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Ukraine Prez Calls Snap Vote

President dissolves Parliament after pro-West rivals turn on each other

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2008 7:23 AM CDT

(Newser) – The president of Ukraine dissolved parliament yesterday and called a snap election, the third in less than three years for the former Soviet republic, reports the New York Times. Viktor Yushchenko, the pro-Western leader who came to power in 2004, said that his former ally,... Read full story »

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