| Ukraine's Opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, has arrived back in Kiev to resume campaigning in the lead-up to his country's repeat presidential election this month. Mr Yushchenko was discharged from a Vienna clinic overnight where it was confirmed he had been the victim of dioxin poisoning. Mr Yushchenko thanked his doctors and said he was happy to be alive. His once healthy-looking face is now barely recognisable and the disfigurement is one of the symptoms of dioxin poisoning. That is the diagnosis given by the doctors in Austria. They say his recovery will be long and difficult but the presidential candidate has returned to Ukraine and the campaign trail. Mr Yushchenko is confident of winning the poll and analysts say the doctors' findings have boosted his chances. |