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At least seven poll candidates and hundreds of Opposition demonstrators were being held on Monday after the police cracked down on a protest against the re-election of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.

Belarus Oppn members held after poll protests

MINSK: At least seven poll candidates and hundreds of Opposition demonstrators were being held on Monday after the police cracked down on a protest against the re-election of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. The central election commission declared that Lukashenko,in power since 1994,had secured nearly 80 per cent of the vote. Opposition parties said the polls were rigged.

Iran hangs 11 Sunnis convicted of attacks

TEHRAN: Iran hanged 11 men authorities said were members of an armed Sunni militant group convicted of bombings,the official IRNA news agency reported. The executions on Monday were seen as retribution against the Jundallah for an attack last week on Shia worshippers that killed 39 people in Chahbahar city.

Dabur Nepals juice factory raided

KATHMANDU: Nepals Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Monday raided a factory of the Indian firm Dabur at Bara,around 225 km from here. The Nepali media has,for some time now,been questioning the quality of Real fruit juices produced here.

Dont tinker with START,Russia tells US

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday said that any attempts by US Republicans to fix the new START treaty would spell the end of the historic nuclear disarmament pact between the two former Cold War foes. The US Senate was expected to hold a vote on the nuclear arms control pact on Tuesday.

Mexico pipeline explosion kills 28

SAN MARTIN TEXMELUCAN: A gas pipeline exploded late Sunday in this city in central Mexico. At least 28 people were killed,13 of them children,in a disaster authorities blamed on oil thieves.

8 jailed in China for fake rabies vaccine

BEIJING: Eight people have been sentenced to prison terms of up to two-and-a-half years for selling fake rabies vaccines that contributed to the death of a 5-year-old boy,Xinhua News Agency said Monday. The eight defendants sold more than 530 doses of fake rabies vaccines last year.

Malaysia tourist bus crash kills 28

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KUALA LUMPUR: A double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists overturned on a Malaysian highway Monday,killing 28 people. The tourists were heading to Kuala Lumpur after a trip to the Cameron Highlands in central Malaysia when their bus crashed into a protective barrier,police said.