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EU, US Slap Sanctions on Belarus

European Union foreign ministers have imposed sanctions against Belarus, VOA reports. It came in response to the violent arrests and imprisonment of opposition politicians following presidential elections last December.

MEPs call for sanctions against Belarus

A call for economic sanctions against Belarus, as well as a European travel ban on the country’s political elite, euronews reports.

That is the resolution adopted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg in a protest against the crackdown and arrest of opposition demonstrators in Minsk.

Germany denies organizing coup in Belarus

An official Belarus newspaper has accused Poland and Germany of organizing a coup.

The German Foreign Ministry said the accusations were absurd. The EU has warned of new sanctions unless protesters are released.

Belarus: Opposition candidates indicted

Belarusian authorities have charged opposition presidential candidates in connection with the mass disturbances that broke out in Minsk following the elections.

The elections resulted in a fourth term for President Aleksander Lukashenko.

Belarus’ opposition rally for jailed protesters

The Belarus opposition braved a possible backlash from authorities and held a rally for those arrested after Alexander Lukashenko re-election, says euronews.
Supporters gathered outside the jail in Minsk where some several hundred protesters remain locked up following demonstrations on Sunday.

Western observers call Belarus election “failure”

European observers on Monday declared Belarus’ presidential election a “failure”, VOA reports. That assessment will likely to cause the European Union to withdraw its offer of nearly $4 billion in credits to President Alexander Lukashenko if he carried out a free and fair election.

Belarus election is followed by violence

Violent clashes between opposition supporters and police have followed the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus. Photographers and cameramen were forced to the ground to stop them capturing the police beating of one opposition candidate, 64-year-old Vladimir Neklyayev.

Belarus: Lukashenko sure for re-election

Belarusians go polls to cast their vote in elections likely to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a victory while the opposition has vowed to protest.

In power since 1994, ex state farm boss Lukashenko, 56, looks poised to claim a fourth, this time five-year term at the helm and, with protests in ten-below temperatures expected to peter out as seasonal festivities approach, eyes are trained on tomorrow’s OSCE verdict.

Beckham to get BBC Lifetime Achievement award

David Beckham1Ace midfielder David Beckham has been selected for the BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award. The lifetime honour is one of several awards, which will be presented during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show on Sunday. The 35-year-old midfielder is England’s most capped outfield player and has won six Premier League titles and [...]

Zimonjić and Nestor triumph in London

Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjić and Canadian Daniel Nestor won the doubles competition in the final annual ATP tournament in London on Sunday. They defeated Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Mahesh Bhupathi of India 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.

eWEEK Newsbreak Video Oct 8th 2010

Join eWEEK Reporter Ashley Daley, as she breaks down the latest technology headlines: According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. Apple is planning to manufacture an iPhone capable of running on Verizons CDMA network. A late-2010 production start would pave the road for Verizon to offer the iPhone in early 2011; Websense is upgrading its Defensio technology to add new capabilities to combat malicious links on Facebook. In a seven-day analysis, Websense discovered 93 malicious links on Lady Gagas Facebook fan page, along with an additional 372 spam links; The complex and malicious worm named Stuxnet, was first introduced to the public back in July by Belarus-based security firm VirusBlokAda. Just last month, Iran admitted its first nuclear power plant had been hit with Stuxnet. Though the worm didn’t do any damage, its presence highlighted the malware’s potential. So what should you know? eWEEK reporter Brian Prince takes you step by step into the world of Stuxnet- what it does, how it does it and what you may not know about the worm, in a special slideshow on eweek.com; Motorola, debuted its holiday lineup of Android smartphones at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications show in San Francisco on Oct. 5. The phone maker’s collection is led by the Android 2.2-based Droid Pro, which includes AuthenTec IPSec multiheaded VPN integration, remote wipe of device and SD card, and complex password support. The Motorola Citrus and Spice, both based on Android 2.1, are lower-end models with a focus on the environment.
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Kremlin criticizes Belarus leader ahead of elections

The Kremlin has stepped up its criticism of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Dutsche Welle reports.
This came shortly after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the autocratic leader of creating ill-will between the two nations.

“Belarus promises to recognize Abkhazia, S. Ossetia”

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said. Lukashenko made the promise in the presence of several CIS leaders, Medvedev said.

Gazprom pledges gas supplies to Europe

Despite Belarus’s decision to block gas transit through its territory, Russian Gazprom will completely satisfy European and Kaliningrad customers’ gas demands. Gazprom will employ ways of alternative supplies, including transits via Ukraine and Lithuania, gas from underground storage facilities and from the spot market, an official Gazprom representative said on Tuesday.

10 Loudest Grunters in Women’s Tennis

With Wimbledon upon on us, we’re set to be served up a feast of top level tennis, accompanied not just by strawberries and cream, but by some of the loudest female grunting this side of the San Pornando Valley. Martina Navratilova called for grunting to be stamped out of women’s tennis – the former World [...]

Gazprom cutting gas supplies to Belarus

Russia’s state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom has begun cutting gas supplies to Belarus on President Dmitry Medvedev’s orders. This is according to a RIA Novosti report, which quoted Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller on Monday.

April 26, 1986: Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Suffers Cataclysmic Meltdown

1986: Design flaws, compounded by human errors, cause Soviet engineers to lose control of a reaction at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A partial meltdown occurs. Many die. Many more suffer. The final count of victims may not be over yet.
When someone says “nuclear disaster” you don’t think Three Mile Island. You probably don’t think [...]

Bakiyev in Belarus, 5 killed in fresh unrest

The deposed Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev has found refuge in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, that nation’s President, Alexander Lukashenko, said on Tuesday. Bakiyev, 60, is in Minsk with three family members, according to Lukashenko.

Serena Williams tops WTA rankings

Serena Williams of the United States led the way in an unchanged top 10 of the women’s tennis rankings issued Monday by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).
Williams has 7,946 points as she leads from Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki (6,375) and Dinara Safina of Russia (6,150).
WTA top 10 as of April 12 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
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EU condemns crackdown on Polish activists

The EU foreign-policy chief has criticized the arrest in Belarus of members of an ethnic Polish organization, condemning police action against the group. Catherine Ashton said in a statement she was “disappointed by the recent arrests of 40 members of the Union of Poles (UPB) and other civil-society representatives in Belarus.”