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Vienna- Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko says he's "very happy to be alive" after doctors verified he was poisoned with dioxin that could have been put in his food. Yushchenko first fell ill in September and was rushed to hospital. He resumed campaigning, but his mysterious illness had left his face pockmarked and ashen. On Saturday, doctors at the Rudolfinerhaus clinic said his internal organs now seem to be fine and they expect his face will heal in two to three years. He was deemed well enough to continue his campaign for the new presidential runoff. But they said a slightly higher amount of dioxin would have killed Yushchenko. Kuwait City - The politician who is leading the race to become the next leader of the Palestinians in the January election apologized to Kuwait on Sunday. Mahmoud Abbas said he was sorry the Palestinians backed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein when he invaded Kuwait in 1990. London - Thousands of mourners packed into Westminster Cathedral for a memorial service Saturday for British aid worker Margaret Hassan. The director of CARE International was kidnapped in Iraq and is now believed to be dead. A portrait of Hassan took the place of a casket at the church's altar. Hassan's body has never been found. Family friend Patrick O'Ryan-Roeder read a tribute to Hassan. "Children, the sick and poor were her concern."
