KYIV. Aug 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The liberal Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc plans a lawsuit against the Central Election Commission's refusal to register action groups for a national referendum on proposed changes to the Ukrainian constitution, bloc leader Yulia Tymoshenko announced on Saturday.

KYIV. April 3 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Vik

By YURAS KARMANAU MINSK, Belarus - Thousands of protesters thronged the main square of the Belarusian capital on Sunday in defiance of a government ban, refusing to recognize a presidential vote that appeared all but certain to give the iron-fisted incumbent a third term.

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By Alice Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition party trounced the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in local government elections on Saturday, in what analysts view as a no confidence vote in President Chen Shui-bian.