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Belarus: Police Use Stun Grenades to Disperse Protests

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   Police in Belarus used stun grenades Sunday to disperse protesters, who
   after months of demonstrations, have threatened a national strike if
   longtime President Alexander Lukashenko does not resign by midnight.

   News reports say than 100,000 protesters were in the streets of Minsk
   Sunday -- the 11th in a row of demonstrations against Lukashenko's
   contested victory in August presidential elections.

   Video posted on RFE/RL showed police using stun grenades and rubber
   bullets to disperse crowds as they marched to the Independence Palace
   in the capital, carrying the white and red flags that have come to
   symbolize the opposition movement.

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