Pledge to help Ukraine with IMF

Ukraine's next president will get help from France, Germany, Poland and the UK to renew co-operation with the International Monetary Fund, which was frozen in November, the four countries' ministers for European affairs said. Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, 59, and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, 49, are vying for the presidency in a runoff election.

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