Belarus vote is seen as pivotal
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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 President Alexander Lukashenko - critized by Western nations for his autocratic rule - announced a referendum next month asking voters to remove term limits, a change that would allow him to seek five ...
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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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The U.S. State Department puts pressure on international observers during the election campaign in Belarus, the Belarussian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
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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 BBC's Steven Eke reflects on this year's contrasting elections in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
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On 17 October, Belarus will hold parliamentary elections as well as a controversial referendum to decide whether to amend the constitution to allow President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to run for a third term in ...
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MINSK, Belarus In Belarus, officials say voters have overwhelmingly approved a referendum on scrapping presidential term limits. The vote allows the authoritarian leader of the former Soviet republic to seek a new term in 2006.
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Ukrainians are preparing for a presidential election that is being seen as a watershed decision as to whether the country should draw closer to Russia or the West.
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People in the breakaway region of Azerbaijan vote in the hope their bid for independence will be boosted.
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Police clash with opposition activists, who protest against the nationwide referendum preliminary results in a square near the presidential administration, in Minsk, Belarus, Oct 18, 2004.
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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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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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Belarus awaited the outcome of a referendum Monday to determine whether its veteran president, accused of flouting democratic norms, can extend his stay in office and initial results appeared to favor his ...
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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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Moscow (VNA) - Most Belorussians support constitutional changes to allow incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko to run for third term in office, according to the preliminary results of a referendum held on Sunday.
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To many University students, the importance of an election held in Ukraine is paramount to the importance of yellow or orange M &amp; Ms.