Ukraine delays Tymoshenko hearing

KHARKIV (AFP) - A Ukrainian court Monday once again delayed the new trial of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on embezzlement and tax evasion charges until after crucial parliamentary polls. A judge in the eastern city of Kharkiv, where the former prime minister is already serving a seven-year sentence after her conviction last October on abuse of power charges, said he could not hear the case in Tymoshenko’s absence and set the next hearing for November 13.Key legislative polls in which Tymoshenko is leading a united opposition party — the main challenger to the ruling Regions Party of President Viktor Yanukovych — are set for October 28.

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