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2005 Ukrainian Presidential inaugural address [Yushchenko campaign]
Inaugural address, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, January 23, 2005. Excerpt:Today's event has proven once more that the Ukrainian nation and the Ukrainian state have come through. The citizens of Ukraine have secured honest elections and (More) |
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Ukraine opposition leader sworn in as new president
Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in Sunday as the new president of Ukraine , succeeding the outgoing Leonid Kuchma. Yushchenko won a December 26 re-vote against opponent and former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych after the r (More) |
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Yushchenko to be sworn in as Ukraine's president Sunday
Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko [BBC profile; official campaign website in Ukrainian] will be sworn in as the new Ukrainian president at noon on Sunday. The Ukrainian Parliament voted to approve a Sunday ceremony after the country's Supreme (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine Supreme Court rejects last Yanukovych election appeal
AP is reporting that the Ukrainian Supreme Court has rejected a last appeal by losing candidate Viktor Yanukovych against the December 26 presidential election result. The decision definitively clears the way for formal publication of the election r (More) |
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International brief ~ Yushchenko inauguration expected late this week
In Wednesday's international legal news, Viktor Yushchenko [BBC profile; presidential campaign website in Ukrainian], the pro-western reformer who led a popular charge to see the original November Ukranian presidential election results reversed (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine high court allows election results to be published
AP is reporting that Ukraine's Supreme Court has said that the country's presidential election results can be published Wednesday, which will allow challenger Viktor Yushchencko to take office.8:35 AM ET - The Ukrainian Supreme Court ruled (More) |
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Ukraine Supreme Court hears final election appeal as UN calls for reforms
The Supreme Court of Ukraine Monday began hearing a final appeal by defeated candidate and former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych against the December 26 election presidential re-vote that favored opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Approximatel (More) |
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UPDATE ~ Ukraine high court sets hearing in final election appeal
Following up on a JURIST report from earlier today, the Ukraine Supreme Court announced Friday that on Monday morning Kyiv time it would hear the appeal filed earlier today by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukoych in a final attempt to (More) |
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Yanukovych files final election appeal with Ukrainian Supreme Court
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukoych [Wikipedia profile; presidential campaign website in Ukrainian] Friday filed one last appeal over the December 26 presidential re-vote with the Ukrainian Supreme Court in a final legal bid to stop th (More) |
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Ukraine election commission certifies Yushchenko winner of presidential vote
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine late Monday certified opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko the winner of the December 26 re-vote over former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukoyvch. Under Ukrainian law the certification must now be approved by t (More) |
Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes
On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.
Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.
