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  Angela Merkel pledges support for Ukraine's development

  World | June 06, 2014 11:13 IST

  Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko and pledged support for Ukraine's future development, media reported on Friday.Speaking at a joint press conference with visiting Poroshenko, Merkel praised the "fair and free

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  Poll: Billionaire wins Ukraine presidential vote

  World | May 25, 2014 23:57 IST

  Kiev: An exit poll today showed that billionaire candy-maker Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine's presidential election outright in the first round, a vote that authorities hoped would unify the deeply fractured nation.Long lines snaked around polling