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As world rethinks nuclear power, Russia to invest $9 billion in Belarus plant
While much of the world is questioning investment in nuclear power amid Japan's crisis, Russia announced it will build a reactor in Belarus, where large areas remain closed off due to the Chernobyl meltdown.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 03/07
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Opinion: What should Obama do with Libya's Qaddafi? Tell him to go to Belarus.
The Obama administration should encourage its allies to influence Qaddafi to flee to Belarus. Its brutal Lukashenko regime is Qaddafi's closest military and political ally. Qaddafi's departure to Belarus would be the best and fastest way to stop the bloodshed that he is unleashing in Libya.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 01/28
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Belarus crackdown strains ties with both EU and Russia
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown on the opposition has prompted the EU to consider sanctions. But some members say that could backfire.
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The Monitor's View: Outside pressure is welcome after election fraud in Belarus, Ivory Coast
Defenders of autocrats in Belarus and Ivory Coast warn the world not to interfere in internal affairs in those countries. The world should do just that.
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In Pictures: O Christmas tree
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Belarus risks alienating both Russia, EU in wake of political crackdown
Police in Belarus arrested more than 600 activists protesting Sunday's election that handed President Alexander Lukashenko a fourth term. He told opponents Monday, 'You are messing with the wrong guy.'
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 12/20
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Belarus election ends in protests, police crackdown
Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko won a fourth term by a significant majority, but large protests by the opposition and a harsh police response signal this could be a difficult term.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 12/15
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Just how absurd is central planning?
A warning to activist central planners: first step, quantitative easing, second step, communism.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/03
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Former Putin prime minister talks about his former boss
Mikhail Kasyanov tells Americans how he traveled the road from prime minister to Vladimir Putin to an outspoken leader of the Russian political opposition. His story of life inside the Kremlin reveals much about the enigmatic Putin.
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Why Russia's Medvedev is lashing out at Belarus's Lukashenko
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev slammed 'Europe's last dictator,' Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko, this past week for his increasingly anti-Russian rhetoric.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/06
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/15
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Opinion: To make progress on Afghanistan and Russia, Obama must get Kyrgyzstan right
Politically unstable Kyrgyzstan, which experienced a coup this spring, is home to a US air base that's critical to the war in Afghanistan. Russia is paying close attention. So should Washington.
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Why Russia is cutting off gas supplies to Belarus
Russia is again using gas as a foreign policy tool to alter behavior of its neighbors. It wants Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to join a new customs union championed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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In Pictures: Beating the summer heat
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