- Ukraine's presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko is
to have plastic surgery in Israel following the Dec. 26 repeat elections,
after doctors confirmed that the pockmarks and cysts that disfigured his
face were the result of dioxin poisoning.
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- Yushchenko is scheduled to travel to one of the leading
plastic surgeons in the world in late December, and has already been granted
a visa, the Interfax news agency reported, citing Israel's Maariv daily.
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- Yushchenko, who doctors say was poisoned with a dangerous
form of dioxin in early September, must also be treated for liver problems
and other ailments as a result of the poisoning.
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- One of Yushchenko's aides has already visited the private
clinic in Israel ahead of the opposition leader's trip to prepare for treatment
there.
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- The pro-Western presidential candidate, who lagged a
mere 3 percent in the disputed November 21 elections, was said by opposition
leaders to be poisoned at a Sept. 5 dinner hosted by the chairman of the
Security Service of Ukraine.
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- But there are various allegations as to who may have
been behind the poisoning: Russian special forces and organized crime groups
have been among those accused.
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- http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/12/20/plastic.shtml
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