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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's prime minister said Friday there will be no early parliamentary elections, defying a presidential decree and raising the stakes in her fierce political battle with the president.
President Viktor Yushchenko set the early vote for Dec. 7 earlier this week, burying attempts to revive his shattered pro-Western coalition with Tymoshenko.
But Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko called his decision unconstitutional and said the election will not happen. She said Ukraine has no money for an early election and predicted that parliament will not pass the necessary legislation.
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