Ukraine&#39;s Yushchenko declares victory in presidential election
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed his victory Monday in Sunday&#39;s repeated presidential run-off while his opponent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich refused to concede the defeat.
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Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukrainian president after the Supreme Court upheld his poll victory.
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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.
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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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PRO-WEST opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has won the re-run of Ukraine&#39;s rigged presidential election, polling officials said last night.
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Viktor A. Yushchenko appeared headed for a resounding victory early Monday in a riveting presidential race.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election.
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Pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovich is winning Ukraine's presidential contest, but rival Viktor Yushchenko claims foul.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's Western-leaning new  leader Viktor Yushchenko was poised to take power at last after  the election commission announced it would certify the result  of last month's vote Monday.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday declared a crisis with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych &quot;finished&quot; after the two agreed to hold early parliamentary elections in September.
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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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Ukraine's electoral commission formally declares Viktor Yushchenko president after December's re-run poll.
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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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Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in Sunday as president of Ukraine, completing his "Orange Revolution" after weeks of political turmoil in which he defeated the Kremlin-backed candidate at the polls and survived ...
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Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko on Monday clamed victory in the re-run of Ukrainian presidential election, after early results and exit polls showed his victory.
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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.