Yushchenko named Ukraine president-elect after weeks of turmoil
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The end of weeks of political turmoil in Ukraine was in sight after the pro-Europe Viktor Yushchenko was officially declared the winner of a re-run presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of the ...
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's new Western-leaning  leader Viktor Yushchenko was close to taking power at last on  Monday, despite an eleventh-hour bid by his opponent to  challenge last month's election.
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PRO-WEST opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has won the re-run of Ukraine&#39;s rigged presidential election, polling officials said last night.
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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.
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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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West-leaning challenger Viktor Yushchenko predicted victory in the re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election on Sunday after a campaign that pitched the country into weeks of turmoil.
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Viktor Yushchenko has emerged from the country's two-week election crisis as a winner &#151; a presidential contender able to compromise with his opponents and get a solution without violence.
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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  - Viktor Yushchenko became  Ukraine's president Sunday and vowed to seek a full place in  Europe for the people he led in a peaceful revolt against a  rigged national election and pressure from Russia.
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KIEV - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko celebrated victory on Monday, as he took an unassailable lead in the re-run of Ukraine&#39;s presidential election.
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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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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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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday declared a crisis with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych &quot;finished&quot; after the two agreed to hold early parliamentary elections in September.
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President Viktor Yushchenko said Friday he was taking command of Ukraine's Interior Ministry troops, but a ministry spokesman rejected the order in a move of defiance that dramatically escalated the country's political turmoil.Tensions between Yushchenko and his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, have been building for weeks, and the president's order, reflecting doubt on the loyalty of servicemen under the ministry's command, appeared to suggest rising concern over possible clashes. Read more
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko won Ukraine's presidential election by more than two million votes, officials said Tuesday, but his rival refused to concede defeat and claimed that almost five million people had been unable to cast ballots.
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After three rounds of elections in two months, Ukrainian officials have named a victor.
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The Ukrainian parliament voted Thursday to hold President-elect Viktor Yushchenko's inauguration this Sunday, capping a months-long presidential election marked by fraud allegations, mass street protests and multiple Supreme Court appeals.