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Belarus - Court ruling calling newspaper "extremist" an attempt to silence independent voice,...

ifex.org
Sep 29, 2008
        

Country/Topic: Belarus Date: 29 September 2008 Source: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Target(s): newspaper(s) Type(s) of violation(s): legal action , seized Urgency: Threat (IFJ/IFEX) - The following is...

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Belarusians go to polls; opposition cries foul

montereyherald.com
Sep 29, 2008 4 related
        

MINSK, Belarus — Belarusians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections that opposition leaders insisted were already rigged, despite promises by the country's authoritarian leader that international voting standards were...

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digest

telegram.com
Sep 29, 2008
        

BEIJING - Three Chinese astronauts emerged from their capsule yesterday after a milestone mission to carry out the country's first spacewalk, showing off China's technological know-how and cementing its status as a space...

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Fire hits Egypt national theatre

asianage.com
Sep 28, 2008 6 related
        

Cairo, Sept. 28: A fire destroyed the main hall of Egypt's national theatre in the heart of the downtown Cairo on Sunday, wounding three firefighters, a civil defence officer said. Billowing white smoke filled the busy...

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sabcnews.com: Belarus soldiers cast their ballots at a polling station in Minsk - Reuters sabcnews.com

Belarus votes, hopes for better ties with West

sabcnews.com
Sep 28, 2008 1 related
        

Belarussians are voting for a new parliament in an election President Alexander Lukashenko hopes will improve strained relations with the West, particularly the European Union. Lukashenko has freed political prisoners and...

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Irish senator to monitor elections in Belarus

independent.ie
Sep 28, 2008 1 related
        

Irish senator Deirdre de Burca is in Eastern Europe today to monitor parliamentary elections in Belarus. The former Soviet republic has been ruled for the past 14 years by Alexander Lukashenko, who has been called Europe's...

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Vatican: No invitation yet for Pope Benedict XVI to Belarus

belradio.fm
Sep 27, 2008
        

EUROPEAN RADIO FOR BELARUS www.euroradio.fm Vatican: No invitation yet for Pope Benedict XVI to Belarus The Pope has not received an official invitation to visit this country yet. Alexander Lukashenka spoke twice in the...

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Russian Roulette

aawsat.com
Sep 26, 2008 10 related
        

was born in Iran and educated in Tehran, London and Paris. Someone who is feeling the meaning of that proverb right now is Russia's "Supreme Guide" Vladimir Putin, Just over a month ago, Putin was walking on the clouds...

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Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Medvedev is against conflict with West

robertamsterdam.com
Sep 24, 2008
        

Moscow is abuzz over a very interesting piece that appeared on Friday in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. The paper reported that the Kremlin does not intend to escalate the current state of confrontation with the West in general...

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telegraph.co.uk: Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus telegraph.co.uk

Lukashenko warns West not to shun Belarus

iht.com
Sep 23, 2008 1 related
        

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is warning the West of the risk of failing to recognize upcoming elections as democratic. He said Tuesday that "if Europe still does not accept Belarus," the ex-Soviet republic...

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