Belarus president says he won mandate to remain in power
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President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said yesterday that he won a mandate from voters to stay in power in a weekend referendum
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Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko,  says there will be no people's revolutions in his country.
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As expected, the result of the referendum in Belarus appears to show overwhelming support for removing presidential term limits from the constitution.
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A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Sivitsa, 70 kilometres from Minsk, October 17. AFP. MINSK  - Belarus officials said Monday that President Alexander Lukashenko handily won the right to seek
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Voters in Belarus have overwhelmingly endorsed constitutional changes to allow authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to seek a third tem in office, according to provisional results of a weekend referendum, the electoral commission chief has announced.
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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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The president of Belarus, confident of victory in a referendum Sunday to extend his rule, promised to serve his people better if they voted &quot;yes&quot; and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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The Belarus electoral commission announced on Sunday that the referendum had approved the lifting of the constitutional ban on a third consecutive term for President Lukashenko.
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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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The president of Belarus, confident of victory in a referendum Sunday to extend his mandate, promised to serve his people better if they voted "yes" and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will have a right to run at forthcoming presidential election in the country.
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Belarus' president on Friday dismissed speculation that his two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin were aimed at a quick union between the two countries that Putin would head.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, accused in the west of being a tyrant, won overwhelming approval in a referendum to run for a third term in office.
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MINSK. Oct 18 (Interfax-West) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed his pleasure over the results of the parliamentary elections and a constitutional referendum held on Sunday.
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MINSK, Belarus -- President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said yesterday that he won a mandate from voters to stay in power in a weekend referendum scrapping presidential term limits, but foreign observers said the vote was marred by violations and thousands of people protested the outcome.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said Monday voters had shown overwhelming support for his plan to stay in power, but hundreds took to the streets to protest against what they said was a rigged ...
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Voters in Belarus agreed to change the constitution to allow autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko to retain power indefinitely in a referendum denounced by foreign observers as biased and distorted.