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| Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow | Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow |
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| Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has vowed to challenge the results of the country's recent presidential elections in court. | Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has vowed to challenge the results of the country's recent presidential elections in court. |
| In her first public comments since Viktor Yanukovych was officially declared the winner, Mrs Tymoshenko said the ballot was rigged. | In her first public comments since Viktor Yanukovych was officially declared the winner, Mrs Tymoshenko said the ballot was rigged. |
| Mr Yanukovych has called on his rival to abandon her protests and resign. | Mr Yanukovych has called on his rival to abandon her protests and resign. |
| International observers gave the election a clean bill of health, saying Mr Yanukovych won by a margin of 3.48%. | International observers gave the election a clean bill of health, saying Mr Yanukovych won by a margin of 3.48%. |
| "I want to clearly state: Yanukovych is not our president," Mrs Tymoshenko said in a live televised broadcast. | "I want to clearly state: Yanukovych is not our president," Mrs Tymoshenko said in a live televised broadcast. |
| "Whatever happens in future, he will never become the legitimately elected president of Ukraine." | "Whatever happens in future, he will never become the legitimately elected president of Ukraine." |
| But she said she would not call people on to the streets to protest, as she had done after the 2004 election. | But she said she would not call people on to the streets to protest, as she had done after the 2004 election. |
| "I will not call another Maidan [Independence Square demonstration] and will not allow public protests," she said. | "I will not call another Maidan [Independence Square demonstration] and will not allow public protests," she said. |
| Mrs Tymoshenko led the 2004 Orange Revolution, which ousted Mr Yanukovych, whose victory then was ruled fraudulent. | Mrs Tymoshenko led the 2004 Orange Revolution, which ousted Mr Yanukovych, whose victory then was ruled fraudulent. |
| The prime minister said more than a million votes, which she said were decisive to the outcome, were invalid. | |
| "With all this proof, I have taken the only possible decision: to challenge the results of the election in court. I will defend our state and the choice we made on the basis of legal documents," she said. |