Ukraine on brink of civil war

 KIEV:  Ukraine's first post-independence president Wednesday warned that the country was on the brink of civil war as parliament struggled to find an agreement on granting an amnesty to protesters arrested in the crisis.
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his entire government resigned on Tuesday after weeks of protests that began when President Viktor Yanukovych pulled out of a key EU deal in favour of closer ties with Moscow in November.
The resignation of Azarov, a close ally of Yanukovych, was the biggest scalp claimed by the opposition after two months of protests. But none of the president's concessions have appeased protest leaders who vow to press on for his resignation.