Belarus leader denies anti-Semitism in his country
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko  denied on Friday there was religious intolerance in the  ex-Soviet republic, a week after Israel accused him of  anti-Semitism.
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The president of Belarus, confident of victory in a referendum Sunday to extend his rule, promised to serve his people better if they voted &quot;yes&quot; and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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Lithuania has no reserves to sell electric energy to Belarus, marketing department director of Lietuvos Energija Edvardas Vazgela told reporters in Vilnius on Wednesday.
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Ousted Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov has rejected accusations he helped plan the school siege in North Ossetia in which more than 330 people died, his representative in Europe told a German news magazine.
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The chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn, has denied allegations that he could be nominated as a candidate for president in case repeat elections are held.
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The leaders of France and Romania on Wednesday defended their decision not to invite Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to a summit of French-speaking countries here.Comment
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Finance Minister Ivan Miklos has rejected criticism from several European Union member states, especially Germany and France, about Slovakia's low taxes.
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has denied having had direct contact with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, hours after he said just that in a BBC interview.
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The French president defends his plan to make pupils honour Jewish child victims of the Holocaust amid uproar.
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Belarus has avoided a vote on a proposed UN General Assembly resolution alleging serious violations of human rights by the government.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko says voters have shown overwhelming support for his plan to stay in power but hundreds took to the streets to protest against what they call a rigged referendum.
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The Syrian leader denies plans to buy Russian missiles, before arriving on his first visit to Moscow.
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Belarusian authorities have barred dozens of opposition candidates from running for parliament in next month's elections, a move opposition leaders condemned as part of President Alexander Lukashenko's relentless crackdown on dissent.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel as a state.
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A Belarussian parliamentary official has backed the Minsk police force's actions to stop an unauthorized opposition rally in Minsk, but said policemen could have acted "less rigorously." "The country must ...
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MOSCOW, May 23 (IPS) - Leading non profitable organisations and civil  society have vehemently rejected Russian President Vladimir  Putin's accusation last week that they did not take  collective action when Estonian authorities removed Soviet war  monuments from the city centre to an obscure location.
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A Polish Roman Catholic priest on Monday rejected accusations that he and the radio station he operates were anti-Semitic, while his church superiors voiced their support for the embattled clergyman.