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Yanukovich wins presidential election

Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich beat competitor Yulia Tymoshenko in Sunday's presidential runoff by a small margin, with 98 percent of the ballots counted, preliminary official results showed Monday.

 

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  • Yanukovich wins presidential election

    Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich beat competitor Yulia Tymoshenko in Sunday's presidential runoff by a small margin, with 98 percent of the ballots counted, preliminary official results showed Monday.

  • Chinchilla becomes Costa Rica's first female president

    Ruling party candidate Laura Chinchilla declared victory Sunday night in Costa Rica's Feb. 7 presidential election, after her main rivals, Otton Solis and Otto Guevara, had conceded defeat and congratulated her as the country's first female president in history.

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Frictions along with friendship

Unlike his predecessor who aggressively pressured China shortly after taking office, United States President Barack Obama and his initially soft stance have led many Chinese people to hold high expectations of him. But it appears that Obama, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, wants to fool or surprise us.

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