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Opposition candidate leaves Belarus, urges end to protests

by Associated Press
| August 11, 2020 6:03 AM

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The top opposition candidate in Belarus' presidential election, who initially refused to concede defeat amid a massive police crackdown on anti-government protesters, said she had left for Lithuania and called on her supporters to stop demonstrating.

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