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Unauthorized rally underway in Minsk (Belarus - Former Soviet State)
Interfax ^
| Mar 25 2005
Posted on 03/25/2005 11:40:05 AM PST by anymouse
Members of Belarussian opposition parties and movements and entrepreneurs have joined an unauthorized rally in downtown Minsk to show their support for previously arrested opposition activists and entrepreneurial movement leaders, an Interfax correspondent reported.
Minsk special-operations police force head Yury Podobed has estimated the number of people rallying on Minsk's Oktyabrskaya square at from 300 to 400.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: belarus; busheffect; entrepreneurship; freedom; minsk; russia; sovietunion; vladnotagaindmnxt
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Freedom is breaking out all over - except in Pinellas Park, Florida.
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posted on
03/25/2005 11:40:07 AM PST
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
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posted on
03/25/2005 11:42:05 AM PST
by
Velveeta
(Lord, hear our prayer.......Terri is thirsty)
To: Velveeta
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posted on
03/25/2005 11:48:21 AM PST
by
El_Doctor
( Éireann go Brách)
To: anymouse
"Minsk...isn't that just a stone's throw from Pinsk? Yes it is Captain Parmenter."
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posted on
03/25/2005 11:54:23 AM PST
by
Big Digger
(I)
To: Velveeta
Watch this grow to thousands...Freedom is on the March...
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posted on
03/25/2005 11:54:34 AM PST
by
El_Doctor
( Éireann go Brách)
To: anymouse
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posted on
03/25/2005 11:56:28 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Berosus; blam; dervish; Do not dub me shapka broham; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ...
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:04:46 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(last updated my FreeRepublic profile on Sunday, March 13, 2005.)
To: anymouse
Minsk special-operations police force head Yury Podobed has estimated the number of people rallying on Minsk's Oktyabrskaya square at from 300 to 400Sounds like a "Loverboy" reunion.
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:09:36 PM PST
by
zarf
To: dfwgator
All we need now are Two Victors one shenko and were set!
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:11:53 PM PST
by
El_Doctor
( Éireann go Brách)
To: zarf
Hey that's 500,000 using Calypso Louis' Million Man Math.
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:13:09 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: anymouse
Bush said something like, we know that your country's political prisoners will be the leaders when your countries are free.
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:17:45 PM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
To: anymouse
White Russia? How do you say "Orange Russia"?
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:28:24 PM PST
by
spanalot
(Bring it On)
To: anymouse
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:54:26 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: anymouse
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:55:52 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Accused Culture of Death member for daring to expose Terri hysteria)
To: Grampa Dave
Vlad Pootie 3\25\05: NOT AGAIN DAMNXT
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:55:59 PM PST
by
El_Doctor
( Éireann go Brách)
To: El_Doctor
You need to keep a running list of Vlad Pootie's "Not again Damnxt, dates and events".
Maybe with links to the threads in Free Republic.
Also, you could enter in the following key words to all of these threads, "Vladnotagaindmnxt"
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:59:12 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: El_Doctor
Putie, this is for you and your thugs! The big Freedom Zot!
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posted on
03/25/2005 1:03:17 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: anymouse
More details:
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - About 1,000 pro-democracy protesters tried to gather Friday near the palace of President Alexander Lukashenko, claiming to be emulating the popular uprising in fellow ex-Soviet republic Kyrgyzstan, but they were beaten and dispersed by police in riot gear, and several dozen were arrested.
It took the truncheon-wielding police about two hours to disperse the protesters, who chanted ``Down with Lukashenko!'' and ``Long live Belarus!'' A group of 100 or so opposition activists regrouped, only to be pushed away a second time.
Protest organizer Andrei Klimov said the demonstration was intended to help spark a revolution similar to those that have swept Georgia, Ukraine and, most recently, Kyrgyzstan, ousting unpopular governments.
``Today's gathering must send a signal to the West, Russia and our own bureaucrats that Belarus is ready for a serious change,'' Klimov said. ``Our aim is to start the Belarusian revolution and force the resignation of Lukashenko, the last dictator of Europe.''
Lukashenko has ruled his nation of 10 million people with an iron fist, stifling dissent, persecuting independent media and opposition parties, and prolonging his power through elections that international organizations say were marred by fraud.
Lukashenko, who has been called Europe's last dictator, pushed through a referendum in October that will allow him to seek a third term in 2006 and run in subsequent elections.
Friday's protest was one of the biggest in the Belarusian capital in recent months.
``By using force, Lukashenko shows he's terribly scared,'' said Vyacheslav Sivchik, an opposition leader who was later detained by police for taking part in the demonstration.
Belarus' Foreign Ministry on Friday assailed the Kyrgyz opposition, warning that its action could destabilize the entire region.
``The unconstitutional overthrow of the government in Kyrgyzstan could have fatal consequences for peace, stability and prosperity in the country, as well as in the Central Asian region as a whole,'' it said.
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posted on
03/25/2005 2:02:31 PM PST
by
Lukasz
(Terra Polonia Semper Fidelis!)
To: anymouse
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