Ukranian Protests Ending, Ukranian President Gives In To Protestor's Demands

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This is great news! It was recently looking like a violent revolution might happen in the Ukraine, but their president has just agreed to the protestors demands. Here's more on the story from the BBC:

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders have signed a deal leading to an early presidential poll before the end of the year.

The election is part of an agreement to end the country's political crisis.

The deal provides for a national unity government, electoral reform and constitutional changes reducing the president's power.

The compromise came after hours of talks, mediated by three European Union foreign ministers.

The German and Polish ministers met demonstrators in Kiev's Independence Square before announcing that protest leaders backed the deal.

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