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Timeline: Battle for Ukraine A controversial election campaign followed by a disputed result plunged Ukraine into a leadership crisis. The two principal players were the rivals for the presidency, pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and pro-EU opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, who emerged as the winner. BBC News charts how the crisis evolved. 23 January : Viktor Yushchenko is sworn in as Ukraine's new president ending the bruising election marathon. In taking the oath of office before parliament, Mr Yushchenko said he would defend the unity of Ukraine. 20 January : Supreme Court rejects Mr Yanukovych's final appeal against the result of the re-run election and declares Mr Yushchenko the winner. Parliament votes to hold Mr Yushchenko's inauguration on 23 January. Mr Yanukovych concedes he has lost the election re-run to Mr Yushchenko, telling supporters in his Donetsk stronghold: "The right of force has won against the force of the law." ...

Venezuela plotted to kill Colombia president, Spain judge says A Spanish judge on Monday charged that Venezuela plotted to kill Colombia President Álvaro Uribe, collaborating with rebel groups ETA and FARC to kill other political officials as well. Colombia's president, Álvaro Uribe (l.), shook hands with Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez (r.), as the Dominican Republic's president, Leonel Fernandez, looked on during the Rio Group Summit in Santo Domingo, in this March 2008 file photo. (Miraflores Press Office/AP/File)   By Tom A. Peter Correspondent posted March 2, 2010 at 8:14 am EST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues. A diplomatic row has erupted between Spain and Venezuela after a Spanish judge accused officials in Caracas of plotting with rebel groups to kill Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and other political officials. Spanish National Court Judge Eloy Velasco charged on Monday that the government of Hugo Chávez had been working as...

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Why Bigger Quake Sows Less Damage Scientists Say Recent Temblors Are Unrelated; Underwater Topography May Explain Where Tsunami Wreaked Havoc By GAUTAM NAIK Three massive earthquakes have struck in less than two months, raising the questions: Are they related, and are we living in a time of more and bigger temblors? The Chile earthquake, 8.8 on the Richter scale, was by far the largest. But a little noticed 7.0 quake struck near Japan's Ryukyu islands just a few hours earlier, triggering its own tsunami warnings. The Jan. 12 temblor in Haiti was also 7.0, about 500 times less powerful than the Chile quake, though it appears to have killed many more people. That prompts yet another question: Why did a much larger quake cause much less destruction? Scientists say the three recent earthquakes probably aren't related, mainly because they occurred at such great distances from one another. To be sure, the back-to-back quakes in Japan and Chile both occurred along the no...