Ukraine's Kuchma Calls for Calm on Eve of Poll
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Ukraine's outgoing president on Saturday  implicitly called on people to vote for his prime minister in a  close presidential race and told them to shun any protests  urged by the opposition candidate.
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KIEV, Nov. 29. - Outgoing President Mr Leonid Kuchma said today that repeating last weekâs disputed presidential election might be the only way out of a crisis that has badly split Ukraine, the Interfax reported.
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President Leonid Kuchma called for ne- gotiations among all sides in Ukraine&#39;s spiraling political crisis yesterday, hours after the opposition leader declared himself the
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Ukraine's outgoing leader Leonid Kuchma says only a new vote can end the crisis over the disputed presidential poll.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President  Leonid Kuchma, bowing to mass street protests and international  pressure, on Monday backed a new presidential election to end a  crisis that is tearing the nation apart.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Key players in Ukraine's political crisis failed to resolve the tensions in nearly three hours of talks Friday, but President Leonid Kuchma said progress was made.
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LEONID KUCHMA, the Ukrainian President, cancelled a visit to Poland at the last minute and appealed for calm yesterday because of mounting tension in the week before an election to choose his successor.
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Ukraine&#39;s President Viktor Yushchenko set early parliamentary elections for September 30 on Tuesday, signalling the end of a two-month power struggle in the ex-Soviet republic.
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Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma has urged all the political forces to keep passions in check and renounce the attempts to destabilize the situation in the country.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma says a multilateral group is trying to find a solution to the presidential election controversy, a dispute that has sent tens of thousands of peaceful protesters into the streets of the
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Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma said Monday he would not meet demands from liberal challenger Viktor Yushchenko to dismiss his government or reform election laws until the opposition agreed to curb presidential powers.
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Ukraine&#39;s outgoing president is asking opposition demonstrators to end their four-day blockade of government buildings. Leonid Kuchma called the massive protests, which have crowded hundreds of thousands of
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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.
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President Leonid Kuchma called on opposition demonstrators to end their four-day blockade of government buildings Sunday, saying compromise was needed to solve the political
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Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, embattled Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiralling crisis that threatens to split this former ...
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Ukraine&#39;s outgoing President, Leonid Kuchma, has urged international mediators to return to Kiev as soon as possible, after parliament held an all-day special session.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma called for negotiations in Ukraine's spiraling political crisis Tuesday, hours after the leader of the opposition declared himself the winner of a disputed presidential election to the approval of tens of thousands of protesters.