Mirnyi beastly force for small nation of Belarus
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The &quot;Beast of Belarus&quot; is in this lovely seaside town on a mission to enthrall his 10 million countryfolk, from President Aleksandr Lukashenko on down. That includes Mikael Pavlov, the mayor of his hometown, Minsk, plus the mob of two Belarusian journalists covering the Beast's heavy task of beating the United States on a local tennis court.
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, 50, is seen during a news conference in Minsk, Monday, Oct. 18, 2004. According to the Central Elections Commission a preliminary tally of ballots from Sunday&#39;s election
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Belarus offered to help Russian President Vladimir Putin resist U.S. plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe on Friday, boosting the Kremlin's campaign against what it sees as Western military expansion.
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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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Despite international criticism and opposition protests, Russia has avoided casting any doubts on the outcome of a controversial referendum in Belarus, a former Soviet state which Moscow sees as a buffer ...
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The signing of the Belarusian-Russian intergovernmental agreement on the use of single migration cards has legalized the institution that has been existing de facto in the system of interstate relations for one ...
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It is not very often that Lithuania hits the headlines in the international press.
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MINSK, Belarus -- Twenty-year-old Pavel whipped out a can of spray paint from under his leather jacket and wrote a single word on the wall of a building in central Minsk: &quot;Nyet.&quot;
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Belarus, its leaders shunned by much of the Western world, has snapped back at moves by the European Union and United States to restrict the movements of its senior officials and threatened to respond in kind.
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Celtic rebel Stilian Petrov, who has been agitating for a move out of Parkhead, illustrated his value to the Glasgow giants with the second goal in a 2-0 win over St Mirren.
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Belarus has voted to allow its president, Alexander Lukashenko, the right to run for a third term in office, the top election official said this morning.
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Shota Arveladze is determined to prove that Rangers&#39; win over Celtic in the CIS Insurance Cup was not a one-off. The Georgian hitman came off the bench to grab the winner in extra time to send Rangers through to the semi-final of the competition.
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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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Olympic 100 metres champion Yuliya Nesterenko has been voted Belarus Athlete of the Year in a nationwide poll of the country&#39;s sports journalists.
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US Davis Cup Tennis captain Patrick McEnroe has announced the American squad that will take on Belarus in a hard court semifinal tie September 24-26 in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Belarus' authoritarian president easily won approval in a referendum to run for a third term as leader of the former Soviet republic in 2006, the Central Elections Commission announced Monday.
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A Belarussian parliamentary official has backed the Minsk police force's actions to stop an unauthorized opposition rally in Minsk, but said policemen could have acted "less rigorously." "The country must ...