Moscow, July 4 (RFE/RL) -- Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who scored a clear victory in yesterday's presidential election, today made a plea for national reconciliation. Yeltsin also re-appointed Viktor Chernomyrdin as his Prime Minister and asked him to form a new government. Chernomyrdin told a news conference in Moscow that there will be place in his team "for all those who want to work actively, no matter their political orientations." But he said he objects to the idea of forming a coalition government.

With 99 percent of the vote counted, Russia's Electoral Commission said Yeltsin obtained 53.7 percent of the vote to his communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov, who obtained just over 40 percent.

Appealing for national unity in a televised address to the Russian people, Yeltsin said Russia should notHere are the complete East and West rosters for the boys' 2013 McDonald's All American Game. This year's 36th edition of the game will be played April 3 at the United Center in Chicago and televised live at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.