Yushchenko's mystery illness stirs talk
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VIENNA -- What ails Viktor Yushchenko? As Ukraine's popular pro-Western opposition leader claimed victory yesterday in hotly contested presidential elections, the mystery surrounding an appearance-altering illness that twice prompted him to check into a Vienna hospital persisted.
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MOSCOW  - In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.
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Sitting down for an interview, President Viktor Yushchenko's face and hands tell a story of his struggles &#151; and Ukraine's.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, whose poisoning last year left his face deeply pockmarked, headed to Switzerland on Friday for medical consultations, his office said.
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An Austrian hospital says it has determined the cause of a mysterious illness afflicting Ukrainian opposition presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko and plans to announce the details at a news conference on Saturday.
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Ukrainian prosecutors reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned after doctors treating the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin, as Yushchenko returned home Sunday to campaign for this month's presidential runoff vote.
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The apparent front-runner was out of action for weeks with a mysterious illness. His close rival was hospitalized after an attack and was then warned he could be assassinated. With Ukraine's presidential election three weeks away, democracy seems to have gone badly awry as chaos and suspicion overshadow campaign issues in this strategically important country that sways between the West and Russia.
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Former Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar is certain his mysterious sudden illness last month was caused by poisoning and that opponents of the Russian authorities were likely responsible, he said Thursday.
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Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin, doctors said Saturday, adding that the highly toxic chemical could have been put in the opposition
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Campaign officials say Mr. Yushchenko fell ill in early September and was flown to Vienna for treatment several days later. Aides say he was diagnosed in Ukraine as having the flu, but doctors in Austria said
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VIENNA, Austria An Austrian hospital director says they expect to know this weekend what's causing the mysterious illness plaguing Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko (yoo-SHEN'-koh). Yesterday, ...
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Doctors in Austria have announced that Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko has been poisoned with dioxins. This is what dioxins are and how they affect human beings:
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He long alleged he had been poisoned and now Austrian doctors have confirmed it. Viktor Yushchenko, the man who hopes to be the next leader of the Ukraine was poisoned by dioxin, doctors said on Saturday.
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VIENNA - After conducting tests to determine whether he was poisoned, an Austrian hospital was expected to release a statement Saturday regarding Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko.
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KIEV -- The illness that disfigured the face of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko resulted from poisoning by the toxic substance dioxin, which might have been placed deliberately in his food, Austrian doctors who treated him told reporters in Vienna yesterday.
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In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.
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Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has called for a &quot;serious investigation&quot; following the upcoming election, after doctors said dioxin poisoning caused his disfiguring illness.