Yanukovych refuses to concede
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych refused Monday to concede defeat in Ukraine&#39;s weekend presidential election, and said he would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the results.
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Ukraine's former prime minister challenged his loss in last month's presidential election in court on Thursday, but after nearly two weeks of political limbo the country looked close to declaring an official winner.
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Ukraine's former prime minister challenged  his loss in last month's presidential election in court on  Thursday, but after nearly two weeks of political limbo the  country looked close to declaring an official winner.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has denied that he had lobbied for the use of troops against Opposition protesters who took control of Kiev streets after last month's disputed presidential election.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed his victory Monday in Sunday&#39;s repeated presidential run-off while his opponent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich refused to concede the defeat.
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Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday he was  resigning as Ukraine's prime minister, but refused to concede  defeat in a presidential poll as a vast New Year crowd feted  liberal Viktor Yushchenko's victory in Kiev's main square.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - West-leaning opposition leader  Viktor Yushchenko looked certain Monday to become Ukraine's  next president, but his opponent, the prime minister, refused  to concede defeat in the bitterly fought contest.
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The winner of Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential election called on supporters to block a cabinet meeting on Wednesday after his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, refused to concede defeat.
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Viktor Yanukovych is pursuing his claim to the Ukraine presidency relentlessly, despite having his appeals rejected repeatedly by the Ukraine Supreme Court.
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Final preliminary results showed Opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko had won Ukraine&#39;s drawn-out and divisive presidential election, while pressure built yesterday on his opponent, Kremlin favourite Viktor Yanukovych, to concede
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Ukraineâs opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko basked in his unassailable lead today as prime minister Viktor Yanukovych refused to admit defeat, with just tens of thousands of ballots left to be counted in the bitterly-fought presidential election.
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The ruling prevents any attempt by Mr Yanukovich's supporters to rush his inauguration and try to pre-empt Mr Yushchenko challenging a result he has condemned as fraudulent.
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Western nations have welcomed the result of Ukraine's presidential election but Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is refusing to admit defeat.
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Ukraine âs opposition movement, led by pro-Western presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, has presented President Leonid Kuchma with an ultimatum to dismiss Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, who was declared winner in a much disputed presidential
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigned Friday, making a grudging admission that he was unlikely to reverse the presidential election victory of his rival and saying he could not work under him.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigned Friday and grudgingly admitted he has little hope of winning the presidency of this ex-Soviet republic. But he vowed to continue his court battle to overturn last week's elections that handed victory to his pro-western opponent, Viktor Yushchenko.
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Yanukovych is facing a rerun of a presidential election he was officially declared to have won.