KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's Supreme Court on Friday invalidated the official results of the disputed presidential runoff election and ruled that a revote be held.
The court issued its verdict in response to an appeal by opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, who asked to cancel results of the Nov. 21 runoff, which he said had been rigged in favor of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
Yushchenko has pushed for a quick rerun of the runoff. He has rejected outgoing President Leonid Kuchma's call for a completely new election which was widely seen as a bid to field a new candidate more popular than Yanukovych.