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Wives of Missing Belarus Opposition Pair Appeal to UN
16:07, 21/04/2003
The wives of two opposition figures feared murdered in Belarus urged the United Nations on Tuesday to put pressure on the government to reopen investigations into their unresolved disappearances. 
16:03, 21/04/2003, Xinhua News Agency
KAMPALA, April 18 (Xinhua) - Uganda has purchased three Mi-24 helicopter gunships from Belarus, according to New Vision newspaper to be published on Saturday.
12:57, 21/04/2003
Yes vote: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chili, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay.
No vote: Armenia, China, Cuba, India, Libya, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Ukraine, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe.
Abstentions: Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guatemala, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela.
Defendants Left Defenseless in Court
12:06, 21/04/2003, Gennady Kesner, Radio Ratsya
By his decree #13 of April 15 Alexander Lukashenko de facto forbade all public organizations’ representatives to defend the citizens’ interests in courts. Starting from April 25, when the document will enter into force, the majority of people, especially those on administrative penalties, which also includes opposition, may be stripped of an opportunity to receive sound legal defense.
12:04, 21/04/2003
At the European conference in Greek Athens Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga said that her country is ready to play an active role in supporting relations between EU and Russia. Judging by Vike-Freiberga’s statements on the matter, official Riga especially wants to join the energy dialogue between Russian and EU with her Ventspils port. Brussels has already turned for Latvia into one of the leverages of exerting pressure on Russia in order to resume oil transit via Ventspils.
11:12, 21/04/2003, Yuri Drakohrust, Radio Svaboda
Our Radio’s correspondent Ron Synavits made a sensational discovery in Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd infantry division of the US army, which engaged in the combat operations in Kerbela and Baghdad. It was in Baghdad where Ron Synavits found an exciting document. According to it, the Belarusian authorities’ statements about the absence of military ties with Saddam Hussein’s regime, are totally false. Ron Synavits, who returned this week from Iraq, told how this document got into his hands.
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