Ukraine loser bows out grudgingly
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Viktor Yanukovych accepts defeat in Ukraine's presidential poll, telling his supporters to pack up their tents.
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Government candidate Viktor Yanukovych is declared the winner of Ukraine's election in a result rejected by the US.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, the presidential press service said.
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigned Friday, making a grudging admission that he was unlikely to reverse the presidential election victory of his rival and saying he could not work under him.
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The campaign of Viktor Yanukovych, officially the loser of Ukraine's presidential election, on Friday made a last-ditch attempt to overturn the results, delivering several hundred volumes of legal documents to the Supreme Court.
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Ukraine's outgoing leader made key  concessions Tuesday to opponents staging mass protests against  a rigged presidential poll, but failed to agree exactly how to  end the ex-Soviet state's political turmoil.
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Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich resigned from his post and admitted his appeals over a presidential rerun vote were unlikely to be granted, but he stopped short of conceding the election to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk resigns after a power struggle with PM Viktor Yanukovych.
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich's bid to  overturn his liberal rival's victory in a presidential election  lay in tatters on Thursday after Ukraine's Supreme Court threw  out his complaints.
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Apathy, tears and disappointment dominated eastern Ukraine on Monday after the opposition declared victory in a bitterly contested presidential battle with Donetsk&#39;s hometown
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UKRAINEâS opposition, scenting victory in the re-run elections this month, has rejected a compromise deal with the Russian-backed Government that would dilute the new presidentâs powers.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich said  on Friday he was resigning as prime minister, though he refused  to concede defeat in a presidential election, while the liberal  winner of the poll prepared a momentous New Year celebration.
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KIEV -- The winner of Ukraine's presidential election ordered his supporters yesterday to raze the tent camp in Kiev that had become a dramatic symbol of his victory over a Kremlin-backed opponent, saying conditions had become unsanitary.
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Morning Edition , December 24, 2004 In the final days before Ukraine's new presidential runoff election Sunday, the mood is grim in Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich's campaign.
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The winner of Ukraine's bitterly-fought presidential election moved to repair damage to relations with Russia while his opponent persisted in blaming the West for his defeat.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Friday that he will resign from his post.
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Viktor Yanukovych announced his resignation as prime minister on Friday, handing Ukraine's pro-Western opposition a symbolic victory, but he vowed to continue his court battle for the presidency of this ex-Soviet republic.