Belarusians OK Scrapping Term Limits
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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' 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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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.
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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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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 &quot;yes&quot; and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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Belarusians were set to cast their ballots Sunday in a constitutional referendum to decide whether their authoritarian leader can run for a third term, amid Western fears of a rigged vote and further diplomatic ...
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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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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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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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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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Belarusians' decision whether to scrap presidential term limits in a referendum this weekend could determine if this East European nation will remain an isolated Soviet-style throwback or slowly turn toward the West.
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According to Lukashenka, the adoption of the Belarus Democracy Act by the U.S. lower house "gives the authorities a 10 percent bonus." He failed to explain whether he means the electorate's backing for the ...
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Belarus on Thursday dismissed new financial sanctions imposed by the United States as politically senseless, and President Alexander Lukashenko said his country was ready to normalize relations with Washington.
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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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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his authoritarian ally Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko closed ranks in Minsk on Friday against US plans for an anti-missile shield in central Europe.
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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, 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