KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament gave President Petro Poroshenko a strong boost on Thursday by resoundingly endorsing his candidates for three key posts in his new team who will have to tackle a pro-Russian uprising, a near-bankrupt economy and endemic graft.
Poroshenko's nominations for foreign minister, central bank chief and prosecutor-general each won more than two thirds of parliament's votes - an unusual level of support for the president as he takes the helm after the ousting of his Moscow-backed predecessor Viktor Yanukovich in February.