Ukraine's election commission rejected a lengthy appeal from current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich that alleged widespread fraud and vote tampering caused his defeat in the Dec. 26 re-run of Ukraine's presidential runoff.

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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko declared victory Monday in Ukraine's presidential re-run vote -- an election marked by large protests, allegations of fraud and a disfiguration caused by dioxin poisoning.

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Ukraine's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the disputed presidential election officially won by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, but challenged by opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, was invalid and that a "repeat vote" is required.

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The opposition in Ukrainian's contested presidential elections got a boost Wednesday when parliament passed a no-confidence motion essentially bringing to an end Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich's government.

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After a week of protests and pressure from the European Union and other Western nations, the Ukrainian Supreme Court has begun hearings into whether the Nov. 20 presidential election was tainted by organized state fraud.

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Margaret Warner speaks with New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields about the U.S. reaction to allegations of fraud in the Ukraine presidential election and the congressional deadlock over a bill to reform intelligence measures.

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Ukrainian authorities arrested two military officials Monday for alleged criminal negligence in Saturday's crash of a Russian-made fighter plane that killed 83 people and injured more than a hundred others at an air show in the western city of Lviv.

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