Ukraine's Kuchma Accepts Yanukovich's Resignation
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday, in a decree published by the president's office.
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Viktor Yanukovich, the Moscow-backed industrialist, resigned last night as Ukrainian prime minister in a clear sign that he is finally ready to accept political defeat.
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Ukrainian parliamentarians believe that President Leonid Kuchma for the first time openly stated his support for presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych on television on Sunday.
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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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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he had approved the candidacy of his arch-rival Viktor Yanukovich for prime minister, ending a four-month political stand-off.
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Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigns, but refuses to admit defeat in the presidential election.
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Ukraine&#39;s Central Elections Commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the country&#39;s bitterly disputed presidential vote Wednesday
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By Stefan Wagstyl and Tom Warner in Kiev and Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow. Ukraineâs president Leonid Kuchma said on Thursday he was willing to dismiss prime minister Viktor Yanukovichâs government if parliament
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Ukraine's departing President Leonid Kuchma outlined a plan for resolving his country's leadership crisis that would see a quick new presidential election and hand interim power to a parliament where the opposition has a strong voice.
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The outgoing Ukrainian president reversed himself yesterday and endorsed holding new elections to end the country&#39;s political chaos and establish a &quot;legitimate&quot; leader.
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of the ex-Soviet state ahead of a re-run of a poll rigged in favour of the man Moscow backed. to outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, who wanted to hand power to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, the declared winner.
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The resignation signals the end of a political drama that ended in Viktor Yanukovich's defeat after an uprising against electoral fraud.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma  gained Vladimir Putin's backing on Thursday against calls for a  quick re-run of the last round of the disputed presidential  election the opposition is certain it would win.
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Ukrainian President Yushchenko backs his arch-rival for PM, in a deal to end months of deadlock.
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Ukraine's electoral commission formally declares Viktor Yushchenko president after December's re-run poll.
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Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma  said on Tuesday he had agreed with the opposition to sack the  central election commission and support election law reform,  but there was no agreement on dismissing the government.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma called for negotiations in Ukraine's spiraling political crisis Tuesday, hours after the leader of the opposition declared himself the winner of a disputed presidential election to the approval of tens of thousands of protesters.