Yushchenko Certain Victor in Ukraine Election
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KIEV, Ukraine  - West-leaning opposition leader  Viktor Yushchenko looked certain Monday to become Ukraine's  next president, bringing with him a promise to end rampant  graft and to reform the ex-Soviet state's damaged economy.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko looked certain on 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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Kiev - Ukraine&#39;s opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko and presidential frontrunner predicted here on Sunday that a historic election would prove a &quot;victory for democracy&quot; in the strategic former Soviet republic.
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West-leaning challenger Viktor Yushchenko predicted victory in the re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election on Sunday after a campaign that pitched the country into weeks of turmoil.
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Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's  rigged presidential election, hailing the beginning of a new  era in the former Soviet republic.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has an  unassailable lead in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential  election with more than 90 percent of the vote counted,  election officials said on Monday. They told reporters that  with 90.52 percent of the ballot counted, Yushchenko had won  53.97 percent compared with 42.25 percent for Prime Minister  Viktor Yanukovich.
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Ukraine's electoral commission formally declares Viktor Yushchenko president after December's re-run poll.
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Exit polls and the campaign of the opposition challenger, Viktor A. Yushchenko, predicting an indisputable victory.
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UKRAINEâS opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, was last night heading for victory in a re-run of a presidential election that has polarised the nation and rekindled Cold War-style rivalry between Russia and the West.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was confirmed the winner of Ukraine's rerun presidential election with a nearly eight-point lead over his pro-Moscow rival, according to a final vote tally released by the electoral commission.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Opposition hopeful Viktor  Yushchenko said Wednesday a parliamentary vote to root out  cheating in elections opened the way for him to win a re-run of  a rigged presidential poll.
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Viktor A. Yushchenko appeared headed for a resounding victory early Monday in a riveting presidential race.
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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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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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Ukraine confirmed Western-oriented Viktor  Yushchenko as winner of the presidential election on Monday,  paving the way for an historic change of power that his  opponent denounced as "a revolution."
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko celebrated his apparent victory in Ukraines presidential election rerun Monday, but his opponent refused to concede defeat and vowed to challenge the results before Ukraines ...
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Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko took an unbeatable lead Monday in Ukraine's re-run  presidential election, claiming victory and hailing the  beginning of a new era in the former Soviet republic.