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UKRAINE After delays in the announcement of parliamentary election results, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko demanded an urgent investigation Oct. 2 into the vote-counting of the Sept. 30 election, according to the BBC. The demand came as the combined votes of Yushchenko and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko’s West-leaning parties outnumbered Russia-leaning Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.

AUSTRIA Police arrested a Bosnian who attempted to smuggle a bag of explosives to a U.S. Embassy in Vienna Oct. 1, the International Herald Tribune reported. Police said the bag contained grenadelike devices, nails and a book referring to Islam. No one was injured during the incident.
RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin said Oct. 1 that he will run for Parliament, and suggested he may become prime minister, according to The New York Times. The previous day, former chess champion Garry Kasparov entered the presidential race as a candidate from a group opposed to Putin, who by law must step down after serving two terms. The election is next March.
CROATIA Former Serbian colonel Mile Mrkšić was sentenced to 20 years in prison Sept. 28 for participating in a 1991 massacre in Vukovar, eastern Croatia. The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague said he was involved in the mass execution of more than 250 Croatian fighters and civilians.
GERMANY  The U.S. military opened its new command covering Africa, called Africom, Oct. 1 on a U.S. base in Stuttgart, the Associated Press reported. It is being created to help African forces combat terrorism and regional crises. The United States is trying to find a permanent location in Africa for the command.


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