Ukrainian PM holds early lead in presidential run-off
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Yanukovich had a lead of about six percentage points over opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine&#39;s presidential run-off, according to the first results announced early Monday.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko took an unassailable lead on Monday in Ukraine's  re-run presidential election, pledging an end to corruption and  drift for the former Soviet republic.
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The race to be Ukrainian president ended in an dead-heat today, forcing a run-off contest later this month. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and his reformist challenger Viktor Yushchenko were less than a
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Pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich was ahead in Ukraine's presidential election with 51.17 percent of the vote after 26 percent of ballots were counted, the central electoral commission said.
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The week before Sunday's presidential rerun, Viktor Yushchenko held a 9-point lead over Viktor Yanukovich.
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Ukraine&#39;s prime minister and a liberal challenger have taken the top spots in a presidential election and will take their debate over the country&#39;s future through to a run-off next month, exit polls say.
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Ukraine&#39;s presidential election is likely to go to a run-off vote between the two main candidates, exit polls indicated last night.
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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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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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Ukraine faces political turmoil as partial results in a presidential election put the prime minister backed by Russia in the lead, with his liberal challenger alleging cheating and calling for street protests.
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Pro-Western opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko ended ahead of PM Viktor Yanukovych in the first round of Ukraine's presidential vote, the Central Elections Commission said.
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31 October 2004 -- Exit polls show that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and challenger Viktor Yushchenko finished on top in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election today and will face each other in a run-off next month.
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Ukraine&#39;s prime minister has a slight lead in a hard-fought presidential run-off, but his Western-leaning challenger is alleging fraud.
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The week before Sunday&#39;s presidential rerun, Viktor Yushchenko held a 9-point lead over Viktor Yanukovich. KIEV, UKRAINE - Worries about violence and fraud persist, but many Ukrainians seem to have embraced
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The Ukrainian opposition on Tuesday complained of foot-dragging by officials and a vote-count cover-up in the race for president, claiming that Viktor Yushchenko had taken the lead.
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KIEV, Ukraine - The Ukrainian opposition alleged official foot-dragging and a cover-up in the vote count from the presidential elections Tuesday, claiming opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko had in fact taken the lead.
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Ukraine approached a political stalemate today, as preliminary vote counts of the presidential runoff election indicated that Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich had