Ukrainian billionaire says Tygypko may "reach agreement" with Yanukovych

Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov said on Monday Serhiy Tyhypko, the ex-National Bank head and a candidate in Ukraine's presidential election, may become the country's prime minister if opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych wins the elections.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 01:00 GMT


Yanukovych gains 37% in Ukraine's presidential elections

With almost a third of ballots counted, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading in Ukraine's presidential elections, gaining 37.32% of the vote.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 01:57 GMT


Yanukovych leads in Ukraine's presidential elections

With almost a third of ballots counted, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading in Ukraine's presidential elections, gaining 37.32% of the vote.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 01:57 GMT


No serious violations in Ukraine's presidential polls - election authorities

The Ukrainian Central Election Commission said on Monday no serious violations of the voting process were registered during Sunday's presidential polls in the ex-Soviet state.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 02:19 GMT


Russian citizen killed in Haiti quake

Rescuers have pulled the body of a Russian man from rubble in the quake-hit Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 02:56 GMT


Ukraine will never join military bloc, including NATO - Yanukovych

Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, supported by more than a third of the voters in the country's presidential election, has said Ukraine will never join a military alliance.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 03:37 GMT


Yanukovych leads with 37% in Ukraine's presidential election

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 04:25 GMT


Yanukovych leads in Ukraine's presidential race after half of votes counted

Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading with 36.86% in the Ukrainian presidential elections, after half of the ballots has been counted

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 04:25 GMT


Right-wing billionaire Pinera leads Chilean presidential runoff

Center-right candidate Sebastian Pinera is likely to get a historic win in the Chilean presidential runoff, with 99% of the ballots counted.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 04:56 GMT


Yanukovych's staff accuses Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc of provocations

The Ukrainian opposition Party of Regions led by Viktor Yanukovych was “surprised” by a claim of a Georgian female journalist who said she had been beaten by Yanukovych's bodyguards while trying to ask him a question, a party spokeswoman said on Monday.

// Jan. 18, 2010 - 05:39 GMT