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Brazil's Alexandre Pato, top, celebrates after scoring past Belarus' goalkeeper Aleksandr Gutor during their group C men's soccer match at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Brazil's Alexandre Pato, center right, scores past Belarus' goalkeeper Aleksandr Gutor during their group C men's soccer match at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Brazil's Alexandre Pato, right, scores against Belarus as Igor Kuzmenok, left tries to gain control of the ball during their group C men's soccer match at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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A film by ARU TV says Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has made a lot of money, while the country has not benefited. (ARU TV)
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In a satirical film produced by ARU TV, the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has made a lot of money, while the country has not benefited. The film tells the history of Belarus in one minute. The internet television ARU TV produces programs for Belarusians, but it avoids state censorship by operating abroad, in Estonia. (ARU TV)
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** FILE ** Belarusians Dmitry Konovalov (left) and Vladislav Kovalev stand in a defendant's cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus kisses the trophy during the awarding ceremony after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Belorussian honor guard soldiers perform during a parade marking Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday, July 3, 2011. Minsk was liberated by the Red Army from the Nazi invaders on this date in 1944. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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A woman mourns as a pigeon passes by her at an entrance to the Oktyabrskaya station of the Minsk subway in Belarus on Tuesday. The Interior Ministry said a bomb placed under a bench on the Oktyabrskaya station exploded on Monday as people were coming off the trains at an evening peak hour. (Associated Press)
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Rescuers carry a wounded person to an ambulance in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, April 11, 2011, after an explosion tore through a main subway station in the Belarusian capital during the evening rush hour. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Danil Sannikov, the 3-year-old son of a jailed Belarus presidential candidate and a journalist, is seen at home in Minsk, Belarus. (Associated Press)
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greets officials of the election commission as he prepares to vote in presidential elections, at a polling station in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Dallas Stars defenseman Trevor Daley (6) is hit into the boards by Detroit Red Wings defenseman Ruslan Salei (24), of Belarus, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday Dec. 29, 2010, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Relatives of people detained in Sunday's opposition protest read information outside the prison walls in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday. President Alexander Lukashenko was declared on Monday the overwhelming winner of the presidential election, securing a fourth term in office as truncheon-wielding police arrested hundreds of opposition supporters, including seven other presidential candidates, who were protesting against alleged fraud in the poll.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had harsh words on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, for those protesting the country's disputed election.
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An opposition supporter appeals to riot policemen during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, late Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Thousands of opposition supporters in Minsk, the capital, tried to storm the main government building to protest what the opposition claims was large-scale vote-rigging in Sunday's presidential election. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Belarusian muslims prepare to slaughter a bull for sacrifice during the holiday of Kurban Bairam, or Eid al-Adha, in the town of Ivye, 150 km (93 miles) west of capital Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. The celebration of the festival of sacrifice involves sharing the meat with the poor to commemorate the sacrifice of the biblical Abraham or Ibrahim, of a ram in place of his son. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
