Pro-Russian Crimeans cheered well into the night outside their regional parliament.<br/> <br />Some waved Russian flags and paraded a giant Russian flag through the streets.<br/> <br />They were celebrating an announcement made a parliament speaker who said that a referendum on whether Crimea should be independent from Ukraine will be held May 25.<br/> <br />That's the same day Ukraine plans to elect a new president to replace Viktor Yanukovich, who was ousted last week following deadly anti-government protests.<br/> <br />Crimea is the only Ukrainian region that has an ethnic Russian majority.<br/> <br />In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia to join the U.S. in helping Ukraine.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY SAYING:<br/> <br />"This morning, I called Foreign Minister Lavrov and we talked at some length about the transition and the events in Ukraine and the region and I asked, specifically, that Russia work with the United States and with our friends and alli
