Belarus referendum result allows Lukashenko to serve third 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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Preliminary results from Belarus&#39;s Sunday referendum vote showed 77.3 percent of the registered voters backed President Alexander Lukashenko&#39;s proposal to remove a constitutional
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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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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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Monitors say a referendum on extending the rule of Belarus' authoritarian leader fell short of democratic standards.
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Polling stations opened early in Belarus for a referendum on whether authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko should be allowed to run for a third straight term, as well as for parliamentary elections.
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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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President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said yesterday that he won a mandate from voters to stay in power in a weekend referendum
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MINSK. Oct 18 (Interfax-West) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed his pleasure over the results of the parliamentary elections and a constitutional referendum held on Sunday.
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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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A jailed Belarussian opposition activist has ended a 53-day hunger strike aimed at rallying opposition to President Alexander Lukashenko, his wife said on Tuesday, declaring that he sounded in good spirits.
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The Council of the Republic upper house of the National Assembly (parliament) of Belarus at its Thursday plenary meeting unanimously ratified and submitted to the president the agreement with Russia on the use ...
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko, seen in the West as Europe's last hard-line leader,  expressed delight Monday at an endorsement of his plan to stay  in power and said he saw no reason to alter policy.
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THE RACE: Ukrainian voters selected a president for a third time Sunday, more than a month after the Supreme Court threw out a fraudulent run-off election in which Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was declared the winner.
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarusians approved a referendum on scrapping presidential term limits, the Central Elections Comission announced Monday, allowing the authoritarian leader of this ex-Soviet republic to seek a new term in 2006.
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Belarus has voted to allow its president, Alexander Lukashenko, the right to run for a third term in office, the top election official said this morning.
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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.