West-Leaning Leader Appears Headed for Win In Ukraine Vote
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Nearly complete official returns showed opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko taking a commanding lead over Prime Ministeer Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine&#39;s repeat presidential runoff election on Sunday.
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Liberal challenger Viktor Yushchenko was  leading the re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election by  a wide margin, according to official figures with one-third of  the vote counted on Sunday.
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An exit poll and initial early returns from abroad Sunday showed opposition challenger Viktor Yushchenko heading to a commanding victory in Ukraine's presidential run-off, which pitted the Western-leaning reformer against the Kremlin-praised prime minister in a vote many feared would turn violent.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's Western-leaning new  leader Viktor Yushchenko was poised to take power at last after  the election commission announced it would certify the result  of last month's vote Monday.
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After a protracted delay, the Ukrainian Central Elections Commission announced Wednesday that the leading opposition candidate for president, Viktor Yushchenko, won the first round of voting on Oct. 31, coming in a half-percentage point ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
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Pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has claimed victory in Ukraine&#39;s historic presidential election re-run. He told his supporters on Monday morning that the vote was a triumph for the country and
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Voters across Ukraine are casting ballots for a new President to succeed outgoing President Leonid Kuchma. The election is being watched by the West as a possible indicator of the country&#39;s future course.
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KIEV, Dec. 27  (IPS) - Western-sponsored exit polls are once again  confirming a comfortable victory for  opposition pro-West  candidate Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine's Dec. 26  presidential  runoff.
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Ukraine confirmed Western-oriented Viktor  Yushchenko as winner of the presidential election on Monday,  paving the way for an historic change of power that his  opponent denounced as "a revolution."
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Early official results gave Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych a strong lead Monday in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election, but exit polls showed him running a tight race with reformist Viktor Yushchenko in balloting marred by fears of
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KIEV, Ukraine  - West-leaning opposition leader  Viktor Yushchenko looked certain Monday to become Ukraine's  next president, bringing with him a promise to end rampant  graft and to reform the ex-Soviet state's damaged economy.
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Reformer Viktor Yushchenko, whose victory in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election was all but assured Monday despite his opponent&#39;s threat to appeal the outcome, is expected to move quickly to bolster ties with the West while trying to ease tensions with Russia
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Ukrainians look poised to elect a Western-leaning liberal as president, overturning the result of a rigged poll last month that pitched the ex-Soviet state into turmoil.
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KIEV : Pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich was ahead in preliminary results published Monday from Ukraine&#39;s presidential election, collecting 47.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has an  unassailable lead in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential  election with more than 90 percent of the vote counted,  election officials said on Monday. They told reporters that  with 90.52 percent of the ballot counted, Yushchenko had won  53.97 percent compared with 42.25 percent for Prime Minister  Viktor Yanukovich.
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Ukraine's prime minister was on the verge  of victory in a presidential election on Monday but his  West-leaning rival accused the authorities of mass fraud and  told thousands of supporters to stay on the streets in protest.
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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.