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| Ukrainian poll result suspended | Ukrainian poll result suspended |
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| A Ukrainian court has suspended the result of the recent presidential election, following a challenge by losing candidate Yulia Tymoshenko. | A Ukrainian court has suspended the result of the recent presidential election, following a challenge by losing candidate Yulia Tymoshenko. |
| Mrs Tymoshenko, the Prime Minister, went to the supreme administrative court in person on Tuesday claiming the result was rigged. | Mrs Tymoshenko, the Prime Minister, went to the supreme administrative court in person on Tuesday claiming the result was rigged. |
| The court says the result should be suspended while it considers the evidence she has submitted. | The court says the result should be suspended while it considers the evidence she has submitted. |
| It also says the inauguration of winner Viktor Yanukovych should be delayed. | It also says the inauguration of winner Viktor Yanukovych should be delayed. |
| Ukraine's parliament had agreed on Tuesday that Mr Yanukovych should be inaugurated on 25 February. | |
| The new court ruling concerns the Ukrainian Central Electoral Commission's declaration on Sunday that Mr Yanukovych had won the vote. | |
| The results showed him to have beaten Mrs Tymoshenko by a margin of 3.48%. | The results showed him to have beaten Mrs Tymoshenko by a margin of 3.48%. |
| Mrs Tymoshenko has so far rejected Mr Yanukovych's appeals for her to accept defeat. | |
| She has claimed that the election was marred by "systemic, fundamental and general falsifications". | |
| But international election monitors have said there were no significant flaws in the vote. |