Parliament Chooses New Prime Minister
Ukraine’s parliament voted in a tough regional governor as its new prime minister, an ally of President Leonid D. Kuchma who the president hopes will shore up his support.
Viktor Yanukovich, from eastern Ukraine’s coal-producing Donetsk region, won 234 votes in the 450-seat parliament, despite an opposition boycott over what it said was his lack of democratic credentials.
Kuchma is under pressure to step down after Washington alleged he approved the sale of an aircraft detection system to Iraq in breach of U.N. sanctions.
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