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Heydar Aliyev became the first Muslim in the Soviet government

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	8 February 2010
	Current Affairs

	Ukraine's pro-Moscow opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych will win a narrow victory in the country's presidential election, electoral officials say.

	Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich on Monday pressed rival Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat after his slender victory in a presidential election that could tilt the ex-Soviet state back toward Moscow.

	Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych claimed a remarkable comeback Sunday in Ukraine's presidential election after exit polls showed him holding a narrow lead.

	The head of the panel crafting a new mission statement for NATO says Russia has no reason to fear the alliance's eastward expansion.

	Business & Economics



	Russia's official unemployment rate grew 1.8% to 2.2 million people over the past week, the country's Health and Social Development Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

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