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muriel_volestrangler

(101,360 posts)
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:34 AM May 2012

Yulia Tymoshenko ends hunger strike after hospital move

Source: BBC

Jailed Ukraine opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has ended her 20-day hunger strike after being moved to hospital to be treated by a German doctor.
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Ms Tymoshenko went on hunger strike in April after accusing prison staff of beating her during an attempt to move her to hospital.
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Speaking outside the hospital, Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister Raisa Moiseenko said the transfer had taken place "according to an agreement with an international medical commission".
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Ukraine on Tuesday postponed a European summit after several leaders announced a boycott over the issue.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18002081



Her new doctor has the inappropriate name 'Harms'.
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