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BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine high court rejects last-ditch Yanukovych appeal
AP is reporting that the Ukrainian Supreme Court has rejected losing presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych's appeal of last month's presidential revote.12:45 PM ET - BBC News now has a full story here. (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Yanukovych appeals presidential election result to Ukraine high court
AP is reporting from Kyiv that losing presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych, who resigned as Ukrainian Prime Minister last week, has appealed the results from last month's election re-vote to Ukraine's Supreme Court. The high court has al (More) |
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Putin legal critic stripped of G8 duties
A top advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin who publicly voiced concerns about the Russian government takeover of Yukos, free speech limitations and Russian policy towards Ukraine has been stripped of his responsibilities as Russia's envoy (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine high court rejects all legal appeals against election by PM Yanukovych
AP is reporting that Ukraine's Supreme Court has rejected all appeals by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych against Sunday's presidential revote, won by opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. CTV News has more. (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine high court dismisses first Yanukovych complaint
The Supreme Court of Ukraine's press service is reporting that the court has dismissed without consideration the first of four electoral complaints presented to the court by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, according to Maidan News in Kyiv. (More) |
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Results of voting in Ukraine [UKR CEC]
Results of voting in Ukraine: elections of the President of Ukraine, repeat voting, 26 December, 2004, 100% of precincts reporting, Ukraine Central Election Commission, December 28, 2004. View the official final tabulated results in English here. (More) |
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Ukraine top prosecutor investigates government minister's death
Ukraine's prosecutor-general Tuesday opened a criminal probe into the death of Transport Minister Heorhiy Kyrpa, a strong supporter of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Kyrpa was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in his holiday home ne (More) |
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Ryzhova [Kyiv]: Report from Ukraine
Anna Ryzhova, Kyiv:"Ukraine has bravely overcome the third Presidential election round. Last Sunday, Dec. 26th, as many as 77% of Ukrainian voters participated in the revote choosing their President.By 10 pm Dec 27th, the Central Elections Commi (More) |
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UPDATE ~ Ukrainian PM refuses to concede election, alleging constitutional, rights violations
Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych refused to accept apparent defeat at the country's polls Monday, declaring that he would "never recognise such a defeat, because the constitution and human rights were violated" and that his c (More) |
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Yushchenko declares victory in Ukraine re-vote "substantially closer" to international standards
With more than 98% of Sunday's vote counted, Ukrainian election officials have announced that opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has an undefeatable lead of 52% in the country's third presidential election since October 31. Yushchenko thank (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.
