WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States (US) Senate Democrats bowed to Republican demands on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) that reforms sought by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) be removed from a Ukraine aid package, acknowledging it could not pass with such measures intact.

Lawmakers have spent weeks debating assistance to Kiev’s new government and sanctions on Moscow over its Crimea aggression.

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