was being used to shelter those taking part in street protests nearby. | |
| He told the Associated Press news agency: "We are not going to do any hooliganism, or have anyone hurt. We are peaceful people, we are for justice." | |
| Ms Lukash told Inter TV channel: "If the protesters do not leave the justice ministry building... I will ask the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine to impose the state of emergency." | |
| Last week, the parliament of the Crimean Autonomous Republic - seen as a staunch supporter of Mr Yanukovych - also urged the president to declare a state of emergency. | |
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| The fresh unrest comes after opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk rejected President Yanukovych's offer to appoint him prime minister. | |
| He said key demands must be met, including new elections. A vote is not due until 2015. | |
| The opposition is demanding that a free trade agreement with the European Union be signed and political prisoners be freed, including former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. | |
| They are also demanding the repeal of recently introduced laws restricting public protest. | |
| Although the protest movement - the EuroMaidan - is largely peaceful, a hardcore of radicals have been fighting battles with police away from the main protest camp in Maidan, or Independence Square. | |
| Reports now suggest unrest is spreading further into the country's east, which is seen as Mr Yanukovych's support base: |