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I was poisoned: Yushchenko
UKRAINE's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko says he is determined to find out the facts behind a suspected poisoning attempt in the lead-up to the country's election.
Two faces ... Mr Yushchenko this weekend, left, and earlier this year.
His face remains disfigured as a result of a mystery illness that struck during the bitterly-fought campaign. "Soon the world will know what happened," he said from his office in Kiev yesterday. "I will reveal all the details of what they gave me to look like this." The Opposition leader said he fell ill after attending a dinner hosted by the Ukraine's secret police in the weeks leading up to the election. Doctors who treated Mr Yushchenko in Vienna found it difficult to find the cause of the condition - which was severe.

Mr Yushchenko's family has now gone into hiding in fear of their safety. "Even today, my family cannot live in Kiev," he said to London's Sunday Telegraph. "My children can't go to school. I believe the worst is behind us, but still it is not safe for my family. It will not be safe before we have completed the political transformation of this country." Mr Yushchenko has both US and Ukrainian citizenship. He and his wife have three children, and appeared together on stage at a demonstration on Friday in Kiev. New elections are scheduled in the country for December 26 following weeks of protests over alleged fraud in the November 21 poll. Details of the new poll were agreed upon last week in a bid to end the stalemate which has existed since the last election result was announced.
Posted by: Fred 2004-12-05
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=50513