Belarusian Chief Sees Vote As Mandate
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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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MINSK, Belarus - Opposition figures and election observers on Monday said widespread violations riddled a referendum that scrapped presidential term limits, allowing President Alexander Lukashenko to run for another term.
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MINSK: 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
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A look at Belarus, where voters decide on Sunday whether to abolish presidential term limits and allow the authoritarian president to run for a third term in 2006.
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Belarusians voted in favor of scrapping presidential term limits, the Central Elections Commission chief said Monday, citing partial results.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced a referendum asking voters to remove term limits so he can seek five more years in office, a change that will almost certainly isolate him even more from foreign governments that have condemned his authoritarian rule.
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MINSK - Legislative elections in Belarus held at the same time as a referendum on whether President Alexander Lukashenko should be allowed to seek a third term fell âsignificantly shortâ of democratic standards, foreign observers said here Monday.
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The official Minsk considers that conclusions of the mission of observers from the Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on a parliamentary election and ...
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The leader of Cameroon's main opposition party calls for reforms ahead of next month's poll.
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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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Latvian lawmakers will Thursday vote for a successor to President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, who has stamped her personality and vision for the Baltic country on the largely figurehead presidency.
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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.
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President Alexander Lukashenko said Belarussian children should be protected from Western-style consumerism by limiting their trips abroad.
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The president of Belarus, confident of  victory in a referendum on 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.
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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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MINSK, Belarus  - 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 referendum.
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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 "yes" and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.