AP - Police stormed a protest rally against the contested re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko early Friday and arrested dozens of demonstrators.

AP - Long after Minsk has gone to bed, October Square is alive with rock music and chants of "long live Belarus."

AFP - The head of the UN's probe into illegal kickbacks paid to Iraq under the oil-for-food program found the Australian government initially uncooperative and reticent to provide information, an inquiry heard.

AFP - The head of the UN's probe into illegal kickbacks paid to Iraq under the oil-for-food programme found the Australian government initially uncooperative and reticent to provide information, an inquiry has heard.

Reuters - Two Australian fighter jets bombed and sank an impounded North Korean cargo ship on Thursday in what Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said was a strong message to Pyonyang about its involvement in drug running.

AP - The leader of the Belarusian opposition urged solidarity Wednesday in the face of a growing crackdown on government critics protesting the disputed re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters - About 300 opposition supporters danced and sang folk songs to overcome freezing weather overnight, keeping up protests against Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election for a fifth day on Thursday.

AFP - Belarussian opposition supporters were spending a fourth freezing night on the main square of Minsk, but their protest showed no sign of shaking authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Los Angeles, California (AHN) – ‘Alexander’ star and 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto is rumored to be joining the cast of ABC’s hit series ‘Desperate Housewives’ as Gabrielle’s new love interest. The actor, who has...

AP - The crowd at the Belarusian capital's main square chants Alexander Milinkevich's name around the clock. When he visits their encampment, people flock to him so eagerly that they rip down the anchor cords of some of the tents.

AFP - Belarussian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich and about 1,000 supporters completed a second night camped on the icy main square of Minsk to demand new presidential elections.

AFP - Demonstrators protesting the re-election of hardline Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko vowed to stay put in the city centre until a major rally planned for the weekend, in what has become the biggest challenge to the authoritarian Moscow-backed regime.

AP - Thousands of Belarusians demonstrated on a central Minsk square for the third straight evening Tuesday, swelling the ranks of a core group that had spent the previous night to protest the extension of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's rule.

Reuters - About 600 opposition supporters braved icy winds and driving sleet overnight to protest for a fourth successive day on Wednesday that Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election was rigged.

Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Minsk, Belarus (AHN) - Several hundred defiant demonstrators who have camped out in a central square are enduring freezing temperatures for a third day to protest the re-election of authoritarian Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition leader,...

Reuters - Early diagnosis of an AIDS-defining illness in children who acquired HIV infection from their mothers is associated with impaired cognitive development, investigators with the Women and Infants Transmission Study Group report in the medical journal Pediatrics.

Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter Miami, FL (AHN) – Amid the Belarus presidential election, which the opposition says was rigged to favor elected President Alexander Lukashenko, critics are taking to the Net to spread buzz about their protests. The Internet provides the perfect...

AFP - Opposition supporters in Belarus remained camped on the main square of the capital Minsk after spending the night there demonstrating against the re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

AFP - Four aides to Belarus' main opposition presidential candidate, Alexander Milinkevich, were detained close to a square in central Minsk where protesters had spent the night, an opposition spokesman said.

AFP - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko faced growing Western criticism over his clinching of a third term in office as protestors camped in the capital resolved to carry on fighting for an annulment of presidential election results.