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Thousands of Ukrainian protesters blocked access to the country's main government buildings Monday in the latest attempt to bring down the government of President Viktor Yanukovych.

VOA's James Brooke reporting from Ukrainian capital.

Ukraine’s pro-European demonstrators erected barricades Monday and consolidated their control over Independence Square.

A few blocks away, they surrounded the Government Building, forcing Cabinet ministers and staffers to work elsewhere.

Protesters occupied City Hall, renaming it “Revolution Headquarters.”

Ukrainians are galvanized by two events.

First, President Yanukovych made an abrupt U-turn when he yielded to Russian pressure and decided not to sign a trade and political association pact on Friday with the European Union.

Then, on Saturday, videos were posted on the Internet showing riot police attacking peaceful protesters.

James Brooke,VOA News,KYIV, UKRAINE.

Thailand's prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she cannot comply with demands by the anti-government opposition because they are unconstitutional.

She met Sunday with anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban,who wants her to resign.

Anti-Yingluck demonstrations had largely been peaceful, but tensions rose late Saturday and early Sunday after rival groups clashed in a northeastern Bangkok neighborhood.

Authorities in Nigeria have imposed a 24-hour curfew in the main northeastern city of Maiduguri after suspected Islamic militants from Boko Haram attacked an air force base and army barracks.

A Defense Ministry spokesperson said 24 insurgents died in a shootout with soldiers, but he did not say whether there were any civilian causalities.

Lawmakers in Somalia have ousted the prime minister, ending a year of rare stability in the country's leadership.
 
Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon lost a no-confidence vote in parliament Monday.

Shirdon had battled for three weeks to keep his job, after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud asked him to resign. The men had been odds over a planned Cabinet reshuffle.

The new United States ambassador to the Philippines says he is hoping for an agreement providing more U.S. troop visits in the Philinppine signe soon.

Simone Orendain has the details from Manila.

Philip Goldberg presented his credentials to President Benigno Aquino on Monday morning.Then he made his pitch on state-run television for an agreement under negotiation that would see more visits from U.S. military forces to the Philippines.
 
Goldberg said the ongoing typhoon relief operations by American forces are a good example of the kind of assistance that would be boosted by the agreement.
 
“The ability to have that a little bit faster and more efficiently will always be of help. "

The Philippines has reiterated that terms must comply with its constitution, which does not allow permanent basing by outside countries.

Simone Orendain,Manila.

In Washington,President Barack Obama has announced a $100 million initiative to increase research into a cure for HIV.

He made the announcement on Monday to mark World AIDS Day, which was Sunday.

More than 25 million people have died globally from HIV/AIDS since 1981, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.

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