Protest Protest Protest. 140 buses detained

Today was another day of protests in most major cities throughout Ukraine. Small business owners are protesting  new laws on business taxation.   Earlier in today's news it was reported that 140 buses from around Ukraine were stopped by the police from entering Kyiv.  The passengers were on their way to a rally to protest the new laws and demand that Yanukovich veto the law before it could be implemented.  In another effort to stop the protests the Kyiv city government,(the new mayor is a Yanukovich appointee) requested the courts to implement a ban on all meetings/rallies in the city.  This hasn't detered the protesters as they have decided to ignore the ban and are planing to move their protest to take place in front of Yanukovich's offices. Police had set up baracades around government offices earlier in the day and were only allowing those who worked in the area to enter.
Kyiv was also the scene today of a large rally in Independance square held in honor of the 'Orange revolution' and the push for democracy. There was a noticable lack of political party banners and the participents were in no mood for any political interference.  At one point they physically removed a politican from the stage when he tried to express his parties point of view. (sorry, I don't know who he was)