Premier Victor in Ukraine Vote; Abuses Are Seen
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Vote counts indicated that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich had won but observers alleged systemic voting abuses.
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A tense standoff gripped Ukraine after its pro-Russia prime minister won the presidential runoff, with the opposition mounting massive protests to contest results of a vote that Washington and Europe said was rigged by the state.
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The week before Sunday&#39;s presidential rerun, Viktor Yushchenko held a 9-point lead over Viktor Yanukovich. KIEV, UKRAINE - Worries about violence and fraud persist, but many Ukrainians seem to have embraced
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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, Ukraine  - Ukrainians cast ballots Sunday in a presidential run-off pitting a Western-leaning reformer against the Kremlin-praised prime minister, a vote many fear will erupt into violence.
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Nestor Shufrich, Viktor Yanukovych's representative in the Ukrainian Central elections Commission said that systematic violations took place at the Ukrainian presidential elections of December 26.
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Final preliminary results showed Opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko had won Ukraine&#39;s drawn-out and divisive presidential election, while pressure built yesterday on his opponent, Kremlin favourite Viktor Yanukovych, to concede
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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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Ukraine&#39;s prime minister won the country&#39;s bitterly fought presidential runoff, elections officials said Monday. But election observers said the vote did not meet international standards and the opposition alleged fraud.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukrainian voters face an array of tensions in the weekend presidential runoff - whether the victor will be a Western-inclined reformer or a Kremlin favourite, and whether unrest will break out if the vote count is alleged to be fraudulent.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Reformist opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko edged the prime minister in the first round of Ukraine's presidential vote, the Central Elections Commission said Wednesday after a delayed final tally.
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VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO, the Ukrainian opposition leader, claimed victory in a landmark presidential election yesterday after a bitter contest seen as a proxy struggle between Russia and the West.
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After a tense campaign superheated by allegations of fraud and official interference, Ukraine's weekend presidential election shapes up as a stern test of the ex-Soviet republic's democracy &#151; and whether the country will move closer to Russia's sphere of influence.
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KIEV, Ukraine - The Ukrainian opposition alleged official foot-dragging and a cover-up in the vote count from the presidential elections Tuesday, claiming opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko had in fact taken the lead.
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Ukraine's prime minister was on the verge  of victory in a presidential election on Monday but his liberal  rival accused the authorities of mass fraud and told thousands  of supporters to stay on the streets in protest.
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who is facing a rerun of a presidential election he was officially declared to have won, leveled an emotional attack Friday against
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KIEV -- Ukraine's Central Elections Commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the country's bitterly disputed presidential vote yesterday, defying strong pressure from the United States and other Western countries. In response, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko called for a national strike starting today.