Belarus authorities arrest 6,000 protesters following disputed presidential election
(WorldNews Europe)

Minsk, Belarus (CNN)Authorities in Belarus say 6,000 people have been arrested and one person has been killed in the violent aftermath that followed longtime President Alexander Lukashenko`s reelection, a contest that independent observers have criticized as neither free nor fair. Thousands of Belarusians have been taking to the streets since Sunday, when exit polls showed Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, received 80% of the vote. Opposition groups claim the election was marred by widespread ballot stuffing and fraud in order to keep Lukashenko in power, while the independent monitoring group `Honest People` said that according to its data, opposition candidate Svetlana...