Belarus dismisses West's criticism
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Belarussian authorities have dismissed the new critical remarks some Western politicians made on Thursday.
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Russian Defence Minister rejects allegations that have sparked a crisis in the between Russia and Israel.
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Russia has again accused the West of double standards in the war on terrorism, following last week&#39;s school hostage crisis in the southern town of Beslan.
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Visiting Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said here Friday that Belarus, due to its vicinity to western Europe, could play an effective role to promote dialogue between civilizations.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell rejects Russian claims that the West wants more influence in Ukraine.
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Newspapers in countries bordering on Belarus respond cynically to President Lukashenko's referendum victory.
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Israel slammed Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko for anti-Semitism after he said Jews "don't care" for the places they live in, but said on Friday it did not plan to recall its ambassador to the country.
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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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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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Angered at being targeted by the United States for its poor human rights record, Belarus hit back with a resolution accusing the U.S. government of disenfranchising voters, abusing prisoners and other rights violations.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of using double standards to pressure Russia&#39;s allies in other former Soviet republics and foment velvet
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Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko, branded Europe's last dictator, says there will be no people's revolutions in his country.
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A Belarussian parliamentary official has backed the Minsk police force's actions to stop an unauthorized opposition rally in Minsk, but said policemen could have acted "less rigorously." "The country must ...
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has rejected Russian charges that the West is trying to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics by pushing its own interests in the name of democracy.
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Belarus has attacked a US decision to impose sanctions in response to a controversial referendum which could allow the president to stay in office.
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An American citizen who is under arrest in Belarus did not have diplomatic immunity, press secretary of the Belarussian Foreign Ministry Andrei Savinykh said in Minsk on Thursday.
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France has urged Belarus not to limit the freedom of Belarussian children to travel abroad, Interfax-West news agency said Friday.