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Observers slam Ukraine poll as ruling party nears victory

Ukraine’s ruling party was set Monday for victory against the allies of jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko after a legislative election that international observers condemned as a setback for the ex-Soviet state’s nascent democracy. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov predicted that the Regions Party.

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