Ukraine may hold new vote

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday he would call a snap parliamentary election if a court ruled that the creation of the ruling coalition broke constitutional rules.

Parliament amended the rules on forming coalitions earlier this month, paving the way for the new government of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who was elected to the top post last month.

Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a bitter rival of Yanukovich in the presidential election, had called the amendment a constitutional coup d'etat. "If the decision of the Constitutional Court will be that the coalition was formed illegally, then I will take a decision on a snap election," Yanukovich told a delegation .