New Ukraine Leader Poised to Take Power at Last
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's Western-leaning new  leader Viktor Yushchenko was poised to take power at last after  the election commission announced it would certify the result  of last month's vote Monday.
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President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine is due to visit neighbouring Russia - just a day after his inauguration.
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Ukraine confirmed Western-oriented Viktor  Yushchenko as winner of the presidential election on Monday,  paving the way for an historic change of power that his  opponent denounced as "a revolution."
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After three rounds of elections in two months, Ukrainian officials have named a victor.
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Viktor Yushchenko was set to be sworn in as president of Ukraine Sunday, capping months of turmoil in the key ex-Soviet nation which he now intends to set on a firm pro-Western course.
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Ukrainians Sunday began choosing a new president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the ex-Soviet state's prime minister, backed by Russia, and a liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the ...
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Ukraine's new president elect, Viktor Yushchenko, will be sworn in as president on Sunday, January 23.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko looked certain Monday to become Ukraine&#39;s next president, bringing with him a promise to end rampant graft and to reform the ex-Soviet state&#39;s damaged economy.
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Ukraine's electoral commission formally declares Viktor Yushchenko president after December's re-run poll.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's fiery opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, said Tuesday she expects nothing less than to be the country's next prime minister, given her stalwart support for Viktor Yushchenko, whose presidency is increasingly likely.
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Ukraine looked ahead to Western-leaning Viktor Yushchenko assuming power after he was declared president-elect, with the withdrawal of Kiev's troops from Iraq and strained relations with Russia topping the agenda.
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President-elect Viktor Yushchenko met the European Union's foreign policy chief on Friday ahead of his inauguration and a packed European tour aimed at setting Ukraine firmly on a new course closer to the West.
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Ukraine's central election commission meets Tuesday to sign off on the final paperwork from last month's presidential election, which could see winner Viktor Yushchenko's victory formally declared at last.
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Ukraine's departing President Leonid Kuchma outlined a plan for resolving his country's leadership crisis that would see a quick new presidential election and hand interim power to a parliament where the opposition has a strong voice.
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Ukraine's West-leaning President Viktor  Yushchenko was poised on Wednesday to sweep out the government  old guard and bring in a reformist cabinet to take the country  into the mainstream of Europe, away from Russia.
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Ukraine will open a new chapter in its post-Soviet history on Sunday when this nation of 50 million closes the Leonid Kuchma era and picks a successor who sees either an increasingly authoritarian Russia or an anxious European Union as his future partner.
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Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is due to arrive in Washington today.Comment