Reform vote eases crisis in Ukraine
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KIEV -- The bitter political crisis that has gripped Ukraine for more than two weeks eased dramatically yesterday as parliament overwhelmingly approved a compromise package of laws strengthening safeguards against electoral fraud while weakening presidential powers.
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KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine&#39;s opposition and pro-government factions reached a compromise today on changes in the election law and constitutional amendments, enabling the new Dec. 26 presidential runoff to go forth.
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KIEV - Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has suggested that a new vote may be the only way out of the crisis that has gripped the country.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament met Saturday in emergency session to begin drafting changes in the election laws to prevent a repeat of the fraud and ballot stuffing of the Nov. 21
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A new Ukrainian poll of some sort looked  increasingly likely as parliament and the Supreme Court pressed  ahead on Thursday with efforts to resolve a national crisis  over a disputed presidential election.
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Ukraine's Parliament adopted electoral and constitutional changes today in a compromise intended to defuse the nation's political crisis - prompting opposition leaders to say they would lift a two-week blockade ...
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A divided Ukraine faced the increasing prospect of a new presidential poll as parliament voted to oust the ruling government and European mediators huddled to ease a political crisis that showed few signs of abating.
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Ukraine's parliament adopted electoral and constitutional changes Wednesday in a compromise intended to defuse the nation's political crisis - prompting opposition leaders to say they would lift a two-week ...
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Demonstrators removed blockades near the government building in Ukraine&#39;s capital on Thursday, signaling a further decrease in tensions following parliament&#39;s adoption of electoral and constitutional changes ahead of a repeat presidential runoff vote.
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Ever since the election in Ukraine, reformers have won just about every tactical political or public relations battle. A key reason for this is paradoxical.
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The end of weeks of political turmoil in Ukraine was in sight after the pro-Europe Viktor Yushchenko was officially declared the winner of a re-run presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of the "orange revolution" hero.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court lifts a ban on publication of the presidential election results.
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Ukraine&#39;s political crisis enters what may prove its final act on Sunday as voters return to the polling booths for a rerun of last month&#39;s overturned presidential election.
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Ukraine&#39;s young democracy appears to have survived a major political crisis with Friday&#39;s Supreme Court decision ordering a new runoff presidential election.
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KIEV -- Tens of thousands of opposition supporters, many of them haggard and shivering after 17 days of round-the-clock street protests, chanted and danced in triumph after parliament approved reforms yesterday to ensure a fair ballot in Ukraine's repeat presidential election.
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Ukraine's top court on Saturday overturned  some legal changes intended to cut election fraud, a day before  a re-run of the presidential vote that has become a test of  democratic legitimacy and national identity.
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Ukraine's parliament approved on Wednesday  a series of laws and constitutional changes aimed at resolving  the post-election crisis which has pushed the ex-Soviet state  into turmoil.