World Leaders Welcome New Ukraine Vote
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Governments around the world hailed as a victory for democracy the Ukraine Supreme Court's declaration Friday that the country's disputed presidential runoff election is invalid. They hailed plans for a new vote.
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Ukrainians Sunday began choosing a new president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the ex-Soviet state's prime minister, backed by Russia, and a liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West.
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Ukraine's outgoing leader Leonid Kuchma says only a new vote can end the crisis over the disputed presidential poll.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia has no objection to Ukraine joining the European Union. ``If Ukraine wants to enter the EU and is welcomed there, then we can only be pleased,&#39;&#39; Putin
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Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, backed by thousands of supporters, emerged on Friday from a meeting with international mediators demanding a new election to settle a crisis over a poll he says was ...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday hailed a &quot;good compromise&quot; with Poland over the voting system which paved the way to agreement on a blueprint for a new EU treaty after a tense summit.
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Several countries in the former Soviet bloc have lined up behind Russia in endorsing the disputed result of Ukraine's presidential election.
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Ukraine&#39;s Central Elections Commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the country&#39;s presidential vote yesterday, defying strong pressure from the United States and other Western countries.
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London, Nov. 4 (NNN): Leaders across the world have congratulated George Walker Bush on his re-election as the United States president.
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Ukraine&#39;s outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, gave tentative blessing Monday to the idea of holding new presidential elections, paving the way to a possible solution of
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"I think we will soon begin consultations with the goal of optimizing our relations in the context of the rules, traditions and position of the WTO"  The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to accept Ukraine as a member, giving President Viktor Yushchenko a new sales pitch as he sought out more foreign investment while at the World Economic Forum.Membership will open new market opportunities for Ukraine's industrial exports, and comes amid growing worries about the world that the current economic uncertainty could lead to increased protectionism.WTO membership will require the former Soviet republic to continue economic reforms aimed at bringing Ukraine closer to the European Union, which it has aims of ultimately joining. Yushchenko also has hopes of steering the country into the European Union and NATO. Read more
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European opponents of the U.S. invasion of Iraq joined other world leaders yesterday in cautiously praising the Iraqi national elections as a necessary first step toward establishing democracy and restoring ...
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Ukraine's parliament votes to approve a snap election aimed at ending a crisis between the president and the PM.
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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.
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As Ukraine&#39;s Supreme Court heard complaints of electoral fraud, President Leonid D. Kuchma today proposed holding a new election to end the political crisis threatening to tear apart the country.
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As European leaders hailed the apparent victory of Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko as a triumph for democracy worldwide, The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Russia might refuse to recognize Mr.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  congratulated Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday on becoming leader  of Ukraine, nearly a month after a re-run presidential election  in Russia's ex-Soviet neighbor.