Ukraine official deemed winner; foe calls for strike
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KIEV -- Ukraine's Central Elections Commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the country's bitterly disputed presidential vote yesterday, defying strong pressure from the United States and other Western countries. In response, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko called for a national strike starting today.
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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.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claims victory in the re-run of the presidential poll but counting continues.
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KIEV -- Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko led Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych by a wide margin with two-thirds of the vote counted in Ukraine's repeat presidential runoff yesterday, prompting Yushchenko to claim victory and an end to the 35-day political crisis that split the nation, paralyzed the government, and strained ties between Russia and the West.
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Ukrainian election officials declared Viktor Yushchenko the official winner of a rerun presidential vote, paving the way for the "orange revolution" hero to be inaugurated as the third president of an independent Ukraine.
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KYIV-Ukraine's Election Commission declared Western-leaning reformer Viktor Yushchenko the winner of the presidential vote yesterday, putting the nation on the verge of resolving its protracted election.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - The winner of Ukraine's presidential election ordered his supporters Friday to raze the tent camp in Kyiv that had become a dramatic symbol of his victory over a Kremlin-backed opponent, saying conditions had become unsanitary.
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Ukraine&#39;s opposition scored a key win Wednesday in its drive to overturn what it says was a rigged election, when parliament sacked the government of Prime Minister and president-designate Viktor Yanukovich.
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The man declared the winner of Ukraine's disputed presidential election, Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich, said Tuesday that he was prepared to accept a new vote and offered not to run again as long as his ...
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With European Union envoys in Kyiv to help Ukraine sort out its disputed presidential poll, supporters of both opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko and the purported winner of the election, Prime Minister ...
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Opposition leaders called Wednesday for a nationwide strike to shut down factories, schools and transportation after officials declared Ukraine's pro-Kremlin prime minister the winner of a presidential runoff ...
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Ukrainian opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko greets supporters from a stage at a mass rally in downtown Kiev, Monday, Nov. 29, 2004.
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Pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has claimed victory in Ukraine&#39;s historic presidential election re-run. He told his supporters on Monday morning that the vote was a triumph for the country and
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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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Ukraine's authorities raised the stakes in a face-off with their liberal opposition on Wednesday as they prepared to announce results of a disputed election that are likely to infuriate thousands of protesters ...
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Ukraine's opposition scored a victory on  Wednesday in its drive to overturn what it says was a rigged  election, when parliament sacked the government of Prime  Minister and president-designate Viktor Yanukovich.
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VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO, the Ukrainian opposition leader, claimed victory in a landmark presidential election yesterday after a bitter contest seen as a proxy struggle between Russia and the West.