Kuchma presents emergency plan for Ukraine
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Ukraine faced yet more polemics after President Leonid Kuchma proposed holding quick new presidential elections and handing interim power to a parliament where the opposition has a strong voice as a way out of the political crisis.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko speaks to members of the media during a press conference in Kiev, in this Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 file photo.
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The Russian oil giant Yukos said yesterday that management was putting together an emergency plan to continue running the company for a few months, even after the auction of its prize asset in December.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - A tentative deal to ease Ukraine's political crisis foundered Tuesday over the opposition's refusal to endorse constitutional changes and outgoing President Leonid Kuchma's rejection of the call to fire his prime minister.
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Ukraine&#39;s political crisis has virtually paralyzed the country, brought hundreds of thousands of protesters into the streets and threatened to erupt into civil war.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma yesterday called compromise the only way out of Ukraine&#39;s deepening crisis over the disputed presidential election, as governors in eastern Ukraine met to discuss autonomy.
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Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma called for a repeat of bitterly-contested elections to choose his successor, saying this was the only way to end the country's worst political crisis since the breakup of the Soviet Union and ensure its young democracy survived.
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He called on candidates and election staffs to cool down. âThe one who carries out the election struggle with dignity and finds the shortest way to the minds and hearts of voters will become the president of Ukraine,â Kuchma said.
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The Russian oil giant Yukos said today that its management was putting together an emergency plan to continue running the company for a few months, even after the auction of its prize asset in December.
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An aide to Ukraine's liberal presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday demanded outgoing President Leonid Kuchma sack the prime minister and called for the formation of a coalition government.
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Ukraine's parliament holds an emergency session to discuss the turmoil caused by the disputed presidential election.
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KIEV : Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma vowed that there would be "no revolution" on the eve of presidential elections in which the pro-Western opposition has threatened mass protests.
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Ukraine's outgoing president has ordered officials to draw up plans to withdraw the country's 1,600 troops home from Iraq in the first half of 2005 after eight of its soldiers were killed in a blast.
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KYIV. Dec 1 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said that a constitutional agreement supported by the people of Ukraine and the parliamentarian majority may be a good way to settle the political crisis in Ukraine.
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The Russian oil giant Yukos said on Friday that management was putting together an emergency plan to continue running the company for a few months, even after the auction of its prize asset next month.
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Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko will meet outgoing President Leonid Kuchma for talks aimed at leading the country out of a political crisis sparked by the disputed election.
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Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma said Monday he would not meet demands from liberal challenger Viktor Yushchenko to dismiss his government or reform election laws until the opposition agreed to curb presidential powers.