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Yanukovych wins chance to rebuild government

KIEV -- The collapse of Ukraine's parliamentary coalition has pushed the country's political and economic situation further into uncertainty.

Ukraine's government was thrown into more uncertainty Tuesday when the parliamentary coalition of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko collapsed.

Until now, Tymoshenko has been able to maintain her majority coalition in parliament and her post as prime minister despite being narrowly defeated by Viktor Yanukovych in a February 7 run-off for the presidency.

But apparent defectors from Tymoshenko's junior coalition partner, the Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense bloc, have switched sides by refusing to submit their signatures as proof of a parliamentary majority. Click here for more.