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UK officials boycott England games in Ukraine
Published: 7th Jun 2012 15:45:56
UK officials are boycotting England's three group games in the European football championships over Ukraine's treatment of a jailed opposition leader, Downing Street has confirmed.
The move is in protest at the "selective justice" being handed out to Yulia Tymoshenko.
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