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"Western criticism
Yushchenko, a pro-Western liberal, and Yanukovych, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fought a bitterly contested runoff battle.
On Monday, the election commission said that with 99.38 percent of precincts counted, Yanukovych had 49.42 percent to Yushchenko's 46.70 percent.
However, an exit poll conducted under a Western-funded program gave Yushchenko 54 percent of the vote to Yanukovych's 43 percent. Another poll put Yushchenko ahead by 49.4 to 45.9 percent.
Western observers criticized the balloting, and on Wednesday European leaders stepped up pressure on Ukraine to review the results. (Full story)"
this is an amazing story....looks just like what happened here in our election...except Pussy America just went back to sleep afterwards.
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