Belarus Leader Wins Vote to Extend Mandate -Official
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko secured approval in a referendum to run for a third term in office, the top election official said Monday.
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Early voting begins in Belarus parliament elections and a referendum on whether the president should stand for a third term.
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President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko reveled Monday in the results of a constitutional referendum that would allow him to remain in power indefinitely after an election
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarusian voters approved a referendum to scrap presidential term limits, the Central Elections Commission chief said Monday, citing partial results. Ending the limits would allow authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to seek a new term in 2006.
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko promised Tuesday to create more favourable conditions for Chinese investors in his country, during a meeting with the head of China's central bank.
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President Zine el-Abidine ben Ali extended his 17 years in power in Tunisia on Sunday by winning almost 95 percent of the votes in presidential and parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
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Voters in Belarus appear to have approved a referendum that will scrap term limits and allow the country&#39;s authoritarian leader to seek a third term in office.
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Police broke up an opposition rally in  Minsk on Tuesday protesting against the results of a  referendum, which allowed President Alexander Lukashenko to  extend his rule after more than a decade in power.
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko, seen in the West as Europe's last hard-line leader,  expressed delight Monday at an endorsement of his plan to stay  in power and said he saw no reason to alter policy.
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Pavel Sheremet, head of special projects at Russia's Channel One television station, was in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to cover Sunday's referendum on the presidential ambitions of Mr Lukashenko - described ...
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, accused in the west of flouting democratic norms, won overwhelming approval in a referendum to run for a third term in office, the top election official said Monday.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, through Sunday&#39;s highly dubious constitutional referendum, has predictably succeeded in removing the last impediment to his absolute and unlimited rule -- scrapping the constitutional clause that limits the
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Belarusian voters approved a referendum to scrap presidential term limits, the Central Elections Commission chief said Monday, citing partial results. Ending the limits would allow authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to seek a new term in 2006.
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Belarus officials say President Alexander Lukashenko handily won the right to seek a third term after a weekend vote questioned by the West and slammed by opponents of the authoritarian leader as a &quot;farce&quot;.
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MINSK, Belarus Belarussians approved a constitutional referendum that would allow their country&#39;s authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, to seek unlimited terms in office, according to early returns Monday.
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko, viewed in the West as Europe's last hard-line  leader, got the go-ahead on Monday to run for another term  while the country's beleaguered opposition was shut out of  parliament.
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MINSK, Belarus  - The president of Belarus,  confident of victory in a referendum Sunday to extend his rule,  promised to serve his people better if they voted "yes" and  told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.