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To: LindyBill who wrote (92382)	12/26/2004 10:54:10 PM
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Opposition Leader Declares Victory In Ukraine (Joe Gandelman) Dean's World By Joe Gandelman It looks like its over in the hotly disputed election in the Urkraine where Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has declared victory and a Chinese news agency has pronounced him the winner. CBC News online reports: KIEV - With just over half the vote counted Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has declared victory in the Ukrainian presidential election. From early in the day it was a smiling and happy Yushchenko who predicted victory. "I am convinced that we are going to win this round of elections just as we did win the first two rounds. I know the mood of the people, today is a happy day for Ukraine," he said after voting By early Monday morning he had seen enough and declared himself the victor in the hard-fought campaign. Frank Luntz, an independent American pollster, told a news conference on Sunday that the outcome should favour the opposition. "With a 15 point margin, even voter fraud, even margin of error doesn't account for that much. Viktor Yushchenko will be the next president of Ukraine," he said. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has not conceded victory and has refused to accept the pollsters' predictions. "These are technologies imported from the West," said Yanukovych, "just like the money that financed the Orange Revolution." December 26 was chosen as the day to rerun last month's presidential contest between Yushchenko and Yanukovych. The decision was made by the country's Supreme Court after it ruled the Nov. 21 vote was marred by massive fraud. This bitterly contested race has been closely watched in the U.S. and in Europe, where governments there have backed the opposition amid widespread allegations of official voting fraud in November. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has made no secret about the fact that he backs the government and doesn't want to see Yushchenko come to power. But what can he do about it? Poison him?