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15 hours ago ago from BIGON Sandbank
Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is to launch a legal challenge against Sunday's presidential poll that unofficial results awarded to Viktor Yanukovych. With 99 per cent of the votes counted the pro-Moscow Regions party candidate has 48.83 per cent of the vote to western-leaning Ms Tymoshenko's 45.59 per cent. International observers, led by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), have praised the ...
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16 hours ago ago from EU Australia Online
Viktor Yanukovych , the man made President in a discredited 2004 election, then unseated by the “Orange revolution”, this time is positioned for a clear victory in Ukraine. Observers from the Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and other agencies passed the conduct of this week’s election as fair. Yanukovych, 59, closest to Moscow and the Russian ethnic sector in Ukraine, has emerged 3% ahead of his opponent in ...
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19 hours ago ago from PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts
Via the BBC: Pro-Moscow Yanukovych to win Ukraine election' Ukraine's pro-Moscow opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych will win a narrow victory in the country's presidential election, electoral officials say. With more than 97% of votes counted, Mr Yanukovych had a 2.6% lead over his rival, PM Yulia Tymoshenko, media said. Mr Yanukovych called on Mrs Tymoshenko to quit, but she refused and is expected to challenge the result. ...
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17 hours ago ago from Gates of Vienna
Western reporting about Russian affairs is often biased and questionable. Most journalists, whether Left or Right in their opinions, have a built-in antipathy towards Russia. There is therefore a widespread willingness to trust information that would otherwise be considered questionable, provided that it supports the current wisdom portraying Russia in a negative light. The 2004 “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine was one of those newsworthy ...
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19 hours ago ago from TIME.com - U.S.
SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos Top 10 Political Sequels By TIME Staff Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010 Share Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Yanukovych is the new President of Ukraine again. The embattled politician was declared the victor of Ukraine's 2004 elections, but amid huge pro-democracy protests known as the orange revolution, a court ...
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22 hours ago ago from BBC
Viktor Yanukovych is being given a narrow but clear lead Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc has said it will contest in court the conduct of the Ukrainian presidential election she appears to have narrowly lost. Deputy leader Elena Shustik said the bloc would contest results at some polling stations and ask for a recount, Russia's Interfax news agency reports. Another bloc official accused Viktor Yanukovych's party of , Reuters news ...
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DAKAR, Senegal The Nigerian Parliament voted Tuesday to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan the acting president of Africa's most populous nation, filling a power vacuum that has persisted since President Umaru Yar'Adua 's departure for medical treatment in late November. The vote ended weeks of political uncertainty, with Mr. Yar'Adua's cabinet and supporters insisting there was no need to replace him, little word from the president ...
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9 hours ago ago from BBC
Mr Jonathan urged Nigerians to pray for President Yar'Adua's recovery Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has become acting president, after weeks of political uncertainty over the absence of its ailing leader. Parliament earlier voted to recognise Mr Jonathan as acting president, after more than two months without ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua. Mr Yar'Adua has been recovering from a heart condition in Saudi Arabia. ...
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23 hours ago ago from BBC
By Richard Galpin BBC News, Kiev The people of Ukraine now await the word of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Mrs Tymoshenko was one of the victors of the Orange Revolution Will she or won't she accept the election result? Will she or won't she pursue her political ambitions through the courts or in protest action on the streets? It is not often that the woman with the famous golden braid, whose ...
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