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Belarus president’s allies win

By Jan Cienski in Minsk and Stefan Wagstyl in London

Published: September 29 2008 12:17 | Last updated: September 30 2008 03:45

Supporters of Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian president of Belarus, won every seat in Sunday’s parliamentary election in a controversial poll that will complicate the ex-Soviet republic’s recent attempts to improve relations with the European Union and the US.

The results, announced on Monday, left Brussels and Washington struggling to find ways of maintaining dialogue with Minsk while avoiding blessing elections condemned as fraudulent by opposition leaders.

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