Belarus election: President Lukashenko faces toughest test in years
(WorldNews Europe)

Probably not. President Lukashenko is widely expected to win again. But the vote is being closely watched amid growing signs of frustration at his leadership. The campaign has seen the rise of opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a former teacher who became a stay-at-home mother until thrust into the political spotlight. Her husband was arrested and blocked from registering for the vote so she stepped in to take his place. `People are waking up, rediscovering their self-respect,` she told AFP in a recent interview. But she...