ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Ukrainian police fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse protesters trying to enter the city council building in the capital Kiev.<br/> <br />No casualties were reported in the incident, which occurred when demonstrators began dismantling metal crowd barriers and trying to grab officers' helmets outside the building on Kiev's broad main boulevard.<br/> <br />Thousands of opposition protesters had gathered to rally against what they say is an illegitimate council session.<br/> <br />They say the mandate of the legislature, which is dominated by allies of President Viktor Yanukovich, ended in June and that a new election must be held.<br/> <br />Control of the council in Kiev, a city of 3 million, could give the government or its opponents an advantage in Ukraine's next presidential election in 2015, political analysts say.<br/> <br />The opposition said five protesters were detained in Wednesday's protest. Police did not give a figure but said those who were detain
