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SecretMethod70 · 11-25-2004, 11:18 AM

I find comparisons between the US elections and the Ukranian elections to be quite spurious. Regardless of the fact that allegations of fraud in the US have been addressed and dismissed, there are other things which set these Ukranian elections apart from the US election, no matter how much one would like to believe the US elections were "stolen"...

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'Murder bid' on Ukraine candidate
By Helen Fawkes
BBC correspondent in Kiev

Ukraine's main opposition leader and presidential candidate has said he has survived an assassination attempt.
Viktor Yushchenko was travelling in the south of the country during an election tour when, it is claimed, a lorry tried to force his vehicle off the road.
Car crashes are common in the former Soviet republic - around 1,000 people die on its roads every year.
In recent years, a number of politicians have been killed or injured in traffic accidents.
Mr Yushchenko claims what happened to him was no accident.
His team has said that the day before the incident they had a tip-off that someone would try to kill the presidential candidate in a traffic accident.

Mr Yushchenko said the car in which he was travelling on Thursday tried to overtake a lorry three times, but on each occasion the lorry swerved towards his vehicle.
The former prime minister had been travelling in Kherson in southern Ukraine as part of a campaign tour of the country.
Mr Yushchenko is currently leading the opinion polls as the favoured candidate to win the presidential election in October.
The roads in Ukraine are generally in a poor condition, but some accidents involving powerful people have aroused suspicions.
In 1999, a dissident and prominent politician, Vyacheslav Chornovil, was killed when the same type of lorry pulled out in front of his car and a couple of years ago, another leading opposition figure, Yulia Tymoshenko, was injured in a head-on collision.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...pe/3566166.stm

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Yushchenko's illness still a mystery
William J. Kole, Associated Press
November 24, 2004 YUSH1124

VIENNA -- What ails Viktor Yushchenko?

As Ukraine's pro-Western opposition leader claimed victory Tuesday in the presidential election, the mystery surrounding an appearance-altering illness that prompted two stays at a Vienna hospital persisted.
Yushchenko accused Ukrainian authorities of poisoning him. His detractors suggested he'd eaten some bad sushi. Adding to the intrigue, the Austrian doctors who treated him have asked foreign experts to help determine whether his symptoms may have been caused by toxins found in biological weapons.
Medical experts said they may never know what befell Yushchenko. But the illness has dramatically changed his appearance since he first sought treatment at Vienna's private Rudolfinerhaus clinic on Sept. 10.
Known for his ruggedly handsome, almost movie star looks, Yushchenko's complexion is now pockmarked. His face is partly paralyzed, and one eye often tears up.
By the time Yushchenko checked out of the clinic last month after returning for follow-up treatment, physicians said they could neither prove nor rule out that he had been poisoned. Dr. Nikolai Korpan, who oversaw Yushchenko's treatment in Vienna, said the cause of his illness remained "totally open."
At Rudolfinerhaus, Yushchenko underwent a week of intensive treatments for several illnesses, including acute pancreatitis, a viral skin disease and nerve paralysis on the left side of his face, Korpan said.
Clinic director Michael Zimpfer and the Vienna clinic's chief physician, Dr. Lothar Wicke, later asked for outside help from "a specialist in military operations and biological weapons," the Austria Press Agency reported.
Yushchenko's medical files since have been sealed and turned over to Austrian prosecutors, local media reported. It's unclear what the next step will be.