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          <title>Belarus - livepress.com</title>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Belarusian court sentences 4 monitors 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[AP - Four  Belarus  election monitors detained before March's presidential election were sentenced Friday to prison terms from six months to two years.]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?132143">
  		<title><![CDATA[Latvia Expels Diplomat From Belarus' Embassy]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?132143</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Latvia gives a  Belarus  diplomat 24 hours to leave the country after declaring him persona non grata. The country says the first secretary of the  Belarus  embassy in Riga is being kicked out for actions "incompatible with the status of diplomat."...]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?130586">
  		<title><![CDATA[Environmental Disaster Feared In Russian Oil Spill]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[A Russian environment official warned of an environmental catastrophe on Monday as a major oil spill was reported in one of the country's major export pipelines near the border with Ukraine and  Belarus . The Russian Natural Resources Ministry spokesman Rinat Gizatulin said the spill had affected...]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?130376">
  		<title><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Chavez Visits Vietnam, Signs Energy Deal]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?130376</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Vietnam on Monday, pledging a vow to work together in oil, gas, mining and agriculture. The two-day visit to Vietnam, first-ever by any Venezuelan leader, is another leg of a world tour which has taken Chavez to Russia, Qatar,  Belarus  and Iran....]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Oil spill occurs on Russia export pipeline 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[AP - A serious oil spill has occurred on one of Russia's largest export pipelines near the border with Ukraine and  Belarus , the Natural Resources Ministry said Monday, warning it could cause an environmental disaster.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Venezuela's Chavez to visit Vietnam 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is heading to Vietnam as part of a world tour dominated by countries that have, or have had, antagonistic relations with the United States.  ]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?127744">
  		<title><![CDATA[Police detain Belarus opposition leader 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[AP - Police detained opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich and his wife on Wednesday after stopping their car as they were driving north of the capital, his spokesman said.]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?126360">
  		<title><![CDATA[Venezuelan leader hails military links with Belarus 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Venezuela and  Belarus  have created a &quot;strategic alliance&quot; that will include military cooperation, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said during a visit to a military academy in Minsk.  ]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?125753">
  		<title><![CDATA[Venezuela's Chavez hails Belarus leader 
    (AP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?125753</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hailed the man dubbed "Europe's last dictator" Monday as he started an international tour by visiting the authoritarian leader of the isolated former Soviet nation of  Belarus .  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Chavez lauds Belarus leader as "friend" 
    (Reuters)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on 
Monday lauded Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, 
accused in the West of crushing fundamental rights, as a friend 
and vowed to join him in creating a "fighting team."]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?122320">
  		<title><![CDATA[Police detain 30 at Belarus protest 
    (Reuters)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?122320</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Reuters - Belarussian police on Sunday detained 
about 30 people who staged a demonstration outside the Russian 
embassy to demand the Kremlin stop backing hardline President 
Alexander Lukashenko.]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?120533">
  		<title><![CDATA[Opposition leader may get jail in Belarus 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[AP - Prosecutors on Thursday demanded a six-year jail term for an opposition leader on trial in  Belarus  for organizing an unauthorized protest of the disputed election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Russia says exercises have no direct focus 
    (AP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?111083</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Military exercises between Russian and Belarusian forces &amp;#151; the largest ever for the two former Soviet republics &amp;#151; are not directed toward any nation, alliance or enemy in particular, Russia&#039;s defense minister said Thursday.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Belarus activist gets three years for slandering Lukashenko 
    (AFP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?107054</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - A  Belarus  court sentenced opposition activist Nikolai Razumov to three years in jail for slandering President Alexander Lukashenko, rights defender Vladimir Labkovich told AFP.  ]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?97289">
  		<title><![CDATA[Belarus opposition figure sentenced 
    (AP)
]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?97289</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[AP - A  Belarus  court on Monday sentenced an opposition campaign official to five months in prison after convicting him of training and paying people to riot.]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?95974">
  		<title><![CDATA[Belarus unveils monument to secret police 
    (AP)
]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?95974</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - A monument to Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky was unveiled Friday in the Belarusian capital Minsk, provoking protests from human rights defenders and opposition politicians.  ]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?95536">
  		<title><![CDATA[No Belarus blushes for upbeat Eriksson 
    (AFP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?95536</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - An upbeat Sven-Goran Eriksson put a positive spin on an embarrassing start to England&#039;s World Cup countdown after an experimental &#039;B&#039; side went down to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of ten-man  Belarus .  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Owen to skipper England for World Cup warm-up 
    (AFP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?94163</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Michael Owen will captain an England B side in a World Cup warm-up match against  Belarus  in Reading on Thursday.  ]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?90191">
  		<title><![CDATA[EU freezes assets of 36 Belarus officials, including president 
    (AFP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?90191</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - The European Union has frozen the assets of  Belarus  President Alexander Lukashenko and 35 other officials over a crackdown on opponents and irregularities during his re-election in March.  ]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?88128">
  		<title><![CDATA[Bush Imposes Travel Ban On Members Of Belarus Government]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?88128</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[ The U.S. imposes a travel ban on members of  Belarus  President Alexander Lukashenko's government for alleged electoral fraud, human rights violations and corruption. 
 
 Reuters reports President  George W. Bush  issued the restriction after...]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?87937">
  		<title><![CDATA[Bush imposes travel ban on Belarus government 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?87937</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Reuters - President  George W. Bush  imposed a 
U.S. travel ban on Monday on members of the  Belarus  government, 
citing electoral fraud, human rights abuses and corruption.]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?87155">
  		<title><![CDATA[EU to freeze Belarus leadership assets-paper 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?87155</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Reuters - The European Union will freeze the 
assets of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and more 
than 30 high-ranking officials from the country, the Financial 
Times Deutschland reported on Sunday.]]></dc:description>
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<item rdf:about="http://livepress.com/go/?86511">
  		<title><![CDATA[Belarusian Opposition Leader Released 
    (AP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?86511</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - The Belarusian opposition leader sentenced to 15 days in jail for taking part in an unsanctioned rally was released on Friday, and he defiantly rallied his supporters with a call to fight for &quot;a new  Belarus .&quot;  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Belarus opposition leader jailed over rally 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?77129</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    Reuters - A court in ex-Soviet  Belarus  sentenced 
main opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich to 15 days in 
prison on Thursday for leading a big rally the previous day 
that police said was unlawful.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Belarusian Opposition Leader Detained 
    (AP)
]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?76910</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich was arrested Thursday on charges of participating in an unauthorized march, a day after he led an anti-government demonstration that attracted 10,000 people.  ]]></dc:description>
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