Yushchenko ahead in Ukraine vote
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All three exit polls tracking yesterday&#39;s presidential election gave opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko a commanding lead of at least 15 percentage points in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election.
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Ukraine&#039;s parliament was due to vote on Yulia Tymoshenko&#039;s bid to regain the prime minister&#039;s post, with the opposition vowing to scuttle the ballot.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko, diagnosed as suffering from dioxin poisoning,  prepared to return to Ukraine on Sunday vowing to press on to  victory in the re-run of a rigged presidential election.
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Ukraine&#39;s presidential election is a clear victory for Viktor Yushchenko, who endured dioxin poisoning, a bitter campaign, a rigged first vote and weeks of uncertainty to win Sunday&#39;s court-ordered rerun.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament is to hold key votes on Tuesday that could pave the way to a snap election, ending a two-month political crisis in this ex-Soviet republic.
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TARGETING CORRUPTION: Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, whom preliminary results show to be the winner of the Dec. 26 repeat presidential election, has said he'll make fighting corruption a top priority.
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UKRAINE VOTES: Near complete results from Sunday&#39;s presidential election show Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych with 40 percent support and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko with 39 percent.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko looked certain Monday to become Ukraine&#39;s next president, bringing with him a promise to end rampant graft and to reform the ex-Soviet state&#39;s damaged economy.
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Pro-Western opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko narrowly won the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections against the pro-Moscow candidate, whom he will face later this month in a runoff vote, according to official results.
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Ukraine's election campaign heated up ahead of a December 26 rerun vote after opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko again accused the authorities of trying to poison him with dioxin.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - An exit poll and early returns from abroad Sunday showed opposition challenger Viktor Yushchenko heading to a commanding victory in Ukraine's presidential run-off, which pitted the western-leaning reformer against the Kremlin-praised prime minister in a vote many feared would turn violent.
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Ukraine's opposition pushed ahead on Thursday with plans for a national strike, including blocking highways, as its leader, Viktor Yushchenko, vowed to fight to the end to overturn a presidential election ...
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has an  unassailable lead in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential  election with more than 90 percent of the vote counted,  election officials said on Monday. They told reporters that  with 90.52 percent of the ballot counted, Yushchenko had won  53.97 percent compared with 42.25 percent for Prime Minister  Viktor Yanukovich.
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Ukraine's Central Election Commission  formally declared on Monday that liberal Viktor Yushchenko won  last month's presidential election with 51.99 percent of the  vote, paving the way for him to take power.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's new Western-leaning  leader Viktor Yushchenko was close to taking power at last on  Monday, but an eleventh-hour bid by his opponent to challenge  last month's election held up a final declaration of the  winner.
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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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The week before Sunday's presidential rerun, Viktor Yushchenko held a 9-point lead over Viktor Yanukovich.