Cause of Yushchenko's Illness Unclear
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The cause of the illness that has left Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's face pockmarked is still not known, the director of the hospital that treated him said Wednesday, rejecting a report that the presidential candidate was poisoned.
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Description: Austrian doctors who have been examining Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko confirm that his debilitating illness and scarring stem from deliberate dioxin poisoning.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by dioxin during Ukraine&#39;s presidential election campaign, his Austrian doctors said on Saturday as the country counted the cost of the turmoil generated by the rigged poll.
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Medical tests show that the level of dioxin in President Viktor Yushchenko's blood has decreased by 80 percent, more than two years after the Ukrainian leader was disfigured and nearly died from the poisoning, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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UKRAINIAN presidential candidate Victor Yushchenko had levels of dioxin poison in his blood that were more than 6000 times higher than normal.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by dioxin during Ukraine's presidential election campaign, his Austrian doctors said on Saturday as the country counted the cost of the turmoil generated by the rigged poll.
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Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko called for an investigation into who poisoned him with dioxin but said Sunday it should wait until after this month's presidential run-off, as he checked out ...
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UKRAINIAN prosecutors will reopen a criminal investigation into the poisoning of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko after doctors confirmed his disfiguring illness was caused by dioxin.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has returned to Austria for new tests in connection with a mystery illness he developed three weeks ago.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has called for a serious investigation to determine how he was poisoned by dioxin, but urged that it be conducted after the December 26 presidential run-off ...
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VIENNA - After conducting tests to determine whether he was poisoned, an Austrian hospital was expected to release a statement Saturday regarding Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko.
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VIENNA, Austria  - Ukrainian prosecutors reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned after doctors who treated the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin.
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Doctors in Austria have announced that Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko has been poisoned with dioxins. This is what dioxins are and how they affect human beings: _ Dioxins are a group of
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Chicago Tribune - Two weeks after falling prey to dioxin poisoning, Viktor Yushchenko strode into Ukraine's parliament. The chamber fell still. Everyone gawked at Yushchenko's face, bloated with cysts and lesions. Yushchenko walked to his desk and slammed his papers down. "Why are you looking at me?" he shouted.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is convinced authorities had tried to poison him with dioxin, according to a statement released by his press service.
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Ukraine's parliament is reopening its inquiry into opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's illness after doctors in Austria said he had been poisoned.
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MOSCOW -- In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.