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Opposition leaders arrested after riots in capital
By News on Dec 19, 2010
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- In the biggest challenge to authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in 16 years in power, thousands of demonstrators massed outside the main government office to protest alleged vote fraud in Sunday's presidential election, but club-swinging riot police drove them off and beat many....SKorea to conduct firing drills from border island
By News on Dec 19, 2010
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says it will conduct firing drills Monday from a border island shelled by a North Korean artillery barrage last month....Thousands try to storm govt building in Belarus
By News on Dec 19, 2010
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- Thousands of opposition supporters in Belarus tried to storm the main government building to protest what they claim was large-scale vote-rigging in Sunday's presidential election, but they were driven back and beaten by riot police....With gay ban debate over, military impact in doubt
By News on Dec 19, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The debate over gays in the military has been settled with a historic decision to allow them to serve openly, but big questions lie ahead about how and when the change will take place, how troops will accept it and whether it will hamper the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan and Iraq....McConnell to vote against treaty with Russians
By News on Dec 19, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's Republican leader said Sunday he would oppose a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, damaging prospects for President Barack Obama's foreign policy priority in the final days of the postelection Congress. Top Democrats still expressed confidence the Senate would ratify the accord by year's end....