Soviet-style Belarus election &#39;flawed&#39;
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Attempts by Balarus&#39; president to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term have been dubbed flawed by a poll observer group.
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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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Belarus President Lukashenko's apparent victory in a poll on changing the constitution to let him to run for a third term leaves several European papers distinctly unimpressed.
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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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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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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko, viewed in the West as Europe's last hard-line  leader, got the go-ahead on Monday to run for another term  while the country's beleaguered opposition was shut out of  parliament.
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The republic of Chechnya&#39;s election won by Russian-backed presidential candidate Alu Alkhanov had ``serious flaws,&#39;&#39; the Bush administration said.
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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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BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko lashed out at critics in the West yesterday after winning a referendum to allow him to seek a third term in office.
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The Belarusian opposition on Thursday held a series of unauthorized protest actions across the country.
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s plan to strengthen his grip on the country by nominating governors and eliminating individual races in State Duma elections appears to contradict only the spirit
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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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Belarusians go to the polls on Sunday to vote on letting Alexander Lukashenko  stand for president again.
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MINSK, Belarus -- President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said yesterday that he won a mandate from voters to stay in power in a weekend referendum scrapping presidential term limits, but foreign observers said the vote was marred by violations and thousands of people protested the outcome.
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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
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Maybe I&#39;m getting my stories mixed up, but I hear that folks in the Ukraine are so dissatisfied with the recent election results that they&#39;re clamoring for a playoff.
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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 ...