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KIEV, Ukraine — International monitors hailed Ukraine’s presidential election Monday as transparent and honest, bolstering opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych’s claim of victory and leaving Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a bind.
Tymoshenko, the charismatic catalyst of the 2004 Orange Revolution protests, had said she would call supporters into the streets if she deemed Sunday’s election fraudulent. She has signaled that she will challenge the outcome in the courts, but she issued no protest call on Monday and canceled two news conferences as she apparently weighed her options.
