Pro-Westerner tops Ukraine poll
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Ukraine's opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko narrowly won the first round of the presidential elections, official results show.
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Viktor Yushchenko is the winner of Ukraine&#39;s presidential rerun, with 52 percent of the votes to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych&#39;s 44 percent.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's new Western-leaning  leader Viktor Yushchenko was close to taking power at last on  Monday, despite an eleventh-hour bid by his opponent to  challenge last month's election.
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Ukrainians voted for a new president on  Sunday, choosing between their Russian-backed prime minister  and a West-leaning liberal in a tight contest many fear could  degenerate into turmoil.
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Ukrainian voters began going to the polls to elect the country&#39;s third president, who will either move the former Soviet republic closer to Russia or seek stronger ties with the European Union.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko makes his first post-election trip to the West, seeking support for eventual EU membership.
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KIEV  - The winner of Ukraine&#39;s bitterly-fought presidential election moved to repair damage to relations with Russia while his opponent persisted in blaming the West for his defeat.
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Voters across Ukraine are casting ballots for a new President to succeed outgoing President Leonid Kuchma. The election is being watched by the West as a possible indicator of the country&#39;s future course.
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Western-leaning liberal Viktor Yushchenko  was favorite to win when Ukrainians began voting in a re-run  presidential election on Sunday after a rigged ballot last  month.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko narrowly won the first round of Ukraine's presidential poll, official results show.
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Ukraine's prime minister was on the verge  of victory in a bitterly-fought presidential election on Monday  that U.S. and Western monitors denounced for not meeting  democratic standards.
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All three exit polls tracking yesterday&#39;s presidential election gave opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko a commanding lead of at least 15 percentage points in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election.
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Pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory in Ukraine's historic presidential election rerun, telling supporters the vote was a triumph for the country and proclaiming that "now we are free" from dominance by neighboring Russia.
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Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko took an unbeatable lead on Monday in Ukraine's  re-run presidential election, claiming victory and hailing the  beginning of a new era in the former Soviet republic.
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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 West.
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KIEV -- Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition leader whose victory in Ukraine's presidential election was all but assured yesterday despite his opponent's threat to appeal the outcome, is expected to move quickly to bolster ties with the West while trying to ease tensions with Russia.
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Ukrainians on Sunday choose a new president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the ex-Soviet state&#39;s prime minister, backed by Russia, and a liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West.