Reuters - Belarussian police on Saturday detained the two opposition leaders who lost to President Alexander Lukashenko in elections a week ago, Russian news agencies reported.

AP - The Belarusian People's Republic lasted only a few months, nearly unnoticed in wake of World War I. Almost 90 years later, its brief life is an inspiration to the opposition challenging authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters - Several hundred opposition protesters confronted police in central Minsk on Saturday at the start of a rally against the re-election of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko which they say was rigged.

Reuters - Belarus riot police took up positions at entrances to Minsk's October Square on Saturday, ahead of a rally called to denounce the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko, which the opposition says was rigged.

AFP - The Belarussian opposition was hoping for a mass turnout for a planned rally Saturday in a new show of force against the regime of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko as the West vowed to slap sanctions on the country's leadership.

AP - AP correspondents Maria Danilova, Jim Heintz and Steve Gutterman have been covering the political protests in the Belarus capital of Minsk.

AP - The United States joined European nations Friday in imposing sanctions on Belarus in retaliation for a crackdown on political protesters after an election that the White House said was fraudulent.

European Union leaders decided to impose sanctions on Belarus and condemned a crackdown against opposition protesters in Minsk.

AP - EU leaders decided to slap sanctions on Belarus at the end of the summit talks Friday and condemned a crackdown against opposition protesters in Minsk.

AFP - Belarussian riot police seized hundreds of protestors as they swept away an opposition camp in central Minsk, ending an act of unprecedented defiance against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko.

Police in Minsk break up a five-day protest against the re-election of Belarusian President Lukashenko.

AP - Palina has just months to go before getting her master's degree at Belarus' top university, but she is ready to risk her diploma to participate in round-the-clock protests against a new term for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

AP - Police stormed a protest rally against the contested re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko early Friday and arrested dozens of demonstrators.

AP - AP correspondents Maria Danilova, Jim Heintz and Steve Gutterman have been covering the political protests in the Belarus capital of Minsk.

AP - Long after Minsk has gone to bed, October Square is alive with rock music and chants of "long live Belarus."

AP - The leader of the Belarusian opposition urged solidarity Wednesday in the face of a growing crackdown on government critics protesting the disputed re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters - About 300 opposition supporters danced and sang folk songs to overcome freezing weather overnight, keeping up protests against Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election for a fifth day on Thursday.

AFP - Belarussian opposition supporters were spending a fourth freezing night on the main square of Minsk, but their protest showed no sign of shaking authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

AP - Inga made a stack of pancakes, packed them carefully in her bag and sped to a small tent camp in the center of Minsk, eager to provide homemade food to opposition activists.

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Minsk, Belarus (AHN) – In what is beginning to look like a similar scene to Ukraine’s orange revolution of late 2004, hundreds of opposition activists in Belarus are in the fourth day of protests against what they consider fraud in the re-election of...