World News 26-11-2004 Supreme Court Rejects Ukraine Poll who: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych what: Cannot be inaugurated as new president, says Supreme Court where: Kiev when: Yesterday snippet: "Ukraine`s Supreme court blocked the inauguration of the country`s Moscow-backed Prime Minister as President yesterday," says The Times, "boosting the hopes of opposition supporters as their protests galvanised into direct action." "The Supreme Court rejected the official publication of results that showed the Moscow-backed Mr Yanukovich had beaten Viktor Yushchenko in a run-off election on Sunday," explains The Scotsman`s Kiev correspondent, Chris Stephen. "The news defused for the time being a growing crisis between opposition and government supporters and was greeted with cheers by more than 100,000 protesters packed into Kiev`s Independence Square." "It is an unexpected boost for the pro-Western opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko," says The Independent, "who nonetheless called on supporters to press forward with plans for a national strike to bring transport and industry to a halt." "Government supporters including several thousand miners have been holding rallies in Kiev," says the BBC, "but the capital is still dominated by Mr Yushchenko`s supporters." [... more]

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