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President Viktor Yushchenko appealed to party leaders Friday to support Ukraine’s acting prime minister during the formation of a new Cabinet to replace the sacked team from the Orange Revolution that swept him to power. Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the charismatic heroine of last year’s protests, kept the country guessing about whether she would move into opposition against her former comrade. Yushchenko dismissed her government on Thursday, tossing out of office one of the key drivers behind last year’s mass demonstrations. He also accepted the resignation of one of the movement’s top financial backers, Petro Poroshenko, a Tymoshenko rival.Full Story