Ukraine leader takes over force
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Ukraine's President Yushchenko claims command of interior ministry troops as the country's crisis deepens.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president Sunday, ending weeks of political turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to move out of imperial leader Russia's sphere of influence.
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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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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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Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma has allowed his prime minister to take a leave of absence ahead of a new presidential runoff, turning up the heat in his standoff with the opposition that has split the country and increased tensions between Russia and the West.
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Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in as the third president of post-Soviet Ukraine, capping months of political turmoil that saw the strategic nation turn away from traditional Russian influence toward 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 on Sunday, ending weeks of political  turmoil in the ex-Soviet state.
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Viktor Yushchenko prepares to be sworn in as Ukraine's new leader, ending a bitterly fought election marathon.
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Kiev, Jan. 23 : Viktor Yushchenko became Ukraine's President today, crowning a peaceful revolt by ordinary people that overcame a rigged election, thwarted Russia's bid to influence the vote and ...
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Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in as president of Ukraine on Sunday, two months after huge protests over his loss in a fraud-plagued election plunged the ex-Soviet republic into political crisis.
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A National Self-defence Force is being established, announced Victor Yuschenko, who issued his maiden decrees today as National Salvation Committee chief.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president Sunday, ending weeks of turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to edge closer to Europe while upholding traditional links ...
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko ordered extra troops to the capital on Saturday as he haggled with his main rival over a date for parliamentary elections amid a protracted political crisis.
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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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President Vladimir Putin is not subtle. As the presidential campaign came to a head late last month in Ukraine, a country once dominated by Russia's czars and commissars but now free to choose its own way, ...
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Ukraine's parliament approves Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, ending a long political crisis.
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Pressure mounted yesterday on the losing Ukrainian presidential candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, to accept defeat and allow his rival, Viktor Yushchenko, to accede power after clearly winning Sunday&#39;s run-off election.