Ukraine poised for crucial vote under watchful eye of West, Russia
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Ukraine prepared for a crucial runoff presidential vote that pits a pro-Russia prime minister against a Western-leaning opposition leader as Washington warned Kiev of consequences if the poll is rigged.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court is expected to  rule on Friday on whether to overturn the result of a disputed  presidential election that has plunged the country into turmoil  and generated distrust between Russia and the West.
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Hundreds of thousands of pro-Western and pro-Russian activists mobilized across Ukraine as the former Soviet republic headed into a stormy weekend vote that Washington warned would spark unspecified &quot;measures&quot; if rigged by the state.
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KIEV: Ukraine&#39;s Viktor Yushchenko may be the toast of Western capitals but he will have a tricky balance to maintain between the West and big neighbour Russia if, as expected, he wins the re-run of a rigged election next Sunday.
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Ukraine looked ahead to Western-leaning Viktor Yushchenko assuming power after he was declared president-elect, with the withdrawal of Kiev's troops from Iraq and strained relations with Russia topping the agenda.
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Ukraine looks set to turn its gaze westward under new President-elect Viktor Yushchenko.
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In the wake of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s apparent victory, Moscow has been wary of Ukraine&#39;s perceived drift towards the West, and the Kremlin recently
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It looks likely that Ukraine will hold a new election as it awaits a supreme court verdict on electoral fraud.
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Ukrainians look poised to elect a  Western-leaning liberal as president on Sunday, overturning the  result of a rigged poll last month that pitched the ex-Soviet  state into turmoil.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stood  beside Ukraine's pro-Moscow presidential hopeful to review a  Soviet-style military spectacle, just days before a tense vote  seen as a choice between closer ties with Russia or the West.
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Tension was high in Ukraine Saturday as the nation prepared to vote for a new president in an election that pits West against East.
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KIEV : Ukrainians were to vote Sunday for a new president in a bitterly-fought election that could redraw the map of Europe as this strategic former Soviet republic chooses between a Western path and Moscow&#39;s orbit.
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The Bush administration is hoping for a pro-Western outcome in today&#39;s presidential election in Ukraine, but at the same time has to be careful not to antagonize Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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A new Ukrainian poll of some sort looked  increasingly likely as parliament and the Supreme Court pressed  ahead on Thursday with efforts to resolve a national crisis  over a disputed presidential election.
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The people of Central Asia are keeping a close eye on Ukraine. Over the next three months, all of the Central Asian republics except Kazakhstan are scheduled to hold legislative elections.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court is expected to rule on Friday on whether to overturn the result of a disputed presidential election that has plunged the country into turmoil and generated distrust between Russia and the West.
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Ukrainians voted Sunday in a presidential election viewed as a test of democracy in the former Soviet republic and an indicator of whether it will move closer to