Kuchma calls for calm ahead of election
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has urged the country's political forces to abandon attempts to destabilize the country in the run-up to the October 31 presidential elections.
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President-elect Viktor Yushchenko,  committed to quick action to nudge Ukraine toward Europe, urged  his ex-Soviet state on the eve of his Sunday inauguration to  overcome deep-seated divisions after a bruising election.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President  Leonid Kuchma, bowing to mass street protests and international  pressure, on Monday backed a new presidential election to end a  crisis that is tearing the nation apart.
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KIEV - An agreement was reached at Wednesdayâs crisis talks in Ukraine to change the countryâs election laws and implement political reforms, outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said after the meeting.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma insists that 'forcible scenarios' of developments before the October 31 presidential election and during the voting are totally inadmissible, the chief of the presidential ...
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Exit polls in Sunday&#39;s presidential election put opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko ahead of the prime minister, and fears of violence rose as
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, embattled Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiralling crisis that threatens to split this former Soviet republic between the pro-Russia east and European-leaning west.
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Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma said Monday he will honor the Supreme Court's call for a repeat presidential runoff even while vowing to press ahead with constitutional changes that would weaken the presidency as he faced the possibility of victory by the popular opposition candidate.
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Ukrainian authorities have vowed to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the outcome.
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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President Leonid Kuchma called for ne- gotiations among all sides in Ukraine&#39;s spiraling political crisis yesterday, hours after the opposition leader declared himself the
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma accused the opposition Saturday of reneging on compromise agreements and called for quick foreign mediation of his country's post-election political crisis.
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Ukrainian authorities vowed on Friday to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun this weekend, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the
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Ukraine&#39;s President Leonid Kuchma called for a repeat of the bitterly contested elections to choose his successor, saying this was the only way to end the country&#39;s worst political crisis since the break up of the Soviet Union and ensure its young
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Secretary of State Colin Powell took a stand Monday against any breakup of Ukraine, telling President Leonid Kuchma that it was important to keep the crisis-mired country intact.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President  Leonid Kuchma, facing mass protests over a disputed  presidential election, Monday called for a new poll to help end  the crisis tearing the nation apart.
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LEONID KUCHMA, the outgoing President of Ukraine, called for a new presidential election yesterday, saying that the financial system could collapse âlike a house of cardsâ if a stand-off over the last vote was not resolved within days.