Yushchenko sworn in as president
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KIEV -- Before a vast crowd of supporters celebrating with a burst of orange balloons, doves, and chants, newly inaugurated President Viktor Yushchenko promised yesterday to steer a new course for Ukraine -- away from corruption and political cronyism and into the European Union.
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President-elect Viktor Yushchenko, wearing a fur riding cloak, participated Saturday in a traditional Ukrainian Cossack ceremony, accepting a golden mace as a symbol of leadership on the eve of his official inauguration as president of this ex-Soviet state.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko, who won last month's presidential election re-run, will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of political turmoil in the ex-Soviet state.
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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 a mysterious poisoning plot.
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Ukraine set a date for Viktor Yushchenko's long-delayed inauguration, hours after the supreme court cleared the way for the pro-Western reformer to assume power in the ex-Soviet nation following weeks of political turmoil.
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The end of weeks of political turmoil in Ukraine was in sight after the pro-Europe Viktor Yushchenko was officially declared the winner of a re-run presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of the "orange revolution" hero.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president yesterday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and an end to the economyâs dependence on narcotics.
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President-elect Viktor Yushchenko met the European Union's foreign policy chief on Friday ahead of his inauguration and a packed European tour aimed at setting Ukraine firmly on a new course closer to the West.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko, who won last month's presidential election re-run, will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president Sunday, ending weeks of political turmoil in the ex-Soviet state.
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President-elect Viktor Yushchenko, committed to quick action to nudge Ukraine toward Europe, urged his ex-Soviet state on the eve of his Sunday inauguration to overcome deep-seated divisions after a bruising election.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's new Western-leaning  leader Viktor Yushchenko was close to taking power at last on  Monday, despite an eleventh-hour bid by his opponent to  challenge last month's election.
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Parliament scheduled a Sunday inauguration for Western-leaning President-elect Viktor Yushchenko, setting the stage for the transition to a new government for Ukraine following months of divisive political crisis.
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Before a vast crowd of supporters celebrating with a burst of orange balloons, doves and chants, newly inaugurated President Viktor Yushchenko promised Sunday to steer a new course for Ukraine &#151; away from corruption and political cronyism and into the European Union.