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March 20, 2006
As Expected, Lukashenko 'Wins' Belarus Presidential Election
"Thousands of people rallied in a blinding snowstorm in Minsk Sunday night [March 19, 2006] to protest what they called "fraud," after election officials predicted incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko would win a third term as president with over 90 percent of the votes," reports Christian Science Monitor Correspondent Fred Weir in a March 20, 2006, dispatch from Minsk, Belarus.
For more, please see "Cries of fraud in Belarus, but no 'Orange Revolution.'"
Posted by Munir Umrani at March 20, 2006 01:24 AM
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