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Russia ally leads president vote

Ukraine opposition leader holds advantage over prime minister

By DOUGLAS BIRCH AND YURAS KARMANAU THE ASSOCIATED PR

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 3:09 a.m.

Ukraine’s Central Election Commission reported early today that pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych was leading Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by 52 percent to 42.7 percent in the country’s presidential runoff with 18 percent of the vote counted.

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