Voting begins in Belarus election

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Source: BBC

Voters in Belarus are going to the polls in parliamentary elections which the authorities say will be the most free in the country's history.

Around 70 opposition candidates have been allowed to run for parliament, which is dominated by President Alexander Lukashenko's supporters.

But correspondents say the poll is unlikely to challenge the president.

Mr Lukashenko, who has been in office since 1994, has been condemned by the US as the last dictator in Europe.

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