Belarus Says Vote Allows President to Run Again
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Belarusans voted in favor of scrapping presidential term limits, the Central Elections Commission chief said Monday, citing partial results. Ending the limits would allow the country's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, to seek a new term in 2006.
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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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President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Europe&#39;s last hardline leader, was last night on the brink of a referendum victory which would extend his time in power.
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Belarus awaited the outcome of a  referendum on Monday to determine whether President Alexander  Lukashenko, accused in the West of running roughshod over human  rights, can run for office for a third time.
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Belarusians voted Sunday in a referendum on whether to change this ex-Soviet republic's constitution and allow authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term.
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MINSK, Belarus -- Belarusians overwhelmingly approved a referendum on scrapping presidential term limits, the Central Elections Commission announced today, allowing the authoritarian leader of this former Soviet republic to seek a new term in 2006.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko says voters have shown overwhelming support for his plan to stay in power but hundreds took to the streets to protest against what they call a rigged referendum.
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Police in Minsk broke up a 1,000-strong crowd demonstrating against a referendum that approved allowing Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko to stay in power for another term, a Reuters witness said.
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Opposition parties claimed widespread irregularities in Sunday&#39;s election in Belarus, where President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term.
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Tunis - Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected in presidential elections with 94,48 percent of the vote, according to official results published on Monday.
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Belarusian authorities have barred dozens of opposition candidates from running for parliament in next month's elections, a move opposition leaders condemned as part of President Alexander Lukashenko's ...
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PARLIAMENTARY elections and a referendum authorising Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term in office fell badly short of international standards, Western monitors said yesterday.
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Speaking to parliament on Wednesday the president of Belarus, Aleksander Lukashenko, called for the restoration of order in the model business, the prevention of human trafficking and also said that advertisers ...
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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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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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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 President Alexander Lukashenko will have a right to run at forthcoming presidential election in the country. This is the outcome of the national referendum, which took place in Belarus on October 17th.