Ukraine vote falls short of democratic standards: OSCE
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The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Ukraine's crucial runoff presidential vote fell short of international democratic standards.
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"A coalition built on an advantage of two votes is no coalition"  By Ron PopeskiKIEV  - Yulia Tymoshenko, leading force in Ukraine's 2004 "Orange Revolution", failed to win backing from parliament to restore her as prime minister on Tuesday, plunging the ex-Soviet state into new political uncertainty.Tymoshenko was backed by 225 votes, one short of a majority in the 450-seat assembly. Her allies complained of technical problems and speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk called a new vote on returning the motion on her nomination.That, however, also failed to carry and parliament went into recess in disarray. Read more
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More than a month after a disputed presidential election paralyzed the country and strained international relations, Ukraine prepared for a new vote on Sunday that
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PARLIAMENTARY elections and a referendum authorising Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term in office fell badly short of international standards, Western monitors said yesterday.
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Ukraine's feuding presidential candidates  failed to find a clear way out of a standoff over a contested  presidential election that has brought tens of thousands in the  streets, but new elections looked likely.
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Russia blocked US and European diplomatic efforts at the latest OSCE meeting for a joint position on a re-run of Ukraine âs presidential election on Tuesday because it would interfere in negotiations there, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
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The Ukrainian opposition on Tuesday complained of foot-dragging by officials and a vote-count cover-up in the race for president, claiming that opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko had taken the lead.
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The interim outcome of the Ukrainian presidential elections, just like the interim in the votes in Abkhazia (a self-proclaimed republic in Georgia), have cast doubts over Russia s influence on the election ...
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The European Union stepped up pressure Tuesday on Ukraine to review the outcome of its disputed presidential election, which has triggered widespread criticism from across the continent.
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KIEV - Situazione di caos in Ucraina dopo il ballottaggio per le elezioni presidenziali di domenica. L&#39;Osce (Organizzazione per la sicurezza e la cooperazione in Europa) ha detto che il voto non risponde alla norme democratiche.
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Uzbekistan&#39;s parliamentary elections have fallen significantly short of international standards, according to Europe&#39;s main human rights body.
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Ukrainians cast ballots in a presidential election Sunday that has raised fears of post-election unrest in this ex-Soviet republic, and the opposition complained of election violations just hours into the voting.
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European election observers have denounced last weekend&#39;s national elections in Ukraine as a democratic step backwards, Voice of America reported Tuesday.
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International election observers say the first round of voting in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election failed to meet a number of democratic standards, but the observers stopped short of calling for the vote to be invalidated.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament, the Rada, has failed to pass a controversial package of legislative reforms that would clear the way for new presidential run-off elections to be held by month&#39;s end.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's central election  commission put off a meeting Tuesday to finalize paperwork from  last month's presidential election, leaving plans to inaugurate  liberal Viktor Yushchenko in limbo for another day.
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In its interim report, the OSCE mission observing the presidential election in Ukraine has concluded that a number of state officials are openinly supporting pro-government candidate Premier Viktor Yanukovych.