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Ukraine postpones ‘apocalyptic’ election

Published: 20 October, 2008, 19:30


Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (AFP Photo / Nikolay Lazarenko)

The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, has signed a decree to postpone a snap parliamentary election in the country by seven days, moving them back to December 14. It follows Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko's insistence that going to the polls early

 
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