Yushchenko wins in Ukraine:

Mr Yushchenko holds an insurmountable lead in the third round re-run of the presidential elections and has given his victory speech to his supporters. Official results, with ballots counted from 99.66% of precincts, gave Mr Yushchenko 52.09% compared to the Kremlin-backed prime minister Viktor Yanukovich's 44.12%. But the latest report Mr Yanukovich promised to mount a legal challenge against the results which would mean another twist in the protracted battle for the divided former Soviet country's presidency...Once the election commission releases its final preliminary results, both candidates have seven days to appeal. Both campaigns complained of violations but monitors said they had seen far fewer problems in this round, in which 77% percent of registered voters turned out. The new atmosphere was reflected in the comparatively smaller number of Mr Yushchenko's backers who poured into the Kiev's Independence square to hear his victory speech.