World IN BRIEF : UKRAINE : Crimea Lawmakers Reclaim Parliament
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Defiant Crimean lawmakers returned to their Parliament building in Simferopol, Ukraine, after a presidential guard that blocked the assembly quietly withdrew. The deputies quickly convened a session 48 hours after President Yuri Meshkov disbanded Parliament and proclaimed presidential rule.
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