Ukraine’s electoral body officially declares Poroshenko president Ukraine’s Central Electoral Commission published official results of the May-25 presidential election on Monday. The winner – Petro Poroshenko – gained 54.70 percent of the vote. Yulia Tymoshenko, who came second, got 12.81 percent. The turnout was 51.7 percent. The inauguration of the new head of state is expected to take place on June 7. Kadyrov says 74,000 Chechens ready to go to Ukraine Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov denied sending Chechens to fight in Ukraine, but said he had 74,000 ready to go if an order is given. The Chechen leader also said that if he were to send his soldiers to Ukraine, he would not send them to Donetsk, rather he would send them to the capital Kiev as that is where the enemy is. Brazil opens bus rapid system ahead of World Cup Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff rode a bus to mark Sunday’s official opening of a $700 million bus corridor for moving people rapidly between the airport and subway stations in the western part of Rio de Janeiro, AP reported. The Transcarioca bus system is a 39-kilometerline, with dedicated bus lanes, that are expected to carry 320,000 passengers a day. None of Rio’s subway lines go to the international airport. Abbas swears in Palestinian unity government President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new Palestinian unity government on Monday backed by both Fatah and Hamas in a major step toward ending a crippling political split among Palestinians, but one that could cause new friction with Israel. Spain’s King Juan Carlos to abdicate Spain’s King Juan Carlos is to abdicate after almost 40 years on the throne, the country’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a surprise announcement Monday. At least 20 killed, dozens wounded in clashes in Libyas Benghazi Forces of a renegade general joined the battle, using combat helicopters as fighting broke out between the Libyan army and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi Sisi chosen to lead Egypt during Mubarak era On July 3 last year, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took advantage of mass demonstrations against Morsis rule, which was plagued with economic problems, and carried out a military coup on the government. Sisi had in a report stated his belief that the army need to play a more direct role in the countrys administration in a report he drew up regarding Egypts political future. The 2011 Arab Spring uprising, which was triggered by protests in Tunisia, then gave the Egyptian army the mandate to spill onto the streets for the interest of the Egyptian people.
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