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Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal/Venezuela y Bielorusia firman acuerdo sobre petróleo

Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has assured his Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that his country will supply Minsk with its oil needs for the next century ( full information )/ Presidente venezolano Hugo Chavez ha asegurado a sus contrapartes Alexander Lukashenko de Belarus que su país suministrará a Minsk sus necesidades petroleras hasta siglo próximo

Hugo Chavez's Brother By Another Mother

VivirLatino (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

During a signing of an oil deal with former Soviet republic Belarus, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez introduced the world to his newest hermano, Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko.Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, described by Chavez as a "brother", has long railed against...

ANALYSIS-Belarus leader dumps unwanted allies after bomb

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Source: Reuters (Adds dropped word "Belarussian" in lead) By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK, July 24 (Reuters) - Veteran Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has seized on a bomb explosion that hurt more ...

Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two nations were strongly united in their resistance to "U.S. imperialism" and Washington's "lackeys."

Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

MINSK, Belarus -- Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two nations were strongly united in their resistance to "U.S. imperialism" and Washington's "lackeys."

Chávez holds talks with Belarus leader [Raw Story Breaking News]

The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Venezuela's firebrand leader Hugo Chávez met Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko here Wednesday in a bid by the two fierce US critics to more closely coordinate energy and trade ties...

VENEZUELA - BELARUS: Chavez dubs Belarus president a "brother"

France24 (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid a visit to his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko and inked an oil deal with the former Soviet republic. Other world leaders have avoided Belarus on grounds of human rights violations.

Staying online in Belarus

p2pnet (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Belarus says it won’t use a new law to restrict the Internet, says an aide to president Alexander Lukashenko. Approved by parliament last month, the media law doesn’t specifically require sites to be registered, “but allows their regulation to be overseen by government decisions,” says the Moscow Times, going [...]

Hugo Chavez denies Russia, Venezuela sign USD 30 bln military contracts

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

MINSK, July 23 (Itar-Tass) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied reports saying Russia and Venezuela had signed contracts on military-technical cooperation at the sum of 30 billion U.S. dollars.

Chávez in Moscow to sign $2bn arms deal

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Venezuela to buy new missile defence systems and diesel-powered submarines to defend against the US

Minsk Says Internet to Stay Free

Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Authorities in Belarus will not use a new law on the media to restrict the Internet, an aide to President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.

Belarus police question residents over bomb blast

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Source: Reuters By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK, July 16 (Reuters) - Police were moving from house to house in the capital of Belarus on Wednesday questioning people about a bomb blast at a concert attended by President ...

Belarus president names KGB head as security chief

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Source: Reuters By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK, July 15 (Reuters) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday appointed the KGB security service chief to head the ex-Soviet state's Security Council following ...

Belarus KGB arrests Russian national in bombing case

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Minsk - The Belarusian KGB on Tuesday arrested a Russian national, bringing to 11 the number of persons jailed as the authoritarian former Soviet republic continued a search for the perpetrators of a July bomb blast. Uniformed and plain clothes polic...

Police break up opposition protest rally in Minsk

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

MINSK, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Police in the capital of Belarus broke up on Monday evening an unauthorized protest rally against the detention of opposition members alleged to have been involved in a ...

• Belarus police disperse detentions protest - Alertnet