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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko stories: 3 news summaries
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 Heads of State 

Sorry, Nobel Committee, Obama only ranks 15th

Oct 13, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may have won a Nobel Peace Prize, and Yulia Tymoshenko has not, but there’s one thing the Ukrainian prime minister has over the president: She’s ranked No. 1 on HottestHeadsofState.com. The site offers “scientific and unbiased rankings” of world leaders’ hotness, complete with piercing... More »

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Barack Obama • Vladimir Putin • hot • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Yulia Tymoshenko • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo • Rafael Correa • slideshow • Alexander Lukashenko • attractive

US Flip-Flops on Closing Belarus' DC Embassy

Shuttering was to be retaliation for republic's booting of Americans

May 1, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington backpedaled at the last minute from closing the Belarusian embassy today, the AP reports. The State Department aims to retaliate for yesterday's expulsion of most of the staff of the US embassy in Minsk—and could yet take action against Belarus diplomats, an official said. More »

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diplomacy • Belarus • US Embassy • ambassador • diplomatic ties • Alexander Lukashenko • Minsk

Belarus Expels US Diplomats

Souring relations take a turn for the worse after Washington's criticism, economic sanctions

Apr 30, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Belarus ordered most of the staff of the US embassy to leave the country today, a sign of souring relations between the states, the AP reports. The top US diplomat in the former Soviet republic says all but six staffers have been ordered out within 72 hours. More »

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Belarus • political prisoner • Alexander Lukashenko

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