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When Ukraine’s president ran for office four years ago, he suffered a mysterious ailment. His face was disfigured by what doctors say was dioxin poisoning
Four years ago, something terrible happened to Viktor Yushchenko while he was running for president of Ukraine. His face became horribly disfigured. Doctors determined he was poisoned by dioxin. At lot’s happened since then. Ukraine went through the ‘Orange Revolution’ and Yushchenko went on to become president. These days he face looks less damaged. Now it’s his political health that’s suffering. The World’s Jason Margolis reports from Ukraine.
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