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On Aug. 4, Belarus leader Aleksandr Lukashenko delivered his annual address to the nation and its parliament, the same day polling stations opened for early voting in the presidential election set for Aug. 9. The 65-year-old Lukashenko has been president of the country for 26 years. Prior to the voting, he arrested or forced into exile and barred from the ballot his top male political contenders. He now faces competition from three women, led most prominently by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, 37, who is drawing crowds of thousands while calling out Lukashenko as a dictator." Tikhanovskaya’s husband was one of the candidates arrested and forced out.BELARUS -- Presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya (C)
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