[Shadow_Group] Fw: Yushchenko says he's 'happy to be alive'

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(Note that they are saying he poisoned himself.)

"We haven't seen anything like that for the past 100 years," he said. "I
think it would be appropriate to compare this to the fall of the Soviet
Union..."

MSNBC

Yushchenko says he's 'happy to be alive'
Doctors say Ukraine candidate's poisoning likely intentional 
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 7:45 a.m. ET Dec. 12, 2004VIENNA, Austria - Ukrainian
presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko left a Vienna clinic on Sunday
after being diagnosed with dioxin poisoning, saying he was just "happy to
be alive."

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Speaking at a brief press conference before checking out of the elite
Rudolfinerhaus clinic, Yushchenko lauded the decision of thousands in
Ukraine to take to the streets to protest the outcome of presidential
elections there.

"We haven't seen anything like that for the past 100 years," he said. "I
think it would be appropriate to compare this to the fall of the Soviet
Union or the fall of the Berlin Wall."

With his American-born wife acting as translator, he said the protests
backing his allegations of vote-rigging had produced "a different
country, a different nation." He predicted that "the regime that was in
place for 14 years in Ukraine is now living its last days."

Yushchenko thanked the medical staff, who determined he had been
poisoned, which caused his dramatic facial disfigurement.

"They've spent many days and nights with me and I am very happy to be
alive in this world today," he said. "I thank these people for this."

Yushchenko has accused Ukrainian authorities of trying to poison him in
the runup to a presidential vote marred by fraud. Ukraine's Supreme Court
voided the outcome of that vote, which Yushchenko lost to Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovych, and a rerun of the ballot is slated for Dec. 26.

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