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KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko — apparently defeated by a narrow margin in last week’s presidential vote — ended six days of silence Saturday by saying the election had been rigged and she would challenge the result in court.
Her statement seemed to confirm analyst expectations that she is digging in for a political standoff with her rival, Viktor Yanukovych, that could delay the transfer of power.
Preliminary results from the Feb. 7 ballot gave opposition leader Yanukovych a lead of just 3.5 percentage points.
