Police break up tent protest in Ukraine, 1 dies

One of about 30 protesters who had been on hunger strike in an eastern Ukrainian city over pension cuts died on Sunday night after police broke up their tent encampment, the protest leader said.

The protesters were survivors of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear accident and had been staging their protest in the mining city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine since Nov. 14 after reductions in the state pensions they receive for their part in fighting the 1986 disaster. (Reuters)