Poll row threatens Ukraine unity
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Officials in eastern Ukraine say they will split their region from the rest of the country if opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko becomes president.
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Ukraine âs opposition is accusing supporters of pro-Kremlin prime minister and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich of preparing armed clashes in Kiev after the repeat elections scheduled for Dec. 26.
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The political tension in the Ukraine over the country&#39;s recent presidential elections will have many implications, a local professor said.
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KIEV - Ukraineâs hotly contested presidential election Monday headed into a second-round showdown between a pro-West candidate and his pro-Russia rival following an inconclusive first-round vote slammed by international observers.
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Ukraine&#39;s top court convenes on Monday to try to end an election crisis that threatens to break up the country and is straining relations between Russia and the West.
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BUDAPEST, Aug 20 (IPS) - The political crisis that has ravaged Ukraine since  President Viktor Yushchenko decided to dissolve parliament is not  likely to end with the early elections scheduled for Sep. 30.
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A tense standoff gripped Ukraine on Monday after its pro-Russia Prime Minister won the presidential runoff, with the opposition mounting massive protests to contest the results of a vote that Washington and Europe said was rigged by the state.
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For the second time in a month, a deeply divided Ukraine casts ballots in a runoff election between presidential candidates who have increased their hostile rhetoric since their last fraud-marred vote, raising fears of violence no matter who wins.
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Ukraine's embattled PM vows to defend national unity after a bruising TV encounter with his presidential rival.
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A tense standoff has gripped Ukraine after its pro-Russia prime minister won the presidential election and the opposition mounted massive protests to contest results of a vote that Washington and Europe said was rigged.
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Ukraine faced more mass street protests Tuesday from an opposition complaining it was cheated of the presidency by the Moscow-backed government, and the political split threatened to turn violent.
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Ukraineâs political crisis escalated ahead of a key court session today to probe the disputed presidential electionâs validity, with an eastern province scheduling a referendum on autonomy and the opposition threatening to tighten a blockade against
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Ukrainians on Sunday cast ballots in a presidential run-off pitting a Western-leaning reformer against the Kremlin-praised prime minister, a vote many fear will erupt into unrest and violence.
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Ukraine's rival leaders met to discuss the date of a parliamentary election on Saturday after President Viktor Yushchenko ordered troops from outside the capital to bolster security in Kiev.
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Ukraine headed into a third week of turmoil on Monday after presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko told supporters to keep up street pressure on the Moscow-backed authorities before the re-run of a rigged election.
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A tense Ukraine awaited a supreme court hearing on a bitterly disputed presidential election that has split this former Soviet republic and left Moscow and Western capitals glowering at each other across a Cold War-like divide.
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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.