Belarus leader dismisses democracy even as vote takes place
(WorldNews Europe)

MINSK, Belarus - Belarus´ authoritarian president has disdainfully brushed off concerns that Sunday´s parliament election, from which many opposition figures have been excluded, would be regarded as neither free nor fair. After casting his ballot in a polling station in the capital of Minsk, President Alexander Lukashenko was asked about whether it was important that the election be regarded as valid by Western countries. `I´m not in the habit of...