TORONTO, Sept. 28 - A group of Canadians in Ukraine to observe this weekend's national elections were harassed and threatened by local officials on Friday after questioning apparent irregularities in voting procedures.
According to a report carried by The Canadian Press, former Ontario education minister Gerard Kennedy said his group of 18 observers was shouted at, threatened with arrest and denounced as provocateurs on local television by party officials at an election center in Mariupol.
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